Pics from the fabulous AustinPost.org Writers Event at the Belmont’s Dakota Lounge! Muchos gracias to photographer Ryan Mustard!
Month: June 2009
Friday night madness with ROT Rally and Jack Ingram Filming
This weekend is ROT Rally. Republic of Texas Biker Rally for Austin rookies. Best entertainment you’ll ever find down Congress Avenue for all. Friday night (starts at 7:30), the Bikers all line up their bikes and ride up and down Congress Avenue in a loop. The bikes are sweet, but the people riding them and…
Austin Post: What is it? and Come Join us Thursday
It’s time to unveil a project I’ve been working doggedly on for the past month or so. It’s called Austin Post and it’s really freakin’ cool. The idea behind it is to fill the void left by the death of newspapers (dun dun dun) by creating a place for Austinites to post and submit news.…
New Cafe Laguna by Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria
The Austin Museum of Art at Laguna Gloria – the picturesque gem tucked away off 35th Street, 12-acre grounds featuring beautiful gardens, the Driscoll Villa, the Greek Temple of Love, and an historic home to art exhibitions – will opens a new Café Laguna today. Housed in the museum’s 93-year-old Gatehouse, Café Laguna will serve…
Fastball + Black and White Years in the park
The last of the Solar-Powered Concert Series in Republic Square Park is tomorrow night, and the TBA closer is Fastball–yep, middle school/high school hotties Fastball, of You’re an Ocean, Out of My Head, and other gems, will be playing. With the Black & White Years, an Austin-based band that has tons of local acumen and…
Shameless Promotions: Achachay! and Language Room (not together)
In a post of shameless promotions for people we love, let me tell you about my brother’s band’s new CD. It’s effing amazing. I’ll let him tell you about it: We’ve put our best efforts into an amazing five song EP entitled “A Preachy Catfish” and we want you to know that it is available…
Lights. Camera. Help. Film Festival
My friend David Neff has been bugging me for awhile to post on the new nonprofit film festival he helped start. At long last, here’s all the info, and you even still have 22 days to submit a film Lights. Camera. Help. film festival is the premiere film festival dedicated to nonprofit and grassroots organizations.…
Guest Post: An Outsider’s Look at Austin
Natasha Minsk and myself (Red Hot Annie) were lucky enough to be asked to be part of the 2009 Texas Burlesque Fest, and we made our trip down to Austin from May 14-18. We did a number of exciting things while in the fair city of Austin, and here’s the reader’s digest version! We shot…
Murph Day! + free doughnuts?
What is Murph Day? A ridiculously hard CrossFit workout / benefit for The Naval Special Warfare Foundation / chance to play with CrossFitters … more from CrossFit Austin: Murph Day 2009 Please join CrossFit Austin, as we participate in “Murph” Day presented by Windy City CrossFit, U.S. CrossFit and SEALfit.com. June 6th will be spent honoring…
A Band on Tour: Achachay!
I’m excerpting (ok, stealing in its entirety), a blog post I love below. It’s from Achachay!, a band touring the US in support of lowering the drinking age and promoting their music. It happens to be my little bro’s band, but even if it wasn’t, these blog posts about mishaps and adventures on the tour…