By Shelby Photos by Brian O’Neill Back to life, back to reality. Another ACL Festival over, another 12 months until we all get to rock...

By Shelby I feel like everybody in this city always breathes a sigh of relief when SXSW is over. No more scheduling conflicts, parking...

By Shelby On Tuesday night, a packed house gathered at the Moody Theater for the best attended KLRU Spark at the Moody speaker series so...

By Kelly So my husband and a fellow Chickster and I attended the Back to the Future Master Pancake this past Saturday at the Ritz...

By Shelby Photos courtesy of Austin Film Festival/Jack Plunkett The Austin Film Festival wrapped last night after giving film fans eight...

By Shelby All photos by Brian O'Neill We survived! Like nearly everyone else (including Batman!), I was sweating among the sold-out...

By Shelby Austin City Limits Festival is always one of my favorite weekends of the year. I wish, like last year, this year’s weekend...

By Shelby Before glass started raining down from the W Hotel, I spent some time waiting outside of it to gain entry to a taping of...

By Shelby I’ve been loving Fitz and the Tantrums since I first heard “MoneyGrabber” on an Alamo Drafthouse promo late last summer and...

By Shelby The Road to Hollywood passed through Austin last Saturday as Turner Classic Movies presented a special screening of the 1959...

By Shelby KGSR’s 18th season of Unplugged at the Grove kicked off last night with a performance by Sarah Jaffe, a singer/songwriter out...

By Shelby Tonight is your last chance to catch the wonderful Shakespeare on the Farm out at beautiful Rain Lily Farm in East Austin. The...

By Shelby OK, SXSW. You win. I know we’ve had a contentious relationship in the past. You’re cost-prohibitive and complicated. You play...

By Shelby The month of many festivals concludes with the best screenwriting-focused film festival around, the Austin Film Festival. The...

By Kelly This past Saturday, the Chicksters visited the Texas Book Festival, an annual event involving panels, booths, book signings and...

By Shelby Photos by Brian O’Neill After attending the festival for the past five years, I feel like ACL signals the end of summer. Now...

By Shelby I am an unabashed pop culture trivia nerd, so I was pretty thrilled to discover when I walked in the door at Jo’s Coffee on...

By Kelly We attended the Pop Princess Sing-along at the Alamo Drafthouse Ritz, and all I can say is, Holy Gaga! I expected the singing...

By Shelby I’m running in my first 5K this weekend. And I’m pretty nervous about that. Despite my brief foray into pole dancing, I am not...

By Shelby When it comes to finding new things to do around town, free is good, and free and fun is even better. Despite spending four...