SXSW Volunteers Trade Time for Pricey Festival Passes
Each Spring, Austin welcomes the international community of artists and industry professionals by hosting one of the biggest music, film, and interactive festivals in the world–South By Southwest (SXSW). Even with a year-round staff committed to building and delivering the conference and festival, there is simply not enough manpower to go around. With about [...]
AISD faces unprecedented growth in Spanish-speaking students
As a state, Texas is facing a unique challenge when it comes to education. The size, growth rate, and makeup of the state’s population is “out of step with the rest of the country”. Texas is seeing triple the growth in the number of school children versus the rest of the country.
Travis, specifically, is one [...]
A Sharp Dressed Man: 5 Basic Elements
How do you define a sharp or well-dressed man? By the attention he draws from others? By the amount of money he spends on his “gear”, as some men like to refer to their attire.
The simple fact of the matter is that a well-dressed man is not made or created by others. A [...]
The Souvenir Menu: Chez Nous
The downturn in the US economy had finally reached my plate. About a year ago, give or take, I started to notice a bad trend. I was eating a lot of mediocre meals. The places I was going to weren’t really changing, but the quality of what was being offered [...]
Fitness with Román González: Parkour Austin
After seeing the preview for the upcoming movie District 13: Ultimatum, I couldn’t help but think about how amazing the stunts looked and found myself wondering what the training would be like. The “stunts” are from a discipline called parkour, in which a person goes from one point to another in the most efficient way [...]
S21: Khmer Rouge Killing Machine is eye-opening
Ten years in the making, a documentary showing at the Sundance Festival explores the inner workings of the Cambodian regime through hundreds of hours of interviews with the Khmer Rouge regime’s number two.
“Enemies of the People,” in competition at the independent film festival held in Park City in the mountains of Utah, is the product [...]
Maya tomb find could help explain collapse of ancient civilization
TONINA, Mexico – Mexican archaeologists have found an 1,100-year-old tomb from the twilight of the Maya civilization that they hope may shed light on what happened to the once-glorious culture.
Archaeologist Juan Yadeun said the tomb, and ceramics from another culture found in it, may reveal who occupied the Maya site of Tonina in southern Chiapas [...]
Single in Austin: Hello Austin!
I am a twenty-five-year-old Puerto Rican/combat veteran/student/photographer/ divorced single/curvy girl-trying-to-fit-in-a-skinny-jeans-world living in Austin. I have been here for three years now and I absolutely love this place! The people, the dog-friendly atmosphere, the food, the music, the arts, the nightlife, and the long-haired boys. I have been single on and off for the last three [...]
The state of our Union is sad
A friend of mine told me how disgusted she is with her efforts to bring something decent to the people of her hometown, only to be rejected and talked about in unsavory ways. She lamented that her husband has backed her in this effort and now she feels bad because there is, in her opinion, [...]
From the Publisher: The big deal with Avatar
If you live on this planet, then you know of Avatar, right?
You know, the little independent film, by the one-hit wonder James Cameron.
The fact of the matter is that this movie is breaking all the records. By the way, if you do want to see the movie there is no spoiler alert here.
Nothing about the [...]
