Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts

Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events

"...famously terse, but if you’ve ever listened to Goldstein’s funny yet weirdly philosophical pod Films to Be Buried With,..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

South by Southwest Falls for Ryan Gosling With The Fall Guy World Premiere

3 Body Problem, more announced for 2024 festival

"...Ari Katcher Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show is a darkly funny documentary series about Jerrod's tumultuous quest for love, sex,..."

Jan. 10, 2024 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin at Large: Mea Culpa, Mea Maxima Culpa

Have a problem with our endorsements? That’s not news! Here’s some of what we’ve heard.

"...U.S. Senate, and observes that there are simply fewer newspapers in the U.S. now, with fewer people writing for..."

Oct. 28, 2022 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

John Aielli’s Eccentric Home Opens for an Estate Sale

The legendary deejay's home was a reflection of who he was, and now Austinites get a glimpse inside

"...In the most detailed, honest, funny, and beautiful postmortem accounting of Aielli's life, longtime KUT(X)..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin

Titane to Open Fantastic Fest 2021

Cannes winner heads up this year's lineup

"...he can’t do it on his own in this funny and philosophical documentary about the importance of friends and..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Screens Post

New French Shorts 2021

The annual best of Gallic cinema, in small chunks

"...a closer step to healing. It is a wryly funny film with a through line of pathos that is..."

June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Crew Has Answers

Nine pro chefs and YouTube personalities tackle our burning food Qs

"...exciting to learn from all the talented, smart, and funny editors around me – and I had a lot..."

March 20, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...the mayor was in his office and there were papers everywhere. He's got his team around him and he's..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Amanda Shires’ Closet Craft

Texan fiddler adapts her process and updates her sound

"...that I think I run past quickly. She says funny things and is really good at observing. Like this..."

June 28, 2018 Music Post by Abby Johnston

Generic Ensemble Company's Carmen

This devised work shares the name of Bizet's opera, but it has its own story to tell, one that's modern, irreverent and funny

"...undercover ICE agents come prowling for someone who's supplying papers to undocumented workers, and where one of them falls..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Comics Writer Donny Cates Casts Spells on Doctor Strange

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme and big bad Thanos get a local scribe

"...comics scene as a manager at now-lost institutions like Funny Papers and Thor's Hammer. He had a simple mantra:..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

I Do ... Until I Don't

Marriage (comedies) ain't easy

"...go out of style), a game cast, and a funny critique of the ethics of documentary filmmaking, I Do..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

A Legislative Session Just for Dan Patrick

How much can go wrong in 30 days?

"...Donna Howard, D-Austin, said, "He thought it was really funny that he surprised everybody this way, and I thought,..."

June 16, 2017 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: Why Are So Many People Unhappy With President Trump?

Can’t American citizens cut that orange shitgibbon a little slack?

"...you're Ivanka. He used to be kind of like Funny Dad, back in the Eighties, on that show about..."

June 12, 2017 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mat Johnson: Black & White & Read All Over

Our interview with the Houston-based author

"...much stuff, like, galloping through the story. Loving Day, funny as it is, seems a lot more focused and..."

June 18, 2015 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film 2015 Rundown

Reviews, interviews, photo galleries, and more

"...Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine Madina’s Dream Funny Bunny Petting Zoo Twinsters The Goob Creative Control The..."

March 22, 2015 SXSW Post

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Funny Bunny Director/Screenwriter: Alison Bagnall Funny Bunny is a serious..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Always Be Chloe-sing

Mary Lynn Rajskub on moving from 24 to stand-up

"...initially doing performance art, you weren't trying to be funny, but people were laughing. So when were you first..."

Nov. 12, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Hopper Energy Bars Ready to Jump Into the Local Market

Mixing it up with peanuts and honey and crickets and more

"...and seaweed bar, though? As they say in the funny papers, “Blecch.” But then – these are prototypes, after..."

June 17, 2014 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Film Festival Presents Jason Reitman

Revisiting 'Up In the Air'

"...like this, Reitman and co. divulged priceless stories and funny moments you will not find in any DVD extras...."

Feb. 10, 2014 Screens Post by Neha Aziz

Sad, Bad Santa

Wild Bill's 'Honky Tonk Holidaze' – 'Bad Santa' gone Cheech & Chong

"...been completely hoardified, but you can see all these papers are arranged in stacks. I know where everything is...."

Dec. 13, 2013 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Funny Papers

Rob Delaney stops off at BookPeople

Nov. 10, 2013 Books Post by Mac McCann

25 Years of Mr. Smarty Pants for R. U. Steinberg

Austin's favorite factoid-man celebrates a quarter-century.

"...And so I was the Listings Editor for both papers at the same time for a while...."

Sept. 23, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Donny Cates Is No 'Buzzkill'

Local writer collaborates with Toadies drummer for new comic

"...at a host of comic stores, including First Federal, Funny Papers, Southside, and Thor's Hammer. "Which are all gone..."

Sept. 18, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Q&A Hole: Which One Typeface Would You Eradicate Forever?

With Swissmiss, Marc English, Jennymarie Jemison, and more

"...something it is not. It is comic (though not funny), and it is sans (as compared to avec serif,..."

March 4, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The AggreGAYtor: January 10

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...that make you wonder if you should be filing papers in imaginary divorce court. In an inaugural twofer, Obama’s..."

Jan. 10, 2013 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The AggreGAYtor: November 19

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

"...• I wonder why evangelicals like Franklin Graham always..."

Nov. 19, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

The End of the Line?

As print media money dries up, political cartoonists look to the web

"...of ironic detachment. A medium that's vibrant, vital, smart, funny-as-shit – and dying out...."

July 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Nerd Ascending

Simon Pegg's star trajectory

"...Nerd Do Well, quoting from one of your university papers titled "Base and Supersucker: A Marxist Overview of Consent..."

June 10, 2011 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Performing/Guzzling

We know that Kim Gordon is expert at being watched, but this collection of her artwork turns the gaze around

"...an Armageddonish feeling are mixed-media pieces in which hometown papers The New York Times (New England edition!) and The..."

April 23, 2010 Books Review by Cindy Widner

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