Fun Fun Fun Fest 2007 Recap from Super!Alright! on Vimeo. Austinist attended a town hall meeting about proposed noise ordinances that could undermine the city's future as the Live Music Capital of the World, and lamented the possible loss of Texas's only feminist bookstore. Throughout the week, they interviewed a bunch of indie fashion designers and D-I-Y websites—Etsy, Ornamental Things, 31 Corn Lane, and Aorta Designs—for the upcoming Stitch Fashion Show. They also did... more ›

Ostensibly, Heima is a documentary about Icelandic post-rock quartet Sigur Rós. Unlike with most rockumentaries, however, the band only appears in about half of the shots in the film. The rest of the screen time is devoted to the people, animals and foreboding landscape of Iceland ("heima" means “at home” or “homeland” in Icelandic). So it’s not hard to see why Iceland Naturally, a partnership between the Iceland tourist board and a handful of Icelandic... more ›

Since 2001, the Smithsonian American Art Museum has honored one artist annually with the $25,000 Lucelia Artist Award. In order to be eligible, artists must be under the age of 50 and either American or living in the United States. Each of the five distinguished jurors, including artists, critics, curators and scholars, nominate three artists in recognition of their contribution to the art scene in the U.S. and abroad. Following initial selection, the jurors examine... more ›