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The Informed Drinker: Canadians Beat Us at Curling, But We'll Beat Them at Drinking
A shot of confidence: The Old Fashioned. (Credit: Canadian Club)The Informed Drinker is Austinist's cocktail column, in which the city's bartenders tell us whatto drink when. In the spirit of the Olympics, a Canadian whiskey expert weighs in. For all their goofiness, Canadians sure know how to…
Should Austin Be Known As A City of Violent Hatred and Intolerance?
Last weekend 2 Austinites were attacked by 4 cowardly gay bashers. Post includes letter form one of the victims and... (via Republic of Austin)
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Weekend Art Roundup
There are many great art events taking place around town this weekend. Here are some of the highlights: Celebrate the East Side in the heart of the 'hood on Saturday at Domy Books from 7-9pm. Photographer Rama Tiru will be giving an artist talk and signing copies of her book, Austin East of…
BrooklynVegan Invades SXSW
Image courtesy of BrooklynVeganIn BrooklynVegan’s own words, they’re doing “like 10 zillion parties this year.” Sure seems like it! We are pleased to announce that The Black Angels and Japandroids are set to join an already impressive bill consisting of Torche, Fucked Up,…
Let's Just Rename It 'Lee Nichols Day'
Check it out, y'all: I'm this week's subject of "What's In Your Fridge Friday," a regular feature of Addie Broyles'... (via I Love Beer)
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Weekend Music Preview: Tre Orsi, Beautiful Supermachines @ Beerland [Tonight]
Image provided by Beautiful Supermachines Tre Orsi, Beautiful Supermachines, The Distant Seconds, Nervous CurtainsFriday, February 26Beerland (711-1/2 Red River)9 p.m.[info]SXSW and related mid-March events in Austin have, more or less, taken over most music loving residents’ minds at this…
Preview: Appleseed Cast Perform Low Level Owl at the Mohawk [Tonight]
Photo by Chris Strong/artist MySpace The Appleseed Cast w/DreamendFriday, February 27The Mohawk (912 Red River)9pm, AA, $10/12, [info] | [tickets]The Appleseed Cast were, for a time, a run-of-the-mill emo band taking their cues rather liberally from Mineral and Sunny Day Real Estate. That changed…
Rocking in Austin - SXSW - Dan Dyer
One of Austin's best musicians, Dan Dyer, is playing SXSW this year. Be sure to come out and support him! (via Rocking in Austin)
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Movies This Week: Sick and Twisted Cop Ghost Crazies
New movies from Kevin Smith and Roman Polanski, a remake of a Romero film, and Spike and Mike return. (via Slackerwood)
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Your Winners For 2010 The Roaries-Austins OTHER Music Awards
You nominated them. You Voted for them. Here's the list of winners from the 2010 Roaries, Austin's OTHER Music Awards.... (via Republic of Austin)
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New Zlam Dunk tour video
Watch Austin/San Marcos dance-rockers Zlam Dunk's new tour video with performances and behind-the-scenes footage. (via 'NITES, a blog for Austinites)
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Dessa, P.O.S., Astronautalis at Red 7
Image by Zoe Prinds-Flash Dessa, more at Red 7Friday, February 26Red 7 (611 E. 7th St.)Doors at 8pm[info] Spoken-word performer/M.C. Dessa has a storied history - she's a philosophy graduate from the University of Minnesota, part of the female-centric a capella group The Boy Sopranos, a spoken…
Come Play Hopscotch with Neiliyo at Club Deville [Saturday]
Erin Hanson/Recovering Lazyholic Neiliyo Game Night EP ReleaseSaturday, February 27Club DeVille (900 Red River St)$8, door 9pm, action 10pm[info] Neiliyo is Austin's favorite hyper-electro-funktionaire. Well he's Austin's only hyper-electro-funktionaire, but that's why he's our favorite. You may…
Review: A Brief Narrative of an Extraordinary Birth of Rabbits at Salvage Vanguard [Theater]
The "what we perceive is what we bring about/become" angle is better left, in real life, stuffed in the mouths of those assholes who forgo bathing in order to finish reading The Secret. It weakens what was an otherwise credible, engaging conversation and spurs one to consider the speaker's…
Review: The Lightness of Black Grace [Dance]
Photo by Neil IeremiaLast Saturday, New Zealand’s Black Grace showed a Bass Concert Hall crowd what contemporary dance can and should be. With charm and impressive physicality, this traveling company found ways to combine culture, politics and creative expression into a show that was both…
Preview: Tegan and Sara @ Bass Concert Hall [Friday]
Image from Tegan and Sara’s MySpace Tegan and SaraFriday, February 26Bass Concert Hall (510 E. 23rd Street)8 p.m. | $22.50 - $35[info] | [tickets]Austinites have enjoyed Tegan and Sara’s previous concerts at the city’s traditional, (dare we say) run-of-the-mill live music spots…
Travel, Time and Transport
I traded links with Mike Dahmus aka M1EK, over on twitter the other day; I’d just come across this Inrix Nation Traffic Scorecard. Haven driven a lot in the past 6-months, and with my travelling backrgound, I was surprised to see that Austin appeared to be 23rd worst city in the US. I sent…
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Monofonus Press Teleportal Readings
Monofonus Press Teleportal ReadingsTuesday, March 2ndHotel San Jose (1316 S Congress Ave)8pm - 10pm FREE![info] The folks at Monofonus Press make every effort to bring out the freshest voices on the literary scene with methods that are as innovative as the artists themselves. With consideration…
News Bits!
Early voting ends today! Stack's widow will be dropped from wrongful death suit. Chinese solar manufacturing company proposing $20.7 million Austin plant. Facebook secures patent for their news feed. Canada's womens hockey team's celebration on the ice yesterday stirs up controversy. Meanwhile,…
A Photographer's Take on East Austin [Interview]
Rama TiruRama Tiru, a local artist, has self-published a photo essay book called Austin - East of I-35. Tiru calls herself a "people and place person." She roamed the neighborhoods, visiting, taking pictures and listening to stories. The people photographs - expressive and at ease - are clearly…
Austin March Against Hate This Saturday
Austin March Against Hate Facebook event Austin March Against HateSaturday, February 27Oilcan Harry’s (211 West 4th Street)March from OCH to City Hall, 2pm[info] While many consider Austin to be the liberal oasis of Texas, that doesn't always make it a safe haven for members of the LGBT…
Cinema Opportunities for the Week of 2/26-3/4
Time for the weekly roundup of Weird Wednesday, Terror Tuesday, special events and new releases that you mustn't miss. (via Austin Cinephile)
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Hill Country Wine & Food Festival Sell Out Alert
For those considering events at the Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival, organizers tell us that the Thursday Savor The Hill Country luncheon at Stone House Vineyard and the Saturday cooking class with New Orleans chef John Besh each have fewer than a dozen tickets remaining. So act fast…
Knocking ?em Back at Flying Saucer EP 2.1
Hmm. So we decided it was a good idea to do this again. In our defense, we met this guy... (via BeerTownAustin)
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