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The Broken Spoke

In “The Broken Spoke: Austin’s Legendary Honky-Tonk,” author Donna Marie Miller leads us around the dance floor (always, always counterclockwise) of one of the only remaining authentic ...

Guy Forsyth

If you’re ever in South Austin and forget the street address of your musician friend, pick the house with the beat-up van in the driveway. There’s a fairly solid chance that the person who ...

Kevin Russell

Kevin Russell might just be one of the best frontmen in America today. We’re a little light on frontmen these days, too (2016 took Prince and David Bowie; 2017 took Chuck Berry and Tom Petty). I ...

Sheriff Sally Hernandez

Travis County Sheriff Sally Hernandez has a lot on her plate. And right now, that means a multi-tiered wedding cake. “I do it all by myself,” she says with a shrewd smile. She bakes, she ...

Typewriter Rodeo

Think: literary prowess combined with mad improv skills, impressive stamina and an uncanny ability to uncover the deepest secrets and desires of strangers. Welcome to Typewriter Rodeo—Austin’s ...

Ben and Liz Kweller

Walking up to the homestead at Ben and Liz Kweller’s Heart Springs Ranch is like floating back in time. The door to the screened-in porch is open wide, leading to an outdoor table already set and ...

Kirk Watson

Some may not know it, but I’ve been Kirk Watson quite a bit. What I mean is that I portrayed him in the Austin-definitive original production of “Keepin’ It Weird” at the ZACH Theatre. ...

Amy Corbin

“I have no idea what I’m going to cook!” says well-known C3 Presents music promoter, Amy Corbin. “But I pride myself on being able to put together a good meal in thirty minutes.” She ...

Ray Benson

Ray Benson has a great kitchen. It’s not fancy, mind you, yet it’s admirably equipped. He also has nine Grammys—ranging from best instrumentals to best packaging—a regional Emmy, 20-plus ...

Seela Misra

You’d never know it from her masterful stage presence—which somehow manages to be simultaneously beatific and witty—but Seela Misra gets a little anxious when she meets new people. It happens a ...