The Casket of Passing Fancy is not a play, and it’s not, in any conventional sense, improv. It’s a hyper-participatory extravaganza of perpetual surprise, culminating in a theatrical experience that, like a psychedelic Choose Your Own Adventure story, tailors to each individual audience member’s taste, curiosity, or hunger....

Little Richard and son at this weekend's Forty Acres Fest at UT, "one of the saddest concerts I've ever seen" according to reader Josh. Tell us why in the comments section! Photo by Josh Meyer......

A couple of shows with big phatty hype open this week. So ph-ph-phatty, that we’re bringing back the word phat (with a p.h. homeslice!) just to emphasize how phatty it really is. PHAT. PH. AT. Ok. Our Austinist Pick of the Week is a toss-up. Red Cans is the show the press just can’t get enough of. Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope, the delightful duo behind Rubber Repertory – the company producing the project......

(Photo by Matt Wright) As children, we were a car trip family. Five of us would pack into a Subaru and set sail from Cleveland for other, even more Midwestern destinations. Places like Lawrence, Kansas, where great grandmother lived until her death in 2004. In high school, we'd stand in the alley behind Grandma's house, sneaking cigarettes where the family couldn't see. Back there we saw the sordid underbelly of Lawrence -- kids up......

Along with our interview with "Egypt Egypt" author Sam Ramos, we offered you, our readers, a chance to win a signed copy of his latest book, "Total Happiness." Using our special triple-redundant contest entry selection strategy (which included liberal readings of tea leaves, random.org, and a sampling of the mint-years of the pennies in our change drawer), we're happy to announce the following winners: Cindy Casares Sandra Calderon Josh Meyer Patee Bill Burton Congrats!......