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"...that ensure their suffering is a source of transformative teaching – and rarely a cause of defeat. Have you..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Column by Rob Brezsny

On Holy Ground With The Green Knight

David Lowery on the weight of carrying a mythic legacy

"...the degree to which people dedicated their lives to teaching it, it's something that, all of a sudden, I..."

July 31, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Tribeca Film Festival Review: Ascension

Life getting ground up in China's consumer culture

"...navigate this new “fan economy,” there are training seminars teaching you how to expand your reach in order to..."

June 24, 2021 Screens Post by Josh Kupecki

Overlooked, Overheard Lets Us Hear the Sound of the City's Money Being Spent

Composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen geo-tagged sites in the Govalle and Highland neighborhoods where local government's been at work

"...speaker and audio player) – why would an arts-loving, music-teaching, poetry-promoting fellow like Laustsen decide that the bureaucratic dispersal..."

June 11, 2021 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Texas Lege Sends Message to Schools: Take the Money, Don't Talk About Race

Public schools retain their funding, but with culture-war strings attached

"...said HB 3979 is anathema to her approach to teaching, which includes discussing identity, the political process, and activism..."

June 4, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

The Past Is not the Past

"...truth from our kids by legislating the continuation of teaching this delusion about our country in our schools. And..."

May 30, 2021 Postmarks

Far From Respectable: Dave Hickey and His Art

In this new book, the iconoclastic art critic gets the respect he deserves

"...the spiritual homeland of Las Vegas, for a tenured teaching gig at UNLV...."

May 28, 2021 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell

"Very Queer and Very Hip-Hop”: ATX Interfaces Cuts the Crap With Community-Based Art Programming

Through open mics, artist showcases, a zine, and more, the arts org seeks to amplify marginalized voices

"...activist, and zine contributor Murphy Anne Carter. Her experience teaching creative writing and poetry at the Travis County Correctional..."

May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Laiken Neumann

Paris Without Her: A Memoir

In his latest book, the Austin author walks through the City of Light to find a new life after his wife's death

"...shared." He finds some relief from his grief in teaching at the University of Texas and working at the..."

May 21, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Report: APD Should Use Force More Carefully

Current orders do not even define what constitutes "resistance"

"...of outcome. It also recommends devoting more time to teaching de-escalation strategies at the police academy; requiring supervising officers..."

May 21, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Opportunity to Reimagine Public Safety Is Here Right Now. Will Austin Take It?

“We want everything that can be done outside of the police, to be done outside of the police.”

"...task force had wanted time to change the academy's teaching materials and restructure its leadership before it reopened and..."

April 30, 2021 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

The Austin School of Fiber Arts Wants You

Because Lynne Brotman just can’t, ah, weave well enough alone?

"...Also on the School’s teaching agenda is batik master Gasali Adeyemo, born in Nigeria..."

April 8, 2021 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Embroiderists Build Community Stitch by Stitch

Local interest in fiber arts is growing rapidly as people find stitching is a way to calm nerves, find friends, and make political statements during the pandemic

"...to have a massive impact?' I know that in teaching people how to do this I see them change...."

April 9, 2021 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

Small Change at APD

An interim chief and a blueprint for academy reform

"...and about $600,000 for instruction (paid as overtime to teaching officers), but nothing for recruiting, as the 144th class..."

March 26, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

As Crises Abound, AISD Plans for Fewer Teachers

Board considers dire financial projections, falling enrollment, charter competition, and a struggling special ed program

"...of AISD's staffing formula that could eliminate nearly 250 teaching positions...."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Conspirare's Quarantine Madrigals Creates a Choir of One

This new song cycle gives isolated singers music to build a choir with – a choir of just themselves

"...also contains resources including scores, piano tracks, and a teaching guide for high school choirs. Esmail and Fogerson are..."

March 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

We Have an Issue: And The Award for “Loosiest-Goosiest Award Show Reimagining” Goes To ...

"...Arts Editor Robert Faires interviews choreographer Gesel Mason about teaching her students to be okay with being vulnerable in..."

March 5, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

Riders Against the Storm Hit Their Stride With Flowers for the Living

Three-time winners of the Austin Music Awards' Band of the Year honors keep building community and creativity

"...in American civilization (honors) and a master's degree in teaching. He met his partner afterward, in pursuit of a..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Music Feature by Derek Udensi

We Have an Issue: Don’t Let Them Get Away With It

It's time to reckon with how our state government failed us – and if it was by design

"...Raoul Hernandez discovered Derek Udensi during his first semester teaching music journalism at UT back in 2018, and Derek..."

Feb. 26, 2021 Column by Kimberley Jones

AISD’s Special Education System Struggles to Keep Up

School system tries to keep up with its workload and comply with legal mandates

"...supports – such as speech therapy, counseling, or extra teaching time – they need. Without evaluations, students can't enter..."

Feb. 26, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

Lege Takes Direct Aim at Austin Abortion Aid

"...Massa­chu­setts PP affiliate; the district instead wrote its new teaching plan from scratch...."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Manley Makes His Exit

Police chief's 30-year career at APD will end March 28

"...by them or change training and policy. If you're teaching that behavior, then you need to back them up..."

Feb. 19, 2021 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Legislators Take Direct Aim at Austin’s Support for Abortion

Bills target city's funding of logistical assistance

"...Massachusetts PP affiliate; the district instead wrote its new teaching plan from scratch...."

Feb. 12, 2021 News Post by Mary Tuma

"The Art of the Hollywood Backdrop" Provides a Close-up on Cinema's Scenic Paintings

The exhibition of 12 vintage backdrops painted for MGM films reveals their techniques for creating grand illusions

"...to UT. Since then, she's been using them as teaching tools, schooling her students in techniques that made audiences..."

Feb. 12, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Are We All Ghosts in the Machine?

Rodney Ascher explores simulation theory in A Glitch in the Matrix

"...of authority because they have this degree, and are teaching at such-and-such university...."

Feb. 10, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

In an Austin Tea Room, the Japanese Way of Tea Is Taught Over Zoom

How Linda Mosley passes along centuries-old tradition during the pandemic

"...is Mosley's teacher, Dr. Sheila Fling, who has been teaching the ceremony for nearly three decades. With a keen..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Food Feature by Shane Pfender

The Swallowed Man

The Austin author's rich and strange take on Pinocchio has Geppetto tell the story from the belly of the giant fish

"...takes responsibility for it, keeping it in his home, teaching it to be human, and giving it a name..."

Feb. 5, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Opinion: Dr. Jill Biden Earned the Title – and the Right to Determine Her Identity

For professional women whose expertise is so often questioned by men, "Dr." is an essential distinction

"...area. Our titles reinforce the very reasons we are teaching them...."

Jan. 1, 2021 Column by Christine Julien

AISD Weighs Keeping Campuses Open After Winter Break

Between a rock and a hard place

"...would then only receive credit for half of the teaching time. To make up for it, AISD would need..."

Jan. 1, 2021 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

COVID at AISD: Union Lodges Grievances as District Plays Hardball

Education Austin files over 100 grievances on behalf of teachers denied accommodations for spring semester

"...After receiving an accommodation this fall, Dragoo spent time teaching virtually from a hospital and a heart failure clinic...."

Dec. 25, 2020 News Feature by Clara Ence Morse

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