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Luv Doc Recommends: Erotica 2008
Gallery Lombardi, Saturday, August 2, 2008
"...Internet these days, really, why even bother with an erotica art show? Perhaps you have a beef with representationalism?..."

Aug. 1, 2008 Column by The Luv Doc

Recommended Erotica
Chronicle writer Roger Gathman queries local booksellers and various writers on erotica they recommend.
"...Erin Stille: Panic Snap by Lora Reese St. Martin's Press, 352pp., $24.95 "This is her second book after..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature

Nothing's Obscure: Five Local Art Treasures You May Have Overlooked
Because who can be in all the loops all the time?
"...new it's not available until next week. Chalik's amazing artwork – better than much of what's seen on the..."

May 9, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Dirty Words
Roger Gathman delves into local bookstores' shelves of smut to investigate the collective Gestalt of erotica.
"...sense of the inherent implausibility of them to less partisan minds -- for nowhere does suspension of disbelief lead..."

Aug. 11, 2000 Books Feature by Roger Gathman

After a Fashion
Style X happened, and the throng is still wearing T-shirts and sneakers
"...it was a dream. I attended the Perez Hilton party in 2010 wearing fur in the rain. This year,..."

March 25, 2011 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstasy
What a bizarre, beautiful, and tonally askew sex-and-sadism romp this Hong Kong freak show is.
"...update are based on the ancient Chinese book of erotica The Carnal Prayer Mat, and both films have a..."

Aug. 19, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

After a Fashion
Stephen weighs in on city planning issues ... at least ones regarding how certain things look. Other than that, he drops a lot of names and tells you where to go. For Valentine's Day, silly.
"...the Garden Room, Friday-Saturday, Feb. 11-12, for their Valentine Party. Basham, who uses a great deal of horn in..."

Feb. 11, 2005 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Kissed
"...job at a funeral parlor where she learns the art of embalming and the joys of necrophilia. This Canadian..."

May 30, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Gay Place
Sundays are the new Saturdays
"...National Youth HIV & AIDS Awareness Day. With the startling – and upsetting – uptick in new HIV positive..."

April 8, 2016 Column by Sarah Marloff

Putting the Adult in Adult Coloring Books
Nathan Rapport channels heartbreak into risque gay art
"...Currently living on the Eastside, Rapport creates art at every opportunity. A local printer produces his coloring..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

Gay Place: Ai, Mami
Bidi bidi bom your bum down to Bernadette's
"...those life choices to fight good fights, live in art, and revel in other doesn't-pay-the-bills folderol. These days, things..."

March 30, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

Out in Public
OUTsider returns with Sex in Public, and we're ready to voyeur
"...and stretching over the next five days, this LGBTQIA art and film festival is about to knock some boots..."

Feb. 17, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Ezra Edwards

Words for Words
Spoken-word artists on their art form, the National Poetry Slam, and one another
"...The National Poetry Slam overtakes Austin starting Aug. 7 at venues all over town (see the..."

Aug. 3, 2007 Arts Feature

In the Flesh: Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell Leads the Reappraisal of Porn
The archivist sees erotica as a vital chapter in the history of queer liberation
"...Like all the best parts of queer history, not everyone knows about Elizabeth Purchell...."

Aug. 26, 2022 Screens Feature by James Scott

Gay Place
Stay informed, stay enraged, and surround yourself with good people
"...with good people. Sunday is a great day to start, thanks to Matthew's Easter Circus. Returning to town for..."

April 14, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Gay Place
The fight carries on
"...annual Black Pride. Austin organizers are finally addressing the dearth of trans health care with the new Gender Care..."

April 7, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Love at First Woof
The 101 on Austin's own SCRUFF models Kyle Kline and Clay White
"...recognition came to the couple after rubbing shoulders at parties with some of the founders of SCRUFF, including Johnny..."

June 20, 2016 Qmmunity Post by Dan Gray

Gay Place: All Thumbs
HavenCon launches this weekend
"...women in the U.S. Benefits Conspire Theatre & Empower Art. Thu.-Sat., April 2-4, 7:30pm. Dougherty Arts Center, 1110 Barton..."

April 3, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

Gay Place: Oops, Mami!
The Laramie Project's Wilde Party, VAC's new Traditional Family Values, and ArtErotica top this week's list of must-do gAy-TX arty party fun
"...TRADITIONAL FAMILY VALUES Artists Arturo Agüero, Sarah Holman, and M. Mendez queer up..."

April 6, 2012 Column by Kate X Messer

After a Fashion
Swag: How Your Style Avatar rolls …
"...true. I was dressing for Gail Chovan's 54th birthday party at the Saint Cecilia, trying to remix old outfits..."

April 6, 2012 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Erotica 2005
If some of the works included in Gallery Lombardi's 'Erotica 2005' dip into the realm of juvenile bad taste, they also reveal that sex is of compelling interest to humans
"...Erotica 2005..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Arts Review

Dog Toys and Puppy Sports Lead Our Recommended Community Events
Bucking broncos, drag vampires, and more highlights
"...at this free workshop, where the power of sequential art is put into your narrative hands.  – Wayne Alan..."

Feb. 9, 2024 Arts Feature by Katherine McNevins

Fantasia Review: Orchestrator of Storms: The Fantastique World of Jean Rollin
Inside the mind and art of France's genius of decay
"...Experts in the reappraisal of Seventies schlock artists, directors Dima Ballin and Kat Ellinger have already recontextualized..."

Aug. 12, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Shadowboxer
Not reviewed at press time. Stars Çuba Gooding Jr. and Helen Mirren as passionate yet unlikely lovers, as well as assassins and stepmother and stepson. And if that's not enough drama, one of them also has a fatal disease.
"...distinguishing Shadowboxer as a very serious, provocative piece of art. None of the characters dares smile or crack a..."

Aug. 4, 2006 Movie Review by Brian Clark

Austin's Adult Store and Sex Shop Roundup
Get naughty locally
"...plus a kinkily curated selection of video and print erotica. The staff is friendly, knowledgeable, and always happy to..."

Feb. 3, 2018 Events Post by Sarah Marloff

Where Sexy Meets Political
Forbidden Film Festival puts the liberty into libertine
"...a film that's as much about environmental crime as erotica. Legendary sex activist, theorist and Texas Burlesque Festival 2011..."

May 7, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The AggreGAYtor: October 22
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
"...• Activists are lobbying the World Health Organization to..."

Oct. 22, 2012 Qmmunity Post by Brandon Watson

Gynomite: Fearless, Feminist Porn
"...own stories, for one thing, and for the most part these particular women are preternaturally self-aware and good-humored. In..."

Feb. 9, 2001 Books Review by Ada Calhoun

Wild, Wild Webcasts
Why party in line when you can party online?
"...headgear you've haven't donned since that swinging fifth birthday party when you had too much bundt cake and lost..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Books That Keep on Giving
Does It Come in Paperback?
"...Jackson, edited by Laurence Jackson Hyman and Sarah Hyman Stewart (Bantam, $23.95 hard) collects 54 of Jackson's short stories,..."

Dec. 13, 1996 Books Feature by Margaret Moser

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