Photo from the Austin History Center archives Since so many of you wrote in asking about places to watch the Democratic Presidential Debate, we went ahead and called around town. Below are your best options if you missed out on the Alamo's watch parties or the Texas Democrats' party—both are now sold out. We still recommend calling ahead to make sure the folks below haven't changed their minds, and feel free to share any that......

Photo by The Chaninator™ on flickr Former convention-center director Robert Hodge was indicted on record-tampering charges by grand jury. Voter registration cards sent by Travis County to incorrect addresses increase the chances of voter fraud. Sixteen people arrested near Manor for being (allegedly) involved in a cock-fighting ring. Two police cars collided this morning on Barton Springs Rd. New targets for copper thieves: cell phone towers! PETA wants the USDA to investigate antelope deaths at......

WEDNESDAY [6] film • Amélie at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm,Free) city • Austin Community Cultural Planning Project Arts & Culture Round Table discussion at One Texas Center (505 Barton Springs Rd, RSVP, 7-9pm) music • Pirates vs. Ninjas, Jolly Garogers at Beerland (dress as a pirate or ninja and get in free) music • 101X Homegrown w/ Visitors, Driver F at Flamingo Cantina -1 music • Cut Club with free Mickey's at The Mohawk (10pm)......

The year was 1992: America Smelled Like Teen Spirit, although Dr. Dre was sending heavy wafts of the Chronic across the cultural landscape. Jack Nicholson was telling that punk bitch Tom Cruise that he could not handle the truth. Boutros Boutros-Ghali was the U.N. Secretary General and David Letterman could not stop making jokes using the Egyptian's name. The first George Bush was booting all over the Japanese. The FA Premiership was in its inaugural......

Can you sing? Do you like to eat brains? Then Loaded Gun Theory needs you! We don't normally post audition notices, but (a) this show sounds like too damn much fun, and (b) a little birdie told us that LGT ran into a hitch getting their notice into the local press. So here's the deal. If you know someone who loves to sing -- who, as Tim Thomas says "you NEVER, EVER bring on......

Austinist favorite and Barton Springs Rd. stalwart The Daily Juice is celebrating its Third Birthday this month. We popped in to give our congratulations and to sip on the juice of the day: fresh coconut water, bananas and spirulina, served right out of a chopped-open coconut. We make into the Juice whenever we are thirsting for some fruity or veggie goodness, and sometimes just to shoot the breeze with Co-Owner Matt Shook and his......

The green chile is now in season and at its peak. To celebrate this in all its spicy glory, Chuy's has a Green Chile Festival every year for about a month. This year the fest takes place from August 29th-September 25th. Chuy's customers can select from a number of special dishes that are only available during the fest--dishes that pay homage to the green chile. There is the Elvis Green Chile Fried Chicken, the......

We love hamburgers…a lot! That’s why we were pretty excited to see a new kid on the block in the form of P. Terry’s Burger Stand . The burger stand, owned by namesake Patrick Terry, opened about 2-3 weeks ago and is located on Lamar, just north of Barton Springs Rd. As its name states, this is a burger “stand” not a restaurant, but there are some picnic tables adjacent to the stand, if......

Because Austinist likes to spend money on things we don't need we recently took a trip to some newish stores on S. 1st. You may have noticed that cutesy pie shops seem to be popping up everywhere these days. Who needs malls when there are so many cute boutiques? Love, Tryst, Kick Pleat, Sabia, and Shag (a salon) are all in a nice little row right around the corner from Barton Springs Rd.......

What a difference a year makes. It seems like only yesterday we spent our summer Mondays at Cedar Street Courtyard, sipping Lemon Drops and relaxing to the soothing sounds of Austin’s own Slowtrain. The band, which “borrows influences from everyone from Dave Matthews to The Band to Bob Dylan to Johnny Cash” (according to their website) is undergoing some changes so we haven’t heard much from them lately. However, we were happy to learn......