The Texas craft beer industry contributed more than $2.3 billion to the Texas economy in 2012, while the Texas Craft Brewers Guild projects the number to rise to $5.6 billion by 2020. As states around the country experience double digit growth, filmmaker and Certified Cicerone Craig Noble set out to document his personal journey in craft beer.

Queer teens and young adults like the great outdoors too, and this weekend, they get a two-fer: a retreat where they can celebrate identity in a natural setting and at the same retreat, explore their often-stymied spirituality.

Releases, lineups, casting, and more, all in this week's Film Flam.

President Obama signed an executive order ending domestic spying and mass deportations, lowering the MediCare age to zero, shutting down the drug war, ending military engagements overseas, and even closing Guantanimo! He also somehow sailed the ERA through Congress and cancelled the Trans Pacific Partnership and Keystone Pipeline! April Fool's.

The Austin ISD community was shocked last week when Superintendent Meria Carstarphen announced she was the sole finalist to lead Atlanta Public Schools. Now she is telling AISD trustees she could be gone as soon as the end of April, meaning there will be an intensive board Monday night meeting on how and when to replace her.

The longest lag in a decades-long residency concluded two weeks ago at a sports bar. Antone’s enduring Blue Monday, ongoing since the early Seventies, returned after a two-month hiatus March 10. Despite the fact that the live music brand is still searching for a new venue, organizers have restarted its mainstay series where the club last stood.

This year, organizers of the Pachanga Latino Music Festival are enhancing the event with a special culinary component: VIP passes provide guests the opportunity to enjoy specialty tacos from 10 of Austin's best vendors. The party is May 10 at Fiesta Gardens.

“Grandma’s a rebel, raised by the devil.” So shout Jonny and Carley Wolf in the coda to the Ghost Wolves’ “Shotgun Pistol Grip,” reminding us all that the best refrains are often the simplest.

Gays beat evangelicals, but only when they want it, Elton John celebrates with Britain, and China gets red hot, as your AggreGAYtor wiggles to "Zou Bisou Bisou."