The Moontower Comedy and Oddity Fest hits town in a big way Wednesday. Headliners Aziz Ansari, Seth Meyers and Steven Wright are among 100 comics (most of them out-of-towners) descending upon venues across Austin. But on any night there are guffaws alr... »
■ Open: Swift's Attic, the much-anticipated restaurant at 315 Congress Ave. from the powerhouse team of Mat Clouser (M2, Rabbit + Hat supper club), Zack Northcutt (Mulberry, Haddington's) and pastry chef Callie Speer (Parkside) is opening Monday, but a... »
My 21st century has been spent in Austin. I wasn't here for Shotgun Willie in '73 or Stevie Ray 10 years later. I wasn't here for the Cherubs and Ed Hall at the original Emo's during the Clinton administration, though I loved those bands from afar. Nop... »
"At Sí Se Puede, we place great effort in providing engaging books and materials in both English and Spanish as a way to get our kids excited about bilingual reading and learning. KLRU Austin is helping us achieve this!"Christina Collazo, executive dir... »
I am the co-founder of Flywheel Fitness, an indoor rowing and spinning studio on South Lamar Boulevard. I have been involved in rowing for nearly 30 years. I love bringing this whole-body activity to people and helping them find a fun, challenging new ... »
Monday"2 Broke Girls" 7:30 p.m., CBS: Carolina and Max tackle taxes, which kind of makes sense: You can't spell "taxes" without S, E and X."House" 8 p.m., Fox: The good doctor treats a patient who is bleeding from the eyes. Hey - I told y'all to stop w... »
With some chirpy encouragement from a bird on a nearby branch, I bend just a little farther, until I feel like a flexible stalk of wheat.The water splashing in the background relaxes me. So does the misty, un-airconditioned air that's washing over my b... »
Monday"Antiques Road Show" 7 p.m., PBS: El Paso assessments include an Alamo fighter's will, a canteen from the Revolutionary War and, if it's the weekend I was there, an empty Shiner bottle and a several pints of Blue Bell ice cream."Smash" 9 p.m., NB... »
Imagine an awards category that combines the following Austinites as nominees: John Paul DeJoria (Patron, Paul Mitchell), Karrie and Tim League (Alamo Drafthouse), Tyson Cole and Paul Qui (Uchi, Uchiko) and Robert Rodriguez (Troublemaker Studios).Now i... »
The Mighty Texas Dog Walk lives up to its name, usually drawing at least 10,000 people and their dogs. This year, they're hoping to set the record with most dogs walked: 18,000. They've done this two times before but need to win back the title from the... »
Bummed that you missed your favorite band a couple weeks ago because you were standing in line for kebabs? Don't worry, they're all coming back in April (except Skrillex, but he'll be back in May). Well, not all, but a bunch that were just here, as wel... »
Before the advent of weather radar, when Barton Creek flooded, advance word came to Zilker Park from the Johnson trading post in Bee Cave."Mr. Johnson lived up there on Barton Creek," says former Zilker Park caretaker Jack Robinson, whose dad also serv... »
The spring round of Austin Restaurant Week is upon us. Starting Sunday through Wednesday and again April 1-4, you can dine at about 50 Austin-area restaurants that are serving special prix-fixe dinners for Austin Restaurant Week, which is in its fourth... »
And now we return to normal life in Austin, when the hour-plus wait in line is for a barbecue trailer, a "special guest" is the competitive beard your neighbor is growing out, and the Boss wants you to get back to work. But we are not quite done with S... »
The dichotomy of Tom Morello's personal and professional lives was on display Friday at the Swan Dive in the first song of his late-night acoustic-electric set. In "One-Man Revolution," he sang, "On the streets of Havana/I was hugged and kissed/At the ... »
