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Bucking broncos, drag vampires, and more highlights

"...how to channel your inner Stan Lee and Jack Kirby – or maybe Alison Bechdel or Takeshi Obata and..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Bloody Brides, Creepy Cats, and More Arts Events for the Week

Valentine's (and anti-Valentine) fun, soundtracking a rock, etc.

"...how to channel your inner Stan Lee and Jack Kirby – or maybe Alison Bechdel or Takeshi Obata and..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Accident Man: Hitman’s Holiday

Fights galore, over-the-top kills, and a major Scott Adkins showcase

"...Directed by: George Kirby and Harry Kirby. Starring: Scott Adkins, Ray Stevenson, Perry..."

Oct. 14, 2022 Movie Review by Sarah Jane

Owen Kline Turns the Funny Pages

New movie looks at the grotesque and absurd sides of collection

"...were a few creators whose work he loved (Jack Kirby, Mike Mignola, Steve Ditko, Wally Wood, Alex Toth, and..."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Escapism and Connection: The Illustrated Life of Billy Perkins

Hustling Austin posters for 30 years, Perkins perseveres

"...Steranko (Nick Fury), Barry Windsor-Smith (Conan the Barbarian), Jack Kirby (Captain America). That comic rack upholds some of the..."

June 17, 2022 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...punk crusaders of Surfbort. Visceral frontwoman Dani Miller and company come ready to spoon feed the head with a..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

SXSW Film Goes Right to the Moon

Apollo 10 1/2, Sandra Bullock, and more join movie list

"...a bicycle trip across the country, a young Neill Kirby McMillan Jr. experiences The Mojo Revelation. After teaming up..."

Feb. 2, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster Than Sound: Kendra Sells, Unlimited

BluMoon singer's genre-dancing solo debut, a music supervisor panel, and more music news

"...coordinator at Deep Cut Music (deepcutmusic.com), a music supervision company founded by local Maggie Phillips...."

May 21, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Faster Than Sound: Free Lunch Creatives Feed Austin’s Unhoused

Musicians rally for emergency storm relief, and Spicewood's Katy Kirby debuts on Keeled Scales.

"...many facilities quickly set up across the city. Katy Kirby's Five-Alarm Folk Rock..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

SXSW Film Gets Latest Apatow, Snowpiercer Premiere

Huge lineup includes new docs on St. Vincent, Ozzy, Zappa

"...of misfits to take on the greatest video game company in the world, Nintendo. Console Wars goes behind the..."

Jan. 15, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Hey, Grownups! More Graphic Novels!

Three new releases from those geeky savants at Fantagraphics

"...– to know there’s also an homage to Jack Kirby’s 1976 version of 2001: A Space Odyssey for Marvel..."

Dec. 13, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Gay Place

Summer is the best time to get outside and play like a kid

"...Suter gives her take here. Directed by Shrewd Productions company member Rudy Ramirez, this company puts the focus on..."

July 29, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Dinner Lab + Phaidon = Magnus Nilsson's Nordic Feast

Not even an army of frost giants could keep us from this culinary event

"...an actual place – especially as depicted by Jack Kirby in the pages of Marvel comic books hundreds of..."

Nov. 16, 2015 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Nick Drake

A new tome sheds light on the mythic UK folkie

"...Cambridge, but while there he became friends with Robert Kirby, his arranger whose unique combination of classical and contemporary..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Davis: Abbott Soft on Rape

Davis came out swinging with a heavy accusation

"...a door-to-door vacuum salesman for the San Antonio-based Sena Kirby Company, a distributor of Kirby products, to gain access..."

Aug. 15, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: DANDY DOODLE

Go forth and blow it up for the Fourth

"...and raise some money and awareness for the Paul Kirby AIDS Emergency Assistance Fund at ASA. Fri., July 4,..."

July 4, 2014 Column by Kate X Messer

News Ticker: October 30

All the news that's fit to blog

"...there was this one time that Abbott said the Kirby Vacuum Cleaner Company had "no duty" to screen out..."

Oct. 30, 2013 News Post by Brandon Watson

After a Fashion

Your Style Avatar drapes himself in the rainbow for Pride

"...received a press release about socks. Darn Tough, the company that makes them here in the USA (Vermont), uses..."

Sept. 7, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

SXSW Scares & Shorts Revealed

Late-night fare and short film lineup announced

"...are coming back. Cast: Julia Dietze, Götz Otto, Christopher Kirby, Peta Sergeant, Stephanie Paul, Tilo Prückner, Michael Cullen, Udo..."

Feb. 8, 2012 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Studio Theater Project

The mixed program offers a rich variety of dance that defies easy summation

"...For its biennial Studio Theater Project, the company presents a program of short works in the up..."

April 1, 2011 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

After a Fashion

Elizabeth Taylor: heavenly star

"...the night? Every penny raised went to the Paul Kirby Emergency Fund. Octopus Club, you've done it again ......"

April 1, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Bringing the Heat

A devotion to cooking pervades the mentality of many of the 200-plus contestants who enter each year

"...always the bridesmaid but never the bride," jokes Brent Kirby, who's been entering the Hot Sauce Contest since 1997...."

Aug. 27, 2010 Food Feature by Rachel Feit

Everybody Must Get 'Stoned'

Improv Guru Keith Johnstone brings his Maestro to the Long Center

"...And we're kind of piggybacking off the Pollyanna Theatre Company, because they have the Long Center's Rollins Theatre for..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: A Constant Marvel

Binder, Beck, and the Big Red Cheese

"...Beck would downplay Otto's contributions to Captain Marvel and company, Otto acted in a completely opposite manner, giving Beck..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Flush

Ariel Dance Theatre's Gyre Project ends on a visually thrilling but confusing note

"...a real organism of the work, produced by a company that is, after all, a dance theatre...."

Aug. 28, 2009 Arts Review by Jonelle Seitz

Give 'Em a Hand

The nominees for the 2009 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...The Nina Variations, Gobotrick Theatre Company..."

May 15, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Free Comic Book Day

There's a comic for everybody among the 40 titles available in the eighth annual giveaway

"...Whether you picture this scene penciled by Jack Kirby or Peter Bagge, Free Comic Book Day is bound..."

May 1, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

After a Fashion

Watch it, Charlize; Elvis on fire; and is Stephen saying what we think he is saying?

"...the caption "Charlize Theron wears Dior." The Raymond Weil company is pretty pissed, and though the suit was filed..."

Nov. 2, 2007 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Weathering the Storm

The Austin Lightning look to gain a foothold in Austin as soccer is primed for the national spotlight

"...at 18 for his father's work. He graduated from Kirby Hall and quickly moved up through the Texas soccer..."

June 22, 2007 Sports Feature by Joe O'Connell

Cocaine: Does a Body Good!

"...One ingredient is Inositol, which the AG says the company markets as a cholesterol reducer that can prevent the..."

May 4, 2007 News Post by Jordan Smith

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