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Lite + Brite is a weekly newsletter featuring creative local happenings, DJ mixes, interviews with local event producers, playlists, + guides to getting the most out of living in Austin. To discover all that we have to offer, scroll down. We also created FestWiz, a web app for planning your music festival schedule, and we produce various Austin events + parties.

In the newsletter we do not list normal concerts, normal movie showtimes, normal happy hours, normal trivia nights, etc. We do list art parties, pig beauty pageants, site-specific performances, miniature parades, events with words like “menagerie” in the title, Twilight parodies, anything referencing Kate Bush, etc. If these sound like the sort of events you want to know about, you should subscribe. Subscribing is free, but we welcome your financial support on Patreon.


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All-the-Time Austin Artsy Fun

Our weekly newsletter features upcoming events, but sometimes the activity you’re looking for isn’t an event at all—it’s a place that’s always there. Next time you find yourself with an afternoon when nothing special seems to be going on, you could consider checking out one of these evergreen options.

  • Austin Pinball Collective
    A cache of free to play pinball machines concealed in an office park
  • Mesmerize
    An interactive dream-like world made of site-specific installations by 15+ local artists
  • Hyperreal Film Club
    A clubhouse for weird cinema, with oddball screenings four nights a week
  • Tiny Minotaur
    Drinking and costumed LARPing, Dungeonsynths performing in the dungeon w/lots of lore
  • The Eureka Room
    Uniquely goofy, silly, + fun immersive games you play with a group. No spoilers!
  • We Luv Video
    The Alexandria Library of video rental. It’s community-run, you can rent movies or watch them in a cinema while literally surrounded by VHS tapes and DVDs.
  • The Goats at Jester King Brewery
    More a theme park geared towards folks who like refermented cherries in their beer (me) than a brewery. I have not experienced the Goat Experience, but I have seen their goats, and I approve.
  • Cathedral of Junk
    A towering achievement to collecting weird old stuff that will spark nostalgia and cause you to wonder at your last tetanus shot timing
  • West China Tea House
    In addition to their events, West China is a wonderful place just to chat with interesting and welcoming people and drink some delicious tea
  • Mayfield Park and Nature Preserve
    A lovely park + nature walk that is protected by a crack corps of dedicated peacocks and peahens. Good luck escaping without some flashy, feathery displays.
  • Laguna Gloria
    The Contemporary Austin’s outdoor sculpture garden. Culture + Nature = Profit.
  • Austin Creative Reuse Center
    A nonprofit shop where you can get any art, craft, or office supplies you can imagine for literal pennies. Eat your heart out, Office Despot.
  • Museum of the Weird
    It’s right there on Dirty 6th but worth a visit. From famous fake paleontology to recreations of horror film sets, there’s lots to see.
  • James Turrell’s Skyspace
    Like Turrell’s best works, this is an art experience which unfolds slowly over time. Watch as the changing colors of sunset remake the space.