Qmmunity: Queer Comedy Pipeline

Ivy Le talks the impact of Tongue in Cheek, a queer comedy open mic providing fertile ground for Austin's LGBTQ comics

"...Austin. Why weren't there enough queer people, an inherently funny group, to fill a monthly comedy lineup? "But it..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by James Scott

“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,..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Rod Machen

Razzle-Dazzle 'Em

David Bologna on making it to Broadway with 'Billy Elliot'

"...I felt so inexperienced for some reason, which is funny. AC: Had you done any kind of professional audition..."

Dec. 11, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Pun de Deux

Kathy Dunn Hamrick gives the lowest form of humor a lift in The BarreTenders

"...which can be every bit as playful, even fall-down funny, as its theatrical cousin. That's especially true in Austin,..."

Feb. 8, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Livin' Lavaca Loca

In the early Eighties, back when Jay Leno was still funny, he and a number of now-big name comics told jokes at a little place on Lavaca called the Comedy Workshop. Being there changed the life of one person, who recalls what it was like.

"...Remember when Jay Leno used to be funny? Back during the early Eighties? David Letterman had recently..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Arts Feature by Angela Davis

Qmmunity: Carnival of Queers

A carnival of queer cavorting will delight your senses this weekend

"...Sept. 17, from 2 to 10pm. You'll find carnival games! Food! Arts and crafts exhibits! A petting zoo! Vendors!..."

Sept. 15, 2023 Column by James Scott

Your 15 Minutes Are Up, Mr. Gates

Top Nine Cyber Stories

"...iMac except for one thing: Almost everyone likes this funny-looking, transparent teal computer. It's kind of a cross between..."

Jan. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Coach's Corner

"...kind of win, brings on giddy talk of bowl games and stretch runs. After a lucky win over Rice..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Scanlines

"...of work, The Ninth Configuration is many things - funny, powerful, harrowing, surreal - but it is never anything..."

June 30, 1995 Arts Feature

SXSW Film Review: Y2K

Stoner disaster-comedy banks on 90s nostalgia

"...of Gen Z cast members: Rachel Zegler (The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes), Jaeden Martell (It),..."

March 10, 2024 Screens Post by Dex Wesley Parra

Champions

Bobby Farrelly's sports comedy's only offense is being offensively agreeable

"...toes a very fine line between the characters being funny on their own terms and the movie gawking at..."

March 10, 2023 Movie Review by Trace Sauveur

SXSW 2012 Film Lineup Announced

'21 Jump Street' selected as Centerpiece Film

"...Coriat From the producer of Billy Elliot comes this funny, coming of age film featuring songs from artists such..."

Feb. 1, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cyrus

John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, and Marisa Tomei co-star in this Duplass brothers' comedy about a young man's obsessive attachment to his mother.

"...shots. The effect suits the film, as its mind games are built on a series of thrusts and parries,..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Zapping Me Into the Present Moment

"...Conservatory, I fell for the warm-ups – challenging, ridiculous games that beat down self-consciousness and zap me into the..."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Feature by Clayton Maxwell

Winning Dirty

The deep pleasures in the sketch show Winning Dirty come from character comedy and the way that the members of the Frank Mills troupe are old-school comedians

"...and the comic, a comic being one who says funny things, while "a comedian is one who says things..."

May 18, 2007 Arts Review by Robert Faires

9 Songs

Michael Winterbottom creates scenester porn in which he records the evolution of a man and a woman's relationship through sex and music – exclusively.

"...your intended also likes Franz Ferdinand, armchair philosophy, and funny little English cars. (A word of caution, however: The..."

Sept. 2, 2005 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Revenge of the Return of the Son of the Graphics Giveaway Begins!

If Scrooge McDuck, Bruce Wayne, and Veronica Lodge are giving away millions, it can only be Free Comic Book Day, Part IV

"...Bee Cave Comics & Games, 3636 Bee Caves #109, 306-9114..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Imperfect Game

The Texas Documentary Tour: 'Small Ball' follows a Little League team – and their parents – to the World Series

"...too clinical, way to describe the quirky, hilarious (both funny ha-ha and funny peculiar), frequently award-winning, always spot-on looks..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Postmarks

The Clark-Madison brouhaha continues amidst tributes to Mambo John and more.

"...Maybe it's just me, but is shooting frat rats funny ["20th Anniversary Issue: 1981-1982," Sept. 7]? Yeah, I know,..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Column

A Monk's Education

"...the paper for auditions, I saw a notice inviting funny and gifted actors to try out for a little..."

May 23, 1997 Arts Feature

Sunset Park

"...crams by way of books, videos, and viewing professional games. Each step toward earning respect from players such as..."

May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

A Surreal Party, a Dead Parade, and More Recommended Events

Liven up your weekend with these undead events

"...art, dinners, and services of all kinds, contests, and games – and rumor has it Dalí himself will be..."

Oct. 25, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

More Subjective Taproom Thoughts From Austin Kids

Beergardigans the Third, courtesy of local half-pints

"...my li'l taproom tax refunds are super duper: calm, funny, well-behaved. No need to send any angry screeds to..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Food Feature by Eric Puga

How Rooster Teeth Became an Online Phenomenon

9.5 million YouTube subscribers can’t be wrong

"...'03 is still standing. Rooster Teeth, which started as funny videos riffing on the game Halo, is now Austin's..."

May 11, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Year in Books

Thirty-one titles that got us talking this year

"...game, Cow Clicker, about the insipid nature of Facebook games, but he also managed to write the year's best..."

Jan. 6, 2012 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Year in Books

Freedom, Finkler, and Kids of America

"...indecently entertaining distillation of British World War II spy games, starring a 007 plucked from thin air (and featuring..."

Jan. 7, 2011 Books Feature by Kimberley Jones

Arrested Development?

Young-at-heart Austin is home to a booming Young Adult literature scene

"...a big boost from the success of The Hunger Games, is also very strong, again with writers trying to..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

SXSW Interactive 04

Exclusive Web-only 'Austin Chronicle' coverage of the wonks, the weekend, and the wilder side of cyberspace

"...Those funny-shaped D&D dice are one lesson about gaming – nifty..."

March 19, 2004 Screens Feature by Rachel Proctor May

El Diablo

Digging down into the depths of history (segregation) for the story of Willie "El Diablo" Wells and Austin black baseball.

"...just another one of the boys of summer. Between games of dominoes at Marshall's Barber Shop on East 12th..."

July 4, 2003 Sports Feature by Michael Chamy

Coach's Corner

The Oklahoma Sooners have inspired Coach's first "all-college-football" column ever. Boomer Sooner! Boo Virginia Tech! Hail to Lou Holtz!

"...little guy who can fill up their notepads with funny one-liners. He's not taken seriously enough as a football..."

Nov. 3, 2000 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

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