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Your Terrific Neighbors sketch comedy troupe with Curtis Luciani, Courtney Hopkin, Braden Walker
Terrific Trio
Meet Your Terrific Neighbors, the sketch comedy vets keeping it weird
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05.24.13 | 03:35 pm
If you’re a fan of local comedy, you already know that the Austin Sketch Festival is underway and featuring scripted sketch groups from both near and far. Running until ...
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Serious Business
No joke: Laughs come to an end as Comedy 102.7 goes off the air
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05.23.13 | 02:42 pm
As of today, your work commute will be a little less funny. Comedy 102.7 FM, the local radio station that broadcasted old and new comics 24/7, will no ...
Member of sketch group STAG! Comedy
Farcical Festival
Comics Mac Blake and Lance Gilstrap discuss STAG! Comedy and the upcoming Austin Sketch Festival
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05.21.13 | 04:07 pm
Someday, Austin will make it on an Internet list proclaiming it one of the funniest cities in America — or at least the friendliest city for comedy. We have our share ...
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Broadway Babies
New TOP Concerts series gets up close and personal at ZACH Theatre
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05.21.13 | 10:38 am
The ever-innovative ZACH Theatre has announced a new addition: TOP Concerts, which have been added for the 2013-2014 season.TOP Concerts brings a new and exciting musical series featuring top ...
Kathryn Findlen
Classical Sounds
Austin-based mezzo-soprano Kathryn Findlen debuts new works in New York
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05.20.13 | 12:40 pm
Austin-based mezzo-soprano Kathryn Findlen makes her two-part New York City debut this May. The first involves the New York City premiere of Kenneth Frazelle’s Songs in the Rear View ...
Piano hands
Tickling the Ivories
Austin's first piano festival in full swing, featuring stars and aspiring musicians
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05.18.13 | 10:54 am
Founded in 2012, the Austin Piano Festival is a non-profit organization dedicated to bringing the highest quality classical artists from around the world to Central Texas audiences. Director Matt McLaughlin ...
Whoopi Goldberg at the Long Center
Why I Love Whoopi
Hooray for Whoopi: Living legend takes to the Long Center stage for one night only
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05.17.13 | 12:30 pm
When did you first realize that you loved Whoopi Goldberg? Was it with her brilliant Oscar-nominated (but shockingly snubbed) debut role as Celie in The Color Purple? Or was it ...
Küçük Sinemalar! Experimental Cinema from Turkey
Free Fun
AMOA-Arthouse offers free admission in celebration of Art Museum Day
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05.16.13 | 03:24 pm
Saturday, May 18 marks the 4th annual Art Museum Day. The initiative, founded by the Association of Art Museum Directors, is held in concert with International Museum Day. In 2012 ...
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Iconic Austin
A look at 3 iconic Austin spaces and new ways to experience them this summer
By Julie Tereshchuk
05.16.13 | 01:45 pm
Three icons of Austin’s cultural scene are in shiny new digs. And they’re putting out the welcome mat — big time. As you prepare for summer, we take a ...
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Fine Art
The Russell Collection presents exclusive exhibit from world-renowned artist Royo
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05.13.13 | 06:10 pm
World-renowned Spanish artist Royo is widely revered for his work with the female form — for capturing the "essence of woman" in portrait-like treatments that are at once serene, demure and ...
Poster for may 2013 Short Short Fringe festival
Intro to Dramaturgy
Novice playwrights get chance to shine at The New Movement's Short Short Fringe Festival
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05.08.13 | 03:29 pm
Embarking on writing your first play requires a huge leap of faith, even when it’s something that’s trim and compact for a one-act play festival. First time playwrights ...
Center left to right: Wade McCollum, Scott Willis, Bryan West and Company in the number “I Will Survive”.
Disco Drag
Priscilla Queen of the Desert parades into Bass Hall with disco tunes and award-winning costumes
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05.06.13 | 01:02 pm
Do drag queens, a road trip to the Australian outback, more than 20 dance hits and hundreds of flamboyant costumes intrigue you? This is the formula for the feel-good Broadway ...
TNM Tonight host Devon Tincknell at New Movement
Late-night Lowdown
Host Devon Tincknell discusses the comedic spin on late-night talk show TNM Tonight
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05.03.13 | 02:05 pm
A revered cornerstone of American entertainment, Austin is long overdue to give The Late-Night Talk Show its own spin. Traditional talk shows have blended class, comedy and music since the ...
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Live Comedy
Tig Notaro’s Professor Blastoff podcast records live at The Scottish Rite
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04.28.13 | 09:00 pm
When you’re a die-hard podcast fan, waiting a week between episodes can feel like a lifetime; luckily, this Monday, you’ve got a chance to hear the latest edition ...
Inside Joke with Kerri Lendo and Andy Kindler
The Last Laugh
Inside Joke: Moontower closes with Pete Holmes, Jim Gaffigan & Andy Kindler
By Kerri Lendo and John Merriman
04.28.13 | 08:10 pm
On the last day of Moontower, Inside Joke cohosts go backstage with Pete Holmes and Jim Gaffigan, sit down with Jim Norton and Andy Kindler, and find out what happened ...
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