Dewhurst Down, and Out Come the Jackals

UPDATE: Lite guv hopefuls turn on incumbent after SB 5 meltdown

June 27, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Moontower, Day 2: Maria Bamford

This comic's comic put Austin in a Moontower state of mind

"...by festival standards – which was a disservice to stand-up veterans Todd Barry and Marc Maron. But based on..."

April 26, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

Time for Another Multi-Brewery Beer Tour, Austin

This latest one's gonna start all hoppy and end with tamales

"...last year's Funniest Person In Austin, Ramin Nazer, providing stand-up comedy sets en route. And after the final brewery..."

April 23, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Distilling an Entire Comedy Festival Into a Single Hour?

The New Movement's Rob Gagnon Thinks It's Possible

"...We're not even offering a preview of the event..."

April 12, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fighting for Common Sense

Texas Gun Sense Rally speaks to power

April 6, 2013 News Post by Michael King

Funniest Person in Austin 2013

Cap City Comedy Club launches its biggest joke-slinging competition yet on the funniest day of the year

"...jokers jockeying for the top spot on the local stand-up scene and a year's worth of bragging rights, plus..."

March 29, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Skratch Bastid & the Gaff

March 15, 2013 Music Review by Thomas Fawcett

Kickstarting a 'Veronica Mars' Movie [UPDATED]

It doesn't really need your help, but !!!! anyway

March 13, 2013 Screens Post by James Renovitch

Do Women Rule The Austin Comedy Scene?

Kat Ramzinski suggests that, yeah, they sure as hell do

"...One, she's a woman. Two, she's a stand-up comic...."

Feb. 21, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

King of King Cake

Tried the rest? Now try the best.

Feb. 12, 2013 Food Post by Monica Riese

The AggreGAYtor: December 11

Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news

Dec. 11, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Austin Sketch Fest

Rise of the planet of the skits

"...Quick, while the stand-ups are still exhausted from their marathon battle for punch..."

May 18, 2012 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Sleepless Night

Purloined cocaine, his kidnapped son, and a den of thieves who wish him ill cause one man to have a very desperate night in this taut French thriller.

"...admirably resist sentimentalizing the character. Sisley is a former stand-up comic, although you'd never guess it here: Finding himself..."

May 11, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Guaranteed gags

Matt Bearden on what jokes you'll hear at Moontower and why he's not all a-Twitter

"...good at memorization, I'd be an actor, not a stand-up...."

April 27, 2012 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

New Movement Downtown!

Even comedy can metastasize

"...control. And, starting in May, we'll also be doing stand-up shows there every weekend. Chronicle: Is there a particular..."

April 12, 2012 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Fun Fun Fun Lists

"...DJ Shadow and James Blake. I Thought This Was Stand-Up? by Richard Whittaker..."

Nov. 4, 2011 Music Feature

Point Austin: Unrepresentative Government

Council takes its stand with as few voters as possible

Oct. 14, 2011 News Column by Michael King

Wednesday Rewind

God-Des & She proudly "Stand Up" to DADT

Sept. 21, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

AFF Announces 2011 Lineup

Regional premieres of Shame, The Descendants

Sept. 20, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Luv Doc Recommends: Out of Bounds Comedy Festival

Stateside at the Paramount, Monday, September 5, 2011

"...celebrating its 10th year of bringing sketch, improv, and stand-up comedy from across America to the "live music capital..."

Sept. 2, 2011 Column by The Luv Doc

Out of Bounds Comedy Festival Picks

What the cool kids are catching at the OOB

"...on the inside: The improvisers, the sketch artists, the stand-up comedians, all the people turning this city upside down..."

Aug. 30, 2011 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Slacker 2011 Interviews: Scott R. Meyers

Director Scott R. Meyers on Slacker 2011

Aug. 29, 2011 Screens Post by Marc Savlov

Final Destination 5

In case we've forgotten, this series returns to remind us that death does not like to be cheated.

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Funniest Person in Austin Contest

After an especially lengthy deliberation, Andy Ritchie takes the comedy crown

"...delivery what you might picture when you picture Successful Stand-Up Comic Now Headlining in Top Venues Across the Country...."

May 20, 2011 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Long Live the King!

The Decemberists' Nate Query talks about their new CD

April 29, 2011 Music Post by Margaret Moser

TV Eye: Rich Rewards

David Cross is wickedly funny in The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret

"...make me scream like David Cross. It's not his stand-up that kills me, although his 30-city tour, in tandem..."

Oct. 1, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work

This documentary is a softball, entirely sympathetic, and wickedly funny portrait of the artist at an advancing age.

"...and leonine look, and her remarkable career, from early stand-up appearances in the Fifties and anointment by then-king of..."

June 25, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The A-Team

It's the latest old TV show to be remade as a contemporary feature film and fares just about as well as the rest.

June 18, 2010 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Funniest Person in Austin 2010

In the competition's 25th year, the crown goes to comeback kid Lucas Molandes

"...City Comedy Club was packed with eager if soggy stand-up enthusiasts and maybe the only spot in town that..."

May 21, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Ladies Are Funny Festival

More East Coast comics and a full night of stand-up add more laughs to LAFF

"...They can show you with four nights of stand-up, sketch, and improv comedy, with guest stars Selene Luna..."

April 30, 2010 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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