Promotional still from Alamo website Lord of the Rings Trilogy Hobbit FeastSunday, November 25thAlamo Drafthouse Downtown (320 E 6th Street)$100, 10:30am-11pm; includes all three films, food, and wine[info] | [tickets]According to national legend, this is a week--nay, a season!--for tryptophan-laden wretched excess and communion with loved ones. Hey, if you've got it like that, family-style communitas can be nice and fulfilling, yes, but can your family hang for TWELVE HOURS of Lord of the Rings... more ›

Glaswegian instrumental rockers Mogwai cemented their reputation as Lords Of The Crescendo with a monolithic hour-plus set last Friday at La Zona Rosa. The quintet drew a near-capacity crowd as notable for its diversity—stoners, math nerds, hipsters and other twentysomethings packed in like the dysfunctional age group they are—as for the fact that anyone showed up at all, given the weekend’s dreary storm-surges. Touring in support of their fifth LP, Mr. Beast, Mogwai certainly... more ›

Drive north out of Austin, past the Round Rock suburban enclave, past the Americana kitsch of downtown Taylor, and finally past the somber, looming corn refineries in Circleville, and you'll find Granger Lake. A large manmade lake fed by the San Gabriel River, it's fairly well known for good fishing and boating. What's not as often recognized is that it offers a spectacular hiking trail as well. Known as the Comanche Bluff Trail, the... more ›