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See thousands of LEGO blocks put in creative displays at Cantigny Park's "Eighth Annual Holiday LEGO Train Show."' Courtesy of Cantigny Park and the First Division Museum Learn how to make colorful, hard candy at Kline Creek Farm's free "Candy for the Holidays" program.

The indie pop-rock gang known as Bishop Allen is coming to town Saturday for a headlining set at Chop Suey and Ear Candy has a pair of tickets to give away.

Going out the night before Bumbershoot may or may not be the best plan, but there's so much good shit going on tonight, it's hard to resist.

Michael Barnes is the Austin American-Statesman's social columnist. He lives in South Austin with his partner, Kip, two dogs and two cats.

Lynn Shelton's winning indie comedy is about two thirtysomething men contemplating taking their friendship to the alternative lifestyle edge to win an amateur porn competition, and what is revealed as they go under the microscope ... err, video camera.

Lynn Shelton's winning indie comedy is about two thirtysomething men contemplating taking their friendship to the alternative lifestyle edge to win an amateur porn competition, and what is revealed as they go under the microscope ... err, video camera.

One way to experiment with songwriting is to throw convention out the window, eschew verses and choruses, try to be completely unique.

One way to experiment with songwriting is to throw convention out the window, eschew verses and choruses, try to be completely unique.

Like every great music festival in Washington the Capitol Hill Block Party mixes local talent with a slew of excellent national acts.

Earth Wind & Fire bassist Verdine White celebrates his 58th birthday today, and that presents a nice opportunity to blow our horn for one of the longest running funk-soul outfits in the game.

Balado baked in the sunshine on the first full day of T In The Park festivities, as Main Stage draws Calvin Harris and Paolo Nutini tapped into the celebratory mood of the crowd, Harris with his infectious electro pop and Nutini with an eclectic goodtime set of upbeat pop, summery ska, jazzy scatting and the mellow gold of recent single Candy.

'Appetite for Self-Destruction' Looks at... If you take one jewel of wisdom away from this book, it is this: The reason many crappy musicians have gotten the limelight, the reason most people turned off their radios and stopped watching the Grammys and instead started downloading music from the internet, is money.

The classic Ghostbusters, now out on Blu-Ray, revives hopes for a third installment in the film series.

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