The Cine las Americas International Film Festival announced today that Executive Director Eugenio del Bosque will be stepping down from his position on Oct. 17. Del Bosque has been in the position for six years; he first joined CLAIFF in 2002 as Program Director.

We mean, Yumi Sakugawa is often drawing enlightenment of one form or another, and now Adams Media has released her new Illustrated Guide to Becoming One With the Universe, and the artist will be in town to present it in person.

She may not be a household name, but Paola Antonelli credentials are bordering on perfect. She’s a guru of design and the interaction between people and things. If that isn’t a good fit for SXSW Interactive then we’re just not sure if anyone is good enough.

Austin is celebrating OUTober with the start of some new, colorful, traditions. In honor of LGBT History Month, Austin will display the Pride Flag across City Hall for the first time ever. Join the city and PFLAG in an array of events happening throughout the month.

After branching out to education, the environment, and sports, it was only a matter of time before South by Southwest wanted to invite you to dinner. Last year, SXSW Interactive debuted a block of SouthBites food-related programming. Turns out there was a pretty big appetite.

When The Daily Show with Jon Stewart announced earlier this month that the show would set up shop in Austin Oct. 27-30 for a midterm elections package called Democalypse 2014: South by South Mess, savvy cineastes took note of the fortuitous timing: Wasn't there a film fest going on then? And didn't Jon Stewart have a movie coming out?

Rather than temper his controversial rhetoric, state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, reinforced extremist platform points when it came to education, health care, immigration, reproductive rights and marriage equality during Monday evening’s lieutenant governor debate against state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio.

Sugarland jumps to the fore, Serbia shows pride against all odds, and Dallas gets the short end, as your AggreGAYtor joins the Booby Hatch.

Terri Caldwell Bennett's life-long hobby of drawing and painting in private is going public in a big way this fall. The entire city of Austin will see her artwork on the t-shirts, posters, and all other promotional materials for the 24th annual Thundercloud Turkey Trot. The win couldn't have come at a better time.