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Fun Fun Fun Fest Springs a Lineup Leak

Rap dudes and riot grrls rejoice. There’s a leak in the Fun Fun Fun Fest lineup holding cell, and five names are now out. Read More | Comment »

Music 7:48PM Wed. Jun. 19, Chase Hoffberger

James Gandolfini Dies at 51

Variety reports that James Gandolfini has passed away suddenly at the age of 51. Read More | Comment »

Screens 7:04PM Wed. Jun. 19, Monica Riese

News Ticker: June 19

Dan Patrick gets snippy, Ted Cruz guards the border, and David Dewhurst drops a truth bomb. Candidness is on the News Ticker. Read More | Comment »

News 5:45PM Wed. Jun. 19, Brandon Watson

A Change of Circumstances: Judge Reopens School Finance Lawsuit

If you thought it was just redistricting causing never-ending lawsuits in Texas, think again. This morning Judge John Dietz ruled that he will re-open the school finance hearings in January 2014. Read More | Comment »

News 4:45PM Wed. Jun. 19, Richard Whittaker

Plowing Forward

When Rick Perry isn't busy systematically desecrating the rights of women to manage their reproductive health, sometimes he finds time to sign local food bills. This go-round, three bipartisan supported bills were signed into law. Read More | Comment »

Food 4:35PM Wed. Jun. 19, Anna Toon

Youngbloods Fest: Music for San Perlita ISD

The Youngbloods Music Festival pops off next Saturday, June 29. Grace London, the youngest act booked for this year's Austin City Limits Music Festival, and I have been planning the event since last winter.
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Music 3:00PM Wed. Jun. 19, William Harries Graham

Check Out This Exclusive Sneak Peek at the Mondo 'Adventure Time' Show

On Friday, June 21, Mondo Gallery will celebrate opening night of its newest exhibition, featuring 35 artists' works honoring Adventure Time and Regular Show. Read More | Comment »

Screens 2:29PM Wed. Jun. 19, Monica Riese

Drafthouse Films Expecting a 'Visitor'

Classic directors! Bald alien kids! The maternal instincts of the Switchblade Sisters. Drafthouse Films will be re-releasing gonzoid suburban space demon weirdness The Visitor later this year. As Drafthouse creative director Evan Husney says, "The world wasn’t ready for this film in 1979, and it still may not be." Read More | Comment »

Screens 12:00PM Wed. Jun. 19, Richard Whittaker

Now We're Talking: Andy Bell at Austin Pride

Can't lie. We're a bit beside ourselves. Erasure's Andy Bell has been announced as this year's headliner at Austin Pride. Read More | Comment »

Gay Place 11:40AM Wed. Jun. 19, Kate X Messer

Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt Sell Out

Is it fair to call Carrie Elkin and Danny Schmidt Austin’s first family of folk music? I’m not talking A Mighty Wind kind of folk, but music for the people presented in an intimate and endearing way. Between their national fan base and the fact that they sold out this weekend’s Wyldwood Shows house concert weeks ago, the answer’s an unqualified yes. Read More | Comment »

Music 10:47AM Wed. Jun. 19, Jim Caligiuri

The Mad Men

Women dressed in Mad Men-era garb and women’s rights supporters wearing bright orange T-shirts that read “My Family Values Women” gathered in the state Senate chamber last week for a committee hearing on four measures that opponents say are designed solely to restrict access to abortion and to drive backward in time women’s reproductive rights. Read More | Comment »

News 9:45AM Wed. Jun. 19, Jordan Smith

The AggreGAYtor: June 19

Russia's givin' us twirl, China's givin' us Ozzie and Harriet, and Central Texas is givin' us some stank, as your AggreGAYtor twizzles on the ice. Read More | Comment »

Gay Place 9:30AM Wed. Jun. 19, David Estlund

The AggreGAYtor: June 18

Irreconcilable differences in churches, expulsion revulsion in colleges, and filial disrespect in museums, as your AggreGAYtor soothes the savage beast. Read More | Comment »

Gay Place 3:50PM Tue. Jun. 18, David Estlund

News Ticker: June 18

Dannel Malloy disses Texas, Sheryl Cole plays matchmaker, and Michael Burgess indulges in weird science. Scratched heads are on the News Ticker. Read More | Comment »

News 3:30PM Tue. Jun. 18, Brandon Watson

Felicia Day Is Coming to Austin

You read that right: The goddess of all things geek, Felicia Day, is coming to Austin. Read More | Comment »

Screens 2:25PM Tue. Jun. 18, Monica Riese

Bombshell Incoming

Last fall, Zach booked musical theatre legend Bernadette Peters to bless the Topfer Theatre with its first performance. Now, for the launch of its new TOP Concerts series tonight, the theatre has recruited Peters' screen daughter on the TV series Smash and musical theatre legend in the making Megan Hilty to do the honors. Read More | Comment »

Arts 1:15PM Tue. Jun. 18, Robert Faires

Lehmberg Visits Commissioners Court

Travis County District Attorney Rosemary Lehmberg offered testimony at Commissioners Court this morning, accompanied by TCDA staff members discussing the 2013-14 budget of the Public Integrity Unit, and whether the Court can find funding to replace the roughly $3.5 million vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry. Read More | Comment »

News 12:30PM Tue. Jun. 18, Michael King

Austin Represents on Indiewire Influencers List

In a profile on Austin filmmakers in The New York Times last month, Melena Ryzik said: "This may be the year that Austin earns its place on the map as a movie capital." Read More | Comment »

Screens 12:24PM Tue. Jun. 18, Monica Riese

DVD Watch: 'Things to Come'

I'm the first to admit I'm not the biggest fan of science fiction; to me, there's enough to learn about the technologies of today without speculating wildly about those of tomorrow. Read More | Comment »

Screens 9:59AM Tue. Jun. 18, Monica Riese

Citywide Talent - Meet the Finalists of Citywide 86'd

After several months of qualifying rounds, the four finalists in Uchiko's Citywide 86'd competition face off tonight at the AT&T Executive Education & Conference Center before a sold out crowd. Here's some background on the contestants that might help handicap the race. Read More | Comment »

Food 4:45PM Mon. Jun. 17, Carly Yansak

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