Category Archives: Keep Austin Weird
Longhorn American Indian Council Powwow
As part of my ongoing investigation into my Native American lineage, Shlomit and I attended the Longhorn American Indian Council Powwow in the University of Texas last Saturday. The event was not as large as I expected, and I did … Continue reading
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Lake Travis
The summer is hitting us hard with high temperatures, and there is no better way to beat those than a Saturday on a boat in Lake Travis. Given that Luis “Lucho/El Brody” Navarro was in town, we made him handle … Continue reading
Austin bats
I took Leny, Sonia, and Luis Kirsch, who were visiting last weekend, to see the overwhelming spectacle that Mother Nature puts on for us every summer night in downtown Austin, when the world’s largest urban bat colony emerges from their … Continue reading
GoTopless protest
On August 22nd the National GoTopless Protest will be held in Austin on the corner of Congres and 6th. It’s organized by GoTopless, an organization claiming that women have the same constitutional right to be bare chested in public places … Continue reading
Town Lake kayaking
Given that this is a long weekend because of the 4th of July celebrations, I went kayaking with a few friends to Town Lake. We stopped short of making it to the Congress Avenue bridge (home of the largest urban … Continue reading
The World Cup at Alamo Drafthouse
The awesome Austin institution Alamo Drafthouse movie theater decided to show all FIFA World Cup matches live in one of their beautiful screens. This is probably the next best thing to being there, so I headed out there today to … Continue reading
ACL 2010 lineup
The lineup for the Austin City Limits Music Festival has been announced. It looks good, but not 2009-good. Read more to see the whole lineup, or go see it in the ACL website for yourself. The Eagles Muse Phish The Strokes … Continue reading
Eeyore’s 47th Birthday
It was a busy Saturday. After a cultural morning at Art City Austin, I headed over to Pease Park for Eeyore’s 47th birthday party. This year it seemed even more crowded than the years before. The usual assortment of colorful … Continue reading
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Art City Austin 2010
Art City Austin is an event organized by Art Alliance Austin. I had heard of it but attended this year for the first time on April 24th. They close off about five blocks in Austin’s 2nd Street District downtown and 190 … Continue reading
National Karaoke League
I went to support my friends in the Green Team, Jill and Jamie, who made it to the final of the world renowned National Karaoke League. Sadly they lost to the Black Team, which was semi-pro and put together a … Continue reading
