Austin Arts & Entertainment

Inspiring

1. Green Muse Cafe

Neighborhood: 78704 (South Austin)

or some wires may obstruct the view, or maybe it was just a large truck in the opposing lanes.  From the outside, this cafe is not so inspiring.  It is rather prosaic.  The old adage of not judging a book...

2. Museum of Natural…

Neighborhood: East Austin

The Museum of Natural and Artificial Emphemerata ("MNAE") holds AWE-inspiring exhibits of weirdness. From Liberace's ghostly piano keys to the Kombacha Research Station, this small museum has...

3. Austin Museum of…

to each other without being interrupted, Mom and I take in all the beauty that is the lagoon. I can easily understand why this setting inspires so many artists to create their pieces. It's a relaxing...

4. Austin Film Festival

Disclaimer: I used to work for the AFF.    Of all the film festivals I've been to this is the most inspiring because it's about the screenwriter: the person who created the story, the characters...

5. Barton Creek Cinema

Neighborhood: Westlake Hills

theater gouging, but hey it's part of the movie experience right?  The theaters are HUGE, seats comfy, views AWESOME and the screens are big and beautiful.  Too bad the sound wasn't as awe inspiring...

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Creative

1. UT Creative Research…

I've been going to the CRL for about a year and a half now.  It's never what you expect, and it's not your traditional art scene (these are good…

2. Gateway Community…

: free coffee & food & Movie/stadium seating with cup holders)   They've also got a LOT to do with the creative arts. Expect to see your favorite live music, dramas, short films, dance, pop art, poetry...

3. Flatbed Press Inc

and intense outlook on printmaking and life to be a haven of creativity and brilliance.    Katherine Brimberry and Mark L. Smith have the midas touch for choosing an excellent location...

4. The Long Center

year in and year out.  What is with the metal and wood-paneling in everything that is trendy?  City Hall is more original, and it's scary to say a public building is more creatively decorated than...

5. Zachary Scott…

Neighborhood: 78704 (South Austin)

lucky enough to get comps because my pal has applied for a box office position here - that they give comps to grubby yet passionate homeless creative types already says something cool about them...

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