ATX PostDespite what you hear, it’s safe: Mexican governor visits Texas, calls for more tourist activity
I love to travel to Mexico and do so fairly often. Yes, there’s all that scary (and true) news about warring drug cartels. But Mexico is a big country, as is the U.S. There are places I wouldn’t go in the United States, and places I wouldn’t go in Mexico. But those are few and [...]
Summer vacation and kids: How to be a rock star parent while winging it
Summer vacation. Two perfectly lovely words, until they are followed by “starts in one week!” Then, the realization that you will soon be on Cruise Director duty for three sweltering months can cause parental heart palpitations. Maybe you had every intention of signing your child up for the fabulous BookPeople camps, back when registration opened [...]
Celebrating the creatives on the other side of I-35 at the first ever WEST Austin Studio Tour
The first ever WEST Austin Studio Tour began Saturday and continues through Sunday night. This self guided tour (counterpart to EAST Studio Tours) takes you through artists’ intimate studios and galleries, showcasing the talent living and working on the west side of Austin. “Avalanche” (detail) by William Hundley, on display at Gray Duck Gallery. [...]
Co-Lab launches first show, Row Home, at downtown N Space in time for WEST Studio Tour
This weekend is the inaugural West Austin Studio Tour (WEST), where established and unexpected gallery spaces in the wide geographic area covering “the rest of Austin” will show off their studio works and their most recent collections. The weekend will also be the newly rebranded East Side arts nonprofit Co-Lab‘s inaugural show in their brand [...]
Our 10 top "song of the summer" contenders: Carly Rae Jepsen, Drake, Beyonce and more battle it out
The Brits have a quaint obsession with the Christmas No. 1 single, but here in America there’s nothing that tops a summer jam. Last year the continuing dominance of “Rolling In The Deep” cemented 2011 as the year of Adele, while “Superbass” took Nicki Minaj from rapper-on-the-rise to cultural icon and LMFAO’s “Party Rock Anthem” [...]
Drop the digital: Lomography Austin’s photography workshops are coming in June
Summer is fast-approaching, the days getting a little longer and the weather a little (well, a lot) hotter. It’s the perfect time to brush up on your analogue photography skills to capture your summer adventures, your friends and family or just walks exploring around town with new techniques and new camera formats. To help with [...]
Bonnie Prince Billy’s trippy video, adorable Elmo outtakes, boxing cats and more
Here are the links we loved today: Get even more psyched for tonight’s SNL season finale: Andy Samberg and Chris Parnell were seen shooting outside Magnolia Bakery, meaning The Lonely Island’s planning on ending their legendary run with a “Lazy Sunday” reprise. In a pretty shady (and probably ultimately stupid) move, NBC has fired Community [...]
Punchkin Repertory Theater’s Billboard at Salvage Vanguard [Review]
Punchkin Rep Have you worried today about how your data, or even your self, gets used as a corporate tool? It’s happening, you know, and Punchkin Repertory Theatre’s Billboard (onstage through the 19th at the Salvage Vanguard) wants to show you all of the spiraling ways you can profit and perish in the process. The [...]
AMOA-Arthouse chooses Texas Prize 2012 winner: Austin artist Jeff Williams
Just in time for the West Austin Studio Tour throughout downtown and beyond, AMOA-Arthouse announced their final decision Friday evening for the 2012 recipient of the triennial Texas Prize. Of the three Texas candidates vying for the prestigious honor and a hefty $30,000 paycheck, Austin-based conceptual artist Jeff Williams was declared the winner for his [...]
Who to root for when your home team stinks
A little bit about me that might explain some things — I am Texas Longhorn-centric in most everything, except when it involves the Texas Rangers and the Dallas Mavericks. I don’t like Texas AM and I like the oklahoma sooners even less. Yes, “oklahoma” and “sooners” have been intentionally written in lower case. If they [...]