Funniest People

The merry month of May was a big month for Austin's mirthmasters, with three contests determining who among us can provoke the biggest laughs

"...merry month of May was a big month for Austin's mirthmasters, with not just one but three contests determining..."

June 2, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Annual Events

Festivals aren't just for music and film

"...Funniest Person in Austin Contest..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Austin Comedy Stories

New fests, new venues, and big returns

"...Austin's longest-operating comedy club shuttered after 30-plus years in a..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

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

Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2005

The Austin Critics Table has named six inductees for the 2005 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...The Austin Critics Table has named the fourth group of individuals..."

April 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 9 Funny Ha-Ha 2009 Notables (In No Order)

The things that kept us laughing through the Great Recession of Aught Nine

"...at the 2009 Aspen Rooftop Comedy Festival Awards (clearly awarding the great Cap City staff and Austin audiences and..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

'In the Can With Martha Kelly'

Kelly's homegrown talk show, whether online or live, is refreshingly candid and funny

"...At first blush, with the static single-camera setup and sparse mise-en-scène à la Animal House's sex..."

May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Austin Arts Hall of Fame: Class of '05

"...The Austin Critics Table has named the fourth group of individuals..."

May 27, 2005 Arts Feature

Time for Another Multi-Brewery Beer Tour, Austin

This latest one's gonna start all hoppy and end with tamales

"...That is, I went on my first tour of Austin breweries via Tap Beer Tours a couple of weeks..."

April 23, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Behind the Scenesters

The people behind the people behind the mic

"...started at Cap City Comedy Club as a waitress in 1985, moonlighting from her day job at PaineWebber, back..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

“Best of Austin” Winner Avery Moore Isn’t Kidding Around

"Hey man, this is for you"

"...Avery Moore is funny. Like, Funniest Person in Austin finalist, Austin Music Awards-hosting, "Best of..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

Sen. Al Franken to Open Texas Tribune Festival in September

Trib CEO Evan Smith will query "Giant of the Senate" on his new memoir

"...In a thrifty pickup from the distinguished speaker emporium, the..."

Aug. 15, 2017 News Post by Kimberley Jones

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

Austin Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors

Austin Shakespeare's new take on Shakespeare's farce takes some time figuring out its own identity

"...managed to milk it for a lot of laughs in one of his first plays, The Comedy of Errors...."

May 12, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Five Celebrations of the Cinematic Diaspora at the Austin Jewish Film Festival

From dissections of comedy to the complexities of history

"...L'chaim! It's time to celebrate the return of the Austin Jewish Film Festival, and what more suitable way than..."

Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: What’s the Worst Thing About Austin, Texas?

With Jen Cash, Sam Eidson, Shannon McCormick, Matt Oztalay, and more.

"...Because, otherwise, tell you what: Everybody would say something about the goddamn traffic. Cash-strapped freshmen at UT and..."

Oct. 11, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked

Top of the Hops VIII, baby!

"...Click here to jump straight to the brewery rankings...."

Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga

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

Ramsey's King

How an unknown law student became this year's Funniest Person in Austin

"...Two days after receiving his law degree from the University of Texas, a..."

July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

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

… And God Spoke (the making of …)

"...Directed by: Arthur Borman. Starring: Michael Riley, Stephen Rappaport, Soupy Sales, Eve Plumb, Lou..."

Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

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

Moontower 2014, Day 1: Local Laughs

Feeling funny about Austin's Mac Blake and Brendan K. O'Grady

"...pick shows, don’t forget great hometown comics, like 2013 Funniest Person in Austin and Mascot Wedding co-host, Mac Blake,..."

April 23, 2014 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

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

Tony Hinchcliffe's Stand-up Racism

Kill Tony host spews slurs at fellow comic Peng Dang

"...As he finished his set at a Big Laugh Comedy show in..."

May 13, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

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

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

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

« 1    ‹ BACK    1   2   3   4   5   6   7     NEXT ›    7 »