Editor's note: A lot happened this week, so here's your chance to get caught up. Read on for the week's most popular headlines. Looking for the best things to do this weekend? Find that list here. (This week it's below, too!)
1. Austin-based Tesla to lay off about 14,000 employees, per Elon Musk. After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs, multiple media outlets reported Monday, April 15.
2. Austin chefs, mixologists, and more cheer each other on at the Tastemaker Awards. Guests got to taste innovative bites from 15 nominees, plus mixed drinks from a sponsor-supported open bar.
3. Here are the top 7 things to do in Austin this weekend. The springtime festival season is in full bloom, and these happenings are proof of a social calendar teeming with possibility.
4. Austin choreographer brings Bollywood fusion to multi-cultural weddings. It's not just the meticulous and buoyant hand flicks and sweeps of the traditional style, but more pop-flavored, "booty shaking," or Arab-influenced.
5. UT Austin is the best graduate school in Texas, says U.S. News. The publication has named The University of Texas at Austin among the best graduate schools in the state, with some departments landing among the top 10 and 20 in the country.