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• Posted Help Keep ClayWays Doors Open: Small Wonders Show and Sale to Austinist
  Kit Adams may not know the five point palm exploding heart technique, but she is still a metaphorical kung fu master. That's because Adams, founder and owner of local pottery shop ClayWays, can wrestle a 25 pound block of solid earth into the shape of giant urn before you can say "Shaolin". She is not, however, invincible: ClayWays is having trouble in these lean economic times. This Saturday, Adams and the sweet-souled ceramics community she supports (and lovingly teaches) need you to throw dollar bills their way, so the store and studio can remain open.
• Posted Interview: Domenica Totty, Associate Winemaker, Beaulieu Vineyard [Food & Wine Fest] to Austinist
  Domenica Totty now serves as one of the winemakers at the helm of this century-old operation. She'll be in town next week for the Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival, representing Beaulieu at Stars Across Texas, Big Dog Reds and Mini Swirlwind. To prime everyone's palates, Totty generously shared with us some of the secrets of her craft.
• Posted Interview: Mark Dayanandan, Food and Beverage Director at Hilton Austin [Food & Wine Fest] to Austinist
  As Food and Beverage Director, Mark Dayanandan oversees culinary operations and service staff at Hilton Austin's restaurants, banquet halls and bars. He's an impeccably trained chef who's cooked all over Europe, prepared meals for presidents and celebrities, and received the Hilton Hotels Corporation's coveted "Diamond Chef" award. You can ogle his multi-tasking skills at Stars Across Texas, where he'll be representing the hotel.
• Posted Sebastião Salgado at AMoA [Art Preview] to Austinist
  Sebastião Salgado, bless his heart, trained as an economist. But, after a trip to Africa in the 1970's, he confirmed a fortunate/unfortunate talent for plucking photographic glory from the mundane, and even from the quietly horrific. Wisely, he stuck with it; Salgado is today considered one of the world's best documentary photographers. The new exhibit at AMoA, Workers, is filled with 62 of the artist's photos.
• Posted The Floating World at The Blanton to Austinist
  Print by Utagawa Hiroshige, courtesy of The Blanton B scene - Exquisite Visions of JapanFriday, July 11The Blanton Museum of Art (The University of Texas at Austin, MLK at Congress Ave.)$5 members, $10 non-members[info] | [tickets] "Simplicity is the badge of genius," wrote A. A. Milne (the Winnie the Pooh guy). This applies to Japanese woodblock prints, with their clean, sure lines and supersaturated palettes. Called ukiyo-e, which translates literally to "floating world pictures," these...