For over two decades, the Austin Museum of Art has hosted one of the true highlights of the fall gala event season. La Dolce Vita is now 22, and while the wines, foods, and entertainers are ever-changing, the event's star attraction is the Laguna Gloria settling. To put it plainly, the scope of this event is far larger that most sip-and-stroll tastings, with clusters of restaurants, wine tables, entertainment stages, and cocktail lounges spread throughout the vast and beautiful museum grounds. Attendance is always high, but there's so much to do, see, and eat that it can actually be challenging to get to all of it in the allotted three hours. more ›

There seems to be some confusion about the why and wherefore of Tacodeli. So, to offer a clarification: Tacodeli is not a hybrid eatery where you can get black beans with a side of pastrami. Tacodeli is, however, an exclusively Tex-Mex breakfast-thru-lunch taco bar with three locations in Austin. The third location quietly opened this month on North Lamar, right across the street from Central Market. more ›

The event features the works of two local artists - photographer Sarah Wilson and jeweler Rachel Roberts. more ›

Already considered the "Best New Club in Austin" by those who know, the Mohawk continues its ever-accelerating expansion with the introduction of the Grizzly Bar, a "happy hour saloon" that will operate inside the Mohawk from 5-8pm on most days. Think of it as a place to enjoy a leisurely post-work drink before really starting your evening programming. The Grizzly Bar will be a daily platform for political banter, beer pyramids, spitting, and arm wrestling.... more ›

We once had the good fortune of living in Italy, and there are times we miss it terribly. What is it we miss, you ask? The emasculated, gelled-hair twenty-something guys on their mopeds smoking cigarettes and pleading on the cell phones with their mothers to let them stay out just another hour so they can sit around the fountain in Piazza Santa Maria in Trastevere and butcher Nirvana/Bob Marley songs on an acoustic guitar? Not so much. more ›

We were on our way to our neighborhood Taco Deli on Barton Skyway and Spyglass Drive, thinking about our weekly Puerco Borracho plate, when we were greeted by the sight of a dozen police cruisers parked haphazardly at the T-intersection. We thought it was a normal traffic accident until we noticed that the cops were putting on camouflage gear. Evidently there's a crazy man with a shotgun prowling the Greenbelt! With paramedics and firefighters on hand, Austin's finest ventured into the hike and bike trail in search of the armed lunatic. We didn't stay to watch the spectacle unfold - we needed to walk our dog, and we're also somewhat put off by being shot at - but as we pulled out of the parking lot we passed an armored assault minitank, sirens blaring. Ahhh, Austin. UPDATE: The Statesman is now reporting that two gunshots were heard around 2pm, and that shortly thereafter "a man was brought on a stretcher from the greenbelt and loaded onto an ambulance."

Arumabh Das, who works at nearby Tacodeli, said that earlier today a woman was standing outside calling police from her cell phone to report that she was being chased by a man with a shotgun. Das said he heard the woman describing him as a fit white man. Officials said the man who was shot was white. Das said police arrived moments later and that the number of officers has increased for the past several hours. Witnesses also said the department's SWAT team arrived at the scene shortly after noon.
Elizabeth Patlan, who works at American Cleaners at Barton Skyway and Spyglass Drive, said she heard two pops that sounded like gunfire around 2 p.m.