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Andy Roddick on tennis, teaching and life in Austin
Retired tennis star Andy Roddick walks briskly through the casual West Austin eatery. A cap masks his searching eyes and sun-seared forehead. The best American male player of his generation — and one...
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The day in 1915 when Waller and Shoal creeks collided
On April 22, 1915, it rained hard in Austin. Shoal Creek rose rapidly, as did Waller Creek. Then age 7, Mrs. Gladys McCarty Shearer lived at 610 Wood Street. Now a small surface parking lot for the...
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Profile: American YouthWorks' Parc Smith
In rural Erath County, white townsmen in hoods once threatened Parc Smith’s grandfather. “They demanded: ‘Why are you employing a black man when there’s white men out of work,’” Smith, 41, recounts....
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Mack, Jack & McConaughey, Part 1
Big names. Big gifts. Big ideas. Mack, Jack & McConaughey had it all. And there’s more tonight. Nikki Burch and Andy Reese The first collaborative benefit from Longhorns coach Mack Brown, country...
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Mack, Jack & McConaughey Part 2 + Firehouse Hostel + Snorin' Dogs
The second night of the inaugural Mack, Jack and McConaughey was decidedly less frenetic than the first. The initial gala on Thursday packed the lower levels of ACL Live with celebrities, local,...
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Art City Austin, Waller Creek Pop-Up Picnic, A Day to Shine, Elizabeth Ann...
Art City Austin has shrunk considerably. The former Fiesta, which raises money for local museums, presented far few artists this year. Barely two blocks of downtown closed down for the brilliant April...
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Petcasso, Night of the Tarantula and Bogey Down
First, some advice for party planners: Finger food. Have some. Party people need sustenance. If you make everyone wait for the buffet or the sit-down meal, they get irritable. Humans are social...
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Toast of the Town, Gabbiano at Estilo and Cameron Silver in West Austin
“Texans don’t like back-shooters.” The surprise hit of the fourth Toast of the Town party this season was District Attorney Danny Buck. At a West Austin home with a spectacular view of the skyline,...
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Brack Lunch and UT Fashion Show
So much hope in the air. A cool blast came from the Brack Lunch at the Four Seasons. Another gust from the Erwin Center during the UT Fashion Show. Kenya Johnson and Mary Louise Adams at Brack Lunch...
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Red, Hot & Soul for Zach at Topfer Theatre and Bobbi Pavillion
The theme encompassed diamonds and pearls. Guests for Red, Hot & Soul took it seriously. Some applied rhinestones to their apparel for the Zach Theatre benefit. Others wore the real thing — in...
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Austin Music People Party at ACL Live
The annual Austin Music People party is still finding its sea legs, so to speak. The music, of course, booked for this music advocacy group’s benefit at ACL Live is top notch. The scales dropped from...
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Malicious But Delicious Dinner at Foreign & Domestic
Anyone who pays attention to the natural world knows about invasive species. These insidious plants and animals, often introduced accidentally, tend to out-compete native species and often dominate the...
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Access to Justice Dinner and Great Grown-Up Spelling Bee
The patio at the AT&T Center filled with dark suits and nice haircuts. Corporate lawyers. Pro bono advocates. A few judges and justices. The occasion was Texas Access To Justice Commission dinner....
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Snorin' Dogs: As if a taco and a hot dog had a baby
When Austinite Eric Neier returns to Tucson, he yearns for Sonoran hot dogs. “If somebody doesn’t bring some to the airport, then we are immediately headed to El Guero Canelo or BK’s,” Neier says....
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Report: Six More April Austin Parties
Notes on six Austin parties savored over the course of two days. Sandra Winston and Ursula Godfrey at Women of Distinction for Girl Scouts of Central Texas Recognized at Women of Distinction for Girl...
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Austin Food & Wine Festival + Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival
These days, financially blessed Austinites could easily drop $250 on a pair of coveted concert or show tickets. Or $750 apiece for a charity preview dinner at a buzzy new eatery. Or $1,500 for a...
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Lakeway at 50
When historian Lew Carlson was asked to update the chronicles of Lakeway, he balked. “I can’t write a history of a community that is 29 years younger than I am,” he thought. “That’s current events! My...
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Austin Babtist Women have helped raise $7 million through laughter
In 1986, the Austin chapter of the Texas Gay Rodeo Association hosted the group’s state meeting. Member Garry Holley was asked to arrange something to amuse the visitors. “We put on dresses and gray...
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Annie's List Lunch, Water to Thrive Chef's Table, iAct Hope Awards
Annie’s Listhttp://annieslist.com/ promotes progressive women candidates for public office in Texas. Over the years, they’ve invited the press to their benefit lunches.The speakers are always...
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Profile: Tommie Wyatt and 40 Years of The Villager
In the late 1960s, Austin leaders started getting serious about integration. “They wanted to hire minority-owned businesses,” Tommie Wyatt recalls. “But they’d say: ‘We don’t know where to find them.”...
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The big 1888 Austin party at the Capitol
Proportionally, Austin has never seen another party like it. Sure, hundreds of thousands of guests attend the city’s annual cultural festivals and sporting events. And at least once, Austin partied...
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Austin Fashion Week Noir, Perfectly Pink, Fashionably Pink, Wildflower Gala,...
Social tip: Listen. To others. To yourself. It cures most social ills. Melinda Perez, Krystal Lucero and Brittanie Duncan at Fashionably Pink Fashion Show At the Noir Fashion Show for Austin Fashion...
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Robert Godwin: Unintentional Social Historian
Robert Godwin reckons he has seen Austinities give away $3 billion. That’s because the photographer has documented Austin charity events since 1976. As his new book, “Austin Faces of Philanthropy,...
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Two openings: Austin School of Fashion Design and TopGolf Austin
Two openings. One small, one large. One of Austin, the other from elsewhere. Both on Burnet Road. And both predicated on the presence of celebrity. Li-Chin and Melissa Taylor Jenkins at Austin School...
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Out & About on the move
Soon, Out & About moves to a new Austin360.com URL. This will be my last entry at this URL. That move comes with a new, evolving look. Out & About posts going back to 2005 will still be...
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