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SXSW 1: Texas Film Hall of Fame
The Texas Film Hall of Fame ceremony, the unofficial kickoff to South by Southwest, might be the best of Austin’s many awards shows. At least it was this year. Staged in a labyrinth of buildings and...
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SXSW 2: A quiet start
Hazy rain and diffuse crowds dampened the first day of South by Southwest 2013. A steady drizzle fell from late morning to early afternoon Friday, leaving some guests of SXSW Film and Interactive wet...
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SXSW 3: A parade of parties
“There are way more parties and other exhibitors this year than last,” comments Austin magazine editor Deborah Hamilton-Lynne on Facebook. “Or is it just me?” It’s not just you, Deborah. Trust me. It...
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SXSW 4: Rachel Maddow
photo by Deborah Cannon/American-Statesman MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow, asked if she ever considered running for president: “President of what? I’m not even president of my own house. No.” Dressed in a...
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SXSW 5: Dewey Awards
Few things about South by Southwest are more heartwarming than the Dewey Awards. Simeon Oriko and Natalie Madeira Cofield Named after the late digital activist and SXSW Interactive co-founder, Dewey...
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SXSW 6: Livestrong's Doug Ulman
Where would the Livestrong Foundation be without Doug Ulman? I don’t want to think about it. While his friend and mentor Lance Armstrong plunges in popular opinion, Ulman keeps the cancer charity open,...
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SXSW 7: More parties, trade show and a global view
I hope that everyone I’ve met at SXSW either stays put in Austin or moves here. Jolyn Janis, Jay Galvan and Leslie Langee That’s heretical thinking in the land of “Enjoy your stay, but don’t even think...
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SXSW 8: Forbes 30 Under 30 Party
It was a party slipped from the pages of a luxury magazine. John Paul DeJoria, Eloise DeJoria and Shaquille O’Neal Start with the setting for the Forbes 30 Under 30 affair. A house by Lake Austin....
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SXSW 9: Cirque du Soleil, Divine Fits, Social Revolucion and more
I don’t know what it says about South by Southwest — or me — that the visceral highlight of the week so far was Cirque du Soleil. Didn’t see that coming. Didn’t even aim to attend at ACL Live. The...
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SXSW 10: Austin Music Awards
Despite persistent rumors of Prince, Johnny Depp, Justin Timberlake and Robert Plant, there were no big surprise guests at the Austin Music Awards last night. But the very long, gassy, graying, boozy...
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SXSW 11: Refuge from the mayhem on the Capitol grounds
Anahita Tajmaher curled up on the cool grass of the State Capitol grounds. “We just wanted some open space,” said the New Yorker in town for South by Southwest. “I came here two years ago. Not too many...
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SXSW 12: Free Friday
In some ways, South by Southwest invented modern Austin. It brought people back downtown. It opened up all the near-town neighborhoods. It created the impression that our sidewalks are regularly...
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The Mystery of the Bargsley Family Plot solved
The voice on the recorded message came through slow and steady. “My name is James S. Bargsley,” the voice informs me. “I’m 88. That was my family in your story about the 1922 tornado.” I hold my...
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Rodeo Austin 2013: The 100X Lounge
“I try to get fired but keep getting promoted.” So says Don Mabry. He’s one of countless volunteers for Rodeo Austin. He and his cohort, Brad Blaine, are charged for 16 days each year with the 100X...
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Profile: George Cofer of Hill Country Conservancy
In 1961, when George Cofer and his friends from West Lake Hills entered the halls of what was then O. Henry Junior High on West 10th Street, they ran smack into an Austin version of culture shock....
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March Party Parade
This week, we played: “Who is the most interesting person at this party?” Christy and Ed Kargbo Sometimes, it was a stranger. At other times, a known factor. At the Red Cross Luminaria pre-party high...
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Profile: Project Runway's Daniel Esquivel
Shortly into Daniel Esquivel’s first year at Austin’s Crockett High School, he dropped out. The future fashion designer couldn’t take the bullying for being Hispanic and gay. Yet he made the most of...
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Not your everyday wedding
The bride wore a pale green and rosy orange summer dress. The groom tucked his long, dark braid behind a silky yarmulke. His utility kilt looked perfectly at ease as the free-spirited couple exchanged...
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Profile: Betty Staehr: From Homeless to Helper
In 2001, Betty Staehr got married for a second time. To the habitually ebullient Ausinite, it felt like a fairy tale come true. Husband. Job. Car. House on the lake. Sailboat. “Shortly after that,...
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Austin Recovery Luncheon with Earl Campbell
There he sat. Grinning. At ease with his age and time. And the story of his recovery. Which is a champion tale told by a champion. On a couch to his left on the ACL Live stage were Earl Campbell’s sons...
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