We were surprised and delighted (and let's be honest: more than a little creeped out) when Austin filmmaker Daniel Erickson recently reappeared on the scene after a twenty-year hiatus with his eerie Eve's Necklace. Creeped out due to the fact that the entire cast is composed of inanimate mannequins, delighted because the conceit is genius.

Hey there – the Hustle is shaking off his case of the Mondays by highlighting Board and Commission meetings below the fold. And joy of joys, the draft agenda is online for next week's City Council meeting!

Good news can seem like a rarity, but this week saw the surprise announcement that UT's Continuing and Innovative Education Department will save the Informal Classes program. Originally canceled by the Texas Union as a cost-cutting exercise, it seems like no one saw this reprise coming. Oh, yeah, and about that bad news …

If there’s anything that can make you feel more like Jethrine Bodine than staying at the Ramada in West Hollywood, I don’t know what it is.

When super-friend and UT Film grad Kerthy Fix invited me to join her at Outfest, Los Angeles’ fine queer film extravaganza, for screenings of two of her docs, I naturally jumped at the chance. When I saw that the festival was premiering Kyle Henry’s Fourplay: San Francisco, things started to get ridiculously exciting.

Austin is among the five cities nominated as a Do Something City in VH1's 2010 Do Something Awards:

From the Dept. of Credulous Adults Will Freak Out Over Anything comes this ditty published on the web site for the Oklahoman: Kids are now downloading drugs. For reals.

The city released the results of online voting over budget items yesterday, and yeah, it's a doozy. Check the top ten recos below the fold…

During the flurry of Senate committee reshuffles yesterday, a new rumor flew that Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, might be stepping down. Since his district includes a slab of Travis County, this is of great local interest: Just got off the phone with his office, and his prepared statement is bound to cause a stir.