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Where to get great stuffed cabbage in the Austin area
On a trip to the Round Rock Ikea recently — who isn't always on the hunt for a good convertible sofa? — I stopped by Galambos Family Hungarian Food, a trailer tucked into the nearby outlet mall.The big picture: Turns out the best stuffed cabbage in Central Texas is by the parking lot of a Calvin Klein discount store.A hefty, tomato-y, piping hot helping of the fall-apart cabbage, stuffed with beef and rice, topped off with a dollop of sour cream, is the star at this authentic, unpretentious joint.Also terrific: The homemade, chorizo-like sausage, made of ground pork shoulder. Thick,...
Where to get great stuffed cabbage in the Austin area
On a trip to the Round Rock Ikea recently — who isn't always on the hunt for a good convertible sofa? — I stopped by Galambos Family Hungarian Food, a trailer tucked into the nearby outlet mall.The big picture: Turns out the best stuffed cabbage in Central Texas is by the parking lot of a Calvin Klein discount store.A hefty, tomato-y, piping hot helping of the fall-apart cabbage, stuffed with beef and rice, topped off with a dollop of sour cream, is the star at this authentic, unpretentious joint.Also terrific: The homemade, chorizo-like sausage, made of ground pork shoulder. Thick,...
Austin awarded $1.12M to study I-35 divide
In an attempt to reverse the socioeconomic harm of planning decisions made decades ago, the federal government is doling out $1 billion — including more than $1.12 million to Austin — over five years to remove highways that divide communities.Yes, but: That's a modest sum compared to the billions the government is pumping into new highway expansion projects — looking at you, I-35 — that critics fear will repeat the same mistakes, writes Axios' Joann Muller.Why it matters: Highways and rail lines are supposed to help people get to where they want to go. Yet infrastructure can also be a...
AI dominates South by Southwest
As South by Southwest heads into its final weekend, it's clear that AI has taken over this year's conference and festivals.Catch up quick: AI — or artificial intelligence — has rapidly developed in recent years and has the power to transform everyday tasks.You've probably seen dozens of headlines on ChatGPT, a new generative AI system that lets users pose questions and give directions to a bot that can answer with conversation, sonnets, recipes and more.Yes, but: The rapid innovation of AI has raised concerns over how the technology could lead to greater discrimination or be used by malicious actors to...
AI dominates South by Southwest
As South by Southwest heads into its final weekend, it's clear that AI has taken over this year's conference and festivals.Catch up quick: AI — or artificial intelligence — has rapidly developed in recent years and has the power to transform everyday tasks.You've probably seen dozens of headlines on ChatGPT, a new generative AI system that lets users pose questions and give directions to a bot that can answer with conversation, sonnets, recipes and more.Yes, but: The rapid innovation of AI has raised concerns over how the technology could lead to greater discrimination or be used by malicious actors to...
What to do in Austin this weekend
There's plenty to do in Austin this weekend between SXSW, the recently rescheduled Luck Reunion and St. Patrick's Day.Catch free live music during the conclusion of SXSW's music festival:Brooklyn Bowl Family Reunion showcases music all day Friday and Saturday at Empire Control Room & Garage.South By San José concludes Saturday, with free music from Austin-based Sir Woman, The War and Treaty, Monophonics and more.The Honky Tonk Hangover Brunch at Hotel Vegas from 11am-2pm Saturday features Chasen Wayne and Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems.Listen to country singer-songwriter Margo Price's SXSW keynote Friday at 1pm in the Austin Convention...
What to do in Austin this weekend
There's plenty to do in Austin this weekend between SXSW, the recently rescheduled Luck Reunion and St. Patrick's Day.Catch free live music during the conclusion of SXSW's music festival:Brooklyn Bowl Family Reunion showcases music all day Friday and Saturday at Empire Control Room & Garage.South By San José concludes Saturday, with free music from Austin-based Sir Woman, The War and Treaty, Monophonics and more.The Honky Tonk Hangover Brunch at Hotel Vegas from 11am-2pm Saturday features Chasen Wayne and Gus Clark & The Least of His Problems.Listen to country singer-songwriter Margo Price's SXSW keynote Friday at 1pm in the Austin Convention...
New apartments in Austin are smaller than national average
Data: RentCafe analysis of Yardi Matrix data; Note: Analysis includes U.S. metro areas (defined by Yardi Matrix market boundaries) with the most apartments located in multi-family buildings of 50 units or more; Map: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosNew apartments in the Austin area are getting smaller as other Texas cities, like Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, see their average square footage increase.Why it matters: Apartment sizes are shrinking nationally, a reversal in the rental market that saw units get bigger during the early part of the work-from-home era.By the numbers: The average size of a newer Austin apartment is 884 square feet, 0.3%...
New apartments in Austin are smaller than national average
Data: RentCafe analysis of Yardi Matrix data; Note: Analysis includes U.S. metro areas (defined by Yardi Matrix market boundaries) with the most apartments located in multi-family buildings of 50 units or more; Map: Kavya Beheraj/AxiosNew apartments in the Austin area are getting smaller as other Texas cities, like Houston, Dallas and San Antonio, see their average square footage increase.Why it matters: Apartment sizes are shrinking nationally, a reversal in the rental market that saw units get bigger during the early part of the work-from-home era.By the numbers: The average size of a newer Austin apartment is 884 square feet, 0.3%...
What to do on day seven of SXSW
Here's what to do on Thursday at SXSW:🤠 Listen to a conversation about the future of streaming and country music, a sector of the industry that's been ruled by radio and touring revenue. Panel begins at 11:30am at the Austin Convention Center, room 18CD.🪩 Groove to Remi Wolf, who will conclude today's Rolling Stone Future of Music showcase live at the Moody Theater. Music starts at 7pm, and the event prioritizes badge holders.🎵 Find free music at South By San José through Sunday. Set times are announced daily on Hotel San Jose's Instagram stories.SXSW's free community concerts also kick off today with live music from 3-7pm. Due to inclement weather, the shows have been moved from Lady Bird Lake to Ballroom A of the Austin Convention Center.🎬 Catch a screening of "Tetris," the story of video game salesman Henk Rogers and his discovery of the now classic puzzle game in 1988. Show starts at 5:15pm at Alamo Lamar E.
Q&A: ATX Women in Web3 founder Megan Murray
Artificial intelligence may be the new, shiny object of South by Southwest, but there's still plenty of buzz around the Web3 movement.Catch up quick: Web3 is an attempt by developers and investors to build the third generation of the internet, this time on a foundation of cryptocurrency and blockchain tech, Axios' Scott Rosenberg writes.Cryptocurrency enthusiasts and their venture-capitalist backers — all mostly men — have raised tens of billions of dollars to build it.By the numbers: A recent report from BCG X, the tech build and design unit of Boston Consulting Group, found that only 13% of Web3 founding teams...
Our SXSW day six picks
It's Wednesday at SXSW. Here are our picks:🎶 Start your morning at the first day of KUTX Live at Scholz Garten, with performances from Jane Leo, Baby Rose, The Heavy Heavy, Son Rompe Pera and XXX. It runs from 7-11am, and a $10 admission fee gets you into the show and unlimited coffee.🎨 Listen to a discussion about "The Decentralization of Art as We Know It" at 10am in the Austin Convention Center, room 10AB.🎬 Watch a screening of "I Used to be Funny" starring Rachel Sennott, who plays the role of an aspiring stand-up comedian struggling with PTSD as she decides whether to search for a missing teenage girl she used to babysit. Show begins at 11am in the Rollins Theatre at the Long Center.🎤 Catch a keynote by New Order, the band that formed after the 1980 death of Joy Division's Ian Curtis. Their conversation begins at 1pm at the Austin Convention Center, ballroom D, and is available to stream online.🎸 End your night at C-Boy's Heart & Soul's SoCo Stomp, a five-day music showcase that kicks off Wednesday.
Our SXSW day six picks
It's Wednesday at SXSW. Here are our picks:🎶 Start your morning at the first day of KUTX Live at Scholz Garten, with performances from Jane Leo, Baby Rose, The Heavy Heavy, Son Rompe Pera and XXX. It runs from 7-11am, and a $10 admission fee gets you into the show and unlimited coffee.🎨 Listen to a discussion about "The Decentralization of Art as We Know It" at 10am in the Austin Convention Center, room 10AB.🎬 Watch a screening of "I Used to be Funny" starring Rachel Sennott, who plays the role of an aspiring stand-up comedian struggling with PTSD as she decides whether to search for a missing teenage girl she used to babysit. Show begins at 11am in the Rollins Theatre at the Long Center.🎤 Catch a keynote by New Order, the band that formed after the 1980 death of Joy Division's Ian Curtis. Their conversation begins at 1pm at the Austin Convention Center, ballroom D, and is available to stream online.🎸 End your night at C-Boy's Heart & Soul's SoCo Stomp, a five-day music showcase that kicks off Wednesday.Get more local stories in your inbox with Axios Austin.
Austin light rail might not reach airport
Transit officials are now considering scratching a plan to link a new light-rail line to the airport as part of an effort to rein in the ballooning costs of the city's transit expansion effort.Why it matters: It's the latest sign that the voter-approved plan to more effectively connect Austin together may not be fully realized.What's happening: Of five Project Connect light-rail options presented in transit briefing material earlier this month to city staff and obtained by Axios, only one appears to make it to the airport — with another two terminating near the intersection of Riverside and Texas 71.The final...
Austin light rail might not reach airport
Transit officials are now considering scratching a plan to link a new light-rail line to the airport as part of an effort to rein in the ballooning costs of the city's transit expansion effort.Why it matters: It's the latest sign that the voter-approved plan to more effectively connect Austin together may not be fully realized.What's happening: Of five Project Connect light-rail options presented in transit briefing material earlier this month to city staff and obtained by Axios, only one appears to make it to the airport — with another two terminating near the intersection of Riverside and Texas 71.The final...
SXSW's Silicon Valley Bank mass group therapy session
Despite SXSW's sunny, hot opening weekend, a Silicon Valley Bank-sized shadow hung over over the conference's tech and venture capital sessions. Why it matters: At times, after news of the bank's foundering broke, it felt like a mass group therapy session.What's happening: On stage, in the middle of their panels, startup executives and investors stared at their devices, and anxious questions about the bank's collapse cropped up in Q&As.Reign Ventures announced it was canceling its SXSW events because of the bank's failure. Executives dropped out of their scheduled in-person meetings to take private calls and manage the crisis. Catch up...
SXSW's Silicon Valley Bank mass group therapy session
Despite SXSW's sunny, hot opening weekend, a Silicon Valley Bank-sized shadow hung over over the conference's tech and venture capital sessions. Why it matters: At times, after news of the bank's foundering broke, it felt like a mass group therapy session.What's happening: On stage, in the middle of their panels, startup executives and investors stared at their devices, and anxious questions about the bank's collapse cropped up in Q&As.Reign Ventures announced it was canceling its SXSW events because of the bank's failure. Executives dropped out of their scheduled in-person meetings to take private calls and manage the crisis. Catch up...
What to see and do on SXSW's Day 4
We've rounded up the panels, activations and parties we're eyeing for day four:⚕️ Nick Jonas — yes, that Nick Jonas — is talking about the burden of diabetes at 10am in the Austin Convention Center Ballroom D.🩺 Understand the concept of "weathering" and how it contributes to poor health outcomes for Black mothers, who are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white or Hispanic women, at 10am in the Austin Convention Center, room 6AB.💾 Explore how AI technology can be applied to music and may open the door to ethical and creative criticism at 11:30am in the...
What to see and do on SXSW's Day 4
We've rounded up the panels, activations and parties we're eyeing for day four:⚕️ Nick Jonas — yes, that Nick Jonas — is talking about the burden of diabetes at 10am in the Austin Convention Center Ballroom D.🩺 Understand the concept of "weathering" and how it contributes to poor health outcomes for Black mothers, who are three times more likely to die in childbirth than white or Hispanic women, at 10am in the Austin Convention Center, room 6AB.💾 Explore how AI technology can be applied to music and may open the door to ethical and creative criticism at 11:30am in the...
Texas poised to exempt tampons from state sales tax
Data: Alliance for Period Supplies; Note: Includes legislation that went into effect in January 2023; Map: Madison Dong/Axios VisualsAn unusual alignment of political interests means Texas is closer than ever before to exempting tampons and pads from sales tax.Driving the news: State Rep. Donna Howard, an Austin Democrat, laid out a bill this week before the House Ways and Means Committee that would exempt from sales tax menstrual products — as well as diapers, wipes, baby bottles, pregnancy clothes and breast-milk pumping products.Howard and other members — from both parties — have made similar proposals in several legislative sessions running...
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