Gallery Lombardi, vanguard art institution and perennial party host, makes its triumphant return to Austin this month. Hot on the heels of their well-received debut of Mobile Art Place last month (in collaboration with the event organizers at We Manage Stuff), Lombardi will inaugurate their new digs at West 7th and Rio Grande with an opening party tomorrow night. Their newest exhibit, "DRAW," is touted as a "tribute to the often-underrated but fundamental building-block of......

Gallery Lombardi, having bid farewell to its warehouse on West 3rd, will present its inaugural show at the new gallery space on West 7th in a matter of weeks, but in the meantime they're hard at work on a new project with local creative "enablers" from We Manage Stuff. The endeavor is called Mobile Art Place, and it seeks to enhance our city's access to new art (and artforms) by taking them out of......

We have one word for the project Chef Brenton Schumacher is about to unveil: finally. In the downtown Red River area – grossly underserved by questionable taco trucks and the like – the winds of change are blowing. Detroit native Schumacher, the innovative former Executive Sous Chef at Central Market, has thrown down the gauntlet with two projects. In its first year, his new catering company, Pink Avocado, has grabbed gigs with the Independent Film......

Things we learned at the 2006 Wine and Food Foundation of Texas Tour de Vin at Whole Foods Market: When it comes to great Austin chefs, we love it when we get the chance to eat: • Warm Gorgonzola, Pancetta & Roasted Garlic Dip with Amuse Bouche Croutes from Amuse Bouche Catering Company • Posole Blanco from Castle Hill Cafe • Crab Cakes from Eddie V's Edgewater Grille • Mini Tuna Tartare Tacos with Wasabi......