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Ari Auber is an editorial assistant at the Austin American-Statesman.
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Dogs Out Loud becomes a voice for the canines
A handful of dogs, spread around the grassy expanse of a far East Austin park, sit patiently at the end of their leashes. Some wait for cues from their owners. Most, however, are there with trainers from a new Austin nonprofit, Dogs Out Loud, that aims to find the dogs ...
Best bets, May 18
Derrian Tolden’s parents watched “Scooby-Doo” when they were kids. So did Tolden and his sister. Now, his niece probably will too, but with a special twist: Tolden is one of the actors bringing the mythology of the Mystery Machine and its gang of cartoon crime fighters to life on stage.His ...
Like a Local: Nic Patrizi makes new food trailer a family affair
Cooking and eating was always a family affair for Nic Patrizi and his relatives when they were running a restaurant in Beaumont, and it will be again when he opens a food trailer in East Austin on Saturday. But make no mistake: the Patrizi’s offering Italian fare out of a ...
Like a Local: Mark Pryor
Author Mark Pryor lives in Austin but stages his mystery novels in a far-off place: the streets of Paris. His latest, “The Crypt Thief,” was released Tuesday, and he will sign copies at a May 19 speaking event at BookPeople on North Lamar Boulevard. His protagonist, Hugo Marston, head of ...
Best bets, May 8: ‘Priscilla Queen of the Desert’ rides into town
When Bryan West prepared for “Priscilla Queen of the Desert,” the Broadway version of the 1994 Australian film about three friends journeying across the outback in a tour bus they name Priscilla, he walked his dog while wearing high-heeled boots.That’s because the friends in “Priscilla” all have a specific reason ...
Rescue dogs featured in Shakespeare production
When Chelsea Bunn began to plan her theater company Something for Nothing’s performance of William Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona,” she made a key decision: Crab the dog, a character played by an actor in other adaptations of the play, was going to be a real dog. Starting Thursday when the ...
Veterans and their families share experiences in ‘Telling; Austin, TX’
There’s a unique twist to the “Telling: Austin, TX” show running Thursday through Saturday at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center. Documenting inspiring, courageous and heartbreaking stories of military life, it features veterans and their family members acting out and explaining each story — a range of their ...
Like a Local: Comedian Matt Bearden looks for laughs at Moontower
Of the dozens of festivals Austin plays host to each year, the Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival is one of Matt Bearden’s favorites. It’s not hard to understand why: Moontower, a project from popular entertainment venue the Paramount Theatre, focuses exclusively on comedy — live stand-up, improvisation, sketch and more ...
Theater piece dramatizes locals’ love of Austin
While Jenny Lavery and Derek Kolluri have both been in Austin for only a few years, they can say they know the city and its people pretty well. That’s because they’ve spent hours getting to know the locals — from kids to the homeless to city representatives, as well as ...
Like a Local: Allison Orr
May will be a big month for Allison Orr. As she gears up for her dance company’s next project in September, she’ll urge fans of Forklift Danceworks to watch a documentary of the group’s most well-known performance. She’ll also dance under the sparkling glow of a disco ball for Forklift’s ...
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