Whilst attending any gallery reception, you might start to feel wings of social fabulousness budding just beneath your shoulder blades. Don't panic -- they look so cute. Besides, can you help it if art lifts you up where you belong? This Friday, aim to get a rise out of a number of art openings around town. Those who like lacquer (and who among ye doesn't?) should visit the Fielding Lecht Gallery. A new exhibit,......

If you're one of those enviro-avengers styled after the heroes of I [Heart] Huckabees who chained themselves to bulldozers in the name of protecting Mother Earth, a new environmentally friendly business called Austin CarShare may appeal to you. Like Zipcar, it aims to provide urbanites with short-term car rentals, something especially useful to students who typically use mass transit, or to families with an occasional use for a second car. The neat thing is that,......

So far early voter turnout for the primary elections is half of what it was during the last gubernatorial election year in 2002. Early vote totals show only two percent of eligible voters turned out for the primary. These numbers could either reflect voter apathy or more importantly this might be an indication that the voters are ready for an alternative to the current two political parties. "We've been flooded by phone calls from......