Best museums in Austin to see art, history and more
If you're looking to beat the heat or just soak up some culture, Austin's roster of museums is deep. Here's a guide to many notable institutions.
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If you're looking to beat the heat or just soak up some culture, Austin's roster of museums is deep. Here's a guide to many notable institutions.
l-r: Timeca Seretti, BeckiJo Neill, Shannon Sedwick, Patrick King, and Shaun Branigan, raising a righteous ruckus at the Follies’ packed reopening on June 17 (Photo by John Anderson) It's Thursday, June 17, 2021, the COVID pandemic finally dwindling in the rear view mirrors – and, in the bustling Downtown of Austin, the Esther's Follies comedy troupe is preparing to return to their live stage for the first time in 15 months. More than a year of unplanned downtime has passed, with the writers and performers secluded in quarantine, each sheltering in their separate (or spa...
Night on Sixth Like every Austinite, Mohit Jaswal has a love/hate relationship with Austin's most internationally iconic thoroughfare. "Sixth Street is one of the worst streets in America," he said, "It's awful and horrible, and we all have to do it at some point, but I just think it's fascinating." Still, the love was enough to spark Jaswal to make free-form Austin comedy-drama Night on Sixth. Filmed in 2019 (back when wandering around and meeting random strangers was still a thing) it makes its premiere at Austin Asian American Film Festival with a special screening outdoors on June 16 at ...
Dear Luv Doc, I excitedly made my first foray into clubland in more than a year on Saturday night with a group of friends who are all officially vaccinated. We had a nice dinner at Moonshine and then walked to Rainey Street for post-dinner cocktails. We're all in our mid-30s, single, and used to go out a few nights a month before the pandemic. I don't know if it's because a lot of older people are still hiding out or maybe because I never noticed before, but everyone on Rainey Street seemed so young. It didn't help that when I was passing by the service bar on the way back from the restroom, ...
Dear Luv Doc, I woke up this morning to find coffee spilled all over the kitchen and a broken coffee pot (glass) and grounds in the sink. No note. No text. No phone call saying, "Sorry about the mess." I called my boyfriend at work and asked what happened. He said he was in a hurry because he was late for work and he cracked the coffee pot on the sink. He tried to clean up a bit but he didn't have time. Then he got busy at work and forgot to text me. For some reason his explanation only made me madder. Maybe it's because I still haven't had my coffee. Maybe it's because I had to clean up his ...