TUESDAY [8] music • Bruce Springsteen Tribute with Southpaw Jones, Matt the Electrician, Scrappy Jud Newcomb, Nathan Hamilton, Abia Tapia, Graham Weber, JJ Barron, Nakia at Cactus Café (FREE, 8pm) music • Elf Power, AM Syndicate at Emo's music • Ryan Shaw at Stubb's music • Jimmy LaFave at Waterloo Records (5pm, Free) music • Cathar, Fire vs Extinguisher, Connie Ball at Beerland music • The Mohawk Residency with White Denim, Brazos at The Mohawk... more ›

WEDNESDAY [2] DJ • The Black (DJ Set), Gerald Cosloy at Scoot Inn (10pm, Free) books • Poetry on the Plaza: The Book of Poetry at The Harry Ransom Center (12noon) books • Jeffrey Greene presents Water From Stone at BookPeople (7:00pm) dance • Stomp at The Paramount Theatre exhibition • UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Annual Design and Technology Exhibition at Oscar G. Brockett Theatre, Winship Drama Building (9am) film • "Plagues and... more ›

We showed up late to the panels, after driving up to North Austin to procure a few dozen cases of alcohol -- to no avail, it turned out, as they'd somehow run out of a certain energized malt liquor entirely. How does a distribution center capable of stocking enough boxes of beer to replenish the Salton Sea run completely dry? Such is the ridiculous majesty of SXSW Interactive. After waiting in two or three... more ›

M O N D A Y [12] [music] UT Ethnomusicology Dept Ensembles at Momo's (8pm) [music] David Newbould at Flipnotics (8pm) [music] Singer-Songwriter Night at Longbranch Inn [music] Elizabeth McQueen at Theadgill's (8pm) [music] Listening party for Ludacris' new album, Disturbing Tha Peace at Nasty's (8pm) [music/shopping] Armadillo Christmas Bazaar with the Eggmen at Austin Music Hall (Check website for dates/hours) [party] Friends of the Spade Christmas Party at Velvet Spade (11pm) [film/food] "Narnia"... more ›

Fresh from their stunning 5x7 art sale and exhibition, Arthouse at the Jones Center debuted their latest showcase last weekend, New American Talent: The Twentieth Exhibition. Austinist happened to stop by Arthouse last Saturday - after checking out the brilliant Annie Liebovitz display at AMOA, which you need to see - and caught a snippet of the fascinating slide presentation by Dan Cameron, Senior Curator at Large of the New Museum of Contemporary Art... more ›