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Americans long to cheat on their partners ... with TV shows

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Food + Drink

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BBQ snob Daniel Vaughn's Prophets of Smoked Meat journeys through 200 Texas hotspots

Texas Monthly names the top 50 barbecue joints in the state, Austin takes unofficial title

Lee Ellis & Lance Fegen on Liberty Kitchen Oyster Bar in Clarksville and food critic fueds

The 5 best pecan pies in town — the official pie of Texas

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Austin's first piano festival in full swing, featuring stars and aspiring musicians

Hooray for Whoopi: Living legend takes to the Long Center stage for one night only

AMOA-Arthouse offers free admission in celebration of Art Museum Day

A look at 3 iconic Austin spaces and new ways to experience them this summer

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How to cover up by the pool and still look hot

Margot Wolf and Cambria Handmade shine at By George as masters of craftsmanship

Kendra Scott hosts, advises small businesses on CNBC's Crowd Rules

Austin's jewelry artist, the classically trained creator of award-winning work

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Thousands of Longhorns celebrate graduation amid tight security

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Caitlin M. Ryan: The top stories this week include Dapper Dans, pecan pie and iconic Austin

Texas Center for Proton Therapy brings innovative cancer treatment to Dallas-Fort Worth

UT Austin levels up curriculum with creation of Denius-Sams Gaming Academy

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Studio 54klift fundraiser brings the disco days back to the spotlight

Margot Wolf and Cambria Handmade shine at By George as masters of craftsmanship

Cocktails on the Colorado recognizes 2013 River Hero, announces new identity for Colorado River Alliance

Austin Fashion Week Awards turns the spotlight to the city's fashion elite

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Cocktails on the Colorado recognizes 2013 River Hero, announces new identity for Colorado River Alliance

Gear up for Austin Bike to Work Day, ditch four wheels for two

5 vacations that combine fitness with fun

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TopGolf touches down as Austin's newest interactive sports attraction

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Austin Aztex start 2013 season with an appearance in the U.S. Open Cup

3 losers of the NFL draft

Arts

Chris Cubas at Moontower Comedy Festival Austin Show

Keep Austin Funny

Keep Austin Funny: Introduce yourself to local comics at Moontower's Austin Show

By Ryan Lakich

04.26.13 | 05:25 pm

It may seem that Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival is all about the big name comedians commanding the spotlight, but if you look past the SNL cast members and Comedy Central ...

Reggie Watts performs at the Paramount Theater for Moontower Festival

The Laughs Continue

Inside Joke: Backstage with Dana Carvey and Reggie Watts

By Kerri Lendo and John Merriman

04.26.13 | 03:02 pm

In this episode of Inside Joke, our hosts go straight to Thursday night's headliners of Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival — Merriman and Lendo hang backstage with Dana Carvey and ...

Fusion

Slam poetry meets choir at Fusion, Conspirare's improvisational collaboration at the North Door

By Joelle Zigman

04.26.13 | 10:49 am

I have never heard of a choir collaborating with a slam poet. Never. Maybe the closest thing I've heard about something like this is German composer Thomas Kessler setting ...

Anthony Jeselnik performs at Moontower Comedy Festival 2013

The Laughs Continue

Inside Joke: Opening day visits from Bill Hader and Todd Barry, plus the art of mingling

By Kerri Lendo and John Merriman

04.25.13 | 02:26 pm

Today, Inside Joke hosts John Merriman and Kerri Lendo check out the first day of the 2013 Moontower Comedy Festival. Merriman and Lendo visit with comedians Todd Barry, Bill Hader ...

Deal with the Devil

A good weekend for opera: Austin Lyric Opera's Faust and Butler's Don Giovanni tackle classics with a modern twist

By Joelle Zigman

04.25.13 | 11:44 am

Among the myriad of food, music and arts festivals heading to the Capital City, this is also a good weekend for opera lovers in Austin. Austin Lyric Opera’s moving ...

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Loads of Laughs

Your guide to a week of wisecracks: Our top picks for Moontower Comedy Festival

By Ryan Lakich

04.24.13 | 03:02 pm

It’s about damn time. It’s time to light the lights for the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival. The 2013 lineup is about as stacked as you can get with ...

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Choose Your Own Adventure

West Austin Studio Tour returns with two weekends of self-guided art exploration

By Arden Ward

04.24.13 | 12:46 pm

Art galleries and public spaces on the west side of I-35 will converge for two weekends of art exploration as part of WEST, the West Austin Studio Tour. Produced by ...

Just for Laughs

Inside Joke looks back at the highlights of Moontower Comedy Festival 2012

By Kerri Lendo and John Merriman

04.24.13 | 10:29 am

Editor's note: CultureMap is proud to bring you Inside Joke, hosted by John Merriman and Kerri Lendo. Each day during Moontower Comedy Festival, we'll showcase an episode of ...

Humorous Harmonies

Improv master and musical comedian Reggie Watts is ready to rep at Moontower

By Ryan Lakich

04.22.13 | 02:29 pm

By this point you should be fully aware that we’re only two days away from a jam-packed schedule of comedians and performers ready to fill Austin with a critical ...

Comedian Bill Burr headliner of Moontower Comedy Festival

Ranting and Raving

Comedian Bill Burr runs his mouth on what's going wrong with pop culture, relationships and the world at large

By Ryan Lakich

04.18.13 | 04:22 pm

On Wednesday, April 24 when the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival comes to Austin, you'll be shocked out of the normal work week routine. Ahead of the festival, we’ve ...

Fusebox Fesstival Transfiguration exhibit

Idea Engine

The best ways to experience Fusebox Festival: Free range art and digestible feats of brilliance

By Shelley Seale

04.17.13 | 10:51 am

We are a city that embraces creativity of all kinds. Having just wrapped Art City Austin, we turn our gaze to the upcoming Fusebox Festival, beginning April 17 and running ...

Rich (Jon Cook) and Danny (Jacob Trussell) on the road with Honey (Erin Barlow)

On Stage Now

World premiere of Mad Beat Hip & Gone at Topfer Theatre journeys through Kerouac's Beat Generation

By Shelley Seale

04.16.13 | 10:28 am

In 1949 American writer Jack Kerouac wrote this in a letter to a friend: "Nothing is true but everything is real." Kerouac went On The Road — and chronicled his years ...

comedian and author Jim Norton of the Opie & Anthony Show

Incoming Laughs

Moontower comedian Jim Norton may be distracted by porn, but he's keeping the media on point

By Ryan Lakich

04.15.13 | 07:19 pm

We're counting down the days until the Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival charges in and takes over Austin theaters and comedy clubs with gut-busting onstage talent. Our last preview featured ...

Between the Covers

Texas author Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni explores family secrets in Oleander Girl

By Tarra Gaines

04.14.13 | 12:00 pm

In Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni's new novel, Oleander Girl, a young Indian woman's engagement ceremony is shattered when the grandfather who raised her falls mortally ill. With this tragedy ...

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Artistic Endeavors

Art City Austin celebrates local art scene with weekend fest and block party

By Ryan Lakich

04.12.13 | 10:36 am

Austin loves its artists, and artists love Austin. Locals can see just how cozy this love affair is when Art Alliance Austin hosts the Art City Austin festival this weekend ...

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