Covering the Limelight in ATX

The soulful voice of three-time Grammy Award winner Jill Scott captivated the crowd at ACL - Live at the Moody Theater on August 15, 2015, when she stopped in Austin as part of her 25 city summer tour. Miss Scott is on tour in support of her 5th studio album, Woman , which debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 chart for the week of August 15. Scott first made her mark on the music scene 15 years ago with her debut album Who Is Jill Scott? Words and Sounds Vol.1. Her 2011 release, The Light Of The Sun, also reached #1 status. The reigning R and B queen performed for over an hour and a half, thrilling the sell-out crowd with tracks from some of her earlier albums in her "incredible 15-year journey" as well as tracks from Woman . Selections included "Gimme", "A Long Walk," "Closure," "Crown Royal," "He Loves Me," "Fool's Gold" and "Whatever" to name a few. Jill Scott's timeless...

The city of Austin, Texas is known to many around the world for its citizens' efforts in striving to maintain a certain level of "uniqueness" in our everyday lives and the world surrounding us. Austinites enjoy throwing festive parties to celebrate anything, including a fictitious donkey's birthday: Eeyore's Birthday Party. Each June, we host 40,000 or more motorcycle enthusiasts for three-days of music, attractions, and craziness: The Republic of Texas Biker Rally. We even have a special day set aside where thousands of people gather to just laugh at each other's silliness: The O'Henry Pun-Off. So what could be more fitting for our city than an evening spent under the stars, laughing at two Grammy-award winning comedians as they tell jokes about cannabis and grooving to some classic R and B music performed by incredibly talented musicians. The comedy duo of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, known simply as Cheech and Chong, rolled in...