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Austin brewery hosts 2nd annual adult Lagers and Literature fair in August

The Bonfire Texas presents Gone to the Dogs Music Festival

The Bonfire Texas presents Gone to the Dogs Music Festival

Changing Austin Landscape

The story behind 4 weird and legendary Austin festivals

  • A crowd at the Municipal Marlet House watches as a livestock judge (center)sizes up cattle during the 1943 show.
  • Cowboy hat wearing Stanley Arnhamn of Manor and Debbie Johnson of Round Rock eatcotton candy at the 1961 Austin Livestock Show fairgrounds.
  • Clinton Harlow, from Llano, and his border collie and cowboy monkey actentertained rodeo crowds during the 1970's.
  • Exhibitors in the 1951 Travis County Junior Livestock show pose with theirwinning animals and a show official near the Citiy Coliseum.
  • Country-western musician George Strait competes in team roping during the 1990rodeo.
    Photo by Ralph Barrera

Rodeo Austin

Cowboy up! 75 years (well who's counting?) of honoring Texas western heritageand giving

  • 11-year-old Kaleigh Meador (center in the pink shirt, back toward camera) showsoff her barrow (aka hog), Pappa Smurf, for judge Warren Beeler from Kentucky(top of photo with arms folded). Kaleigh went on the win her class. She andPappa Smurf advanced to the best of breed competition.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • Jared Meador of Bushland, Texas (just outside of Amarillo) nervously watches hisdaughter, 11-year-old Kaleigh, as she competes in a barrow breed class.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • 9-year-old Danni Akers of Alpin, Texas (holding her Limousine steer, Blackjack)gets her official picture taken after winning her class. She and Blackjack go onto compete for best of breed.Raising cattle is in Danni's blood. Her family has been ranching in HudspeathCounty since 1906.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • 18-year-old Jake Petree of Rosevelt High School FFA in Lubbock walks his winningsteer through the arena.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • Steer judge Chris Mullinix takes one last look at the final three in this classbefore making his decision. Mullinix will look at over 400 steers in just twodays before deciding which will be the 2012 Grand Champion."This is first and foremost a market show," he said. "So I'm looking for cattlewith a lot of muscularity and a balanced fat content to create the optimal tasteand flavor for the consumer."
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • Steer judge Chris Mullinix of Eldorado, Kansas, addresses the crowd and thecompetitors, explaining why Jake Petree's steer won that class."The winning steer needs to be attractive, this isn't just a food animal," headds. "I'm looking for an animal that represents the show well and blends thosethings together."
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • The Travis County Expo Center barn is the center of activity for both the steerand barrow shows, as well as goats, lambs, rabbits, turkeys, poultry (akachickens), heifers and the Horse Show.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • Austuin's own 17-year-old Brittany Barnett of Bowie High School preps Lefford,her 5-month-old barrow. "He's got a great butt," she explains when asked whatmakes him worthy of a blue ribbon. Unfortunately today was not Lefford's day, hetook third in his class.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • 10-year-old Rowdy Baker of Lott, Texas with his steer Frosty. This is Rowdy'sfirst-time showing a steer.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • Frosty, Rowdy Baker's steer.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • What they compete for — Grand Champion banners and Blue ribbons.
    Photo by Kevin Benz
  • Two nervous dads watch their children compete in the steer breed classes.
    Photo by Kevin Benz

On the hoof

Great butts, broad shoulders and big money: Hogs and steers build champion kids

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  • Cap City Presents: Matt Bearden

surviving the 9 to 5

Weekday Warrior: The (semi) calm before the storm

  • Expensive Beer
    Photo via The Austin Beer Fest Sucked
  • Wrapped up beer
    Photo via The Austin Beer Fest Sucked
  • Brent Villareal
  • Greg Schoolfield

warm beer

Beer Fest fallout, part II: G & M Catering responds, the blame game continues

  • Austin skyline during Chef Tim Love's on hands grilling demo.
  • Sushi-making hands on demo
    Photo by Dennis Fagan
  • Chef Morimoto's book signing.
    Photo by Nick Simonite
  • The entrance to the Grand Tasting
    Photo by Nick Simonite
  • Andrew Zimmern and Chef Tim Love
  • Uchi/Uchiko's Tyson Cole, Philip Speer and Paul Qui
    Photo by Nick Simonite
  • Mayor Hawthorne
    Photo by Nick Simonite
  • Republic Square Park
    Photo by Nick Simonite

Austin Food & Wine Festival Feedback

A Food Festival Recap: The good, the bad, the dust and C3's Charlie Jonessetting the record straight

  • Most creative: Fried bubblegum
    Photo by Justin Martinez/Dallas News.com
  • Best tasting: Fried buffalo chicken in a flapjack
  • Another favorite: Fried pineapple upside-down cake
    Photo by Abel Gonzales Jr.

Lamenting the Corny dog

Fry it, you'll like it: Fried bubblegum joins fried Kool-Aid, fried butter,fried oreos—whatever happened to Corn Dogs?

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