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If you haven’t headed over to Aster’s Ethiopian Restaurant, a small, vivid gem set on the tarnished strip of I-35 just north of Dean Keeton, think of this as an opportunity with your name on it. The hospitable folks at Aster’s are designating a night of sales to their longtime friend Lawrence Eguakun of World Beat Café notoriety, who was diagnosed with cancer one year ago and has been undergoing intensive treatment since.

Photo courtesy of supersassafrasThe city's Urban Transportation Commission is currently at a crossroads over the future of our quickly-expanding pedicab businesses. As we discovered from The Texan over the weekend, two transportation commissioners are each recommending very different resolutions, hoping to strike a balance between a growing business of bicycles and a growing city whose streets seem to be getting a bit more cramped. There are five registered pedicab companies currently operating in Austin: PediChad,...

Award-winning afro-beat singer, composer and band leader Femi Kuti along with his band, Positive Force, will shower Stubb’s outside with Nigerian grooves, American funk and soothing jazz. Son of the legendary musician Fela Kuti, Femi has taken many traditions from his father, such as his struggle to effect positive social and political change in his Nigerian homeland. Also, Femi is working to keep their musical lineage alive. His teenage son plays alto sax in his...

KLRU-TV will be taping an episode of Austin City Limits this Friday, June 29, featuring Austin's instrumental rock trio Explosions in the Sky. If you've been wanting to check 'em out in a small, intimate setting, this is your perfect chance. Tomorrow afternoon at 5:30pm, a (very) limited quantity of space-available tickets will be distributed at KLRU's studios, located in the Communications Building B at the University of Texas. These are strictly first-come, first-served and...

Have you been too busy staying warm to go soul searching? Sick from too much canned meat product to find a sweetheart? Perhaps you've been too busy grinding out a long night at the Alamo to cruise Craigslist? Well, no problem, we've gathered the best of last week's Missed Connections for you below... I saw you at the zoo eating..... - m4w I saw you at the zoo. You were in your cage eating...

Howdy folks, we trust that you have recovered? We had planned on getting an early start on this week's Missed Connections, but we were shut down thanks to a mystery informant. Turns out that it was the mascot of one of the largest events in town, the damn Capitol 10K armadillo. Just because we tried to get our friends too drunk to make the race he decided to sick "the man" on us. Well,...

After a few performances by indie faves and up-and-coming musicians, Austin City Limits is going old-school this month with a performance by Austin singer-songwriter James McMurtry. The Texas native will be taping at the KLRU studios tomorrow night at 8pm. The episode will air in January as a part of Austin City Limits' 32nd season. A limited number of free Space Available tickets are being given away today starting at 5 p.m. at KLRU. The...

Polish off your Thanksgiving weekend with an intimate evening of music from British crooner James Blunt. The former British Army member will be taping an episode of Austin City Limits on Sunday, November 26, at 8 p.m. Tickets for the taping will be distributed tomorrow night beginning at 5pm at KLRU. The studio is located on the University of Texas campus at the corner of Dean Keeton and Guadalupe. Tickets will be distributed on a...

Are you a wealthy UT fan who loves coming back to town for games but just can’t be bothered with making hotel reservations or driving in from your friend’s house in Rob Roy on Saturday mornings? Rest easy, the Texas Gameday Center is on the way. Atlanta-based opportunists of the nouveau riche developer Gameday Centers Southeastern LLC (warning: may wanna turn down your sound before clicking) will be converting the tired apartments at Dean Keeton...

British songstress Corinne Bailey Rae will bring her soulful sound to the intimate environs of Austin City Limits tomorrow night. The 27 year-old Leeds native, who began singing church hymns as a child, began her professional career adding her voice to tunes by The New Mastersounds, Homecut Directive and The Stix. In 2006, she finally broke out on her own, with her self-titled debut cd that debuted at #1 on the UK charts, making...

There will be a ticket drop for tomorrow night's Los Lonely Boys' ACL Taping today at 5:45pm at KLRU studios. KLRU is located on the University of Texas campus at the corner of Dean Keeton and Guadalupe. Tickets will be distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. There is a limit of two tickets per person. Important Note: These tickets are “space available” and do not guarantee admission to the taping....

Maybe you’ve heard, but there is a festival going on this weekend. Well, what would an Austin City Limits Festival be without some excellent Austin City Limits television show tapings? The scheduled tapings are as follows: Calexico- Wednesday at 8 p.m. Van Morrison – Thursday at 8 p.m. Sufjan Stevens followed by the Raconteurs - Sunday at 8 p.m. Cat Power – Monday the 18th at 8 p.m. Damian Marley – Tuesday the19th at 9...

Maybe you’ve heard, but there is a festival going on this weekend. Well, what would an Austin City Limits Festival be without some excellent Austin City Limits television show tapings? The scheduled tapings are as follows: Calexico- Wednesday at 8 p.m. Van Morrison – Thursday at 8 p.m. Sufjan Stevens followed by the Raconteurs - Sunday at 8 p.m. Cat Power – Monday the 18th at 8 p.m. Damian Marley – Tuesday the19th at 9...

Maybe you’ve heard, but there is a festival going on this weekend. Well, what would an Austin City Limits Festival be without some excellent Austin City Limits television show tapings? The scheduled tapings are as follows: Calexico- Wednesday at 8 p.m. Van Morrison – Thursday at 8 p.m. Sufjan Stevens followed by the Raconteurs - Sunday at 8 p.m. Cat Power – Monday the 18th at 8 p.m. Damian Marley – Tuesday the19th at 9...

*This post comes from new Austinist film contributor Christopher Sharpe.* Update: Additional screening to be held tonight at University of Texas, Burdine #216, one block south of Dean Keeton between University and Wichita @ 7:30pm. Five years after the September 11th attacks, video stores could probably devote an entire section to 9/11 conspiracy documentaries. Unfortunately, most of them suck. With a few notable exceptions, 9/11 docs range from amateurish depictions of interesting ideas to completely...

DMJM Harris, the consultant hired by the Texas Department of Transportation to look at ways to squeeze more lanes onto MoPac between Lake Austin and Parmer, says that they will likely announce their solution in December. That "solution" appears to be to squeeze another lane in between the existing lane and the train tracks. That lane would not be for normal traffic - only buses and people willing to pay tolls. A lane for...

Loxsly is opening the doors at KVRX's studio tonight, turning their Local Live recording session into a free show. Show seekers are asked to meet at the southwest corner of Dean Keeton and Guadalupe from 6:30pm to 6:40pm so they can be let in by the 7:00pm start time. The band has also stated that anyone with an alternate percussion instrument (shakers, tambourines, etc), recorders, penny whistles, etc. should feel free to bring them...

Attention, SXSWers: we'll cut through the fat — below the Expand-o-Tron lies a huge repository of restaurants that Austinist staffers love and endorse, all of which are near downtown. One of the greatest things about Austin is that you can find amazing food in any part of town. With that said, this list is not intended to be comprehensive. We limited the scope, geographically, from the river in the south, to about 38th St....