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Jessi Cape
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Jessi Cape is a native Texan and dedicated bibliophile who writes primarily about food, film, and books. Her focus is often sustainability, women and children, and literacy.
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Evelyn Ngugi Makes the Internet a Better Place
A beacon of light on the dark side of the web
Screens Feature, Jun. 15, 2017
Top 10 Evelyn From the Internets Moments
From Beyoncé to Buzzfeed
Screens Feature, Jun. 15, 2017
Oak Springs Arson
The Austin Fire Department estimates $20,000 in damages to the school's playground
News Feature, May. 4, 2017
Austin Food + Wine Festival: Saturday Recap
Tacos, toast, and Tyson (Cole)
Food Daily, May. 1, 2017 4:25 PM
Easy Ways to Save the Planet
How to take saving the Earth into your own hands
Features Feature, Apr. 20, 2017
Turn Your Yard Into a Wildlife Habitat
Preserving the environment by letting your lawn go wild
Features Feature, Apr. 20, 2017
The 2017 Indie Meme Film Fest
Bringing in the best of South Asian films
Screens Feature, Apr. 13, 2017
Inheritance
A death, a funeral, and much family drama
Screens Feature, Mar. 16, 2017
SXSW Film Review: Served Like a Girl
Thank you for your service, now figure it out alone
Screens Daily, Mar. 14, 2017 1:35 PM
SXSW Film Review: Inheritance
A death, a funeral, and much family drama
SXSW Daily, Mar. 13, 2017 12:15 AM
SXSW Film Review: Pornocracy
The economy (and the price) of free porn
SXSW Daily, Mar. 12, 2017 11:40 PM
SXSW Film Review: Maineland
From sea to shining sea: Chinese teens tackle American boarding school
SXSW Daily, Mar. 12, 2017 1:37 AM
Beware La Barracuda
A murder ballad comes to life in this Austin thriller
Screens Feature, Mar. 9, 2017
The Relationtrip Is Weird in All the Right Places
High-speed romance kicks love into overdrive
Screens Feature, Mar. 9, 2017
A Roadmap Out of Poverty
"Curing poverty from the child up"
News Feature, Mar. 2, 2017
This Year’s Banff Lineup
A plethora of thrills and chills
Screens Feature, Feb. 23, 2017
Linklater’s Before Trilogy comes to Criterion
Love, dreams, and destiny
Screens Feature, Feb. 23, 2017
Amanda Eyre Ward's Maternal Turn
In The Nearness of You, novelist Amanda Eyre Ward writes about her most important topic yet: motherhood
Arts Feature, Feb. 16, 2017
Book Review: The Nearness of You
by Amanda Eyre Ward
Arts Feature, Feb. 16, 2017
“Taste of Black Austin” Explores Cultural Foodways
New photography exhibit showcases Austin’s African-American chefs
Food Feature, Jan. 26, 2017
Jessi Cape's Top Reads of 2016
Memoirs of activism and tales of suspense helped ground this reader during a roller-coaster year
Arts Feature, Dec. 29, 2016
Gift Guide 2016: Holiday Grab Bag
by Richard M. Isackes and Karen L. Maness
Screens Feature, Dec. 15, 2016
Wild Things, Wild Places: Adventurous Tales of Wildlife and Conservation on Planet Earth
Part memoir, part call to action, Alexander's book makes an effective case for caring for our world
Arts Feature, Nov. 3, 2016
Austin Film Festival Review: The Big Spoon
Love lost and found in this bittersweet local feature
Screens Daily, Oct. 18, 2016 1:00 PM
The Buzz on Local Bees
A swarm of local activity seeks to protect pollinators
Food Feature, Oct. 13, 2016
Louisiana Kreutz's Quaker Oaths
How a running joke turned into a quirky comedy
Screens Feature, Oct. 13, 2016
SXSW Eco: A Better Death Through Recomposition
Urban Death Project wants your last act to be giving back to the Earth
News Feature, Oct. 6, 2016
Q&A: Gloria Steinem
Activist icon is the 2016 Liz Carpenter Series Lecturer on Wednesday
Arts Daily, Sep. 12, 2016 12:35 PM
Everybody's Talkin' aGLIFF
Austin's favorite LGBTQ fest returns
Screens Feature, Sep. 8, 2016
Amy Gentry on Good as Gone
This Austin author didn't set out to make her first novel a thriller, but now that it's out, she's good with that
Arts Feature, Jul. 21, 2016
Good as Gone: A Novel of Suspense
Amy Gentry's page-turning thriller is set apart by its realistic and empathetic portrayal of abuse victims and their families
Arts Feature, Jul. 21, 2016
Smart Growth
Logro Farms brings sustainable mushrooms to Austin
Food Feature, Jun. 30, 2016
Getaways Far, Far Away
Summer reading recommendations that will take you out of this world
Arts Feature, Jun. 16, 2016
Dirty Dancing
Paramount Summer Classic Film Series goes large
Screens Feature, May. 19, 2016
Purple Rain
Screens Feature, May. 19, 2016
Heroes on the Half Shell
The oyster is Austin's world
Food Feature, May. 5, 2016
Letting Voices Be Heard
Cine Las Americas programming is all about access
Screens Feature, Apr. 28, 2016
Dream Makers
Indie Meme Film Festival spotlights South Asian films
Screens Feature, Apr. 14, 2016
A Song for All
Doc Presenting Princess Shaw looks at connectivity in the modern age
Screens Feature, Mar. 17, 2016
SXSW Interactive: Androids and Future Life
The future is here, and it looks a whole lot like a human
