Have you ever found yourself yearning to be lost in the sea of lesbians that is the Dinah Shore Weekend in Palm Springs, but you can’t seem to get away? Do you want to have a night off from struggling to figure out where all the lesbians go in Austin and why the full-fledged lesbian bars in town can't keep from closing? More importantly, have you been patiently waiting since the year 1930 to attend......

The future Lance Armstrong Bikeway is now one step closer to realization, with artwork for the public six-mile route to be approved by the Art in Public Places (AIPP) Commission today. News8Austin reports that ten "large yellow paintings" will be installed along the route, which will be made up of off-street concrete trails, on-street striped bike lanes, and on-street signed bike routes. Additionally, three large tunnels resembling "square Slinky-like coils" will be built. "They're......

Zagat's 2007 America's Top Restaurants Survey is out and although the setup on this one begs for an immediate rimshot, it's true - we love eating out. In fact, only Houston residents eat out with more frequency *snicker* than Austinites. Hungry Houstonians are eating out an average of 4.2 meals per week while residents of Austin and Dallas/Ft. Worth eat out an average of 4 times per week. Trailing in weekly eating-out outings are......

TUESDAY [25] [music] Launch Party for KAART Marketing with Peel and Pong, "hosted beverages," food, and good friends of Austinist at Velvet Spade (10pm, Free) LINK [film] AFS Essential: Irreversible at Alamo Downtown (7pm) LINK [film] The Women at Paramount Theatre (7pm) LINK [film] Lost Boys at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) LINK [film] Adam's Rib at Paramount Theatre (9:40pm) LINK [film] Harold & Maude at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm) LINK [music] Tosca String Quartet and Glover......

MONDAY [24] [film] The Pop Films of Peter Whitehead Series at Alamo Downtown (7pm) LINK [film] The Pink Panther at Paramount Theatre (7pm) LINK [film] Nightwatch at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) LINK [film] Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind at Austin Java (8pm, Free) LINK [film] KOOP Monthly Benefit Screening: Granito de Arena at Monkeywrench Books (8pm, $5) LINK [film] The Big Lebowski at Café Mundi (8:30pm, Free) LINK [film] The Party at Paramount Theatre......

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas, a nonprofit dedicated to fostering one-on-one mentoring relationships for children throughout Travis, Williamson, McLennan and Brazos Counties, was recently awarded a contract for $50,000 to provide services specifically for children in the 78744 zip code. Under the "Youth of Promise Community Youth Development" contract and partnered with Palm Elementary, BBBS seeks to match 75 adult mentors with youths in the 78744, an area that's been shown to......

This is one of those weekends when were are so grateful to be living in Austin. Don't be surprised if we share this sentiment often. It's one of those weekends when there is so much to do, we feel really guilty for even thinking about staying inside. As usually is the case in Austin, the weather is going to be wonderful to be outside. Yeah, we're sleeping in the hammock tonight, after all of......