Image from SOS Alliance SOS Holiday Party & Silent AuctionFriday, December 7Mercury Hall (615 Cardinal Lane)$10 Suggested Donation, 7pm - Midnight[info]Tonight, the Save Our Springs Alliance will be hosting their annual Holiday Party and Silent Auction at Mercury Hall. In addition to food, drinks and great people, the event will showcase music by two environmentally-conscience local bands, Bill Oliver's Otter Space Band and The Bouldin Creek Bobkats. The Silent Auction features items from over 300......

Just when you thought you didn't know what to expect from this column ... WHAM! We hit you with a surprise-free set of newly listed houses near downtown, just like we did before we started mixing things up. Didn't see that coming, did you? Here are this week's listings: 66 Navasota Street - $142,000; 960 square feet. Built in 1934. Nice looking house with a great east side location. Great trees in the back,......

We like to write poems about happy things, Music and flowers and birds with wings. Because our talent shines like a star, We'll be attending the Austin International Poetry Festival. What's up wordsmith? Do you have some deep-seeded, personal problem with the man your parents your gender society that you need to present poetically in a public forum? Are you in the mood to declare your love in rhyming couplets? Got a hankerin' to......

The always fabulous Rude Mechanicals are hostin' a shindig to raise a little dough and give a behind-the-scenes peek into their inner workings. Their invite includes the directive, "let us know you are coming (so we can be sure to have enough wine for everyone!)." Need they say more? The self-described "company that's more fun than a barrel of greased monkeys on trucker speed" is an Austinist favorite, so if you're feeling all philanthropic......