Gay Place

Men of Color are the essence of Essex

"...GEEKS WHO DRINK QUIZ GAME Be a geek. Be a..."

Aug. 2, 2013 Column by Kate X Messer

Classic Comedy Sketches Come Back to Life at the Alamo Ritz

Local troupes re-enact faves from SNL, Monty Python, Mr. Show, and more

"...You know those geeks who can't seem to go more than five sentences..."

Jan. 22, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 10 Austin Food Blogs

"...3) Local Savour (www.localsavour.com) Self-admitted "food geek" Elizabeth Van Huffel created this site to promote a..."

Jan. 4, 2013 Food Feature by Kate Thornberry

There's a New Uncle in Town

Harry Knowles wants to reinvent Famous Monsters of Filmland for the digital generation

"...lengthy run, FM changed the course of American pop culture. Many of its earliest readers went on to change..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Cool Keeps On

Fourteen years after AICN woke up the Web, three Austin film sites carry on the tradition

"...In the beginning, the Geek God rolled an errant dolly loaded with hundreds of..."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

The Big Show

Comic-Con has gone Hollywood, but Austin's comics pros say it's still the place to be

"...You've seen the geeks totally geeking out (paunchy men stuffed like sausages into..."

Aug. 15, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Second That Emo-Tion

Girlie Action revisits emo.

"...hooked. I haven’t found a book about modern music culture so helpful since Generation Ecch! came out in 1994...."

April 12, 2007 Music Post by Margaret Moser

Connective Issue

Web 2.0, online gaming, but everything's in-between

"...later tapped by Rolling Stone and Wired as a geek trend-spotter. These days, in L.A., he's fallen in with..."

March 2, 2007 Screens Feature by James Renovitch

Summer Camp Guide

"...surveyed being that one dated the "hottest girl at geek camp." Regardless, there's one thing the movies and real..."

April 28, 2006 Features Feature by Nora Ankrum

The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...Manson," in which Kelley, in full (and fully disturbing) geek mode, expounds from his bedroom on the "totally unfair"..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

SXSW 2002 Web Awards

This year's Earl Award winners

"...cookie-baking tips while trying to sell you kitchen appliances. Art/Culturethinkcollective.org..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

SXSW 2002 Web Awards

This year's Earl Award winners

"...cookie-baking tips while trying to sell you kitchen appliances. Art/Culturethinkcollective.org..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

A Guy on a Mission

QTV will give Austinites another chance to experience Quentin Tarantino as a passionate educator.

"...and Jackie Brown (1997) -- have all entered the pop-culture pantheon, and so too has the writer-director. Their many..."

Aug. 17, 2001 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Technically Speaking

The Digital World Turns the Page

"...Maybe the idea of lounging in the shade, reading geeky tech books seems a little odd. But then, there..."

June 2, 2000 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

SXSW Music Festival

Picks & Sleepers

"..."the current degeneration and immorality of American music and culture today." Take that as a big endorsement. (Emo's Jr.,..."

March 17, 2000 Music Feature

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...the Situation, Pauly D, and pals became a pop culture phenomenon in 2009 with their serious-about-fun lifestyles captured on..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...New Jersey native left his role with Best Buy's Geek Squad the month before dropping that project and directly..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Valoneecia Tolbert Geeks Out in Tales of a Blerd Ballerina

The actress looks back at what it was to be young, geeky, and Black

"...fiction, fantasy, horror, comics, cartoons, gaming, and other genre subcultures are open about letting their geek flags fly and..."

April 9, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Motorblade Postering Returns, With a New Owner

Austin’s premier postering service is no longer on the Fritz and is ready to roll & rock with Ricardo

"...member of bands Freaks Amor, the Blue Box, Second Culture, Cup, and PetCatMan; working solo but often collaborating with..."

July 3, 2020 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Edgar Cantero Scoobies the Fhtagn Right Out the Ol’ Lovecraft

The geek-savvy author brings his Meddling Kids to BookPeople

"...native whose first language is Spanish, but who spits pop-culture in English like the savviest geek in, say, Sheboygan..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

We’ll shield you against that mofo of a FOMO, citizen!

"...that used to be called the South Austin Popular Culture Center but is more succinctly monikered as SouthPop these..."

June 15, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Different Kind of Barista at Empowered Coffee

Employees with intellectual or developmental disabilities make coffee and learn life skills

"...the espresso machine, pour over coffee station, and pop culture-laden conversations with regulars. Because of safety concerns and complicated..."

May 11, 2018 Food Feature by Dan Gentile

SXSW Film Recap: Ready Player One Premiere

Tech problems fail to dampen the excitement at star-studded event

"...Festivalgoers have gotten used to SXSW premieres at the..."

March 12, 2018 SXSW Post by Moisés Chiullán

SXSW Adds Ready Player One

New Spielberg movie takes the Sunday night prestige slot

"...an age when humanity has retreated into the pop culture smorgasbord of the Oasis...."

March 10, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Playback – JMBLYA 2017: Trapper’s Delight

JMBLYA garners the third largest concert audience in Austin's 2017

"...Atlanta trap kinfolk Migos sparked up recent smash LP Culture with staccato Southern chants of "Get Right Witcha," faring..."

May 12, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Gay Place

Louisa Spaventa's Night of Queer Performance fosters education, support, and celebration for the queer community

"...HavenCon 3 The third annual HavenCon – Texas' LGBTQxyz Geek and Gaming Convention – returns with Denise Crosby (Star..."

April 28, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place

Dining Out for Life raises funds for HIV/AIDS related care

"...adult games while taking a satirical look at pop culture. Thu., April 20, 7-8:30pm. George Washington Carver Museum and..."

April 21, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

The Luv Doc: Barebacking SXSW

PEWOL (pronounced "pee wall"), which stands for "people without lanyards"

"...Well, Erdo, if you were any cousin at all,..."

March 17, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

To Build a Home

Four Austin writers discuss how they create their fantastic worlds

"...to, in the long run, strengthen and unify the culture she had created...."

June 17, 2016 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

Gift Guide 2015: The Joy of Watching, Reading, and Feeling

Holiday offerings for the pop-culturally minded

"...Is there a more obsessive lot than the pop-culture nerd? Meticulously cataloging the minutiae of their favorite TV..."

Dec. 18, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

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