The Austin Animal Shelter is in dire need of help! The shelter is teetering dangerously close to full capacity, and they need to find more homes for their animals. If you’ve been thinking about adopting, now would be a great time to head over there and maybe find a new addition to your family. If

This city is full of festivals and events to celebrate wine and beer, why not rice wine? A day celebrating saké with the Texas Saké Company sounds like a pretty good Sunday Funday in my book. Texas Saké is an Austin company that uses only locally grown rice in their saké, which is cool, and they’re

It’s back! We just had the annual adult spelling bee, and now it’s time for the O.Henry Pun-Off. This hilariously creative event has become an Austin staple, and it never disappoints. Registration for the contestants is full, but the real fun is watching the event. Aside from amazingly awesome puns, they’ll live music, a used

This is some of the best weather we’ll have all year. It would be a crime not to spend some time enjoying it, and some Shakespeare at Zilker Hillside Theatre sounds like a perfect excuse to head outdoors. This year Austin Shakespeare is doing a Bollywood-inspired production of Twelfth Night, so it should be pretty

Movies in the park are some of the most popular events I post about. I guess something about a free movie under the Austin sky is pretty appealing, especially with this weather. Tonight’s movie is an anime film that broke box office records in Japan. Anime fans love this flick, so it should draw a fairly

Happy Mother’s Day to all the moms out there! I hope you’re spending it with the ones you love. If you’re lucky enough to have your mom close by, The Austin Symphonic Band is providing the perfect way to wind down the evening. This free concert is on the lawn of the capitol, and they’ll be

Art of the Pot is back for its 9th annual studio tour. They were founded in 2004 with a goal to bring more interest to the contemporary art scene here in Austin. The tour has grown tremendously over the years and has even been recognized nationally. This event showcases some of our local talent, and

Comics are awesome, and free comics are even better. Unfortunately, Free Comic Book Day was Saturday. Sorry you missed it. Luckily for you, Austin’s libraries are giving you a second chance. For those of you who were asleep at the wheel, library branches around town are letting you come in today to collect some free

The biannual Pecan Street Festival is back, and it’s the perfect way to enjoy a sunny day in downtown Austin. If you’ve never been, it’s a huge street fair, with music, art, kids activities, jewelry, giant turkey legs and all kinds of other cool stuff. It’s actually the largest art festival in Central Texas, attracting

Happy CInco de Mayo and Derby Day! If you live in Austin you know that tacos are a sacred thing, and today’s event seems like a perfect excuse to pig out in celebration of one of this town’s culinary staples. Come out this afternoon for a day of free food, drinks, live music, and of