Carnaval Austin celebrates 35th year
Now the largest indoor Brazilian carnaval on Earth Carnaval Brasileiro, one of Austin’s longest-lived annual events, has grown into the largest indoor Brazilian Mardi Gras celebration anywhere on the globe; and it explodes at tomorrow, February 4th 9:00 p.m. at Austin’s Palmer Events Center, located 900 Barton Springs Road. For those who have never attended [...]
STAND-UP SENSATION DANIEL TOSH
STAND-UP SENSATION DANIEL TOSH OPENS HIS TOSH TOUR TWENTY TWELVE AT BASS CONCERT HALL THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 2012, 7:00 P.M. TICKETS GO ON SALE FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 AT 10AM Daniel Tosh, host of the popular Comedy Central series, “Tosh.0” kicks off his national tour at Bass Concert Hall on Thursday, April 5 at 7:00 p.m. [...]
Snoball hosts Love Austin Week in support of Local Charities
Snoball.com, an online platform designed to affect change through viral social giving, today announced the creation of Love Austin Week, encouraging Austinites to show love for our city by supporting key local charities that work to lift up our community on a daily basis. Centered around the Valentine’s Day holiday, this week long campaign will [...]
5th Annual Austin Modern Home Tour
On Saturday, February 4 from 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM, over 15 homes will be explored for their modern lifestyles, attitudes, and design at the 5th Annual Austin Modern Home Tour. Austinites will have the opportunity to view interiors of participating homes, walk around the vegetable gardens and xeriscaped yards, and meet the architects and [...]
6th annual clear your clutter day
On January 28, 2012 from 10 am – 2 pm, in support of Get Organized Month, one carload of various items can be dropped off for the annual clear your clutter day event organized by the Austin Chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) at Bethany United Methodist Church, 10010 Anderson Mill Road, [...]
Austin unchained for the holidays
Austin Independent Business Alliance (AIBA) kicks off the holidays with Austin Unchained on November 19 and continues through December 24 with lots of specials and activities to encourage shopping locally to benefit local community. Each year national chains displace locally owned businesses, AIBA reverses that trend by assisting neighborhood business districts as destination locations in [...]
E.A.S.T for unique local home ideas
This past weekend as I visited the 10th East Austin Studio Tour (E.A.S.T.), where artist studios, art galleries, and various spaces in the area allow for a chance for the public to get a behind-the-scenes look at working artists’ spaces and processes, I reflected on what an amazing opportunity a yearly event like this is [...]
Katie’s picks for Fun Fun Fun Fest 2011
If you’re not ready to have some Fun this weekend, then it’s probably best that you go ahead, leave town and rent your place out on Craigslist. Fasten your seatbelts kids for FFF6. Since in all honesty, I don’t know much at all about Heavy Metal Bands, I’d like to give credit to Andrew Miller [...]
Austin Tequila Fest benefiting the homeless coach
Austin Tequila Society presents “2nd Austin Tequila Fest”: An Evening of Tequila tasting, fun, food and music on November 4th, 2011 from 7pm to 9pm at Casa Chapala (101 San Jacinto, 78701). Guests and members of Casa Chapala’s Austin Tequila Society will vote for their favorite tequilas from among many distilleries represented to challenge the [...]
Go BOSH Conference 2011
On October 21st, 2011, innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors will be in attendance at this year’s Go BOSH Conference 2011 at the UT Longhorn Stadium Event Center Belmont Hall, Centennial Ballroom. Organized by Minority Start-Up Association of Texas, the day long event is designed to facilitate knowledge sharing, relationship building and deal making amongst Central Texas [...]
