This weekend, The Peacock's throwing a party in honor of Kentucky Derby Day, along with Waterloo Records, Uchi, and Big Red Sun. They'll be showing a live broadcast of the annual high-stakes thoroughbred horserace -- all two minutes of it -- with attendees placing fake bets on the competing horses in hopes of winning swanky prizes and getting their polaroids taken in the winner's circle. A live performance by The Carrots starts at 7pm, followed... more ›

We spent last weekend wandering around the Austin Ballet administration building. No, we weren’t in an ether haze, nor were we trying to tap into our inner-Billy Elliot. We were shopping for books. Cheap books! more ›