With over 1,800 in attendance, Alejandro Rose-Garcia was headlining in front of his largest crowd ever. “I’m just gonna take a minute to soak all this in,” Alejandro, better known as Shakey Graves, shared with the at-capacity audience. The hometown favorite had come full circle. Since returning to Austin in 2010, Shakey Graves had taken his […]
Backyard Story Night: The Hottest Trend in Austin
There has been a notable upswing in storytelling events in Austin. And while many of these events are formal, paid affairs, there’s a movement to make them accessible to the average Austinite. Backyard Story Night is part of this movement. The goal is simple: gather friends – and friends of friends – in a backyard to share real, unrehearsed stories. […]
5 Things You Never Knew About Ballet Austin
42,000 people attend Ballet Austin performances each year. Who knew that some of the most exciting works of ballet are being performed in our backyard? You don’t have to be a diehard ballet geek to appreciate the cultural value Ballet Austin adds to our city. You don’t even have to be a current fan of ballet to […]
LBJ Goes All the Way at Zach Theatre
Imagine if you had eleven months to be president. What would you do? Would you seize the opportunity and make sweeping changes or lay back in the hopes of nabbing another four years? That’s the problem Lyndon B. Johnson faced when he was thrust into the presidency in the wake of JFK’s assassination. All the Way, a […]
Newbie’s Guide to MotoGP at Circuit of The Americas
This past weekend, the skies above Circuit of The Americas were dark and foreboding. Over three miles of world class track loomed before me. Off in the distance, motorcycles buzzed like a mob of angry bees. The air was full of adrenaline soaked tension. The brand new race track on the outskirts of Austin was […]
Downtown Austin Comic Relief: Shows at The New Movement
In a basement off Lavaca sits The New Movement comedy theater and conservatory. Originally located east on Rosewood, The New Movement was started by comedians Chris Trew and Tami Nelson in 2009. Since then, their success has led to a second location in New Orleans. The New Movement has created a kingdom of comedy where patrons can catch improv, […]
Motherpunker Lauren Larson of Ume: The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Guest article by Audrey René Rodriguez With a career that began with her 15-year old self riffing a guitar at a skatepark in a band named Twelve Blades, Lauren Langer Larson has fashioned more guitar licks on her belt than most. Whether or not she joined Twelve Blades to impress the skater boys is yet to be determined […]
Texas Card House Opens First Legal Poker Room in Austin
It almost sounds too good to be true. Legal gambling in Austin? Short of a four hour drive to Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, it simply didn’t exist before now. Texas Card House has changed all that, offering the first legal poker room in Austin–and in the whole state of Texas outside reservations. The […]
How The Old Remains New: Bill Frisell and the Big Sur Quintet
The Cactus Cafe is bringing one of the world’s leading jazz guitarists, Bill Frisell, and the Big Sur Quintet to the Texas Union Ballroom this Sunday, March 8th, to examine the work of one of folk music’s preeminent figures: Woody Guthrie. Frisell’s eclectic fountain of rock, country, progressive, jazz and blues music is well known […]
Celebrating 45 Years of Austin Music Icon Asleep at the Wheel
What could possibly be more Austin iconic than breakfast tacos, bats and barbecue? Asleep at the Wheel is what. Since 1974, the Grammy Award winning band has called Austin home and kept the sound of country western swing alive. Led by local legend Ray Benson, Asleep at the Wheel appeared on the first official episode of […]
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