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April 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
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Jan. 1, 2010 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham
'In the Can With Martha Kelly'
Kelly's homegrown talk show, whether online or live, is refreshingly candid and funny
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May 29, 2009 Arts Feature by Steve Birmingham
Austin Arts Hall of Fame: Class of '05
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May 27, 2005 Arts Feature
Time for Another Multi-Brewery Beer Tour, Austin
This latest one's gonna start all hoppy and end with tamales
"...That is, I went on my first tour of Austin breweries via Tap Beer Tours a couple of weeks..."
April 23, 2013 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
A Guide to Austin Stand-Up: Behind the Scenesters
The people behind the people behind the mic
"...started at Cap City Comedy Club as a waitress in 1985, moonlighting from her day job at PaineWebber, back..."
March 31, 2017 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
“Best of Austin” Winner Avery Moore Isn’t Kidding Around
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"...Avery Moore is funny. Like, Funniest Person in Austin finalist, Austin Music Awards-hosting, "Best of..."
April 15, 2022 Arts Feature by Rod Machen
Sen. Al Franken to Open Texas Tribune Festival in September
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Aug. 15, 2017 News Post by Kimberley Jones
The Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
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Austin Shakespeare’s The Comedy of Errors
Austin Shakespeare's new take on Shakespeare's farce takes some time figuring out its own identity
"...managed to milk it for a lot of laughs in one of his first plays, The Comedy of Errors...."
May 12, 2017 Arts Review by Robert Faires
Five Celebrations of the Cinematic Diaspora at the Austin Jewish Film Festival
From dissections of comedy to the complexities of history
"...L'chaim! It's time to celebrate the return of the Austin Jewish Film Festival, and what more suitable way than..."
Nov. 4, 2022 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
The Q&A Hole: What’s the Worst Thing About Austin, Texas?
With Jen Cash, Sam Eidson, Shannon McCormick, Matt Oztalay, and more.
"...Because, otherwise, tell you what: Everybody would say something about the goddamn traffic. Cash-strapped freshmen at UT and..."
Oct. 11, 2016 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner
Austin’s Best Breweries of 2023, Power-Ranked
Top of the Hops VIII, baby!
"...Click here to jump straight to the brewery rankings...."
Oct. 10, 2023 Food Post by Eric Puga
Seen / Soon: May 4
Recapping the fifth Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards and anticipating the 33rd Funniest Person in Austin semi-finals
"...The 2018 Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards proved for the fifth..."
May 4, 2018 Arts Column
Ramsey's King
How an unknown law student became this year's Funniest Person in Austin
"...Two days after receiving his law degree from the University of Texas, a..."
July 15, 2005 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner
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.
"...I met Martha Kelly on her first trip to Austin in September of 1999. She was here for the..."
May 26, 2000 Arts Feature
It's All About Surprise
Brendon Walsh, now officially the Funniest Person in Austin, talks comedy
"...die young. He doesn't mask a miserable core with cocaine and/or fart jokes. He's even tall and comely, sans..."
May 14, 2004 Arts Feature
… And God Spoke (the making of …)
"...Directed by: Arthur Borman. Starring: Michael Riley, Stephen Rappaport, Soupy Sales, Eve Plumb, Lou..."
Nov. 4, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires
Joke 'Stache
Danny Palumbo wins Funniest Person in Austin 2015, advances equal rights for facial hair
"...that after consecutive years of white guys with beards winning this contest that, you know, a white guy with..."
May 22, 2015 Arts Feature by Robert Faires
Moontower 2014, Day 1: Local Laughs
Feeling funny about Austin's Mac Blake and Brendan K. O'Grady
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April 23, 2014 Arts Post by Ashley Moreno
SXSW Comedy: Completely Official Showcase of Comedy
Even in a lineup of stars, Austin’s Lashonda Lester is the one to watch
"...Lashonda Lester's incredible year began last May when she was crowned Funniest..."
March 12, 2017 Arts Post by Carina Magyar
Tony Hinchcliffe's Stand-up Racism
Kill Tony host spews slurs at fellow comic Peng Dang
"...As he finished his set at a Big Laugh Comedy show in..."
May 13, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Live Comedy Clubs Are Coming Back
NYC's the Creek & the Cave moves to ATX, Cap City gets revived
"...Get ready to laugh again. This week, just days apart, two live comedy clubs..."
Feb. 11, 2021 Arts Post by Robert Faires
Trans Comic Carina Magyar's Rising Star
“When I came to accept myself for who I am, my comedy followed"
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July 3, 2017 Qmmunity Post by Courtney Naquin
Can Cap City Comedy Club Reclaim Its Throne?
The Austin comedy institution is back, but it returns to a radically changed stand-up scene
"...doors of its home off North Lamar were locked, seemingly for good. I wrote at Comedy Wham, "One day..."
July 29, 2022 Arts Feature by Valerie Lopez
Celebrating Shondee Superstar
Cap City Comedy hosts a benefit for Lashonda Lester's family
"...Twelve weeks ago, one of Austin's funniest, fiercest stand-up artists – and probably its best..."
June 27, 2017 Arts Post by Robert Faires
We Have an Issue: Politics as Performance, Political Activism as Performance Art
In this week's issue: postmortem on the Ken Paxton impeachment trial, a profile of drag powerhouse Brigitte Bandit, and finalists revealed in the Best of Austin: Restaurants Readers Poll (get voting, y'all!)
"...The Ken Paxton impeachment trial sure ended in a wet fart, huh? Was there ever truly a..."
