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The I Am . . . Fest celebrating women of color comes to the Goodman Theatre

The I Am . . . Fest celebrating women of color comes to the Goodman Theatre

Three days of performances and workshops encourages participants to become leaders in their communities.

By Sheri Flanders

Top Stories

Theater Review

Djembe! The Show works much better as theater for kids than inspiration for adults

The drumming is fun, but the corporate-speak is not.

By Dan Jakes
Theater Review

The stage musical of Footloose is just like the movie except without the boring parts

Kick off your Sunday shoes.

By Jack Helbig
Performing Arts Review

Grinning From Fear to Fear at Second City E.T.C. doesn’t get funny till hour two

Until then, it relies too heavily on stale old jokes.

By Catey Sullivan

Columns

P.L. Dermes

P.L. Dermes in "Waiting"

By Mike Centeno | 04.26.19
Violet, Private Eye

Violet, Private Eye

By Melissa Mendes | 04.26.19
Prairie Pothole

Prairie Pothole

By John Porcellino | 04.26.19
On Culture

The battle over reproductive rights intensifies with revisions to federal policy and a new movie

Illinois joins 19 other states and DC in a lawsuit that challenges changes to Title X as unconstitutional.

By Deanna Isaacs | 04.17.19

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Event Search

Performing Arts

Medusa Undone argues that even gorgons suffer from rape culture

More Performing Arts Reviews

Stand-Up

Wet Cash Dark Tower Comics
Stand-Up

Lincoln Lodge Lincoln Lodge 2
Improv/Sketch

ComedySportz Theatre ComedySportz Theatre 1

Galleries & Museums

Alberto Aguilar draws no distinction between art and life

More Visual Arts Reviews

Museums

The Forced Transfer National Cambodian Heritage Museum

Lit & Lectures

Meltdown at Pitchfork 1

More Lit Reviews

From the Archive

Art Review

Pursuing the Ideal

Leigh Li-Yun Wen at Artemisia, through May 31/ Nicolas Africano at Maya Polsky Gallery, through May 31

By Fred Camper | 05.22.97
Feature

People Issue 2016: Homer Hans Bryant, the guru of hiplet

By Deanna Isaacs | 12.12.16

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The Gamergate-inspired drama Non-Player Character doesn't bother to challenge audience assumptions

By Justin Hayford | 04.25.19
Babes With Blades gives us a visceral, devastating Othello

By Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel | 04.25.19
There are baby goats at GlennArt Farm in South Austin

By Lillian Stone | 04.24.19
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Buyer & Cellar explores Barbra Streisand’s (make-believe) basement shopping mall

By Dmitry Samarov | 04.24.19
First Love is the Revolution examines the brutal nature of humans and other animals

By Sheri Flanders | 04.24.19
Mahjong is experiencing a renaissance downtown

By Emily McTavish | 04.19.19
3
City and neighborhood festivals

By Reader staff | 04.19.19
1
Nureyev tells the epic story of the dancer’s extraordinary life and tumultuous times

By Irene Hsiao | 04.18.19
Corona boldly embraces every space opera cliche

By Josh Flanders | 04.18.19
Hannah and Martin, the two smartest people in Germany, fall in love

By Max Maller | 04.18.19
Utility shows the high cost of living in quiet desperation

By Dmitry Samarov | 04.18.19
David Ranney on Living and Dying on the Factory Floor

By Christian Belanger | 04.17.19
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Community

Slideshow
There are baby goats at GlennArt Farm in South Austin

Inside a working urban farm, yoga studio, and community hub

By Lillian Stone | 04.24.19
Theater Review

Babes With Blades gives us a visceral, devastating Othello

Just in case you had any doubts that Shakespeare was still relevant.

By Yasmin Zacaria Mikhaiel | 04.25.19
Theater Review

The stage musical of Footloose is just like the movie except without the boring parts

Kick off your Sunday shoes.

By Jack Helbig | 04.24.19
Performing Arts Review

Grinning From Fear to Fear at Second City E.T.C. doesn’t get funny till hour two

Until then, it relies too heavily on stale old jokes.

By Catey Sullivan | 04.25.19
Theater Preview

The I Am . . . Fest celebrating women of color comes to the Goodman Theatre

Three days of performances and workshops encourages participants to become leaders in their communities.

By Sheri Flanders | 04.25.19

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