Image from RCIS.org Solar Austin Happy HourTuesday, November 6Artz Rib House [map]6:30-8:30pm[info]Solar Austin gathers for their monthly happy hour Tuesday at Artz Rib House. Renowned science fiction author and founder of Viridian Design Movement, Bruce Sterling, will be the featured and the topic will be Future Trends in Solar. Best known for his eight science fiction novels, Mr. Sterling is also a contributing editor of WIRED magazine and a columnist for MAKE magazine. He has......

If you're looking for somewhere to show off that killer Halloween costume this Friday, the good folks at do512 have you covered. They're taking over the warehouse compound adjacent to an old abandoned graveyard on South Lamar, and bringing in Markus with a K, Haunting Oboe Music, DJ Thibault, and Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears. More importantly, there's complimentary booze and brew. "Come in Costume," they recommend. "If you are dont, we may turn......

WEDNESDAY [30] music • Odyssey: The Journey Cover Band with special arena rock/hair metal DJ sets by Car Stereo (Wars) at Whisky Bar (10:30pm-2am, Free, Odyssey at 11:30pm) ® music • Thor, Zolar X, The Ends at Emo's music • X, Rollins Band at Stubb's music • Giant Squid, Lions of Tsavo, Slo-Bula, High Cost of Living at Beerland music • Wax Wednesdays (BYO vinyl) at Ruta Maya (8pm) music • Summer Wardrobe, Vacation......

There are dubious Hatches, like Survivor Winner Richard Hatch (BOO!). And there are good Hatches, like the delicious namesake chile peppers grown in Hatch, New Mexico (YAY!). The Hatch Chile Pepper Festival at Central Market (this weekend and next) is to food nerds what American Idol is to, well, nerds. Every year we go and stuff carts full of specialty products made from peppers from Hatch, New Mexico (Hatch hot dog buns, Hatch pesto,......

We drove all the way to South Lamar for some sweets. We had been eyeing a shop called Indie Pop Cool Treats for some time and decided what better time to get a sugar fix than right before lunchtime. But it was closed on Mondays (like nobody needs ice cream on a Monday?). Lucky for us, we spied muffins through the windows next door. Hey look, we said to ourselves, this here place is a......