Free Tickets? Just Dandi!

Tonight and tomorrow night are the only two nights to see Sharon Bridgforth's delta dandi. Win tix here!

"...Tonight and tomorrow night are the only two nights..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

'Idol' Hands

Comic art contest kept Austin's John Rubio drawing furiously for a month

"...cover for a romance comic anthology in which that story might appear, three pages from a published Green Lantern..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Film News

Changing of the guard at SXSW Film, the Alamo Ritz gets boozy, Austin Golden Hour wants nothing to do with its namesake, and more

"...has optioned Godforsaken, a script based on the true story of American atheist and activist Madalyn Murray O'Hair, with..."

April 25, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

News/Print

Headlines from the local literati

"...impressive trajectory. Check out the latest on these recent winners...."

May 16, 2013 Books Post by Monica Riese

Fade In

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriters Conference & Festival

"...(about 80 films, divided pretty equally between features and shorts), the Austin Film Festival now has not only a..."

Oct. 3, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

Food-O-File

"...This was almost a great story. It's all about a cool essay contest in which..."

March 6, 1998 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Land of 1,000 Dances

Sundance Film Festival 1997

"...within the festival's presentation of nearly 200 features and shorts. But none of them, for better or worse, seemed..."

Jan. 31, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Getting the Joke

Comedy isn't the funny business it was in the Eighties, what with fewer clubs and audiences burned out by comedy on cable and hack comics. Seven Austin comics discuss the current state of stand-up in a round-table discussion.

"...of bloodletting and renewal: the Funniest Person in Austin contest hosted by the Capitol City Comedy Club. The contest..."

June 30, 2000 Arts Feature

October Previews

"...by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting) from a collection of his short stories, the film is composed as a surreal triptych..."

Sept. 10, 1999 Screens Feature

Where the Beards Are

Meet the Austin Facial Hair Club, reality TV's unlikeliest new stars

"...the familiar tenets of reality programming –the skillfully crafted story arcs, dramatic tension that builds to commercial breaks, a..."

Aug. 5, 2011 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

The Pen-Ultimate Fest

Austin Heart of Film Screenwriting Conference & Festival

"...screen for classic films, so people can remember the history of film."..."

Oct. 10, 1997 Screens Feature by Russell Smith

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...mum still on the Midnighters, SXFantastic Features, and the Shorts programs – but see below for titles and descriptions..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...SXSW Film has always been up with comedy, and..."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Culture Flash!

A pair of Austin-penned plays are fit for an elevator, a local's little yarn scores a big win, and two receive visual-arts prizes while one helps choose a big winner

"...respectively, to Hyde Park Theatre's small stage and the Short Fringe's 25-minute time limit. But that was nothing compared..."

Feb. 16, 2007 Arts Column by Robert Faires

Superbadass Web Sites for Everyone!

With the help of Knowbility's AIR-Interactive for the Arts and a team of professional designers, I am going to help reinvent the Internet

"...for the Arts 2005, one of two annual Knowbility contests. Web design teams pair with artists and nonprofit organizations..."

March 4, 2005 Screens Feature by Spike Gillespie

Frontier Television

The Territory 2003 season schedule

"...a co-executive producer of The Territory, the showcase of short films that explores the edges of the media frontier,..."

Dec. 27, 2002 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

After a Fashion

Stephen hobnobs with Cyndi Lauper, but not with Cher.

"...THE CHER AFFAIR Wednesday's Cher Look-a-Like Contest was put on by Mega 93 at Charlie's Austin,..."

Aug. 30, 2002 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Summer Sneaks

Apocalypse Whenever: Movies in the Season of Armageddon

"...Banderas and Anthony Hopkins, and Ever After: A Cinderella Story with Drew Barrymore and Angelica Huston update and rework..."

May 22, 1998 Screens Feature

Record Turnout in Run-Off Election Pushes Democratic Party Toward Change

State and local races show the blue getting bluer

"...big race on the ballot (the state HD 47 contest, where Austin police Officer Justin Berry earned the nod..."

July 17, 2020 News Feature by the News Staff

How to Be a Popular Girl

What will shy novelist Sarah Bird do now that she's back in the limelight, Dick Holland asks in this profile of the author of The Yokota Officers Club.

"...Napoli coast with an alcoholic local guide and the winner of a college essay contest; the disappearance of small-town..."

June 22, 2001 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Plain Funny

Don't let Martha Kelly's librarian-like appearance fool you. Beneath the nondescript facade is a cold, dark streak of cynical comedic genius that inspires awe and laughter when it strikes.

"...it bluntly, Martha Kelly looks a little plain. Her short stature, long straight hair, prim glasses, and slight hint..."

May 26, 2000 Arts Feature

Backyard Star Wars

Other Worlds Austin screens fan films for Star Wars Day

"...Wars. If you’re going to tell your own original story, you have to set up everything. But you don’t..."

May 2, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...Texas is the state with the richest folk songwriting history, the Kerrville Folk Festival could be considered the beating..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...I've seen in a long time. This comically told story focuses on the life of Jade Li (Oh), a..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Walking the No-Kill Tightrope

As Austin's animal welfare center moves to a new building, will the delicate balance of 'no-kill' and resources be maintained?

"...solar panels and other green elements; and an enormous two-story lobby with workstations where 10 adoptions can be facilitated..."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

Live Election Coverage

Is it over yet?

"...candidates in the race, Gallo appears destined to fall short of 50%. She and Gallo are expected to go..."

Nov. 8, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

aGLIFF Kicks Off Tonight!

Tonight's party is the official kick-off for the Austin Gay Lesbian International Film Festival.

"...in hell I'm missing this documentary about PR season-one winner Jay McCarroll. If I weren't seeing this, though, I'd..."

Sept. 2, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Andy Campbell

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...them. The foods that cost the least are not short of fat-causing calories: They are short of the nutrients..."

May 19, 2000 Column

Primary Colors

Shades of the Travis County Elections

"...loss to a lack of name recognition that his short-term incumbency could not overcome. "Looking back on this, I..."

March 13, 1998 News Feature

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night blurbs – hip-hop Picks and slept-on Sleepers

"...Fantastic Negrito8pm, Lucky Lounge Oakland's Fantastic Negrito has a story: conservative Muslim childhood, Oakland street life that ended with..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

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