Who's WhOOB

"...Among the 100-plus improvisers, comedians, and stand-up comics who will perform..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place: Wholly Holy Holey

Mo' gifts fo 'mos

"...O, Ho-sanna, sweet 'mos. 'Tis the season. And some folks have different reasons for the..."

Dec. 23, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

AFF: God of Tetris

How 'The Tetris Masters' Thor Aackerlund is the anti-Billy Mitchell

"...Billy Mitchell. Anyone who has seen 2007 SXSW favorite The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters will have..."

Oct. 27, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Gay Place: Texas Is a Queer State of Mind

UT goes balls-out on Queer State(s)

"...The catalog for the balls-out exhibit of queer expression currently..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Column by Kate X Messer

Keep Not Silent

The fourth Austin Jewish Film Festival

"...Before Marc Levin embarked on the series of confrontations with anti-Semitic conspiracy theorists of various..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

He Who Hits First, Hits Twice

The Urgent Cinema of Santiago Alvarez

"...am a product of 'accelerated underdevelopment,'" Alvarez would say. "The Revolution made me a film director. I learnt the..."

Sept. 13, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

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

"...strange situation faced Ivy Le and Aira Juliet at the start of 2022. Their desire to produce a live..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Column by James Scott

Can Dirty Sixth Be Cleaned Up?

City Hall, the bars and clubs, and now a big developer say, “Maybe?”

"...about a re-tenanting. That doesn't mean running people off the street. The dance clubs, beer joints, and tattoo parlors..."

June 17, 2022 News Feature by Chad Swiatecki

Slam Sisters

The Women of the World Poetry Slam brings Austin a spoken-word contest that's about more than scores

"...it all started with an open-mic poetry night at the Hideout Coffeehouse, where she was studying for a macroeconomics..."

March 21, 2014 Arts Feature by Amy Gentry

Naked City

"...Quote of the Week "President Bush has been wrong at every step..."

Jan. 19, 2007 News Feature

2005 Austin Film Festival Schedule

Thursday, Oct. 20, through Thursday, Oct. 27

"...Paramount Theatre 713 Congress..."

Oct. 21, 2005 Screens Feature

Mission: Improvable

Austin's improv community gathers intelligence

"...ago, it was slam poets. You remember that, right? The city is still faintly reeling. Next week, it's improvisers:..."

Aug. 25, 2006 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Top 9 Ways to Decorate a Set

Looking back at 2009 through its most memorable scenic designs

"...1) ANNE MCMEEKING FOR 'THREE DAYS OF RAIN' (PENFOLD THEATRE COMPANY) There was rain on stage. Like, actual falling..."

Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Elizabeth Cobbe

Hero of Heroes of Comedy

"...Dear Editor, As an improviser who has been on the scene for nearly five years, I first want to..."

Oct. 13, 2006 Postmarks

ColdTowne Theater: Comedy moves uptown

You can count all the comedy venues in Austin on the fingers of one hand, so the opening of a new one, ColdTowne Theater, qualifies as a real occasion

"...When you can count all the comedy venues in Austin on the fingers of one..."

Oct. 27, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Out of Bounds 2016

"...The biggest event on Austin's improv calendar opens this coming..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

New Year's Eve Events

"...As the coming new year begins to claw its way through..."

Jan. 2, 2004 Features Feature by Wells Dunbar

New Year's Eve Events

"...As the coming new year begins to claw its way through..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Features Feature by Wells Dunbar

Articulations

Ratgirl drops her tights to comment on Wayne Alan Brenner's review of Uncaged.

"...Artists are rarely timid when it comes to expressing their opinion of a critic's review. They will pick apart..."

July 6, 2001 Arts Column by Robert Faires

The Lover

The Lover, a Harold Pinter drama staged jointly by ONE Theatre Company and the dance troupe Footesteps, is a turn-on, a balance of music, sweet lines, and sensuality.

"...The Lover: Foreplay..."

Dec. 15, 2000 Arts Review by Rob Curran

Two(Funny)fer Words

The Friday Night Twofer is a new night of hilarity building on the recent explosion of improvisational theatre and comedy troupes in Austin

"...Friday night, you'll find a few dozen Austinites climbing the stairs at the Hideout and crowding into in the..."

July 29, 2005 Arts Feature by Patti Hadad

Another Hotel Checks In on Congress Avenue

The Hideout has seen the future and it's a 32-story hotel

"...619 Con­gress, which houses Wholly Cow Burgers, and demolishing the circa-1850 building to accommodate a 32-story boutique hotel on..."

Aug. 1, 2014 News Feature by Amy Smith

Articulations

A new tool in finding performance space in Austin.

"...If there's a downside to the plenitude of theatre companies and..."

July 14, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Articulations

A tragic accident for a local dancer; the loss of a great state drama teacher.

"...that city. On May 25, during a visit to the Bay Area, Lisa Baltich was performing outdoors when part..."

June 9, 2000 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Speaking in Tongues

When Dan Dietz 'lets go,' he turns gibberish into art. And he proves it in the Salvage Vanguard Theater production of MacWellman's nonsense play Terminal Hip.

"...To get a really good feel for the kind of theatre artist Dan Dietz is, it helps..."

March 24, 2000 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Top 10 Local Comedy Stories of 2023

New venues, new faces, new experiments

"...– landed 2023 JFL New Faces recognition, making this the first year that Austin has sent three comics to..."

Dec. 15, 2023 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Austin's Kerri Lendo Has Almost No Shame At All

The popular comedian runs one hella weird open mic

"...No, this post is about Austin's No Shame Theatre, the long-running performative open mic that happens at Salvage..."

Feb. 14, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Film Festival 2004

Go. Watch. Mingle. Enjoy. For complete schedule see www.sxsw.com.

"...The SXSW Film Festival 2004 begins today, March 12, and..."

March 12, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Moontower Wednesday

"...When the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival debuted last year, it..."

April 19, 2013 Arts Feature

Austin Jewish Film Festival Schedule

"...Venues: Regal Arbor Cinema, 9828 Great Hills Dr.; Hideout Theatre, 617 Congress..."

Jan. 20, 2006 Screens Feature

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