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12:34PM Tue. Jul. 9, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

Show folk love their libations, and one of the enduring rituals of the theatre is the company going out together for drinks after the performance. Many a friendship and romance – and not a few unfortunate hookups – have begun in the bar while cast and crew hoist a few. Here, some brief reflections on places where local thespians have gone, and go, to drink.

6:00PM Wed. Jul. 3, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: Stages of Inebriation

Want to hear some good drinking stories? Ask theatre people. Between their research for playing soused characters, work with blotto colleagues, and post-show pickling, they're, pardon the pun, loaded with yarns, both hilarious and mortifying, about the stages of inebriation. Here, 15 members of the local theatre scene share some of their favorites.

5:00PM Wed. Jul. 3, 2013, Robert Faires Read More | Comment »

TODAY'S EVENTS

The Night of the Hunter

Paramount Theatre

Rainbow Girls, B.R. Lively at Radio/East

Just for Teens: Captive Creatures at Terrazas Branch Library

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The Drink/Drank/Drunk Issue: 'The Drunken Botanist' Reviewed

“This book came out of a conversation with a fellow plant researcher, when he told me he didn’t care for gin,” Amy Stewart told me during her recent visit to Austin to promote her latest best seller, The Drunken Botanist: The Plants That Create the World’s Great Drinks (Ten Speed Press, $19.95).

9:18AM Wed. Jul. 3, 2013, Claudia Alarcón Read More | Comment »

Heavenly Hyrulian Harmonies

Ba da da daaaaaaaa! For longtime fans of gaming and younger generations alike, the four notes that play when a chest opens in a Zelda game are as iconic and memorable as the first four notes of Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony.

3:51PM Tue. Jul. 2, 2013, Sean Carey Read More | Comment »

Stand with Wendy: Poster to Benefit the Texas Democratic Party

The local artist who brought the world CHANGE/INTO A TRUCK, that graphic mash-up between Transformers and Shepard Fairey's 2008 Obama poster, has turned his formidable skills to stand with Texas women.

11:35AM Tue. Jul. 2, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Five Cool Things You Might Wanna Check Out This Weekend

Only five?

Well, yes, because we had to set some kind of limit … and we wouldn't want to go around breaking our own damn rules – you knowime sayin'?

4:20PM Wed. Jun. 26, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner Read More | Comment »

Blind Your Kids With Library Science

Local authorApril Chloe Terrazas got in touch late last week to tell us about a cool way to get local kiddos to learn more about science both at home and in schools.

9:39AM Mon. Jun. 24, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

Carver Museum Hosts Austin African American Book Fest

Terry McMillan is a pretty big deal.

12:45PM Fri. Jun. 21, 2013, Monica Riese Read More | Comment »

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