Another Sea Change Year at the Austin Music Awards

So much so that even we don't know what to expect!

"...For the first time in its illustrious 38-year history, the Austin Music Awards booked..."

March 6, 2020 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

The Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest

Start your typewriters!

"...Presented in association with KGSR 107.1 and BookPeople the Austin Chronicle..."

Nov. 3, 2009 Events Post by Logan Youree

Plain Funny

Don't let Martha Kelly's librarian-like appearance fool you. Beneath the nondescript facade is a cold, dark streak of cynical comedic genius that inspires awe and laughter when it strikes.

"...I met Martha Kelly on her first trip to Austin in September of 1999. She was here for the..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

Seen / Soon: May 4

Recapping the fifth Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards and anticipating the 33rd Funniest Person in Austin semi-finals

"...The 2018 Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards proved for the fifth..."

May 4, 2018 Arts Column

It's All About Surprise

Brendon Walsh, now officially the Funniest Person in Austin, talks comedy

"...die young. He doesn't mask a miserable core with cocaine and/or fart jokes. He's even tall and comely, sans..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature

Joke 'Stache

Danny Palumbo wins Funniest Person in Austin 2015, advances equal rights for facial hair

"...that after consecutive years of white guys with beards winning this contest that, you know, a white guy with..."

May 22, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Trans Comic Carina Magyar's Rising Star

“When I came to accept myself for who I am, my comedy followed"

"...Carina Magyar would tell you being a single, working mom..."

July 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin

Live Comedy Clubs Are Coming Back

NYC's the Creek & the Cave moves to ATX, Cap City gets revived

"...Get ready to laugh again. This week, just days apart, two live comedy clubs..."

Feb. 11, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Can Cap City Comedy Club Reclaim Its Throne?

The Austin comedy institution is back, but it returns to a radically changed stand-up scene

"...doors of its home off North Lamar were locked, seemingly for good. I wrote at Comedy Wham, "One day..."

July 29, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Cool Jerks

It takes a cool character to weather the hot lights of a comedy club stage, so who better to share tips for beating the summer heat than stand-up comics from Austin, the hot-spot in Texas?

"...One of the best things about summer is that our city's Old Guard stops..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...April is the cruelest month for the Austin comedy scene. That's the time of its annual rite..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

Last Woman Standing by Amy Gentry

Amy Gentry’s Austin-set second novel is an electric revenge thriller

"...women, especially – who don't have a hit list lingering in the backs of their brains these days. Sure,..."

Jan. 18, 2019 Arts Review by Rosalind Faires

Awful/Lucky Martha Kelly

Austin comedian Martha Kelly has two ways of looking at her improbable path to fame

"..."I'm awful at interviews," says Martha Kelly as we sit down at Radio..."

Sept. 23, 2016 Arts Feature by Carina Magyar

Four Comedians Walk Into a Barbershop

Someone's getting clipped at the Velveeta Room tonight

"...and Matt Bearden is likely to be among the funniest shit we've heard in months. And we were laughing..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Brently Heilbron's Stand Up Empire Signs With PBS

New show to bring ACL-like coverage of Austin's comedy scene

"...Heilbron's entertainment company Brently Artists and Media has teamed up with..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mac & Cheers

Mac Blake snags the crown of Funniest Person in Austin 2013

"..."I was in a Walgreen's … at night. So already I fucked..."

May 21, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Nazer's Edge

Ramin scores the crown of Funniest Person in Austin 2012

"...Going up last in a field of 12 comics could..."

May 15, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Your City Is About To Be Gentrifucked

The Latino Comedy Project returns with a fierce new skewering

"...Change is inevitable, of course, and it’s no less inevitable in a..."

May 31, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Comedy: Completely Official Showcase of Comedy

Even in a lineup of stars, Austin’s Lashonda Lester is the one to watch

"...Lashonda Lester's incredible year began last May when she was crowned Funniest..."

March 12, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar

Ramin Nazer

Ramin brings the ha-has with his absurdist non sequitur style

"..."Hi, I'm Ramin Nazer. Thank you for coming to my stand-up comedy"..."

Dec. 10, 2010 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Vanessa Gonzalez Is Real, Funny, and Real Funny

The former Austin comic lets the audience into her life

"...Every April, amazing comedic talent from all over the world descends on..."

April 19, 2019 Arts Feature by Ashley Moreno

Yo! MTV Laughs!

The Long, Strange Trip to TV for Three Austin Comics

"...There is a certain quality that's a hot commodity in the comedy world..."

May 30, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Lasting Commitments

The 2008 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...Some individuals make their contributions to a cultural scene in brief..."

May 23, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy

Your quick guide to the national headliners and local laugh makers at Fun Fun Fun 2013

"...David James (Fri., noon) Area man, dapper host of Austin's favorite live comedy game show Laugh, Dammit!..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

Running the Funny

Club manager Margie Coyle has kept the laughter going for 20 years

"...It's four minutes after 11 o'clock on a Tuesday morning, and Margie..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Celebrating Shondee Superstar

Cap City Comedy hosts a benefit for Lashonda Lester's family

"...Twelve weeks ago, one of Austin's funniest, fiercest stand-up artists – and probably its best..."

June 27, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires

The Ups and Downs of Comedy

Hanging with the stand-ups for a look into the life

"...It's not easy, making people laugh...."

Dec. 31, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Keeping It Bearden

"...Stand-up comedian Matt Bearden was the headliner on the night (June 23) our "Running the Funny"..."

July 10, 2009 Arts Feature

Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...In the heart, of course, that's where comedy truly lives:..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

'69 Love Scenes'

Each of the 69 Love Songs on the 1999 CD gets a scene in this theatrical venture

"...In 1999, the Magnetic Fields, led by the brilliant and..."

May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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