The Blue Christmas Prom

With the Blue Christmas Prom, the good folks at Refraction Arts Project are giving you a chance to give a really nice "in-your-face" to high school and the torture of school dances.

"...good folks at Refraction Arts Project are hosting the Blue Christmas Prom at (you guessed it) the Blue Theater,..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Ten Things to Do on Christmas Day

Avoid the Grinch-y realm this holiday

"...Christmas is here, and while this can mean paid time-off..."

Dec. 22, 2018 Events Post by Evelin Garcia

All I Got for Christmas Is the Blues

Blue is the new black in Tinseltown.

"...any urge to dig around in the decades of Christmas archived in the attic for a long time. So,..."

Nov. 30, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

The Armadillo Christmas Bazaar Sings its Way Back Into Austin’s Heart

The ACB announces one of its best music lineups yet

"...of Austin’s longest-running art and music festivals, the Armadillo Christmas Bazaar, returns to the Palmer Events Center on December..."

Dec. 5, 2022 Events Post

It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas

Ready for some holiday LPs?

"...Every year, there’s always one new Christmas release that stands apart. This season it’s from pub..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Music Post by Jim Caligiuri

Crunk Christmas

The curse (and charms) of Christmas albums

"...Having made it through Scott Weiland's new Christmas coaster, The Most Wonderful Time of the Year, I..."

Dec. 20, 2011 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Operation Help Blue Santa

APD charity scrambling for gifts

"...Since 1972 Operation Blue Santa has been helping Austin's needy children enjoy a..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

Blue Genie Art Industries Is Moving

And you’re invited to the farewell party, citizen!


"...Blue Genie Art Industries is moving...."

March 29, 2016 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Holiday Viewing: White Christmas

The one we can't seem to quit

"...How many generations does White Christmas have left in it, I wonder?..."

Dec. 13, 2017 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

I Hate Christmas

Strange Brew song swap ain’t for suckers

"...the holidays, my dad always makes it home for Christmas...."

Dec. 19, 2014 Music Post by William Harries Graham

It's Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas

Jingle Bell Rocks! spins under the musical mistletoe

"...and devotional music. In my house, it's not really Christmas until we break out the A Charlie Brown Christmas..."

Dec. 24, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Christmas in July – Tonight!

Wild Bill revs his ‘Honky-Tonk Holidaze’ at Antone’s

"...hard-drinking ways and dire problems at home. That’s the Christmas story left-of-center local Wild Bill likes to tell, and..."

July 10, 2013 Music Post by Chase Hoffberger

Record Reviews: Christmas

"...Funky Christmas (Polydor)..."

Dec. 22, 1995 Music Review

Review: Archive Theater's A Sherlock Holmes Christmas

Should you welcome this Holmes for the holidays with seasonal cheer?

"...The facts are these: About four o'clock on Christmas morning, Peterson was returning from some small jollification and..."

Dec. 2, 2022 Arts Feature by Bob Abelman

Luv Doc Recommends: Blue Genie Art Bazaar

CLOSED Monarch Event Center, Thursday, December 10, 2009

"...everyone is on board the Jesus Bus. For some, Christmas lights are just an external manifestation of the oppression..."

Dec. 11, 2009 Column by The Luv Doc

12 Days of Christmas Bazaars

A merry miscellany of local art markets and fairs to visit over a dozen days

"...Dec. 18: Blue Genie Art Bazaar Art, jewelry, clothing, and more from..."

Dec. 8, 2017 Arts Feature

Blue Bell Seasonals

Blue Bell gifts us with merrymaking noms

"...It's the holiday season, and that means Blue Bell Ice Cream has rolled out its seasonal flavors...."

Dec. 9, 2011 Food Feature by Mick Vann

Snapshot: Blue Genie Art Bazaar

Support local artisans with these last-minute gift buys

"...while you're at it? Look no further than the Blue Genie Art Bazaar...."

Dec. 21, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

When Little Blue Men Fight the War at Home

Scott Prendergast on 'Kabluey'

"...was on an airplane when he visualized a little blue man with a giant blue head. A mascot costume..."

Oct. 5, 2007 Screens Feature by Joe O'Connell

Mr. Blue

Denny Freeman's epic remembrance of Alex Napier

"...a moving account of their enduring friendship and Austin blues history. On the occasion of the Continental Club's memorial..."

Feb. 24, 2011 Music Post by Austin Powell

Five Things to Do Outdoors This Christmas Weekend

Get into the big outside this holiday season

"...inexorable pull of that really big room with the blue ceiling. And so, when we do go out, why..."

Dec. 24, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas

Live reviews of Big Bill, Protextor, Black Fret Ball, and Margaret Moser’s memorial concert

"...Prince-meets-Kendrick Lamar sound, executed by a septet of local blue-chippers, hit full swagger with the funk thump of "Big..."

Dec. 15, 2017 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Long Fringe @ Blue Theatre

"...of betrayal and love at a cafe table on Christmas Eve, starring Nancy Bandiera and ACC drama students. 2/7-11,..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Arts Feature

Dear Glutton: Alone for the Holidays

The least sad way to spend Christmas solo

"...Any ideas about the least sad ways to spend Christmas alone? I don't get enough time off this year..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Food Column by Emily Beyda

Blue Christmas (Dialtone)

Christmas Records

"...Blue Christmas(Dialtone) Austin's Dialtone Records offers up this slab of..."

Dec. 22, 2000 Music Review by Jerry Renshaw

Record Reviews

"...Geezinslaw Christmas Double (Step One)..."

Dec. 26, 1997 Music Review

Alvin Crow / Asleep at the Wheel

"...Alvin CrowTexas Christmas for You and Me Asleep at the WheelLone Star..."

Dec. 23, 2016 Music Review by Jim Caligiuri

Off the Record

Decking the halls with Kickstarter, a new holiday sampler, and Michael Nesmith's Videoranch

"...copy of the album ($50) www.kck.st/f8Oe3y Some of Shelly's Blues..."

Dec. 24, 2010 Music Column by Austin Powell

Day Trips & Beyond: December Events Roundup

It's the most wonderful time of the year

"...With Christmas lights, New Year’s Eve celebrations, bullfighting, and more, December..."

Dec. 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

They're History

The Blue Genie boys -- those whimsical artists responsible for the armadillo-festooned entrance to Threadgill's World Headquarters, the guitar gal atop Fran's Hamburgers, and other mini-landmarks around Austin -- have been fun for the people who see them and fun for the people who made them. Making giant panels for the new Texas State History Museum, though, was a bit more than just that.

"...the molds derived from them were produced by Austin's Blue Genie Art Industries...."

April 27, 2001 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

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