Comedy Christmas Comes Early With Moontower Comedy Festival

Comedy scene expert Valerie Lopez highlights Moontower Comedy Fest musts, including the iconic Andy Kindler

"...Moontower Comedy Festival is comedy Christmas, and this year the organizers have managed the unimaginable – a 12th consecutive..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

Third Time’s the Charm for Lysistrata Comedy Festival

The all women and nonbinary comedy festival returns with more venues, more laughs

"...Year three is definitely not the same as year one for most anything. (Toddlers, anyone?)..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez

An Allergy-Friendly Guide to Eating at South by Southwest

Keep filled up and fueled up during the festival without risking your health

"...you don’t know can make life infinitely harder. But there are plenty of places with locations near clubs, cinemas,..."

March 8, 2024 Food Feature by Richard Whittaker

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

AFF Review: Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun

Saddle up for this documentary about a Blackfoot rodeo family

"...Banchi Hanuse’s Aitamaako’tamisskapi Natosi: Before the Sun captures the inspiring story of Logan Red Crow,..."

Oct. 30, 2023 Screens Post by Oscar Rodriguez

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

Qmmunity: Making It Ourselves

Examples of queer creativity abound in Austin, Texas

"...Creation is what being queer is all about, whether that's written, sung, or sculpted. Here's three examples of..."

Sept. 22, 2023 Column by James Scott

Five Live and Legendary Austin Performances This Month

Local stages shake with terror, delight, and motion this September

"...They're here and they're now, on stages and in your..."

Sept. 1, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish up the summer with some adventure

"...August is the time to get your feet wet at a grape..."

Aug. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: More Pride, Less Prejudice

In a way, we're all gay Darcys looking for our gay Elizabeths in the thrush of Pride parties

"...places to flaunt said Pride. Can't blame 'em! While these events are no ball at Netherfield Hall, you're sure..."

June 9, 2023 Column by James Scott

We Have an Issue: 100 Summery Things on the Horizon

Pick up this week's issue for The Austin Chronicle's summer events guide

"...If you want to get technical about it, the June solstice marks the official start of summer. But..."

May 19, 2023 Column by Kimberley Jones

The Hideout’s 48-Hour Improv Marathon Returns!

This grueling yes-and fest won’t put you to sleep, citizen

"...a tad obsessed, maybe. And, ultimately – more to the point of bang-for-your-buck entertainment value – talented and funny..."

May 16, 2023 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five More Belly Laughs at Moontower Just for Laughs Austin

Weekend two of the comedy megafest rocks on

"...know him as our own. Returning to Moontower and the stages where he cut his comedy teeth, he's finessed..."

April 21, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

Lights, Camera, Stupidity in Austin-Made Satire

Bryan Connolly's Make Popular Movies spoofs how films are (and aren't) made

"...Bryan Connolly's filmmaking debut. That honor actually goes to "The Monkey Monster," a segment of an anthology film called..."

March 31, 2023 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Seeking Divinity With the DJs of Bitches Play Music

At the collective's pre-sabbatical, post-freeze Club Eternal party

"...After foul weather threatened the late-night festivities, Bitches Play Music (cleverly shortened..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Music Feature by Genevieve Wood

Five Ways to Get Your Arts-Loving Heart On

You want some culture in your romance, these events have got you covered

"...celebrate our significant (or at least currently infatuated with) others and any prospects pertaining thereunto. And, because chocolate and..."

Feb. 10, 2023 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Get Ready for the 2022 B. Iden Payne Awards

The full list of nominees before Monday's award ceremony

"...season starts in dramatic fashion on Monday night with the ceremony for the B. Iden Payne Awards, Austin's opportunity..."

Oct. 22, 2022 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Live Performances to Make You Laugh and Think

From musical spoofs to Broadway classics, the best of the Austin stage

"...you'll cry, you'll remember what entertainment was like before these damned 'ronas came to town, as some of this..."

July 8, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

Moontower Star Sophie Buddle on How Comedy Is Becoming More Welcoming to Women

“Austin is such a comedy city”

"...her mom for a few months and got into the sticky habit of lying about her age, until a..."

April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Dina Barrish

Five Things to Enjoy in Downtown Austin

Head back to the heart of the city for your post-SXSW entertainment

"...Whether a venue's smack dab in the heart of it..."

March 25, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Your Field Guide to the 101 Essential Acts at SXSW

Scroll eternal through the best and buzziest artists at the fest

"...journalistic eye remains trained upon his hometown of Houston. The rapper's half-decade of granular, street-life storytelling (with Kream's immediate..."

March 11, 2022 Music Feature by The Chronicle Music Staff

Five Things to Do Online Locally Right Now

Still not risking crowds? We've got your socially distanced virtual back

"...We have to ride out these 'ronas a little longer, so it seems, as the..."

Jan. 21, 2022 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Hideout Theatre’s Bah, Humbug!

Fun Dickensian long-form is a short-term cure for the pandemic blues

"...in mid-19th century England. With potent social commentary about the marginalized segments of society within their pages and a..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Five Arts Events to Get You in That Holiday Spirit

Classics, classical music, ballet, and more

"...It's that most, um, wonderful time of the year, right? We heard that somewhere, we think, but..."

Dec. 10, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin-Made Sitcom Wind Ups Breaks Out of the Toy Box Tonight

Pilot filmed in and inspired by Toy Joy premieres tonight

"...about toys, with a very special preview screening of the new Austin-made show Wind Ups, a comedy filmed in..."

Nov. 15, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Film Festival Review: King of North Sudan

Oddball geopolitical documentary never quite expunges its Americana

"...Jeremiah Heaton is the definition of Americana: he’s a farmer, comfortably living out..."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Jenny Nulf

Short and Sweet: "Alleyway Chefs"

British comedy short screening at Austin Film Festival

"...film festivals in Austin. This time it's "Alleyway Chefs," the new comedy short pilot from British writer/director Craig Ainsley...."

Oct. 25, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

How Austin's Performing Artists Are Reopening Their Spaces

After months behind screens, the folks who run the city's theatres, concert halls, and comedy clubs are welcoming audiences back inside

"...Can you hear it? The sound of applause? Coming not from some ersatz arts..."

July 16, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Comedy Walkabout Night on Sixth Comes to the Austin Asian American Film Festival

Into the Downtown rabbit hole with local comedian Mohit Jasawal

"...most internationally iconic thoroughfare. "Sixth Street is one of the worst streets in America," he said, "It's awful and..."

June 4, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

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