Qmmunity: Transitioning to the Big Screen

For Qmmunity Editor James Scott’s birthday, and Transgender Awareness Week, five trans movie recommendations

"...myself – "My name is James Scott, and I'm the guy who answers your messages on Instagram, so be..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Column by James Scott

The Bon Appétit Test Kitchen Crew Has Answers

Nine pro chefs and YouTube personalities tackle our burning food Qs

"...Throughout the YouTube zeitgeist, only one channel has given us Brad..."

March 20, 2020 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

What’s So Funny About This Thursday Night?

Austin’s Dirty Sixth is where you’ll find the answer to that question

"...Because it’s the Velveeta Room’s 30th birthday on Thursday, Sept. 13, see?..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Joey Waldon: In Memoriam

Popular stand-up comic and cartoonist has died at age 57

"...– than Joey Waldon's. During his days as a Velveeta Room regular and local cartoonist, Waldon routinely took the..."

May 22, 2013 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Margaret Cho Sex-Texts Her Mom

Ms. Cho's show at the Velveeta Room was short but sweeeet. And brown.

"...Last night when Margaret Cho took the stage at the Velveeta Room, we thought were ready,..."

March 21, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Big and Getting Bigger

Austin comic Eddie Gossling has always gotten a lot of attention for his size, but these days he's getting more attention for his comedy, and J.C. Shakespeare explains why.

"...When Eddie Gossling walks into a room, people notice. While his imposing physical presence may be..."

Dec. 10, 1999 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

35 Recommended SXSW Music Acts

From rock to new age to Irish traditional, these are the incoming artists to see

"...Over a thousand musical acts from across the globe descend on Austin this week to perform for..."

March 7, 2025 Music Feature by Carys Anderson

Ron White's "Tater Salad" Days

Ron White on why stand-up is the field for him and his "Tater Salad" days in Austin

"...With the starter's pistol for the fourth annual Moontower Comedy &..."

April 17, 2015 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Comics

The stand-up people behind the city's comedy scene

"...The original Funniest Person in Austin (as in the contest's..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Venues

Where to find the funny in town

"...If any Austin spot deserves the title "Comedy Central," it's this 400-seat club on Research,..."

March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Is Anybody Laughing?

In the midst of economic hard times and a wave of terrorist attacks, the comedy business wonders what's funny.

"...Right about now, the whole city was supposed to be doubled over with..."

Oct. 19, 2001 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Yo! MTV Laughs!

The Long, Strange Trip to TV for Three Austin Comics

"...There is a certain quality that's a hot commodity in..."

May 30, 1997 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Improv-Educated

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival makes more room for Austin's increasingly savvy audiences

"...many more bands/acts/films/punch line peddlers will get crammed into the schedule as a result. I mean, it's a mathematical..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gay Place

Where the queers at on Friday? SXSW!

"...What to do and where to go beyond all the official Festival folderol? What's Q-friendly at the SXSQ? Let..."

March 20, 2009 Features Feature by Ash Bell

How Sweetlamb It Is

The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival's founder returns to power

"...Yes, he's the producer of the Out of Bounds Comedy Festival that's..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Cool Jerks

It takes a cool character to weather the hot lights of a comedy club stage, so who better to share tips for beating the summer heat than stand-up comics from Austin, the hot-spot in Texas?

"...One of the best things about summer is that our city's Old..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

Where Comedy Lives

Austin stand-ups have a complex – and it's called the Sandstone Apartments

"...In the heart, of course, that's where comedy truly lives: in..."

Nov. 25, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

30 Breakout Music Acts to See in Austin This Week

Your guide to SXSW's buzziest artists, both official and unofficial

"...Any Austin-based or Austin-headed music fan worth their salt starts encountering the same line of questioning come..."

March 11, 2024 SXSW Post by Rachel Rascoe

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...night, when Pump Project Art Complex closes its exhibition "The Door by the Garden," it will also bring to..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Moontower Day 1: Todd Barry

The cynical comic was the consummate wit at the Stateside

"...out with it: Todd Barry is my idea of the consummate wit. His conceptual stuff is, as it was..."

April 25, 2013 Arts Post by Anne S. Lewis

Cap City Comedy Club Closes

COVID closure shutters the venerable stand-up home for good

"...Yesterday, Cap City Comedy Club, the venue that's kept you – and all of Austin..."

Sept. 9, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Five Recommended Arts Events This Weekend

In which your cultural FOMO is subdued via this handy listicle

"...What good is sitting alone in your room? After a point, we mean. Because even watching the..."

May 25, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Four Comedians Walk Into a Barbershop

Someone's getting clipped at the Velveeta Room tonight

"...Blake and Matt Bearden is likely to be among the funniest shit we've heard in months. And we were..."

Feb. 20, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Recommended Arts Events In Austin This Weekend

Weather’s lovely, isn’t it? Just right for going out into the city.

"...Seriously, because sumer is icumen in – with all the furnace-level heat that that Middle English rota implies in..."

April 26, 2018 Arts Post

Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Oct. 13-15

So much! So good! So much good!

"...Listen: You can catch the second weekend of ACL later, vicariously, when our “Playback”..."

Oct. 12, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Things to Do in Austin This Weekend

Because you can't just get baked & eat breakfast tacos 24/7, right?

"...baked and eat breakfast tacos 24/7. But sometimes even the most dopeminded sofa tubers among us like to experience..."

May 19, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fun Fun Fun Fest Comedy

Your quick guide to the national headliners and local laugh makers at Fun Fun Fun 2013

"...Stanhope, and Tom Rhodes; happiness tingles him "somewhere behind the beard area."..."

Nov. 8, 2013 Arts Feature by Russ Espinoza

David Huntsberger

Straddling all things rascally and erudite, David Huntsberger's stand-up odyssey on evolution is more fun than a barrel of Scopes Monkey Trials

"...comic odyssey about evolution and de facto social Darwinism, the 26-year-old Huntsberger displays a distinctly Kubrickian view of humankind's..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham

Laughs and Hip-Hop With Bryson Brown

With new stand-up album Lifestyle Jokes, the comedian keeps repping his roots in Austin's rap scene

"..."whenever I go onstage, I make sure to tell motherfuckers I'm from Austin," he explained...."

July 7, 2023 Arts Feature by Haris Qureshi

Moontower Comedy 2018: Julio Torres

Here comes the Space Prince, but don't worry about his bangs

"...bring his kindhearted, dreamy, slightly absurdist space comedy to the Moontower Comedy Festival...."

April 17, 2018 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno

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