Around Austin-Austin Classical Guitar-Saturday October 3rd 2026. Jorge Caballero amazed the 4:30 PM audience at "The Rosette." The Maestro opened with "Fantaisie" Op54bis by Fernando Sor with Matthew Hinsley accompanying also on Classical Guitar. A beautiful rendition highlighted by incredible tone and dynamic phrasing. Next he performed solo a World Premiere "Sonata" with three movements: Holding Patterns, Elegy, Ride or Die. The piece commissed by ACG was composed by M

Around Austin-Austin City Limits Music Festival 2026-ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL opened ACL for the 24 year. Ray Benson recognized the early crowd as "The Greatest" for joining what was a "wet opening." Smiles all and singing along with the "Miles and Miles of Texas" opening followed by "Route 66." See the crowd snapshots below. Friday October 2, 2026, 13:00. Waiting for ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL.

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival-Tommy Emmanuel, just his acoustic guitar in hand, brought down the house with his genre-spanning set. Emmanuel is known for the battered and worn-down appearances of his guitars; a result of his dynamic, energetic playing and percussive techniques..." (Wikipedia).

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival. Gary Clark Jr., coat-off, solos on his Sunburst Fender Stratocaster. Clark's style is described as "modern, genre-bending fusion of traditional Texas blues, raw rock-and-roll, soul and hip-hop grooves." (Google). Sunday, September 27th 2026 at the Moody Center. See more below.

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival, above Kurt Rosenwinkel playing at the end of the show jam. Sunday September 27th 2026 at the Moody Center. Doyle Bramhall is nearby and Eric Gale looks on in this frame. Kurt opened his set earlier in the evening with a jaw-dropping rendition of "Everybody Wants To Rule The World." An incredibly skilled guitarist, he delivers a melodic approach and harmonic style with his "custom-built 22 fret MIDI Pro."

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival-Keb Mo and Taj Mahal served up standing-ovation performances of "Rough Time Blues," "Hand It Over" and "Diving Duck Blues."

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival-Marcus King during his set Sunday September 27th 2026. King's style is described as "a high-octane blend of blues-rock soul, southern rock, and jazz improvisation." (Google) See more below. Marcus with a Les Paul behind a stack of Marshalls.

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival-Moody Center, Sunday September 27th 2026. Eric Clapton, with his touring band, opened the concluding set with "Badge." With his Stratocaster in hand, Eric gave an intentional pause before hitting what is an iconic lick in this Eric Clapton/George Harrison tune from 1969. He didn't call for it but the audience was singing along. He later sat down with his signature Martin delighting with an acoustic version of "Layla" infused too wi

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival 2026-Eric Clapton at the Moody Center Austin, Saturday evening September 26th 2026. For setlists, see https://www.setlist.fm For more about the Crossroads Guitar Festival see https://www.crossroadsguitarfestival.com See more images with Eric below. Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan and Eric. Buddy Guy, Jimmie Vaughan and Eric.

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival 2026-Saturday evening September 26th 2026 at the Moody Center. Above, this snapshot of Marcus King with the "bluegrass phenom Sierra Hull" and guitarist Drew Smithers. This trio was a highlight on Saturday, among their set was their rendition of the Eric Clapton classic "Bell Bottom Blues." Sierra's vocals and mandolin soared along with the amazing collaboration from Marcus King and Drew Smithers.

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival 2026. Buddy Guy joined Eric Clapton, Jimmie Vaughan, Nathan East and others in making a memorable set that included Damn Right I Got The Blues, Hoochie Coochie Man and Sweet Home Chicago. Saturday evening September 26th 2026 at the Moody Center. See more below. Buddy with Jimmie and Eric who are wondering "Where's he going?" at this moment.

Around Austin-Crossroads Guitar Festival 2026-Joe Banamassa with an acoustic rendition.

Around Austin-Crossroad's Guitar Festival 2026-Behind the scenes. Saturday evening September 26, 2026. See how the stage, audio and video are managed below. The stage rotates clockwise to allowing for quick transitions between artist presentations. Equipment being triaged for each group. Audio and Video acquistion and control.

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Around Portland Oregon-"The Oregon Elks Association commissioned this bronze piece...to pay tribute to the Elks Club 50 year support of the Children's Eye Clinic at Oregon Health and Sciences University." September 9th 2026. https://www.caswellsculpture.com

Around Austin-This Rolls Royce Coupe was spotted by RM2244.COM easing onto Texas RM 2244 Monday morning September 21st 2026.

Division I College Football-Even at a sub-marquee game, UTSA Vs. UT, the DKR Memorial "Stadium Experience" is compelling. The Jumbotron denotes TD making it 20-3 at the half for UT. Saturday evening September 18th 2026. See more below. The Longhorns enter the field to AC/DC's "Hells Bells" and pyrotechnics. Steve Sarkisian up front with #27 Wardell Mack (DB). Spelling out T E X A S fight. The Herd-kids run the field starting the pre-game ceremonies. Pre-Game Texas Longhor

Around Portland Oregon-Kids being guided from the Portland Museum of Art. See more images from the Park Avenue area, Wednesday September 9th 2026. Farmer's market. Roses still blooming.

Around Carmel Bay-From Asilomar, the clouds are tinged in moody orange tones. Smoke having drifted from Big Sur's Timber contributed to the dramatic Sunset, Thursday August 27th 2026.

Around Austin-Capital of Texas Quiltfest was held August 21-23, 2026 and will return in two years. The show of judged and non-judged entries is presented by Austin Area Quilt Guild. See https://www.aaqg.org for details on all their programs including Workshops, Retreats, Open Sew Day and Guild Meetings. On display were more than 325 entries, ranging in styles from traditional to modern. Don't miss this show in 2028 and connect with AAQG to join in quilting. Photographs

Around Austin-Places We Love-Culinary-Bulevar Mexican Kitchen. Thursday afternoon August 20th 2026. Image above ceiling lighting. According to Google AI these are "a cluster of sleek, mid-century modern Coltrane Pendant Lights by DelightFull..." Bulevar is located at 9400 Arboretum Boulevard, (512) 377-9877 https://www.bulevaratx.com See more images below. View from just left of the entrance 17:02 View of the kitchen and the opposite side of the three-sided bar. View just

Around Austin-Mural at DOBIE Twenty 21. Sunday August 9th 2026.

Around Austin-Old Murals modified by graffiti over time. At Lakeshore at Lady Bird Metropolitan Park. July 22nd 2026. See more below.

Around Austin-Above an image looking out from the Harry Ransom Center's (HRC) ground floor . The public ground floor of HRC houses: one of the remaining copies of the 500-year-old "Gutenberg Bible," head sculpture's of notable writers-see selected images below and rotating exhibits. The next exhibit "The Worlds of Gertrude Stein" opens August 15th 2026. See https://www.hrc.utexas.edu for details. HRC is "an archive, library, and museum at the University of Texas at Aust

Around Southern California-Fireworks viewed from the rooftop of the JW Marriott, Anaheim. Monday July 27th 2026. More images below.

Around Austin-MODERN: A Vietnamese American Festival continues this evening at the Asian American Resource Center. Tonight's program includes a "Intergenerational Vietnamese American fashion show featuring local and out-of-town designers and ATX-based models." The Asian American Resource Center is located at 8401 Cameron Road. Tickets can be purchased online through the Ticket Tailor Event Page.

Around Austin-Morning sky reflection on Town Lake at Lakeshore Park. Wednesday July 22nd 2026.

Around Austin-"Neighborthoods of Austin" map created by the "Soup Factory Gang" is available at ATown 5202 Burnet Road, 512-323-2533 or Online at https://www.keepatownweird.com

Around Austin-Morning drive from West to East Austin and back. Above along I-35 a glimpse of "I was born here, I was grown here" by Rex Hamilton. See the full 60 foot mural at https://www.rexsterlinghamiltonart.com More images below. Walking by "Industry Everyday Late Night" on East 6th. See https://www.eastside.industrytx.com "Floral Mural" by Helena on Navasota between East 5th and East 6th. See https://www.helenamartinart.com for details about Helena. On Navasota. Eas

Around Québec City-Sculptures. June 13th 2026. Above "Le Grand Bienvenue" by Nicole Tailon 1994. (Google AI). See a few more examples of the many sculptures throughout Québec City. "Une feuille dans la Main" (A Leaf in Hand) by Jules Lasalle L'Envol (Taking Flight) by Jules Lasalle "Les Muses" by D'Alfred Laliberte "Le Quatuor D'Airain" (The Bronze Quartet) by Lucienne Payan-Cornet On the Parliament grounds.

Around Austin-Juneteenth Parade-The amazing Austin All Star Marching Band and Spirit Team effused incredible joy for all. It was muggy but the band played on enthusiastically The drumline.