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http://austinist.com/ - Austinist is a news and culture website about Austin, Texas. We publish Monday through Friday, and also maintain a guide to local arts and entertainment events that we call the Weekly IST List. Editor: Allen Y Chen Publisher: Gothamist
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Ed Note: Radio IST List is a column by guest contributor Robin Sinhababu, a North Carolina native and current East Austinite. Each week, Robin will be interviewing folks who, as he puts it, "create Austin's food, music, events, and sense of overwhelming and unavoidable fun." Recent Radio IST ...
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4th Annual Home Slice Carnival-O-Pizza Saturday, December 5 Home Slice Pizza ( 1415 South Congress ) Noon-7pm, Free (carnival tix for sale) [ info ] Home Slice Pizza's 4th Annual Carnival-O-Pizza is now underway. Expect carnival-style booths, raffles, live music, zany contests, and loads ...
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Texan and Lefse recording artist Alan Palomo (better known as Neon Indian ) took some time to record a session with Daytrotter . All the tracks are from his full-length, Psychic Chasms -- we were a little let down there wasn't an unreleased track there, sometimes Daytrotter gets the good ones ...
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Like every other aspect of American culture, theater was radicalized in the late 60's. Music had Dylan, Hendrix, the MC5, and more. Film had Nicholson and Hopper. Theatre had The Performance Group, and its signature piece, Dionysus in 69 , directed by Richard Schechner . While a true ...
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Editor’s note: The views expressed in I Am So Popular are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the outlook or beliefs of anyone else in the IST network.
Dear Henry,
I recently read Mary Karr’s latest memoir, Lit . She opens the book up with a letter to ...
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Eat Local Week Friday, December 4th - Saturday, December 12th Various Venues ( Austin ) [ info ] Edible Austin 's winter fundraiser, East Local Week , starts tonight with a multi-media celebration of sustainable food hosted by BookPeople from 6-8pm. Pamela Walker, the author of Growing ...
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Everyone's favorite folk poet Bill Callahan returns to us live (with support from label-mates Lights) on December 20 at St. David’s Episcopal Church. He'll be performing in support of his 2009 release on Drag City, Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle . Buy tickets ($12) now.
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Bill Clinton
Drag City
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What’s the Deal : The Austin fivesome that is Cartright, which also happens to be the surname of the outfit’s singer, Ben, has a unique, authentic and raw sound that harkens to times long ago spent trekking through a barren, dust bowl era landscape ...
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Yes, it's snowing in Austin . Have you seen how much more Houston's getting? That video after the jump.
Austin Youtube video via roblutter, Houston video via greenNebula
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Whitney Houston
Snow Patrol
Jem Cohen Rising from the rich depths of Vic Chesnutt’s singular voice on his apocalyptic lullaby “Warm” is the line forget the sun/ worship the moon. In this moment of this song lies the distilled message that defines and illuminates his body of work: so the apocalypse is ...
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Vic Chesnutt
Austin Visual Arts Association For over thirty years, the Austin Visual Arts Association (AVAA) has supported area artists behind the scenes and behind the canvas by organizing weekly classes to foster artistic talents, arranging discussion panels to encourage conversations about art, and ...
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Image provided by The Versatile Syndicate Benefit for the Jon Pettis Memorial Fund Sunday, December 6 Hole in the Wall ( 2538 Guadalupe St ) 4 p.m. | $5 Suggested Donation [ info ]
The Hole in the Wall is hosting a benefit for Jon Pettis ( Bankrupt and the Borrowers ) this Sunday ...
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KISS
Big 12 preparations underway at Cowboys Stadium.
Marines launch large offensive in Afghanistan.
US and Russia pledge nuclear missile treaty soon.
Unemployment rate fell to 10% in November.
Obama won’t seek second major economic stimulus.
The Houston area could get half a ...
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Wikipedia Each week, we'll look at some reasons to taunt, belittle, and bully the Longhorns' football opponent. This week: the Nebraska Cornhuskers.
We Used To Be Friends: You've never forgiven us for knocking you off your perch when the Big 12 Conference was formed by adding Texas, ...
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latinoseguridad Multiple sclerosis sucks—just ask Tim Timmons. For 22 years, the Garland man had chronic muscle spasms and couldn't get to sleep. Check that—he had these problems until he discovered a different kind of chronic.
Marijuana isn't legal in Texas, of course, but ...
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2007 Santa Speedo Run Austin Santa Speedo Run
2009 Saturday, December 12, 2009 Zilker Park ( 2100...
Barton Springs Road ) 5:30pm - 7:30pm, $25 donation [ info ] | [ tickets ] Though most of us have probably never wanted to see Santa in a speedo, this Saturday affords the possibility to do ...
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No, Really, It's Cold Outside: 2009 Santa Speedo Run
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Each year there seem to be more craft fairs and art bazaars offering their locally, handmade goodness as an alternative to the mall shopping scene. We're certainly not complaining - it's hard for us to find holiday joy in line at Wal-Mart on X-mas Eve. We'll be bringing you more details about ...
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We're pretty sure it's not that cold, robots. [ Weather.com hour-by-hour forecast of downtown Austin , taken 3 p.m. ]
Related:
Hey, it might snow tomorrow: Time to freak out (Austin AV Club)
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Snow Patrol
Thrillist is an email digest offering "one shiny-new or inexcusably undiscovered gem per day from now until the Internet explodes." Today they quietly unveiled their new site for Austin .
The mailer covers everything from restaurants and nightlife to travel, style and gadgets, and ...
