Kelsey Jukam, 23, has organized Fold and Fight for Peace. The event will consist of people folding paper cranes, which are symbols of peace, then writing words of hope and peace on the wings of the paper creatures. "It's not a direct counter protest to what Terry Jones is doing," said Jukam. Fold and Fight For Peace involves people being shown how to fold paper cranes by "crane instructors," then writing out messages of hope and peace on the wings. Paper and art supplies will be provided, though people are encouraged to bring their own to the event if they can. more ›

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Photos by Steve Hopson from this weekend's annual Eeyore's Birthday Party at Pease Park. more ›

Every weekday morning we'll be featuring a photo (or two) from our readers. Please feel free to submit your photos (min 600px width) by adding them to the Austinist Flickr Group. more ›

under the legal bar age a chance to rock out, bounce in a moonwalk, and relax. Recently profiled on the Today Show, in Newsweek and Rare magazines, as well as featured in the Statesman, RNR is quickly becoming the go-to solution for adults and children all over Austin for cheap, fun rock n roll on the weekend. more ›

MONDAY [9] books • Ted Bishop presents Riding With Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books at BookPeople (7:30pm) film • The Agronomist at Texas Union (7:30pm) ® film • Imagine - The John Lennon Sing-along at Alamo Drafthouse (7pm, $10) ® film • Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown at Arbor (2:45pm, 7:30pm) ® film • Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers at Café Mundi (8pm, Free) film • Run Lola Run... more ›

Yes kiddies, it's time once again for the annual Eeyore's Birthday Party. What Lloyd Birdwell started as a small picnic for students at the University of Texas has today swelled to a major annual festival with live bands; food vendors; adult beverages; games and whatnot, such as egg tossing and costume contests. This fictional birthday party for our favorite depressed donkey is not about recreational drug use or the "hippie" subculture, it's about the community coming together and experiencing a glimmer of hope in an otherwise dark time…that and a bunch of "hippies" spacing out in the park. more ›

The park will also have some parking, a restroom and eventually a pump house to provide for irrigation. The $9.2 million project is being funded by a 1998 bond that provides the city money from a tax on car rentals. Take that, ya damn tourists. more ›

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Austin has built its reputation of being a fun, liberal, artistic and open community in part due to activities such as this weekend’s annual Eeyore’s Birthday Party in Pease Park. About 40 years ago, University of Texas Delta Tau Delta fraternity member Lloyd Birdwell and some of his buddies started this fictional birthday party, partly as a spring rite of passage and partly out of the desire to throw a big ol’ party in... more ›