Co-Op Conversions "Best Bet for Cultural Preservation"

Local businesses find strength in cooperation

"...are some financial institutions aimed at funding the cooperative economy, this is really where cities can make a difference..."

May 14, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Duty Free

Around the world in 77 years in this tale of new ambition in old age

"...workplace, financial insecurity in the age of the gig economy and last, but certainly not least, a son’s love..."

May 7, 2021 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Faster Than Sound – The Music Relief Magic Number: $20 Million

Music Makes Austin budget proposal warns full-capacity touring won't return until 2022

"...Both request over $20 million to support Austin's music economy from the federal American Rescue Plan and General Fund...."

April 30, 2021 Music Column by Rachel Rascoe

Young People Power Texas Climate Plan

House Democrats package 41 bills to protect the environment

"...of this knee-jerk belief that you're [either] for the economy or for the environment," says Hino­jo­sa. "In fact, if..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

Wildcat

The War on Terror adds a torture porn sheen

"...Not reviewed at press time. Inside the global economy of kidnapping, as a journalist (Campbell) is abductedby generic..."

April 23, 2021 Movie Review

Texas Climate Plan Hopes to Reduce Texas’ Carbon Emissions

Plan would also regulate the state's fossil fuel industry

"...focus on energy production: "Texas Jobs for a Chang­ing Economy" includes job training investments to support a transition to..."

April 16, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

The Staycationer: Hotel ZaZa Austin

Your Close-to-Home Guide to Getting Away

"...manifest a change of scenery while stimulating the local economy...."

April 14, 2021 Food Post by Veronica Meewes

SXSW Film Review: Through the Plexi-Glass: Last Days at the San José

Liz Lambert's self-portrait of Austin's complex gentrification

"...of Austin at a certain moment, but of the economy and culture of the weekly and monthly hotels that..."

March 23, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pete Buttigieg Is Thinking Big

Transportation secretary considers climate change in SXSW keynote

"...the biggest thing we can do to get our economy on the right track,” he said...."

March 18, 2021 SXSW Post by Benton Graham

Farmhouse Delivery Brings the Best of Local Restaurants to Your Home

Take part in Project Takeout

"...far and has a beneficial impact to our local economy. Farmhouse plans to keep on working with restaurant partners..."

March 19, 2021 Food Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Council Recap: A Not-Just-Symbolic Promise to Lift Up Black Austin

Apologies and remedies for a long legacy of oppression

"...from the city’s founding in 1839, when the local economy depended on slave labor, through today as disparities between..."

March 5, 2021 News Post by Austin Sanders

Opinion: We Need to Prioritize Our Service Workers

Olamaie Executive Chef Michael Fojtasek: "The way to ensure the health and livelihoods of service industry people is through vaccination"

"...for them, for us all? It would move our economy in the right direction. The service industry has been..."

March 5, 2021 Column by Michael Fojtasek

Abbott Lifts COVID Rules: Will a Surge Follow?

Governor's move seen as premature, reckless by local leaders, businesses

"...for the good of both public health and the economy. "If you are concerned about our local businesses, then..."

March 5, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Trans Crowdfund Live Brings Laughs, Art, and Gender-Affirming Care Support

Virtual show fundraises to support BIPOC trans Austinites

"...“We're boosting queer economy, in the sense that all performers and producers of..."

March 3, 2021 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Buttigieg Back for SXSW, Plus Kenan Thompson and More

New speaker list adds keynotes and notables to virtual conference

"...net-zero. For others, the tools for creating a sustainable economy already exist. It’s simply a matter of changing behaviour..."

Feb. 24, 2021 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Lapsis

Bleak but funny look at life at the low end of the high-tech gig economy

"...Noah Hutton's savage take on how the gig economy grinds us down and keeps us down through constant..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

SXSW Online to Feature Stacey Abrams and N. K. Jemisin in Conversation

James Cameron, Ted Lasso team, Bill Hader also announced

"...follows two crime syndicates jockeying to control an alternate economy of exploitation and graft while fighting for a piece..."

Feb. 11, 2021 SXSW Post by Kimberley Jones

Sundance Review: Hive

Kosovan drama takes the slow path to freedom for women

"...businesses in Kosovo (a rarity in the heavily regulated economy of the former Yugoslavia until the 1980s), and at..."

Feb. 2, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Austin Staycationer: The LINE Hotel

Your close-to-home guide to getting away

"...manifest a change of scenery while stimulating the local economy. Here, in this inaugural edition of our new series,..."

Jan. 29, 2021 Food Feature by Veronica Meewes

Austin Makes Moviemaker's List of Best Places for Filmmakers

But where in the rankings did it land?

"...So how does a city without a major studio..."

Jan. 26, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Qmmunity: Embrace Austin Seeks to Build Bridges Between Queer People and Queer Initiatives

Qmmunity members organize to launch new LGBTQIA coalition

"...queer people and queer initiatives, and boost Austin's queer economy, co-founders KB Brookins and AJ Majd told me. Specifically,..."

Jan. 22, 2021 Column by Beth Sullivan

At Dell Med, Fauci on What Comes Next: “A Serious Look” at Pandemic Preparedness

In virtual speech, coronavirus top doc offers "a serious look" at pandemic preparedness

"...the extraordinary impact this outbreak has had on our economy, to the tune of trillions of dollars," said Fauci...."

Jan. 22, 2021 News Feature by Beth Sullivan

Texas Moving Image Industry Incentive Program Could Be a Lifeline for the State Economy

From script to screen to jobs

"...there, that we can bring much-needed money to the economy as well as jobs." [inset-1-right]..."

Jan. 15, 2021 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Top 10 Festival Films of 2020 You Haven't Seen Yet

The best of the fests from Austin and beyond

"...important here is the merciless takedown of the gig economy, with Imperial perfect as a man out of his..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: That’s What We Do

Earth has pretty much always been a shitshow

"...economic growth? Unlikely. The scruffy grackles of this dormant economy are going to come home to roost. Hard times..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Column by The Luv Doc

New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week

What we’re listening to

"...as a small business getting slammed by the pandemic economy. Sounding like a scrappy Jonathan Richman, the deep-singing Smith..."

Dec. 25, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

Austin at Large: Carnival of the MAGAnimals

Baroque, sugar-soaked fantasies, fueled by copaganda, litter our streets

"...some turbulence trying to relaunch that segment of our economy post-pandemic, let alone more bourgeois endeavors like, I dunno,..."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

SXSW Reveals First Speakers for 2021 Fest

Climate, cannabis, and creativity featured in initial drop

"...crisis), The Rebirth of Business (capitalism and the global economy), Transforming the Entertainment Landscape (metamorphoses in the music, film,..."

Dec. 15, 2020 Events Post by Kimberley Jones

Other Worlds Goes to Infinity ... Well, Next Sunday

Fest adds a whole week for virtual screenings, plus awards

"...Lapsis, with its subtle look at the dystopian gig economy, and bleak, cunning, layered crime flick The Oak Room...."

Dec. 9, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Mayor

Santas, sewers, and park benches: A very different look at everyday life in Ramallah

"...little college town, a historic city with a burgeoning economy and fun nightlife. Hadid is the guy who spends..."

Dec. 4, 2020 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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