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Joy & Delight at Austin’s Historic Neill-Cochran House Museum

by Lisa Davis on April 4, 2019

Austin-based artist LuAnn Barrow’s paintings transport viewers into a world both impossible and seemingly only just out of reach. This exquisitely wrought world, that brings both the familiar and the exotic, is on display now...

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Five Minutes With CPPP’s Ann Beeson, Advocate for Social Change

by Lisa Davis on January 8, 2019

Ann Beeson is a social justice attorney who is recognized as one of the nation's top lawyers. As a native Texan, Ann Beeson develops innovative strategies that will advance social change in Texas. As the...

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Giving Tuesday: Housing a Homeless Austinite Just in Time for the Holidays

by Bebe Brown on November 26, 2018

Central Texas real estate agents are bringing some much-needed holiday cheer in the form of a new house and new way of living to a homeless Austinite. This fall, Carol Dochen, founder of Dochen Realtors, along...

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Preview of Bowen MusicFest + an Auction for a Good Cause

by Daniel Ramirez on June 1, 2018

Wade Bowen, a native of Central Texas, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of his musical gathering, known as Bowen MusicFest, this coming weekend at McLane Stadium in Waco, TX. Like other music festivals, the lineup...

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Star-Studded Gala: Mack, Jack and McConaughey Returns to Austin for 6th Year

by Britni Rachal on April 17, 2018

Matthew McConaughey playing on a bongo with the Dixie Chicks and Jack Ingram singing Miranda Lambert’s popular “Tinman” song. Those are two things you’d have seen if you made it out to this year’s Mack,...

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Black Fret Looks Beyond $1,000,000 in Grants with 2018 Nominees

by Bebe Brown on April 4, 2018

With over $1,000,000 in grants and payments to Austin musicians in just four years, local nonprofit Black Fret announced its fifth class of nominees during SXSW. The 2018 Black Fret nominees include A Giant Dog,...

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King Cake Pancakes: Celebrate International Pancake Day and Fat Tuesday while Giving Back to the Community

by Britni Rachal on February 11, 2018

Fluffy, sweet, chocolatey, savory, fruity and even sweet veggie tastes. That’s the best way to describe the variety of special pancakes that Snooze, an A.M. Eatery will offer for one day only on Tuesday, February 13....

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Five Minutes With Jim Eno | On Spoon, Black Fret & Supporting Musicians

by Deborah Hamilton-Lynne on December 8, 2017

The biggest obstacle to making music my career was the financial uncertainty of the music business. You may know Jim Eno as the drummer for Austin's favorite Indie Rock band, Spoon.  While the band has...

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Team Kristin Fund The Cure & Save Lives | November 17, Lost Creek Country Club, Austin

by Kate Ferris on October 24, 2017

If you were given the opportunity to help save 10 lives, would you do it? With the Peabody Fund’s Cancer Vaccine Project, you can. Launched by Kristin Peabody on August 17, the groundbreaking trial is...