*This post comes from Austinist Special World Cup Correspondent Ben Gardner, Co-Host of KOOP’s SoccerMad, who will be traveling to Germany for this year’s Cup.* more ›

Like Michael Schliefke. He lives in Austin and he paints. Cool. Tonight (Friday, August 26th) from 6pm-12am, Schliefke will be opening his latest art showing, "A Hopeless Romance". Visit the Galerie Jean Moulin--once a house, now a gallery located one block west of Quacks--to see 20 new works and more than a dozen older pieces. Schliefke's work is big, bold, colorful portraits of the ordinary (a family a on their farm, morning breakfast in... more ›

Van Horn, Texas: population 3000, 460 miles west of Austin. The town exists as a waypoint for travelers making the trek from El Paso to the eastern half of Texas, which is evidently sufficient to sustain the 17 motels and 16 gas stations along the main street - a somewhat ambitiously misnomered "Broadway".It was here that we previously discovered the color-soaked eclectic treasure trove that is Texas' Only Van Gogh Gallery. The store's description stems... more ›