We Have an Issue: Politics as Performance, Political Activism as Performance Art

In this week's issue: postmortem on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, a profile of drag powerhouse Brigitte Bandit, and finalists revealed in the Best of Austin: Restaurants Readers Poll (get voting, y'all!)

"...The Ken Paxton impeachment trial sure ended in a wet fart, huh? Was there ever truly a..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

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

Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Breweries

Local beer roadtrip features Ramin Nazer as your tour guide

"...content to merely ferry people from place to place in their tasty and informative showcase of three local breweries..."

March 27, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

News Ticker: March 28

All the news that's fit to blog

"...quenches its thirst, Big Tex gets laryngitis, and an Austin apartment goes up in smoke. Public health is on..."

March 28, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

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

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

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

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

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

Satan to Host Sixth Annual Comedy Seance

The Dark Prince hosts again, promises one hell of a time

"...Dead celebrities will be resurrected for the sixth year in a row during this night of diabolical shenanigans. Elvis?..."

Oct. 28, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

The First Time

Austin artists reveal the intimate details of how they got their muse on

"...were with, and, most importantly, how after that encounter, everything changed. You were different. The world was different. Your..."

July 17, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

On Culture's Front Lines

The 2005 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...let their talents take flight. They're there where cultural institutions are born and support for them is pledged and..."

June 3, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moontower 3 Schedules Its Jokers

100 comics into 10 venues into 4 days = thousands of laughs

"...date-books, timetables, and city maps, so you can start calculating how to maximize your laugh allowance the last weekend..."

March 26, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

A Good Sense of HUMORdy

The filmmaking collective spreads the word of Austin comedy to the world wide web

"..."Who was it, Warhol or Huxley, who said '15 minutes of fame'?"..."

Oct. 12, 2012 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Summer of Laugh

This Year, Austin Comics Got Really Hot

"...Robert Faires It was the essay that struck fear into the heart of every young student. "How I Spent..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Arts Feature by Adrienne Martini

Moontower 2014, Day 2: Bobcat Goldthwait

When the 'Cat shrieks, we listen

"...Functional magnetic resonance imaging shows us that areas of the brain "light up"..."

April 25, 2014 Arts Post by Anne Harris

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

Qmmunity: Fund-Raising Hell

This month’s edition of Austin International Drag Foundation’s drag competition fundraiser digs into Halloween nostalgia for its theme

"...Don’t raise the dead this October; help Austin International Drag Foundation raise funds at Hot Topix, their..."

Oct. 6, 2023 Column by James Scott

Cap City Comedy Club Closes

COVID closure shutters the venerable stand-up home for good

"...the venue that's kept you – and all of Austin – laughing for almost a quarter century, traded punch..."

Sept. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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

AFF Has the Right Idea About ‘Wrong Numbers’

Made in Texas series revisits Alex Holdridge’s first film

"...To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Austin Film Festival’s Made in Texas film series is taking..."

May 7, 2013 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

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

Brutality Television

Why you won't be seeing Austin emo puppet band Fragile Rock on America's Got Talent

"...Got Talent with my emo puppet band Fragile Rock, being interviewed after our performance...."

July 15, 2016 Arts Feature by Brently Heilbron

Aaron Brooks Has This Story

Aaron Brooks' skill at shaping bits of life into laugh-filled tales may soon put him out of a job

"..."duck out of work early" on a hot day in Downtown Austin. "Like most comics, I have a day..."

April 22, 2016 Arts Feature

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

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