Burgers + Blues: On Saturday, Fall Creek Vineyards hosts a "Burgers + Blues" Independence Day celebration from 11am to 5pm, which includes a lunch service from noon to 2pm. For $16, guests can pair a wine tasting with a Bubba burger, sweet potato fries, cole slaw, and a brownie, while kids can participate (sans wine) for $8. Advance reservations are requested (325.379.5361) but not required. Blues music from Bill Rives and Corporal Punishment will also be featured throughout the afternoon. Fall Creek Vineyards is located in Tow, TX - about 85 miles NW of Austin. more ›

KGSR 107.1 invites Austinites to jump in this week and explore Austin's culinary scene while benefiting a great cause. Through Sunday, participating restaurants will showcase some of their favorite menu items to the tune of three courses for $25 (plus drinks, tax, and tip ... don't forget to tip for Heaven's sake, people gotta make a living!), with $5 going to the Kids Café, which are safe places kids can go after school and get a hot dinner and some help with their homework. more ›

Some Austin restaurants are doing their part to help folks in Sudan and Chad. To help raise funds for the American Jewish World Service's work for the people of Darfur, local restaurants are donating a percentage of their proceeds from today's sales. AJWS provides basic health care, water, therapeutic feeding centers, medicine, activities/programs for children, and education to many of the displaced and traumatized refugees who have been violently forced from their homes and are... more ›

Lucky for our sweet tooth, May 1st-7th gives us a week of eating dessert first. Yes, readers, it is Eat Dessert First Week. We don't know who thought this deliciousness up, but we want to cover them in whipped cream kisses. Of course, we are a little late getting started, so let's get busy. We are convinced that eating more pie and cake will solve the world's problems! more ›

This week's IST list is a work in progress. Bear with us -- we're tired and hungover. M O N D A Y music · I Eat Records label launch show at Emo's with: The Glass Family, Thor & Friends, Jonathan Meiburg of Shearwater, The Casting Couch, Orange Mothers, Ethan Azarian, Will Sheff (of Okkervil River), Hitchhike, The Handsome Charlies, Fluffers Union, and Fine Fifteen. Benefiting SafePlace and Capital Area Food Bank, new compilation CDs... more ›