Food. Booze. Art. Local Music. What else is there in life? The good folks over at YTCC have put together the ultimate party this weekend: Party Art: The Art Party!, this Saturday at Art Amici. There's so much packed into this one little soiree that we have to resort to a bulleted list to tell you about all the goodness: Food from Chow Baby, wine from Treana Winery, and cheese from Central Market. Performances......

And they're off.... The nominations for this year's B. Iden Payne Awards have been announced. We received 'em this morning, straight from the offices of the Austin Circle of Theatres. If you want to get in on the action, ballots will be available starting this Thursday, September 21, at ACoT (701 Tillery Street) & AusTIX (kiosk at the Austin Visitors Center, 209 E. 6th Street). You must be an ACoT member to vote, but......

The following review is from new contributor Jonathon. This was the last weekend for Frontera Fest's Long Fringe, so we hunkered down for a live performance triple-whammy on Saturday and Sunday. (Note to Frontera Fest staff: for future triple-whammy weekends, we'd appreciate some sleeping accommodation at the theatre. Thanks.) Of or Pertaining To…, the first show in our Saturday night line-up, was some of the most refreshing fringe dance performances we've seen in awhile.......