Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival
In Europe, it's almost impossible to tell a straight man from a gay man. Everyone carries purses. Everyone walks around...
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Column, Sept. 9, 2009
Out of Bounds Comedy Festival Headliners
Sweet. Three-day weekend! Of course, that's assuming you have a regular job with a set schedule, benefits, and all that....
Column, Sept. 2, 2009
'Austin Chronicle' Hot Sauce Festival
It's going to be hot at The Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival this Sunday. Crazy hot. Maybe like 1,900 degrees...
Column, Aug. 26, 2009
Rude Mechanicals' Sci-fEye Ball
Balls … seems like everybody has them. They're the low hanging fruit of the charity business – maybe not quite...
Column, Aug. 19, 2009
Texas Testosterone Festival
If you were thinking you could pick up a couple of ounces of pure testosterone at this weekend's Texas Testosterone...
Column, Aug. 7, 2009
Dart Music International Benefit
Foreigners … it seems like they're always coming to America, taking our jobs, stealing our women, and forcing us to...
Column, Aug. 5, 2009
How to Secede in Texas Without Really Trying
Texas is a really big state. Crazy big. Emphasis on the crazy. We may be the 11th largest economy in...
Column, July 29, 2009
Irish Tunes
Admit it. You wish you were Irish – well, except for that kelly green thing … or worse yet the...
Column, July 22, 2009
Music Man
If you're one of those people who moved to Austin on the basis of that glorious, balmy week you spent...
Column, July 14, 2009
Bastille Day Celebration
Here's a helpful hint if you're putting on a festival in the next few millennia: Whatever it is, whoever it...
Column, July 6, 2009
Austin Symphony July 4th Concert & Fireworks
Keep your head down this Saturday. There’s going to be a lot of ordnance whizzing through the air. You might...
Column, June 29, 2009
Poodie's Picnic
Sometimes it seems like you're the only person in Austin who hasn't gotten high with Willie Nelson in the back...
Column, June 23, 2009
Party at the Moontower
Sunday is Father's Day. You might be a real bastard, but it doesn't mean you don't actually have a dad....
Column, June 16, 2009
The Jump at the Capitol
This weekend the Republic of Texas Biker Rally is coming to town to take a big ol' trailer-trash shit on...
Column, June 8, 2009
Who Is Your Daddy? Little Lounge Lizards' June Dance Party
Every once in a while you come across an event that is so fucking crazy that you just have to...
Column, June 2, 2009
Pachanga Latino Music Festival
Good move Pachanga! What better place to have a Latin-party music festival than in a place called Fiesta Gardens? Waterloo...
Column, May 27, 2009
Austin Chronicle Adult Spelling Bee
Last week a pun-off and this week a spelling bee? Good Lord, Austin really is Nerdvana. All those years you...
Column, May 20, 2009
Texas Burlesque Festival
No matter how much you pay some people, they still want to take their clothes off. Yes, nudity can be...
Column, May 12, 2009
A Benefit for Max Moses
Getting laid on Mother's Day is, to say the very least, problematic – unless, of course, you're actually a mother....
Column, May 5, 2009
Next Up: U18 Showcase
There's a good chance that if you do it enough times and with an opposite gender, you're going to have...
Column, April 27, 2009
12th Annual Buda Wiener Dog Races
Wiener dogs are one of those curious evolutionary oddities that contradict the notion of a loving and benevolent God. Upon...
Column, April 21, 2009
ArtErotica 2009
Question is: Who isn't throwing a festival this weekend? You got your winos (Texas Hill Country Wine & Food Festival),...
Column, April 14, 2009
Lyndon Lambert Memorial Easter Pet Parade Costume Contest
When you think about it, what better way to celebrate Easter than a parade? After all, Easter itself started out...
Column, April 7, 2009
Fourth Annual Urban Music Festival
When you're out and about this weekend, you may notice a preponderance of black people. No, Austin is not the...
Column, March 31, 2009
Holy Cross Sucks!
Loud music and shitty beer: Over it. You probably also feel the same about lukewarm catered barbecue, nutrition bars, and...
Column, March 24, 2009
Elvis Perkins in Dearland, Cold War Kids, and M. Ward
You can break South by Southwest attendees down into basically two categories: people who think they're cooler than you and...
Column, March 16, 2009
SXSW Screening of 'Sweethearts of the Prison Rodeo'
Texas did away with its prison rodeo back in 1986. It wasn't because Texans drank the PETA punch and had...
Column, March 10, 2009
Geeks Who Drink Pub Quiz
It's a good thing you spent all that time, money, and effort earning that college degree. So maybe you don't...
Column, March 2, 2009
2009 Texas Heritage Songwriters' Homecoming Concert
Twenty years from now, when you look back on the time you spent in Austin (and this is, of course,...
Column, Feb. 24, 2009
'Misprint' Magazine's Third Annual Beard & Moustache Competition
Suppose you finally decide you want to lose that middle-age hipster nut-duster. Here are some options: You can cream it,...
