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There are a lot of kinds of parties in the world: birthday parties, toddler bouncy-house parties, work parties. For South by Southwest Interactive, one of the party-est parties was the Saturday night event,...
It’s never easy getting ready for a gazillion European houseguests to stay in your small Central Austin bungalow. When your houseguests are some of the more famous people from the tiny post-Soviet county of...
. . . . . . The third wave of content for Fantastic Fest was recently announced, and it totally rocks. That’s especially true if you dig vampires, ninjas and super scary stories about...
Boobs Plus Liquor = A Fine Charitable Event [Drink Pink] Opal Divine’s Drink Pink Campaign to Benefit Breast Cancer Research Thursday, June 4 Opal Divines Penn Field (3601 South Congress Ave) 6-8 p.m. Free...
Editors’ note: Back in July, Austinist writer Anna Hanks visited Latvia and attended the PostivusAB Festival there. She reports her findings here, to you, in the ever-rarer first narrative format. Enjoy. Earlier this summer...
A spontaneous sing-a-long, some last words, empty corridors — until next year The 14th annual Austin Film Festival ended with the Closing Night Screening of Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead, directed by Sidney...
Austin, Texas During The 1960s As the festival drew near a conclusion on its next-to-last day, I took a mental and physical health break from the event. Festival stress and daily blogging using my...
Along with many, Anna honors Don Rickles Okay, it’s time for me to come clean. Summer before last, I planned a visit to my in-laws around seeing a Don Rickles show in Manchester, New...
Anna knows the city and the people Monday is a quiet day for the Austin Film Festival. Nothing is scheduled before noon, and there are no features being shown until the evening. After reading...
I started Sunday with a whole lot of other festival attendees at a Hair of the Dog brunch at Ranch 616 restaurant. Admittedly, it took my husband bringing me two cups of coffee to...
