Hispanic Chamber, Doggett, Acevedo host Celebrando awards

Over 900 of Central Texas’ most influential leaders are expected to share in the culmination of another successful year for the Greater Austin Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (GAHCC) at their 37th annual signature event, Celebrando Austin.

Congressman Lloyd Doggett and Police Chief Art Acevedo will serve as honorary co-chairs of the March 6 event at the Hilton Austin Downtown Hotel. According to Andy Martinez, President and CEO of GAHCC, the event will “celebrate …

Comedian Doug Benson coming to Austin

The hardest working stoner in show business is coming to Austin and he has promised to keep it weird. Comedian Doug Benson is the star of Super High Me, a spoof of Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me, which opened at SXSW in 2008.

He has also appeared in NBC’s Last Comic Standing, is a character on The Sarah Silverman Program, and he’s a regular on VH1’s Best Week Ever.

Benson also has a podcast called I Love Movies and posted over 60 tweets during …

What’s ‘SUP ATX?

It might have been slightly chilly out, with temperatures in the 50’s, but that didn’t stop me from trying stand up paddle surfing (SUP) on Lady Bird Lake this weekend. I had a lot of fun when I tried it while I was living in Hawaii and I had a desperate need to be on a board again.

SUP ATX (Stand Up Paddle Austin, Texas), conceived by Nick Matzorkis in 2008 and launched …

Former NBA star Jayson Williams gets five-year sentence in shooting

Former New Jersey Nets star Jayson Williams was sentenced to five years in prison Tuesday for the fatal shooting of his limo driver in 2002. Williams tearfully apologized to the family of Costas “Gus” Christofi during his sentencing hearing Tuesday morning.

“There’s not a day I wake up and I don’t feel sorry for what I did to Mr. Christofi,” Williams said.

He pleaded guilty last month to aggravated assault in the 2002 shooting death of …