Moontower Announces Jenny Slate, Leslie Jones, Jay Pharoah, and More for Its Just for Laughs Festival

Samantha Bee, Ziwe, Monét X Change, and many more added to lineup

"...already includes Trevor Noah, Seth Meyers, Vir Das, Chelcie Lynn, Ben Schwartz, and a cavalcade of others. Add to..."

Feb. 9, 2023 Arts Post by James Renovitch

The Texas Book Festival Unveils Its List of Participating Authors

In-person and virtual panels and discussions abound

"...Arreola Kerri Arsenault Elaine Ayala Chandler Baker Chris Barton Kalynn Bayron Rosebud Ben-Oni Kate Biberdorf Warren Binford Kathy Blackwell..."

Sept. 22, 2021 Arts Post by Adrienne Hunter

Ten Key Moments in a Year of Endless Texas Election Drama

Vote Early and Often

"...also saw the special election to replace state Sen. Kirk Watson, who'd announced his resignation back in February; Travis..."

Dec. 18, 2020 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Election Day Live Coverage for Travis County

Tracking the local races

"...races will go to runoffs between their leading contenders, Lynn Boswell v. Jennifer Littlefield in D5 and Noelita Lugo..."

Nov. 3, 2020 News Post by the News Staff

Rude Mechs Bring a Karaoke Christmas Carol Into Your Home and You’re the Star

Local theatre savants revamp Dickens for your holiday acting pleasure

"...is Charles Dickens’ classic as rewritten by the company’s Kirk Lynn...."

Oct. 6, 2020 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re playing

"...Willie Nelson all day, Ray Charles all night. Loretta Lynn always. Lightnin' Hopkins seemed to sing exclusively about the..."

July 31, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Fusebox Festival 2020: Virtual Edition

Here's who will be charging up your screen April 24-26

"...being Fusebox, across the universe. (Remember the year Captain Kirk gave a speech? Well, this year, the Illustrious Blacks..."

April 20, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

SXSW Announces Midnighters, VR And More

Time to get dark and artistic with the latest film wave

"...feature debut. Cast: Dave Davis, Menashe Lustig, Malky Goldman, Lynn Cohen, Fred Melamed (U.S. Premiere)..."

Feb. 5, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Robert Faires' Top 10 Theatre Treasures of 2019

History came alive and exceptional ensembles propelled the year's most memorable shows

"...into mountain ranges that mesmerizingly rose and fell as Kirk Lynn's repetitive and uncannily wise text lapped wavelike at..."

Dec. 20, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

What to See When You Aren't Catching Moontower Comedy's Big Shows

"...who kill: Jon Dore, Bonnie McFarlane, Andy Kindler, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Gareth Reynolds, Eliza Skinner, and Daniel Van Kirk...."

April 19, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Author, Poet, and Podcast Host Carrie Fountain Isn’t Trying to Trick You

The 2019 Texas Poet Laureate talks shop as she receives two Texas honors

"...affable frankness. "And then I got married [to playwright Kirk Lynn] and had kids. And then having kids and..."

April 5, 2019 Arts Feature by Rosalind Faires

UT Hires Playwrights Annie Baker and Branden Jacob-Jenkins

MacArthur Fellows will teach in theatre department, Michener Center

"...Becky's New Car, Bloomsday, et al.), Rude Mechs co-founder Kirk Lynn (Fixing Troilus and Cressida, Your Mother's Copy of..."

Jan. 30, 2019 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Wayne Alan Brenner’s Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2018

Representational and digital art, plus theatre rooted in history proved especially mind-blowing this year

"...2) KIRK LYNN'S COLD RECORD (Fusebox Festival) The local playwright's song-spiked..."

Dec. 28, 2018 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Chronicle Recommends: The Many Faces of Frankenstein

Celebrating the cinematic legacy of Mary Shelley's creation

"...the components of the old. That's what director Tim Kirk did with this deconstructionist drama: He took 1977's Terror..."

Aug. 2, 2018 Screens Post by Chronicle Film Staff

Critics Name Cream of the Cultural Crop

The nominees for the 2017-18 Austin Critics Table Awards

"...Chronicle's Elizabeth Cobbe (theatre), Melany Jean (visual arts), T. Lynn Mikeska (theatre), Robi Polgar (classical music), Jonelle Seitz (dance),..."

May 14, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Rude Mechs' Fixing Troilus and Cressida

The third show in the Fixing Shakespeare series makes his mess of a play about the Trojan War hilarious and even engrossing

"...Fixing Shakespeare series, courtesy of the Rude Mechanicals and Kirk Lynn as the credited writer. The third show in..."

March 16, 2018 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Five Recommended Art Events This Weekend

How can you lose with a sweet list to use before it's time to choose?

"...Salon symposium with the Rude Mechs’ Madge Darlington and Kirk Lynn, with choreographer Alexa Capareda, geneticist Jennifer Moon, cell..."

Jan. 26, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Allison Orr Named 2018 USA Fellow

Honor for Forklift Danceworks founder comes with $50K grant

"...the past decade: choreographer Deborah Hay, playwright and novelist Kirk Lynn, filmmakers Anne Lewis and Heather Courtney, poet A...."

Jan. 16, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017

From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage

"...5) NOT EVERY MOUNTAIN (Rude Mechs) Kirk Lynn's extended prayerlike poem offered an elegant soundtrack to..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

If It Ain't Bruch, Don't Fix It

Just a drummer from Iowa? Just a culinary badass? Hold his beer.

"...at the time, St. Luke’s at 12th and West Lynn, worked there for a couple of years. And then..."

Dec. 21, 2017 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Staging Building the Wall Before Trump Builds His Wall

Robert Schenkkan races to get his latest work on stage

"...new works, Kansas City Rep), Robert Schenkkan (playwright), and Kirk Lynn (novelist/playwright, The Method Gun)...."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Paramount Announces Summer Classic Film Series Lineup

See the whole schedule and get some tickets to escape the heat

"...(1957, 88min/b&w, DCP) Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, and Adolphe Menjou. Directed by Stanley..."

May 16, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Different Things To Do In Austin This Weekend

Art! Theatre! Dance! You know: What the enemy hates.

"...Also, hold on, Thomas Graves designed this show, and Kirk Lynn wrote it, and Peter “Brown Whörnet” Stopschinski did..."

April 6, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Punk Pioneer Steve Marsh Climbs the Star Ladder

Ex-Terminal Mind vocalist explores outré galaxies in Evil Triplet

"..."Richard Lynn, who's the head of the label, texted me a..."

Feb. 10, 2017 Music Feature by Tim Stegall

Sister of Shattering Glass

A new supernatural thriller spills out, live, through your phone

"...whimsical Dreams of Riley’s Friends, in collaboration with playwright Kirk Lynn, and that enjoyably unnerving Computer Simulation of the..."

Feb. 8, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fast, Cheap, and in Control

Cost-of-living increases are making local artists do more with less

"...We get to laugh a lot," says fellow Rude Kirk Lynn, ticking off the benefits of the company's monthly..."

Feb. 3, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Death Watch: A Future Danger?

Texas' death chamber is only heating up

"...to rob the fast food restaurant with his cousin, Kirk Edwards...."

Jan. 20, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

Evil Triplet’s Career Opportunities

ATX punk pioneer previews heavy psych on “Get a Job”

"...the powerful rumble of bassist Joe Volpi and drummer Kirk Laktas. From Hawkwind to Hendrix, Gong to Guru Guru,..."

Jan. 16, 2017 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Rude Mechs' Requiem for Tesla

The Austin theatre collective's biography of inventor Nikola Tesla literally makes sparks fly

"...of everyone in the theatre. This particular resurrection of Kirk Lynn's script offers infotainment at its best, zipping effortlessly..."

Dec. 9, 2016 Arts Review by T. Lynn Mikeska

Local Composer Peter Stopschinski Releases 50 Free Albums in One Summer

That’s just the kind of guy he is

Aug. 19, 2016 Arts Feature by Kirk Lynn

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