In case you're still curious about where to vote on Tuesday, we've reprinted the official list from the Travis County Clerk web site as of Monday evening. For up-to-date information, you might want to double-check the Office of the Registrar's database To find out which precint you're in, use their handy Voter Verification form. From the Elections Divison: Registered voters can vote with a voter registration card, driver’s license or any official photo ID,......

As if this weather hasn't been enough to get even the laziest of Austinites out and running, Paul Carrozza and his team over at RunTex are creating even more reasons to get out and about in 2008. Over the course of this month, the Lake Austin Boulevard RunTex will be stripped of its retail shelves—in its place will be a running institution aimed at consulting, training, and creating various fitness programs and seminars for local athletes....

The Austin Symphony Orchestra and Chorus Austin: Handel’s MessiahDecember 4, 2007 at 8:00 p.m.4214 N. Capitol of Texas Highway (4214 N. Capitol of Texas Highway)Riverbend Centre[info] | [tickets] Sir Thomas Beecham wrote of Handel in his memoirs, "Since his time mankind has heard no music written for voices which can even feebly rival his for grandeur of build and tone, nobility and tenderness of melody, scholastic skill and ingenuity and inexhaustible variety of effect…Handel…is......

Founded in 1986, The Austin Children’s Choir presently boasts over one hundred members from 45 different schools. Comprised of four singing groups based on the students’ skill and age, the choir performs unique concerts throughout the year while also making special appearances as needed. This weekend, the Choir performs an interpretation of Homer’s The Odyssey: No Childsplay, headed by Artistic Director Kathleen Turner, composed by Graham Reynolds, and translated by Beverly Bardsley. Reynolds’ vast......

Remember when the new Whole Foods opened up and everyone rushed to go see it? Remember those first couple months when no one bought anything and just wandered around aimlessly from aisle to aisle? Well, replace all that lame, non-alcoholic organic food with mother nature's sweet nectar of life: alcohol. Now, multiply that by three. The Statesman recently reported that we will receive not one, but three Spec's Wines, Spirits & Finer Foods over the......

M O N D A Y [20] [art] Sex Workers' Art Show comes to UT-Austin at Texas Union Showroom (RM. 2.208) at UT-Austin (Free, 7pm) (link) [music] Tammany Hall Machine, Impossible Shapes, and Red Hunter at Stubb's (link) [film] "The Outdoorsmen: Blood, Sweat and Beers" at Alamo South (Monday-Thursday, 10:05pm) (link) [film] "Penitentiary" at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link) [film] "930 F" (a documentary about DC's 9:30 Club) at Alamo Downtown ($1, 9:45pm) (link) [film] "The......

Senator Gonzalo Barrientos, an Austin Democrat, is killing a bill he drafted to have a 49-mile stretch of Texas Highway 130 named after legendary country crooner, Willie Nelson. Republican senators Steve Odgen of Bryan and Jeff Wentworth of San Antonio disapprove of the name (which would cross their districts) because of Nelson’s notorious rock ‘n roll lifestyle and his outspoken support of the Democratic party. Which other local celebrities deserve to have things named after......

We told you about this last week, but we know you can be forgetful. Ben and Jerry's is offering free ice cream today from 12-8. Where? Where can you get this free ice cream??? Here: 500 N. Lamar Space 150 Austin, TX 78703 512-735-2345 701 South Capital of Texas Highway Suite E-580 Westlake Hills, TX 78746 512-330-0283 Bon appetit!......

Next Tuesday, April 19th, Ben and Jerry’s is giving away free cones from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. The location at 6th and Lamar and the S. Capitol of Texas Highway store will be handing out the goods. The Austinist wonders if Ben and Jerry will be the next people to be accused of contributing to the childhood and adult obesity "epidemic" that’s sweeping the nation. All we’re saying is that if Cookie Monster has......