Austin eco-friendly designerRené Geneva will show her hemp and organic wool designs at Fashion Week in Los Angeles with support from Austin's own EcoClean and Kendra Scott jewelery....

Young guy, wearing sunglasses inside of Quack's Bakery in the middle of the night, talking to a girl sitting near him:Do you reside here frequently? At I Luv Video on Airport Blvd., a female customer holding a DVD case: Is Harold and Kumar Go to White Castle any good? Dreadlocked Male Employee:Uh, that depends. Do you smoke weed? Female customer: I guess I could make a stop on the way home. DME: There's a......

Alamo Drafthouse Micro Roadshow Presents: TampopoSaturday, November 17thLocation TBA $60, includes movie, dinner and beverages[info] | [tickets]There is a fine line between loving your food and loving your food. Well, actually no, it's a big, fat freakin' line, one which the Japanese are not afraid to catapult themselves over with gusto filled oyster/face licking, giving pork slices the ole' bedroom eyes and even some egg yolk fellatio. (Yes, the school yard taunt "Go suck......

Consider Tuesday night another notch in Austin’s bedpost of filmmaking opportunity as the Austin Film Festival debuts its new year-round Conversations in Film series. This first installment “Script to Screen: Making the Short Film” will target the writers among us, but will also be useful to directors and filmmakers who need distribution tips for their shorts. Three Austin area award-winning filmmakers will lead the discussion, as well as screen their most recent/notable shorts:Steve Collins is......

The Alamo has Music Mondays, so it seems only fitting that a bar-slash-music-venue should host a few films. Beauty Bar and I Luv Video are teaming up to bring you Movie Mondays, a celebration of film in a bad-ass bar setting. This month's Movie Monday theme is hip-hop, and tonight the projectors will be rolling Style Wars, a classic eighties celebration of graffiti, breakdancing, and rapping. So slip on your Chucks, grab a can of......

You know that abandoned building on 29th and Guadalupe, just across the street from Taco Shack, in between Ruby's BBQ and Spider House? You know, the one whose east wall has been a graffitti artist's dream for over a year? C'mon! The one where Steaming Wolf Penis played an informal performance during Snake By Snakepit? Alright, well, over the past couple weeks you may have noticed local artist Justin Prince painting a mural of......

The city’s number one comedy theater has a Friday night lineup that is guaranteed to get your ass laughing, regardless of your particular comedic styling predilections. The full night of comedy at ColdTowne kicks off with some hot woman on woman comedy action (interested now, you sick bastards?). In the One-Woman Showdown, local improvisers Kaci Beeler and Jill Morris interpret their favorite movies as one-woman shows. Beeler will be adapting every geeky pedophile’s favorite......

After a little over a year in town, Austin's hardest-working improv troupe has not only been voted a Best of Austin 2006 pick, but also achieved a feat virtually unheard of in such a short period: opening their own theatre space. After the success of this summer's Test Pattern—a week-long series to test potential programming at the new theatre—Coldtowne will officially kick-off full operation of the Coldtowne Theatre this Saturday, October 28th. The 30-seat, black......

Local artist Stephen Reidmiller took his camera to The Drag to compile The Type Project. The letters and numbers above were made using light trails from The Villas on Guadalupe, Kerbey Lane, Toy Joy, Spider House and I Luv Video. We recommend it for your desktop background!......

Shopping at locally-owned businesses puts three times the dollars into Austin's economy, according to numbers published by the Austin Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) on their website To celebrate Austin's Independent [Business] Week, AIBA, Mayor Will Wynn, and a bunch of local shops have teamed up to launch the "I Bought Local" sticker campaign. Kinda like the ones you get when you vote, these armadillo-themed stickers are a nice way to show off your support for......

Tonight (February 16th) at 7pm, FLICKER is celebrating their 5-year anniversary at the Alamo Drafthouse (401 Colorado) For $5 you'll see tons of short films including Flicker's #1 Short of 2005 as voted on by audiences of previous screenings. King Tears are scheduled to play and prizes will be raffled off throughout the night. The first 200 people will receive a complimentary raffle ticket and Flicker Koozie to keep your brew cold. Giveaways include:......

The storm may have passed, but there is still tons of work to do. In an effort to raise funds for Hurricane Katrina Relief, there will be a benefit show this Saturday at Room 710. The evening will feature an eclectic mix of bands including The Always Already, The Denim Tsunami, Cochino and Two Guy Trio. Entry is a mere $5, and there will also be some fabulous raffle prizes ($2 a ticket), including:......

If you are looking for a quiet night at home on the couch this week, you’ve got a large selection of new releases from which to pick. All of the following were released today (listed in order from best to worst, as we see fit) and are available at most of your major rental houses around town, but might we suggest Vulcan Video, Waterloo, I Luv Video, or Pedazo Chunk. Layer Cake: Guy Ritchie’s......

If you are looking for a quiet night at home on the couch this week, then you are obviously totally lame and have not seen this week’s IST List! However, you do have a pretty large selection of (mostly awful) new releases from which to pick. All of the following were released today and are available at most of your major rental houses around town, but might we suggest Vulcan Video , Waterloo ,......

(Austin) -- An unnamed reader leaked an Austinist.com article to the Myspace.com bulletin wires early this week, leading to mixed reactions from the social networking site's large hipster population. The article in question, "A Guy's Guide to Snaggin an Austin Hipster" was reportedly copied and pasted early Sunday night. Through a phenomenon known on the internets as "reposts," by Tuesday, the text had been exposed to more hipsters than Brit Daniel's manhood. Reactions varied......

If you are looking for a quiet night at home on the couch this week, you’ve got a pretty decent selection of new releases from which to pick. All of the following were released today and are available at most of your major rental houses around town, but might we suggest Vulcan Video , Waterloo , Pedazo Chunk or I Luv Video.......

The Space, a relatively new gallery located at 4803 Airport Blvd (next to I Luv Video), is showing works from over 70 artists in an exhibition called Art 101. The show features artists from Austin, Houston, San Fran, L.A., Seattle, Chicago, New York, Portland, and many other cities. All work is restricted to a 12" X 12" surface area. Art 101 opens Thursday, April 21st and runs through the 30th. On Saturday, April 23, from......