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Keep Austin Artsy Feature: Austin Variety Show

Ed. Note: Our roving reporter, Ross Scarano interviews Austin Variety Shows co- founder, Troy Dillinger, about the latest hot event to hit the Austin Arts scene, The Austin Variety Show. After attending last months Austin Variety Show, eating amazing food, drinking free drinks and getting some special gifts from “Santa Claus,” I was hooked. Not to mention the actual show, packed crowd, amazing entertainment, or feel of connectedness among an audience of strangers. If you haven’t been, It comes highly recommended. Its silly fun, but hey, we all need some of that in our lives.– S. Gidseg

AN INTERVIEW WITH Troy Dillinger

From humble beginnings, the Austin Variety Show has become one of those Austin-specific events that keeps our city unique and, of course, weird. Not only weird – televised, too. As of January 10th, the Austin Variety Show is now a publicly aired event thanks to the good people at KBVO-TV. I spoke with the Variety Show’s co- creator and MC Troy Dillinger to get the lowdown on AVS.

Full A-Team Review: A Weekend of Ruth Margraff

by A-Team Member Ross Scarano

With the shouted word “Cocktails!” reverberating in the open space of Salvage Vanguard Theater, I was handed an Old Fashioned in a plastic cup, muddled before my eyes with a homemade maraschino cherry and a bright slice of orange. That I would soon be seeing a staged reading of Ruth Margraff’s Over the Garden Wall was not yet apparent in the casual atmosphere fostered by drinks and talk of parlor games. Sure, some of the well-dressed people moving among the audience members were actors (you could tell because they shouted “cocktails!” with a theatrical flourish I could never have mustered), but the theater felt more like a friendly gathering than the moments before a ticketed event.

Upcoming Featured Events: Jan 7-10

by Ross Scarano

Upcoming Featured events are back after winter break! Want to see if your favorite event made the cut? See some things and review them on Now Playing Austin! Get your event noticed in 2010!

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Keep Austin Weird Podcast: Revel

Revel: Three of Six

Keep Austin Weird Podcast was produced by Beth Cortez-Neavel, with assistance by Ross Scarano and Susie Gidseg. Keep Austin Weird Podcast is a project of the Greater Austin Creative Alliance and NowPlayingAustin.com.

The perceived austerity of classical music doesn’t mean much to Carla McElhaney and Joel Becktell of Revel. They acknowledge it exists but chose to focus their energy on replacing that soberness with an unadulterated sense of celebration, taking classical music out of the museum and placing it in a fun, pretension-free environment where all can enjoy it.

Upcoming Featured Events

 

DJ Spooky, "Leslie"by Local E.A.S.T. Artist Nicole Jeffords , Tapestry Dance

by Ross Scarano

East Austin Studio Tour

Arguably one of the most important arts events in Austin, the East Austin Studio Tour concludes this weekend. For an artist, a sense of community is essential to maintaining a healthy creativity, and EAST fosters that sense of community by introducing Austinites to the vibrant arts scene in East Austin.

Arts Feature: Waffle Fest 2009

Ross Scarano and Susie Gidseg of the Creative Alliance sat down for a chat with Kareem Badr and Roy Janik of Hideout Theatre for the ins and out, and the down and dirty business of Waffle Fest!

Waffle Fest

by Ross Scarano

Everyone knows that cravings are best satisfied in twos: beer & pretzels; coffee & cigarettes; sex & cigarettes; waffles & improv. Yes, for the eighth year running, Austinites can satisfy that highly specific need for all-you-can-eat waffles and all-you-can-laugh improv at the Hideout Theater.