M. Brianna Stallings, MFA

Getting back into the swing of things is a challenge, but the mission remains clear! In the first part of our group discussion, Alda and I get super deep into Star Wars (again), and Brianna shares her insights into the game A Little To The Left, as well as a conversation with one of the game's creators!

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The dawn of a new era! Join our contributors as we discuss the benefits of diagnosis and the impact it has on the lives of neurodivergent adults. Then Brianna shares with us her insights regarding the show "The Great North," which leads to a long-form discussion regarding pop culture and comfort watching.

Interview with journalist & independent radio host Allison Kilkenny, co-founder of the listener-funded podcast "Citizen Radio."

San Antonio grappler Thunder Rosa and Mission Pro Wrestling are leveling the playing field.

Interview with All Elite Wrestling Women's World Champion Thunder Rosa and WhatCulture Wrestling host Simon Miller.

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The improv alchemists of this weekly show turn the crap in your life into comedy gold (Photo by David Brendan Hall)

This debut novel about a future in which people can live forever is a bittersweet yet life-affirming story of eternity versus death

Making musicals from movies, and vice versa, is nothing new. Just look at The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show, Mamma Mia!, and Hairspray, the last of which went from film to Broadway show to movie musical.
Then there are those musical adaptations of films that seem ... odd. Examples include American Psycho, Evil Dead, Re-Animator, and Silence of the Lambs. We can now add to that list Breanna Bietz's Terminator: The Musical.

Much like the threat of nuclear annihilation, Simpsons villain C. Montgomery Burns remains a lingering, omnipresent hazard to the stability of Springfield. You could also say that's what he represents on a global scale in Anne Washburn's Mr. Burns, a post-electric play. Mr. Burns has been staged several times in Austin, but in mounting the play at the UT Department of Theatre & Dance, co-executive producers and graduate students Khristián Méndez Aguirre (director) and Iman Corbani (scenic designer) wanted to do something different. They're staging a zero-waste production.

When 2020 Presidential hopeful Kamala Harris stated that climate change called for “science fact, not science fiction,” she probably expected some resistance from denialists, but not a rebuttal from the world of literature. That’s exactly what she got from SF author Charlie Jane Anders in a Washington Post op-ed.

The Glass Coffin shows some undying love to our fave vampire

If Bram Stoker was to be believed, we might have crabs to thank for one of pop culture’s great icons. The Irish author, best known for penning the literary classic Dracula, once claimed that part of his inspiration for creating the charismatic, bloodthirsty Transylvanian stemmed from a nightmare brought on by gorging on crab meat.

Brooklyn comic gives big laughs about not getting the Big O.

Picture it: Todd Rundgren, Isaac Asimov, and Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist walk into the Savoy Theatre in London's West End together. The everyday world may not see them as likely companions, but the topsy-turvy world of Gilbert & Sullivan recognizes all three as fans of the duo's comic opera Iolanthe and welcomes them with open arms.

Seeing as how July is Crime Month at the Chronicle, it only seems appropriate that it comes with its own soundtrack – or rather, two. The first covers "Crime." The second, “… and Punishment,” feels like maneuvering through a field full of repercussions as hazardous as land mines. Enter at your own risk!

Seeing as July is Crime Month at the Chronicle, it only seems appropriate that it comes with its own soundtrack – or rather, two. The first, “Crime,” is chock full of gangsters, killers, and thieves. Down, dirty, and underhanded, there’s a little bit of everything here. Enjoy!