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Weekend Wine

I try to focus on wines under $20, and luckily, the good folks at Paso Robles’s Tablas Creek have a wine that barely squeaks under at $19.99. But only when it's on sale.

7:01AM Sat. Jun. 23, Wes Marshall Read More | Comment »

Primed for Some Literary Vibranium?

This being the Year of Black Panther hasn't escaped the notice of Austin’s African American Book Festival. With the slogan "Literary Vibranium," the 12th edition on June 23 features local comics scribe Evan Narcisse (Rise of the Black Panther) and Paul Coates, father to Black Panther writer Ta-Nehisi Coates.

4:00PM Fri. Jun. 22, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

Five New Local Options to Shake Things Up With Your Happy Hour Crew

Is there anything happier than happy hour? While it’s true that sometimes these after work gatherings get a bad rap in a city as rich in bars and underpaid creative types as Austin (looking at you, wildly popular memes about getting wasted at Applebee's), happy hour hopping can be a great way to taste your way through town on a budget.

1:25PM Fri. Jun. 22, Emily Beyda Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

Fun Stop 5K and Fest

Riverside Drive, in front of the Long Center

African-American Book Festival at Carver Branch Library

Austin Ice Cream Festival at Fiesta Gardens

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Recommended Live Music for the Weekend

This weekend's soundtrack comes with an extra helping from Down Under with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at Stubb's and trio Middle Kids at Antone's.

12:54PM Fri. Jun. 22, The Music Staff Read More | Comment »

Get Ready to Blaze With This New Trailer

Blaze Foley may go down in musical history as the great coulda, woulda, shoulda – a charismatic performer and incredible songwriter who self-destructed long before he could achieve the fame his supporters believed he deserved. Now the first trailer for his life story, directed by Ethan Hawke, has arrived.

12:20PM Fri. Jun. 22, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Say Goodbye to the Plastic Bag Ban

Now what are we going to do about all these tote bags we have been gifted?

11:40AM Fri. Jun. 22, Chase Hoffberger Read More | Comment »

The Gospel According to Lee Fields

Saturday’s Ice Cream Festival boasts an after hours lineup of sweet soul music topped by soul survivor Lee Fields, 67. His “Honey Dove” is a confection so pure he recorded it twice, first for 2002’s Problems and again on 2009’s My World. The latter was the first of four albums with the Expressions, the crack Brooklyn band that joins him at Fiesta Gardens.

11:30AM Fri. Jun. 22, Thomas Fawcett Read More | Comment »

ATX TV Fest: How Roku Is Changing How We Watch TV

First impressions count for a lot. Maybe that's why Roku has brought back that longstanding mainstay of digital entertainment – the screen saver.

9:18AM Fri. Jun. 22, Richard Whittaker Read More | Comment »

Beachcombing Is Always Better With a Good Companion

Now that summer has officially begun, you can finally start combing those beaches without worrying that you’re doing it in, like, the wrong season or something. (J/K – any season is good.) But what’s the best way to do it, anyway, this beachcombing activity? Luckily, we know someone who knows – and she’s written a book to tell you.

7:00AM Fri. Jun. 22, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

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