So, okay. Maybe you don’t have plans tonight. Or maybe you were thinking of spending a ridiculous sum of money on overpriced food, marked-up roses, and drugstore chocolates only to pass out from all the cheap champagne before you even . Well, we’ve got a better idea, and here it is: Laugh it off, man. Laugh it off. more ›

Austin Energy, already provider of the nation's top Green Power Program as ranked by the U.S. Department of Energy, is now boldly taking the initiative and thinking, as it were, outside the house. They're applying their model of low-impact energy consumption to the one sector that desperately needs it - namely, transportation. more ›

Lisa Kudrow has a new show and because we love her, we watched. It's called The Comeback and it airs on HBO where they can be much more creative (and dirty) than the networks. All the best shows are on HBO, right? more ›

Starting tonight, "The Producers" comes to Austin for a weeklong run at Bass Concert Hall. With Bob Amaral playing failed musical producer Max Bialystock and Andy Taylor in the role of accountant Leo Bloom, we're sure this will be a hilarious and faithful rendition of the Broadway phenomenom, which has won just about every Tony Award ever. This outta tide you over until the movie remake starring Will Ferrell, Uma Thurman, Nathan Lane and... more ›

It's the night before Austinist embarks on our Spring Road Trip to the Coachella Music Festival in the California desert, and we've all but finalized our itinerary and list of distractions to keep our eyes off the road. Here's what we're taking along for the ride out and back: All those recent copies of New Yorker, The Nation, The Believer, Harper's, Saveur, Paste, and maybe even the piles of SXSW schwag that have been... more ›