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Mayor Kirk Watson slows timing for climate bond election
City Council members have been taking sides on the City Council Message Board over competing timelines for a climate bond election, and on Wednesday the proposal for a longer lead-up was left standing. The back-and-forth on the message board – the city platform Council members use to communicate with one...
Music Commission considers space, funding options for Texas Music Museum
The Music Commission plans to ask the city to provide emergency storage space and funding for the Texas Music Museum, which is facing overcrowding at its East Austin location and the possible loss of gratis storage space in an Austin Police Department warehouse. At Monday’s meeting, commissioners heard a presentation...
More animals must leave the shelter before Austin Animal Center will accept them again
The Austin Animal Center has stopped accepting any more animals until further notice. Jason Garza, deputy chief animal services officer, said the shelter has so many dogs and cats that it’s overcapacity. As of Tuesday, there were 683 animals on site, including about 300 medium to large dogs. The shelter has only 252 dog kennels.
Crosstalk: Arts Grants Open, KOKE-FM DJs Change Stations, and More Austin Culture News
The Texas Touring Roster has unveiled its 2024-2026 list of artists. Organized by the Texas Commission on the Arts, the roster connects statewide nonprofits with artists of all disciplines – including music, visual art, dance, theatre, storytelling, literary art, and folk art – who are willing to perform at organization events. Through grants, the TCA helps nonprofits pay those on the roster for performances. Of the 139 artists approved for the two-year program, participating Austinites include musical acts Asleep at the Wheel, Mobley, Jimmie Vaughan, Grupo Fantasma, the Peterson Brothers, and Ruthie Foster; author KB Brookins; the Conspirare choir; and Ballet Austin.
On This Day in 1985, The Highwaymen Take the Stage for the First Time at Willie Nelson’s Fourth of July Picnic
On this day (July 4) in 1985, The Highwaymen made their first appearance onstage. Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson, Waylon Jennings, and Johnny Cash took the stage at Nelson’s annual Fourth of July Picnic in Austin, Texas. Nelson, Jennings, Cash, and Kristofferson were all cornerstones of the Outlaw Country movement....
Caleb de Casper, Money Chicha, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week
To be honest, I’m having a hard time remembering when I first came across the leather-clad grandeur that is Chris Conde. It very well may have been a shout-out from another Austin legend, Mama Duke, at one of the first shows I ever attended with her as the headliner. It might have been a passing fancy that crossed my desk in the shape of a rapping metal-cased butterfly (#IYKYK). What I do know is that when I heard their acoustic version of Nineties Freaknik hood classic “Freak Like Me” by queen Adina Howard, I was irrevocably in love. It’s quite fitting that this NB shibari darlin’ will take the Little Darlin’ stage to ring in the nation’s near Semiquincentennial. The Notorious F.A.G. comes home after being away for a few years, and shares the spotlight with “Austin’s prevailing rock and roll glamour boy,” Caleb De Casper. – Cy White.
A Beloved Texas-Based Cinema Abruptly Closed 6 Theatres, Files Bankruptcy
After losing a reported $1 million in '23, a beloved Austin-based movie theater, known for serving up special amenities has had to close five locations across Texas and one in Minnesota. Alamo Drafthouse brought something new and exciting to movie viewing, with its recliner seating, full restaurant-style menu, and delicious...
Former Alabama commit Myles Johnson would be the perfect addition to Texas’ D-Line
On Wednesday afternoon, three-star linebacker Myles Johnson decommitted from the Alabama Crimson Tide. The prospect from the class of 2025 committed to the Tide in November of 2023 and is now reportedly leaning toward the Florida Gators. While Johnson isn’t a five-star athlete coming out of high school, the linebacker...
Kirk Bohls' final On Second Thought podcast
Bohls worked for the Austin American-Statesman for 51 years. He has taken a position with the Houston Chronicle. Golden will continue to produce the On Second Thought podcast. This week, former Statesman columnist Kirk Bohls and longtime colleague Cedric Golden appear on their last On Second Thought podcast together after 340 episodes spanning eight years.
Surprising Vortex Uncovered – Supercomputers Reveal Hidden Secrets of Solar Technology
Simulations on the TACC Frontera and Lonestar6 supercomputers uncover topological vortices in polaron quasiparticles. In the past decade, metal-halide perovskites have rapidly progressed as a semiconductor, surpassing silicon in their ability to convert light into electric current since their initial discovery. Simulations on TACC’s Frontera and Lonestar6 supercomputers have revealed...
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