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Great Expectations
Sarah Jarosz returns to her roots – the Old Settler’s Music Festival
Pull Out That Easter Bahn-et
Summer fun kicks off this weekend at Schlitterbahn
More HB 2 Fallout: Abortion Doctors Sue Dallas Hospital
HB 2 politics hits doctors unlawfully discriminated against by UGHD
Austin Fashion Week: Mash Up Madness
Cast your vote for the Mash Up Team People’s Choice Award
A Chorus for Rod Kennedy
ATX songwriters pen one for the Kerrville Folk Festival founder
Film Flam
Comings, goings, skunks, and lemurs
Kelis Can Cook
SXSW food truck diva follows up with ‘Food’
Trattoria Lisina’s Easter Egg Hunt
Hill Country eatery has something for everyone on Easter morning.
The AggreGAYtor: April 17
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Garriott Challenges Public to Update His Game
Got the coding chops for something 37 years old?
And the Stars Realign
Star Bar’s Beerversary to feature specially curated and rare taps
Austin Becomes ‘Everytown’
Michael Bloomberg’s new gun-control group launches at City Hall
Sway Celebrates Thai New Year With Special Dishes
Songkran dishes augment regular menu
Carstarphen Out, Cruz In
Austin ISD picks chief schools officer Paul Cruz as interim super
The Lovesong of Dawn & Hawkes
Fresh off ‘The Voice’ with a shot at ‘Forever Happily’
“Thou Spleeny Swag-Bellied Miscreant!”
Create Shakespearean insults of your own with this handy tome.
The North Door’s Got Game
The ‘Game of Thrones,’ that is, served with themed cocktails
The AggreGAYtor: April 16
What happened today in gay? Here’s your daily recap of queer news.
Ready to Get ‘Nasty’?
Local filmmakers mine talent from Austin drag scene
Getting Schooled by Jake Busey on ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’
The show’s own Basil Exposition delves into the snake cult myths
Revenge Is Sweet
‘Game of Thrones’ and the relief of a good riddance (spoilers)
ATX Television Fest Lines Up FX Premieres
UPDATED: ‘Roswell’ reunion added; ‘Fargo,’ ‘The Strain’ to close fest
Stargayzer Lineup Released
A first look at who’s playing the inaugural Stargayzer Fest
Fusebox Festival: Sewn on the Street
Sweatshop invites discussion of fast vs. slow garment manufacturing
We’re Our Own Grandpaws
Thursday Council agenda packed with postponed business
The Chrontourage Guide to Local Business Month
Recommendations for how to get the most out of IBIZ districts in April.
Free Chocolate!
Kiskadee Chocolates pop-up at Froyoyo
Los Lobos Celebrates 40 on PBS
‘Austin City Limits’ opens 40th season tapings with a peer
Trail of Crumbs Down Memory Lane: ‘Pioneers of Television’
Season four debuts tonight on KLRU with ‘Standup to Sitcom’
The AggreGAYtor: April 15
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
‘Hillsborough’ (Do Not Read This in the UK)
Controversial documentary kicks off ESPN “Soccer Stories” series
Austinist Shuts Down
Gothamist says site wasn’t getting the “attention it deserves”
Kerrville Folk Festival Founder Rod Kennedy Dies
‘People are isolated from each other by technology’
Carstarphen Out
Atlanta board votes, Austin ISD to select new interim Tuesday
Old Settler’s Music Festival Wrap
Increased ticket sales, musical diversity, and buzz bands
The AggreGAYtor: April 14
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
How to Make Your Cat an Internet Celebrity
Surprise: This is an actually, seriously funny thing.
UT Faculty Respond to ‘Shared Services’
Faculty asks president to withdraw “privatization scheme”
Abbott Turns Open Records into Campaign Stunt
Meanwhile Davis savages Republican over “Baby STAAR” pre-K tests
A Game a Day
Team Chaos has been busy making games for you
City Issues Post-Flood Report
Mixed ‘After-Action’ review by city-county-nonprofit agencies
Old Settler’s Music Festival: Saturday
Peak day for a peak year
Old Settler’s Music Festival: Friday
Ralph Stanley, Del McCoury, Donna the Buffalo & Paul Janeway
DVDanger: ‘Holliston’ / ‘Knights of Badassdom’
A double bill of Joe Lynch genre comedies
Let the Madness Begin
Where ‘Mad Men’ left off – and where it might go next
Entroducing… Applied Pressure
ATX crew celebrates three years with a live ode to DJ Shadow
Old Settler’s Music Festival: Thursday
Camping, pickin’, and carrying on at the Fest’s first day
Pleasant Storage Room Opens Friday
Havana-inspired bar showcases cocktails and rum punches
Arcade Fire – Deep in the Heart of Texas
Bobble heads, confetti canons, and the official afterparty
Things That Go Bump in the Blumhouse
As “Oculus” opens, producer Jason Blum on suburbs and franchises
SBOE Votes a Little Ethnicity
Compromise vote locally developed ethnic studies courses
Where the Girls Go/ATX: Tassels Addition
Where the grrrls will be this April weekend
The Farmers’ Market Report: April 12-13, 2014
Rhubarb, artichokes, asparagus, lamb roasts, and dog shampoo
The AggreGAYtor: April 11
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Estate Sale Roundup: April 11-13
We’re upcycling dreams this week.
You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
East Side King has gone from a backyard trailer to street-food empire in five short years
Art City Austin 2014
Art Alliance Austin’s annual spring art fair brings art to the streets around City Hall
Soccer Watch
The Austin Aztex opened their preseason Friday with a 2-0 win over Southwestern Univ. They play two more games this weekend: Incarnate Word on Friday, April 11, at 6:30pm at Ray Thomas Fields in Georgetown, and AC Milan on Sunday, April 13, at 4pm at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex, 10211 W. Parmer Ln. No, that’s…
Draft Day
Baseball season arrives with Kevin Costner playing a football GM. Blasphemy!
Food-o-File
Where there’s ‘Smoke’ …
Exhibitionism
You wouldn’t know this Sondheim musical was a legendary flop from the impressive staging at St. Ed’s
The Hightower Report
How simple is Rep. Paul Ryan?
Oculus
A dark force lurks in the looking glass in this paranormal outing that’s a notch above, but barely.
Smoke and Mirrors
The ‘Oculus’ team on taking a ghost story to the big screen
Exhibitionism
Different Stages captures the small-town feel in Preston Jones’ Texas drama, but the play’s age is showing
Civics 101
Thursday 10 AISD FACILITY MASTER PLAN MEETING Public meeting to gather input on future capital improvements. 6:30pm. Reagan High School, 7104 Berkman. www.austinisd.org/fmp. Friday 11 FAIR HOUSING CONFERENCE Experts weigh in on why “Fair Housing Matters.” 9am-3pm. Asian American Resource Center, 8401 Cameron. Saturday 12 AUSTIN AND THE PLACE OF HISTORIC ARCHITECTURE IN RAPIDLY GROWING…
Joe
Nic Cage and David Gordon Green are at the top of their games in this Larry Brown story, while young Tye Sheridan is an actor who’s already achieved greatness.
Food Events
April 12-17
Exhibitionism
Sondheim’s black comic musical about presidential killers and would-be killers gets a fantastic staging by Soubrette
Gay Place: PRETTY:UGLY
Punk rock San Antonio takes Austin in an ugly show of loveliness
The Raid 2
This breathtaker is a relentless wall of action filmmaking that sets a new, bloody standard.
Adrenaline and Magic
Banff Mountain Film Festival World Tour soars into the Paramount this weekend
My Dove Springs … and Ours
What life in ‘the 44’ says about the two worlds of Austin
Quote of the Week
“You don’t want to go there, buddy.” – Atty. Gen. Eric Holder scolds Rep. Louie Gohmert after the congressman suggested Holder takes contempt charges lightly.
Particle Fever
In this documentary, six scientists seek the mysteries of the universe through the launch of the Large Hadron Collider.
His Name Was Gary Poulter
Meet the homeless man who became a movie star
Dove Springs: A Demographic Snapshot
The 2012 data for the 78744 zip code in Southeast Austin provides a rough approximation of the demographic profile of Dove Springs, a working-class, predominantly Hispanic neighborhood in Southeast Austin. The neighborhood is not sharply defined geographically, but is loosely bounded north and south by Ben White and William Cannon, and east and west between…
Day Trips
Sand castles come in many forms at the Texas SandFest in Port Aransas
Bhoothnath Returns
This Hindi ghost returns in a sequel to settle some scores on Earth.
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Plants have 15-20 distinct senses, including analogues of our five. The Bolian race was named for Cliff Bole, who directed the first episode in which they were featured (“Conspiracy”) in Star Trek: The Next Generation. India nearly doubled its buffalo production between 2010 and 2013. Before alarm clocks there were knocker-uppers. For a fee, someone…
Then There’s This: Saving the Baylor House
The fight to save the home of the woman who saved Clarksville
Race Gurram
Telugu romantic action drama.
More Old Settler’s Music Festival Preview
OSMF preview
Water Use Sinking, Rates Rising
Austin Water officials agree something’s got to give
Headlines
› Today’s City Council meeting is delayed until at least 1pm so council members can attend the Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Library; eventually they’ll discuss mid-year budget policy and vested development rights (grandfathering). › Speaking of the Summit, which honors the 50th Anniversary of Lyndon Johnson signing the 1964 Civil Rights Act, it…
Old Settler’s Music Festival Record Reviews
Big Head Todd & the Monsters Black Beehive (Shout! Factory) A window-rattling low end touches off opener “Hey Delila,” Black Beehive thus busted wide open from its very first notes. The song’s biblical declaration of love and lust, with its organ break and Todd Park Mohr’s spirit animal vox – that ursine yelp – shakes…
Council: Water Into Whine
With this week’s Council late start, what will happen to Citizens Communication?
Point Austin: Stayed on Freedom
Considering the LBJ legacy
Old Settler’s Music Festival Record Reviews
Tim O’Brien & Darrell Scott Memories and Moments (Full Skies) Multi-instrumentalist extraordinaire, Tim O’Brien picked and fiddled his way to International Bluegrass Music Association prizes beginning with acclaimed ensemble Hot Rize before embarking on an acoustically eclectic solo career, including LPs with sister Mollie and a hit duet with Kathy Mattea. Country music scion Darrell…
Transportation Planning Briefs
Several important bits of planning news in the hopper this week: • Project Connect is zeroing in on a final recommendation for an urban rail plan to present to Council. They’ll present it to the Central Corridor Advisory Group this Friday, April 11, 1:30-3:30pm, at City Hall Council Chambers, 301 W. Second; see that presentation…
Old Settler’s Music Festival Record Reviews
Lake Street Dive Bad Self Portraits (Signature Sounds) Boston soul revivalists Lake Street Dive are technically proficient and refined to the point that it’s alarming. Sweet as the sticking points on their national, 2010 debut (“Don’t Make Me Hold Your Hand,” “Got Me Fooled”) and ensuing covers EP two years later (“Rich Girl,” “Faith,” “Let…
The Education of Greg Abbott
Attorney general in hot water over school plan
Old Settler’s Music Festival Record Reviews
Donna the Buffalo Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday (Sugar Hill) Stampede still sums up Donna the Buffalo. A quarter century on, the cult herd that put the “Cajun” in upstate New York continues stomping up zydeco frenzies six ways from Sunday. Never untethered in the studio, tenth LP Tonight, Tomorrow and Yesterday could pass for a…
Guns vs. Moms
Is the open carry movement going off half-cocked?
Old Settler’s Music Festival Record Reviews
Robert Randolph & the Family Band Lickety Split (Blue Note) Last time joyful noise proprietor Robert Randolph walked out the studio, he brandished 2010’s star-studded, T Bone Burnett-produced We Walk This Road, a measured reevaluation of the molten gospel funk that the pedal steel guitarist had pushed for the past dozen years. Lickety Split, the…
Lehmberg Answers Springsteen Suit
D.A. argues innocence can not be declared in civil court
Some of These Things Are Not Like the Others
How Thai Fresh accidentally became a mecca for gluten-free sweets
Bluegrass Box
Wood & Wire Thu., Camp Ben McCulloch stage, 9pm Red Wine Fri., Bluebonnet stage, 4:15pm The Deadly Gentlemen Fri., Bluebonnet stage, 7:30pm Sat., Hill Country stage, 11am Del McCoury Band Fri., Discovery stage, 8pm (workshop) Sat., Hill Country stage, 3:50pm (performance) Della Mae Sat., Hill Country stage, noon, Sun., Camp Ben McCulloch stage, 12:15pm While…
Charged Up
The 10th Fusebox Festival gets off to an electric start with ‘Mozart Requiem Undead’
The Good Eye: A (Tiny) Room of One’s Own
You call that a small house? This is a small house!
Playback: Fringe Radio
Austin’s newest radio frequency, Fringe
Jose Villegas: A Retardation Claim
Jose Villegas: A retardation claim
The Luv Doc: Come On, Big Boy
Hey Luv Doc! Again and again, I meet women that give me the big “Come on, big boy,” and when I ask them out, they ain’t going for it. Seems they are satisfied with only knowing they are wanted. Gimme advice. What do I do? – Dazed and Confused Ahhh, yes. The old “Come on,…
Let It Grow
The fifth annual East Austin Urban Farm Tour celebrates local farmers and chefs
Fast Forward Austin
This is not your standard music festival – you’ll hear sounds you’ve never heard before
A Charge at No Charge
They call it Free Range Art: At this year’s Fusebox Festival, every event is free. You can just show up and walk right in to any event at no charge, provided it isn’t sold out. The way it gets sold out in advance is through a new reservation system that you sign up for at…
50 to 1
The Kentucky Derby-winning horse Mine That Bird sprints to glory in this equine biopic.
