Council Members To Back Abortion Support Budget Measure

Garza, Casar plan support for $100K in abortion assistance

"...In response to the growing hostility toward abortion rights – nationally, statewide,..."

Aug. 15, 2019 News Post by Mary Tuma

Shelf Life Support

As libraries struggle with slashed budgets, communities are asked to take up the slack. Melanie Haupt reports.

"...few that are aware, there are unsung heroes working to staunch the cash hemorrhage that threatens the livelihood of..."

July 18, 2003 Books Feature by Melanie Haupt

From Second Street to Carruth

AISD and city relations improving with concrete results

"...At her campaign launch, mayoral hopeful Brigid Shea lit into incumbent Mayor Lee Leffingwell for not doing enough to..."

Feb. 9, 2012 News Post by Richard Whittaker

MyFreeCams Review With Answers To Your Burning Questions About This Cam Site

A First-Hand Account Of This Popular Cam Site

"...around for what seems like forever! So, I have to say that I was a bit amused, surprised even,..."

Nov. 9, 2021 Ads Post

Building a Path to Literacy

Educators and nonprofits work to close the achievement gap in Dove Springs

"...most complex subjects, no single label will ever suffice to describe Dove Springs, the Southeast Austin neighborhood where I..."

April 8, 2016 News Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

Five Exhibitors Not to Miss at the SXSW Creative Industries Expo

Make a beeline for these booths on the last day of the expo

"...overwhelming as your eyes drift across the room attempting to figure out where to start...."

March 16, 2022 SXSW Post by Ikram Mohamed

LeVar Burton Brings 'Reading Rainbow' to the Smaller Small Screen

On the app, the digital divide, and the future of hardcovers

"...is back – but it's on a smaller screen. Actor and education activist LeVar Burton hosted the PBS show..."

July 27, 2012 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Why We Listen to What They Say

"...years now, starting as a geeky idealist and evolving into a perceptive cultural critic with an international reputation. Earlier..."

April 23, 1999 Screens Feature by Jon Lebkowsky

Vinyl Saved My Life Tonight: Record Stores Deliver in a Crisis

Local media emporiums maintain online shipping during C-19 lockdown

"...already begun hoarding earlier in the week: Waterloo Records, Antone’s Records, Half Price Books. When I walked into Breakaway..."

March 24, 2020 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

AFS Hires Production Veteran to Run Austin Studios

Community media expert Martin Jones to oversee new era

"...studio management veteran Martin Jones will be the new director of Austin Studios, the society's production facility in East..."

Dec. 4, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin's Active Shelf Life

Can Our Public Library Keep Up the Pace?

"...we need it, shrug when its funding gets deferred to the cops and tax breaks, and then castigate it..."

Sept. 20, 1996 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Elementary, My Dear Dramatist

Third graders' tales come alive on the Paramount stage

"...History may have denied us the opportunity to see what..."

Dec. 19, 2012 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Culture Flash!

The Long Center's new leader arrives, Ballet Austin's old leaders stay, and the Paramount and State's literacy program scores

"...Apparently, the Long Center's hunt for a new executive director covered not only the nation but the whole continent,..."

July 22, 2011 Arts Column by Robert Faires

No Film Left Behind

'Variety' critic Joe Leydon's program for cinema literacy

"...list of the greatest movies ever made. There are too many books like that. You don't need mine," says..."

Oct. 22, 2004 Screens Feature by Spencer Parsons

Carolyn Cohagan's Time Zero

With her new YA novel and her program Girls With Pens, the Austin author promotes literacy as girl power

"...her passion for empowering middle-grade girls. The Austin writer, actor, and former stand-up comedian, who was imagining a near-future..."

May 20, 2016 Arts Feature by Michael Berry

Connecting a Whole Community

Austin and Google Fiber move to bridge the digital divide

"...one of the more than 30 affiliated sites around town, it's their first time online...."

Jan. 23, 2015 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Turk Pipkin's Book of the Every Other Month Club

When you subscribe to this service, you get six volumes, Kenya gets three libraries

"...Pipkin is not one for small projects – the actor-writer-philanthropist has taken on interviewing Nobel laureates for documentaries, founding..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

A Starring Role: Interview with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Our man Brenner talks with the famed astrophysicist, because science.

"...Neil deGrasse Tyson, the celebrated astrophysicist, the director of the Hayden Planetarium, the subject of a thousand..."

Nov. 26, 2013 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Green Movement

KRS-One and Hakim Green bring the Stop the Violence Movement to Austin

"...Doug E. Fresh, and other all-stars in the booth to cut “Self Destruction,” hip-hop’s classic anti-violence anthem. The posse..."

Jan. 21, 2009 Music Post by Thomas Fawcett

ARPA Grants Help Austin Public Library Bridge Digital Divide

Council approves $450K for accessibility and outreach programs

"...in grant money from the American Rescue Plan Act to the Austin Public Library system's new public outreach and..."

Dec. 10, 2021 News Feature by Lina Fisher

SXSWedu Recap

Education tech finds new ways to reach kids

"...up time, energy, and budgets, it may seem naive to suggest that schools should put more emphasis on traditional..."

March 11, 2016 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Art Interrupted

Laura Dunn's The Seer is an anti-screens screen

"...in a now-famous essay, "Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer," in 1987, and he hasn't budged...."

March 11, 2016 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

Blood Brothers

Bringing James Welch's novel of Native life, 'Winter in the Blood,' to the screen

"...of Montana, he avoided writing about home, thinking it too bleak a topic, until his adviser, the poet Richard..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Screens Feature by Paul Stekler

Dog Years

Austin's version of the Band – the Gourds – steps into those brown shoes almost literally with Old Mad Joy

"...In 17 years together, the Gourds have fielded everything the greater music business..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

8 Austin Education Opportunities for Adult Learners

Get your GED, find your passion, take a class, or just nerd out for a night

"...It’s officially back-to-school season – and not just for the Gen Zers..."

Aug. 24, 2019 News Post by Alexandra Currie-Buckner

Where Does Margo Price Get Off?

Willie, Billy, Loretta, and Nashville’s crossover queen

"...Price, 34, who dropped out of college and moved to Music City when she was 20, embodies all the..."

Jan. 25, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Knickers in a Knot

By way of introduction, please welcome new GP blogger, Julie Gillis.

"...I'm Julie and I'm thrilled to be a new blogger here at the Gay Place!..."

Sept. 29, 2010 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

Those Who Can, Teach

AISD Music Directors William Dick & Elizabeth Brady

"...It is most musicians' dream to stand in front of thousands of concert-goers, sonorously playing..."

July 26, 1996 Arts Feature by Ken Hunt

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Pho on the coast, statuesque women in Dallas; June is time to hit the road

"...still have a good time as we get back to a new normal...."

June 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Eco Wrap

“Nature doesn’t need people, People need nature”

"...SXSW Director of Technology Scott Wilcox opened the conference by introducing..."

Oct. 9, 2014 News Post by Jessi Cape

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