Trivia, Traitors, and Torches in This Week’s Recommended Events

Venture forth on the weekdays

"...Tuesday 13, First Light Books..."

May 9, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Austin Yards Where Weird Finds a Home

Seven front lawns that push beyond garden gnomes

"...environments across the globe. Still, it’s undeniable to the slightly-more-than-casual viewer that Austin is home to an astounding number..."

May 2, 2025 Arts Feature by Caroline Drew

Movies, Theatre, Trivia, and More Recommended Events for the Week

Art and culture abound

"...  – Kat McNevins Roy Choi: The Choi of Cooking..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

All of Texas' best fests, fairs, fandangos, and fiestas

"...of migrating North American birds travel at night. Unfortunately, light emanating from our cities can disorient birds, leaving vulnerable..."

April 3, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Art, Movies, Sports, and More Recommended Events

Pack your weekend with the best happenings around town

"...America calls “curated sake experiences,” which means special sake flights, pairings, and cocktails served up on local menus. Interested..."

March 21, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips: Fossati’s Delicatessen, Victoria

Still serving sandwiches after 142 years

"...Fossati family. The menu is the same great home cooking that has fed local folks and road warriors like..."

Jan. 24, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Field Guide Festival Returns to Celebrate Ties Between Local Farmers and Restaurants

Food festival to feature 65 local chefs and farmers

"...and it’s never been more important to shine a light on the chefs, farmers and organizations working to ensure..."

Jan. 22, 2025 Food Post by Maryam Ahmed

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Catch up on Lone Star State news and plan some fall fun

"...History in lights. Texas’ best light show turns a decade old this..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Horror Abounds in Our Weekday Event Recommendations

But it's more than just scares

"...challenge alongside judges – and fellow icons – Celia Light and Evah Destruction, with a hot slate of competitors:..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Floral Realness, a John Aielli Experience, Spooky Movies, and More Recommended Events

Fill your weekend with the wild and weird

"...biopic treatment in a new documentary that “shines a light on his early life and scholarly personality,” writes AFS..."

Oct. 4, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Culture, Arts, and More Recommended Weekend Events

Don't let the heat get you down

"...Thursday 15, First Light Books..."

Aug. 16, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

A Jukebox Musical, Chicken Tips, and More Weekday Events

Don't pretend like you don't need chicken tips

"...creature is being sorely neglected by Hollywood, imho. (The Lighthouse was at least piratey vibes-wise – creepy mermaids, drunken..."

July 26, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Crowns, Camps, and CineClub Highlight Our Recommended Weekday Events

Wasted your weekend? We got you covered.

"...Wednesday 17, First Light Books..."

July 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

The Strip Club: Lake Creek Festival Shopping Center

Sampling noodles, shoes, salsa, and silencers at the Northwest Austin strip mall

"...Welcome to “The Strip Club,” an ongoing series highlighting Austin’s destination strip malls. Where else can you race..."

Feb. 23, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland

How Acclaimed Sushi Chef Tyson Cole Achieved His Dreams in Austin and Beyond

The chef behind Uchi (and several more notable restaurants) gets Hai all the time

"...the dining area's many windows. Cole, awash in gentle light, takes a sip of water in the refurbished bungalow..."

Jan. 19, 2024 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Gen X Feminist Mom’s Approach to Holiday Greetings

Holiday staples and folded

"...dissertation on women's food writing. I'm very interested in cooking as a pastime and to feed my family, and..."

Dec. 22, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Fire Up Your Smoker for an Austin Twist on Thanksgiving

Smoke ’em if you got ’em

"...increasingly cramped kitchen as you turn on the oven light for the thousandth time to get a peek at..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, November 3-9

"...longing is to be revealed. We all want the light in us to be taken out of its hiding..."

Nov. 3, 2023 Column by Rob Brezsny

Recipe: Mars’ Rice Paper Shrimp and Five-Spiced Baby Back Ribs

Add the Chinese BBQ sauce and get transported back to this "uniquely incendiary" eatery

"...It was hard to decide what excited and delighted you more about a visit to Mars restaurant in..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Food Feature by Joel Fried

Recipe: The Night Hawk / Frisco’s Smothered Pork Chops

One of Harry Akin's signature dishes gets resurrected

"...in the Seventies and Eighties before eventually starting Hoover's Cooking, where he carries on many of the traditions he..."

Oct. 27, 2023 Food Feature by Joel Fried

Trial of APD Officer Will Be One of the Most Consequential in Austin History

Here’s what it could mean for our city and for how law enforcement is held accountable

"...ends in a guilty verdict or acquittal, will shed light on the tragic episode that incited the largest, most..."

Oct. 20, 2023 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Roxane Gay, Tim O’Brien Join Texas Book Festival Lineup

Full author roster revealed for November fest

"...Lot Louder) Stacey Abrams (Rogue Justice) Agatha Achindu (Bountiful Cooking: Wholesome Everyday Meals to Nourish You and Your Family)..."

Sept. 13, 2023 Arts Post by Kimberley Jones

Sun June's Still-Life "Get Enough" and Four More Songs From Austin Artists

New music picks from Meat Joy, El Combo Oscuro, and more

"...to name-making 2021 LP Somewhere enters ears with a light tread as usual, Laura Colwell's hush contradicting the all-consuming..."

Aug. 25, 2023 Music Column by Laiken Neumann

The Austin Food & Wine Festival Returns!

Annual celebration of succulence and slaking will fête you this fall

"...and the chance to interact with pitmasters and chefs cooking over live fire. Featured chefs this year include Adrian..."

Aug. 17, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

How One Cottage Food Purveyor Helps Launch Careers

Kimchi Rók and the Clifton Career Development School bring young chefs to the table

"...my previous job, I [asked myself], 'How can I [highlight an] underrepresented community?' I thought about mothers, how they..."

April 14, 2023 Food Feature by Melanie Haupt

Calibrate Wellness Offers Radical Relief With Cannabis Edibles

Go green with these chef-created edibles designed for everyone

"...everything is natural. And there's not a lot of cooking that goes in these – most of these things..."

March 31, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW Music 2023: The Best Things We Saw on Wednesday

A primo Tiger Den showcase, iLe, Hermanos Gutiérrez, and more

"...Find over a dozen highlights from day three of the weeklong festival below, beginning..."

March 16, 2023 SXSW Post by Julian Towers

The Sound of Crystals at Corteo

Inside rehearsals at the traveling Cirque du Soleil show

"...There's a light tinkle of crystals. A slight disturbance of the air...."

Feb. 3, 2023 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Gluten-Free Without (Much) Misery

Eating in Austin with a wheat allergy

"...wonder? Well, basically I'm allergic to air and food; light and water are fine. In all seriousness: To a..."

Feb. 3, 2023 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

Recipes to Reimagine Your Holiday Feast

It’s time to revamp your end-of-year celebration menus

"...Speaking of fish, if you're a hard pass on cooking for guests, L'Oca d'Oro's monthly Paisanos dinner is a..."

Dec. 9, 2022 Food Feature by Jessi Cape

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