In February, Mayor Steve Adler introduced the Austin Music and Creative Ecosystem Omnibus Resolution, directing City Manager Marc Ott to examine the feasibility of a broad range ideas to address what he has called “a crisis” in Austin’s music and creative industries. Since then, the resolution has wound its way through various city departments and […]

In 2014, the City of Austin adopted a 10-1 system of geographic representation for electing City Council members with the hope that residents would be more fairly represented. An expectation of the new system was that it would “improve representativeness and responsiveness of city government.” Neither of those goals, however, seemed to have been reached, […]

Last week we caught up with David “Shek” Vega, the San Antonio artist and owner of buzzed about Gravelmouth Gallery who serves as curator’s for this year’s Young Latino Artists exhibit at Mexic-Arte Museum. (Article by Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin) Vega titled the exhibt “Amexican@” — that @ symbol a key to defining the 11 […]

Austin now has a major international art prize that elevates the city to a new status in the global art world. (Article by Jeanne Claire Van Ryzin) The Contemporary Austin announced Thursday that it will be host to the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize, a $100,000 unrestricted biennial award given to an artist of any […]

It’s a fake french fry holiday today, so I compiled a list of 10 of my favorite french fries, listed alphabetically, in Austin. With a few snubs thrown in at the end. What are your favorites? (Article by Matthew Odam) 1. Black Star Co-Op Massive wedges of tender potatoes with skin that breaks to reveal […]

Street, the new pan-Asian concept from Austin food legend Ronald Cheng, is now open at 3407 Greystone Dr. (downstairs from Chinatown). The menu will feature dishes inspired by Cheng’s travels including sriracha chicken wings, jellyfish salad, sushi, and a collection of “on a stick” items. The decor will be a travelogue too, featuring a custom […]

When Austin residents voted to require fingerprint background checks for all ride-hail drivers in May, Uber and Lyft did just as they warned people they would do: They left. (Article by Johana Bhuiyan) It was an outcome few wanted and even fewer believed would actually happen, one that stranded approximately 10,000 drivers as well as […]

AUSTIN, TX – MORGAN, a leader in upscale multifamily development, construction and property management, has opened its latest Pearl luxury apartment community. Situated in southwest Austin at Rialto and Southwest Parkway, Pearl Lantana contains 444 units with one, two and three bedrooms that range from 660-1576 square feet. (Article by MultiFamilyBiz.com) “From its location along […]

An array of highly toxic chemicals leaching from a Houston area Superfund site has residents on edge after health officials issued a warning to avoid drinking their tap water. Harris County Public Health sent letters to a number of residents warning that harmful chemicals, including dioxins, may have contaminated residents’ well water. Dioxons are extremely […]

Ah, Austin, the Live Music Capital of the World. There’s no shortage of places to go to catch a show; bands even play under bridges if they have to. And the city has a long heritage of music history, from all genres. The city’s relationship with country music is especially storied. Austin has played host […]

“That’s the thing, the way music is thought or written about now, is so much different,” explains Ben Webster, who goes under the DJ sobriquet Butcher Bear, as he takes indecisive drags off a half-lit cigarette. “When I was 13, I would go to [defunct Drag record emporium] Sound Exchange for hardcore records, or whatever. […]

Scientists have determined the physical limits of invisibility and it’s not looking very good for Bilbo Baggins.   (Article by Jordan Collver) What power would you rather have: flight or invisibility? It’s a question most of us have asked or been asked at some point. People used to think that flight was an unattainable fantasy, but […]

Astronomers Aaron Smith and Volker Bromm of The University of Texas at Austin, working with Avi Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, have discovered evidence for an unusual kind of black hole born extremely early in the universe. They showed that a recently discovered unusual source of intense radiation is likely powered by a […]

The Austin City Council could soon put teeth into its fingerprinting requirementfor drivers with ride-hailing services. (Article by Ben Wear) A proposed ordinance, in something less than straightforward fashion, would penalize ride-hailing companies that don’t get a certain percentage of their drivers fingerprinted by making the companies pay the city an additional 1 percent of […]

Uber and Lyft’s May departure left a wake that still ripples across Austin today. Dealt a huge, public loss, the Austin tech community faced questions and criticism from across the country. Investors lost faith, visitors were astounded and the companies and people that built a vibrant and booming tech ecosystem looked up and wondered what […]