The Debate Over How and Whether to Jail Kids in Austin Is Just Getting Started

Travis County proposes a new facility to hold kids accused of crimes

"...years of confinement and started the nonprofit Tomorrow’s Promise Foundation, which mentors at-risk youth, virtually all of them people..."

Jan. 26, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

All About the Kids

"...an article you recently published about the Ricky Williams Foundation [“Ricky Williams 'Accesses Consciousness' at AISD,” News, Aug. 3]...."

Aug. 2, 2012 Postmarks

The State of the Ricky Williams Foundation

Williams remains on the creative edge in retirement

"...getting their message out regarding what the Ricky Williams Foundation is doing, we thought it may be best for..."

July 23, 2012 Sports Post by Alex Dunlap

How to Get Your Kids Through College

Once students enter the 'pipeline,' can educational plumbers stop the leaks?

"...oil is being burnt over how to get more kids into college. Austin ISD is knee-deep in a high..."

Feb. 4, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

The Kids Stay in the Pictures

When the Cinemaker Co-op and the Center for Young Cinema combined to make the Motion Media Arts Center, at least one thing stayed the same: the importance of kids

"...a home-burned compilation DVD of movies created by the kids over at the Center for Young Cinema, which merged..."

June 25, 2004 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

A Whole New Ball Game

Stakeholders say Colorado River Park can serve a lot of different needs.

"...face of booming development. In turn, the Austin Parks Foundation, a local nonprofit group that has been raising money..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Feature by Dan Oko

Young Entrepreneurs “Dream Like a Teen”

Teach them well and let them lead the way

"...Whole Kids Foundation's Tristana Pirkl hosted "Best of Austin" winner..."

Oct. 9, 2020 Food Feature by Katherine McNevins

Snapshot: Give Bees a Chance Dinner at Emmer & Rye

Good food for a great cause

"...– one of five nationwide fundraiser meals organized by Whole Foods' Whole Kids Foundation, which funds grants for gardens..."

June 8, 2018 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall

Culinary Networker Extraordinaire

Cooking with a message: community, diversity, ambition

"...The high school also received a grant from the Whole Kids Foundation to expand the garden and has applied..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Food Feature

Cool App Alert: Awesome Eats

Austin-made app lets kids play with their food

"...but I also have a way to keep my kids entertained when we’re on a long drive or when..."

June 27, 2012 Food Post by Melanie Haupt

Food-O-File

A roundup of this week's food news

"...it. Weber-Gale has joined forces with PACT Apparel, the Whole Kids Foundation, and Indiegogo to raise funds to help..."

Feb. 22, 2013 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Every Day of Your Life

Remembering Sims Ellison, and profiling the SIMS Foundation

"...by that, the SIMS (Services Invested in Musicians' Support) Foundation incorporated just over two months after Ellison's death...."

July 7, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

It's Noon. Do You Know What Your Children Are Eating?

Fernando Saralegui is in 'Papi's Kitchen' trying to help kids with healthy habits

"...suppliers. He realized how engaged they were in the whole process and how these people had become part of..."

June 9, 2006 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Monster House

This animated tale of a carnivorous, haunted house and the band of neighborhood kids who decide to put it out of commission feels maddeningly unfinished.

"...a carnivorous, haunted house and the band of neighborhood kids who decide to put it out of commission feels..."

July 21, 2006 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

One Last Thing …

A 16-year-old with terminal cancer just wants to have sex before dying in this sweet, if overly earnest feature.

"...and that’s what he tells the United Wish Givers Foundation, and that’s what he plans to say during their..."

May 5, 2006 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sillakh Wants To Change the Way You Look at Boxing

And save his sport in the process

"...sport as brain-damaged and violence-prone, and you see the whole charade as just a half-step removed from watching prison..."

April 26, 2012 Sports Post by Kenny Pailes

Suicide Is No Solution

The S.I.M.S. Foundation

"...Pariah breaking up, but Sims being gone is a whole different issue... because that's really forever."..."

June 28, 1996 Music Feature by Andy Langer

TPPF, Jim DeMint, Milton Friedman, and Me

Lunch and school choice with unholy free market triumvirate

"...look a lot like Wednesday morning's Texas Public Policy Foundation gathering, as the movers and shakers of the conservative..."

March 31, 2013 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Changing Course

AISD shifts to community-based model for prepping younger kids for college

"...hear. Nobody on her campus is to be called kids, or boys and girls, or even students. From now..."

Sept. 9, 2011 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

What's So Special?

Gov. Perry calls a special session, and pits property taxes against schoolchildren

"...a string of "whereases" devoted to "education [as] the foundation for the economic and cultural future of the state..."

April 23, 2004 News Column by Michael King

Luv Doc: Prohibition

God help the affable, chubby, slow kids with thick glasses

"...order – and God help the affable, chubby, slow kids with thick glasses...."

Oct. 21, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

Nora Guthrie: Tourniquet in Cheek

More music history with SXSW Music panelist Nora Guthrie

"...America's most valuable resources: the Woody Guthrie songbook. As foundation director of his archives, she’s collected, researched, and promoted..."

Feb. 29, 2012 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Face Off Recap: Bad For Your Gums

Candy-coated nightmares as the contestants suffer sweet dreams

"...been a couple of weeks since we had a foundation challenge on Face Off, and I kind of miss..."

Feb. 10, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Luv Doc Recommends: Beer 101

Whole Foods Market Downtown, Sunday, September 9, 2007

"...messed up monkey. It was like H.A. was saying, “Kids, you got to get yourself some of this shit!”..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Column by The Luv Doc

Last Chance for This Round of Affordable Care Act Open Enrollment

Sign up now for one of the few things Trump hasn't destroyed

"...It’s true, kids; despite all the stupid and nasty things Agent Orange..."

Dec. 13, 2019 News Post by Mike Clark-Madison

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...members of the official Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation board agreed to a sit-down together in the offices..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Changing Places

The new Pickle Elementary School is a crucible of the changing St. Johns neighborhood

"...of concrete and glass cannot alone provide a solid foundation for St. Johns' children -- that takes hearts and..."

Feb. 7, 2003 News Feature by Michael May

Elgin Agrarian Community Promises Co-op Living on the Blackland Prairie

“It’s like an urban twist on traditional farming.”

"...the glasses are drained, there's time to sign the kids up for whittling and canning classes and take a..."

Sept. 16, 2016 News Feature by Robyn Ross

One Big Gay Happy Family?

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...members of the official Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation board agreed to sit down together in the offices..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

Steve Van Zandt’s Soulfire

Springsteen henchman and Sopranos boss hits the road and classrooms

"...I wasn’t going to be able to write a whole new album. It was going to take awhile to..."

May 24, 2018 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

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