Photo by Thomas McConnell on aaim.org AAIM Interreligious Thanksgiving ServiceSunday, November 18Congregation Beth Israel (3901 Shoal Creek Blvd.)service starts at 4pm, reception at 5pm[info]This Sunday, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries will hold their 23rd annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. Austinites of diverse faith backgrounds join together for this service every year. This interfaith service is unique and sometimes surprising, and the call to worship is always a moving experience. Please note that the location for the service......

Image from RG4N websiteResponsible Growth for Northcross Austin (RG4N) is in court today claiming the city helped Wal-Mart through illegal city planning. They claim the Northcross Wal-Mart development requires the removal of 29 trees (breaking tree ordinances) and that the development breaks a plat note controlling runoff and pollution into Shoal Creek. The Allandale Neighborhood Association had part of their anti-Wal-Mart lawsuit thrown out last week but RG4N remains undeterred. Each group will have 2......

If you're already fed up with the sweltering heat and don’t want to think about the fact that it's truly just beginning, distract yourself with a visit to the cool interiors of Shoal Creek Gallery and their new exhibition, Constructed Canvases, featuring works by Joyce Melander-Dayton. Fresh from a showing in New York, many of Melander-Dayton’s animated canvases recall the whimsy of Wassily Kandinsky’s musical compositions of the early twentieth century, complete with cascading geometric......

Austin has a love/hate relationship with bikes. Love Lance. Hate the Lance-wannabes cruising FM-1826, slowing down the burnt-orange pickups on their way to the Salt Lick. Love biking the Hike-and-Bike trail. Hate slaloming between kids and dogs on a busy Saturday. Love the idea of bike lanes and bike commuting. Hate actual bikers slowing down traffic and swerving into the street because of cars parked in the bike lanes. Love reducing traffic and pollution......

Austin Music Foundation is bringing back its Music Industry Boot Camp (MIBC) tonight, with a panel discussion entitled "Road Warriors: The DIY Approach to Successful Booking and Touring." This 33rd installment of the popular seminar series features five local (and popular) musicians, each well-versed in scoring that perfect last-minute gig in Omaha or knowing where to get a drink when your van breaks down in Kansas City. The lineup: Matt Drenik, Artist, Lions; Talent Buyer,......

This Sunday, February 4th at 5:25pm central time, the world supremacy of American football for the 2006 season will be decided when the Colts of Indianapolis face the Bears of Chicago on the hallowed turf of Dolphin Stadium in Miami, Florida. Captained by the tenacious Brian Urlacher (a man who was known to bed a wench named Paris some fortnights ago), will the formidable Bears defense overcome late season gaffes and rise to this the......

This Sunday two local interfaith events will take place. The first and largest gathering of the two is the Annual Interreligious Thanksgiving Service. This service is sponsored by Austin Area Interreligious Ministries and has been held for 22 years now. It is an amazing opportunity to see all the diverse faiths of our city represented under one roof. Our favorite part of the service is the call to worship, which has in the past......

Continuing our look at the bonds up for vote in this election cycle. . . Proposition Two in ballot lingo:“The issuance of $145,000,000 in tax supported General Obligation Bonds and Notes for designing, constructing, and installing improvements and facilities for flood control, erosion control, water quality, and stormwater drainage, and acquiring land, open spaces, and interests in land and property necessary to do so, including, without limitation, acquisition of land including fee title and......

Sidewalks are returning to Shoal Creek Boulevard. The new sidewalks will replace the curb islands created last year in order to slow down traffic. UT redshirt freshman Colt McCoy will be the starting quarterback in this weeks game against North Texas. Universal Music Group's massive catalog of music will soon be available for free legal downloads. One of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted is now in custody. Warren Steed, fugitive leader of a polygamist......

Ardent Residential plans to demolish the 140-unit Bull Creek Apartments built in 1968 and construct a new complex. Texan Properties is similarly demolishing the Shoal Creek Apartments and rebuilding new apartments. Grandview Street Partners has a similar plan for condos on 32nd and Grandview. This is not really a surprise. Few apartment complexes are built to last, and the fact that these survived as long as they have is impressive. Most complexes being built......

In this case, seven is a very lucky number: it's the number of years that Grapevine Market has had their doors open on the corner of Anderson and Shoal Creek. If you ask us, it's one of the best specialty food shops in town -- not that we're biased by all of the free samples they offer every time you visit. Opened on May 26th, 1999 by three wine aficionados, Chuck Huffaker, Steve Savina......

It seems everything and everyone is getting their own national month these days. This month alone, Barbecue; Bikes; Eggs; Hamburgers; Physical Fitness & Sports; and Salsa all get their time to shine. Nothing the overrated food item eggs need more than their own damn month, after already single-handedly trying to take down the taco industrial complex. But we digress. As all of these categories own a special place in Austinist's heart, we will be doing......

More than 300,000 people have died as victims of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, and millions more have been displaced from their homes and forced to live as refugees. The genocide began nearly three years ago, but only recently has the international community begun to make noises about intervening. And many people still know little or nothing about one of the worst humanitarian crises of our time. Brian Steidle knows a lot......

Unless you've been hiding out in the 78704 these past few months, you've probably noticed that the stretch of West 45th Street from Mopac to, well, I-35 has turned into a chaotic disaster zone of upended tar and haphazardly-strewn orange cones. It's all part of a nifty little $15.3 million construction project started last May, that hopes to "provide a greatly improved ride for motorists" and replace some awfully dirty plumbing. And while we're......

Do you ever “forget” to pick up the little “presents” your dog deposits while you walk him along the Shoal Creek Greenbelt? Have you been known to lose sleep worrying that karmic justice will someday cause you to fall face-first into a steaming heap of someone else’s dog’s poop because of your own misdeeds? Well, stop worrying, grab your gardening gloves, and come redeem yourself this Saturday from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. The......

Suzi’s China Grill off of Shoal Creek is one of our favorite local spots to eat, hands down. We love how the restaurant infuses their dishes with non-traditional flavors. We have standbys from the lunch menu, including their Jalapeno Chicken and Basil Shrimp. This past Sunday when we went to a late lunch, Suzi’s was the busiest we’ve ever seen it. Even though they were almost packed, the hostess made a point to take......

Owing to the fire last week that destroyed most of the building housing KOOP's studios, the member-owned community radio station is being forced to relocate. At the modest downtown offices on Fifth and San Jacinto, built back in the 1930s, KOOP paid a mere $750 a month for rent. Now, strapped for cash and unable to cover relocation costs, they'll be having a slew of benefit events through the end of February. Meanwhile, the......

We tend to like islands in general, but the curb islands that the city put on Shoal Creek Blvd.? Not so much. The city put these curb islands down not even a full year ago to help cyclists and still allow street parking. Well, anyone who has driven on Shoal Creek could see that the islands do not allow enough room for cyclists to go near the curb. The cyclists have to ride on the......

Last night, an APD officer shot and killed a man who was one suspect in narcotics activity. Police pulled over a car at the Quicksilver and Pleasant Valley intersection. One passenger fled the scene, and the driver was taken into custody. The second passenger struggled with a female officer, who fired one shot, killing the man. He has not been identified, and the officer has been put on adminstrative duties until an investigation of......