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SafePlace Celebration at Hilton Austin
At first blush, Dan Rather seemed an odd choice for guest speaker at the SafePlace Celebration. Of course whatever the longtime newsman and sometime Austinite said was bound to be intriguing. But what...
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Glitz for OutYouth at a Rob Roy home
The goals of a benefit party are to raise money and, at the same time, to raise a little heck. Not too much. Dignity to the end, my dears. Kevin and Alteza Ahart Glitz meets both goals. The second...
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Final Umlauf Estate Sale at Russell Collection
Nudes cluster on West Sixth Street. Nudes embracing. Warmly. These smooth sculptures are part of the Umlauf family estate sale that opened Friday at the Russell Collection gallery. Almost 300...
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Epic Evening for Texas Freedom Network at Hyatt Regency Austin
It’s amazing how much one can learn during one quick tour of a hotel lobby. Right before the Epic Evening for Texas Freedom Network, I made the rounds. Aaron Gellhous told me about working for power...
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Seton Gala at the Four Seasons Hotel
The Seton gala is like none other. Virtually no program. Leisurely pace. Lavish time to spend with fellow guests. Beth Lacerda and Cindy Pekowsky I took advantage of that on Sunday. In the lobby, I...
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Profile: Alisa Weldon and Lynn Yeldell of L Style G Style
You see them everywhere. Their pert bobs and flip smiles show up in all the papers. Surely Lynn Yeldell and Alisa Weldon are Austin’s most visible lesbian couple. And yet, what do we really know about...
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GirlStart Luncheon at AT&T Center
Once upon a time, benefit luncheons appealed exclusively to women of leisure. They wore hats. They munched on salads, light entrees and an array of desserts. They might watch a fashion show or hear...
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Harvey Penick Awards for Caritas at the Four Seasons Hotel
In some circles, the Harvey Penick Award is considered Austin’s highest honor. It has gone to Austinites of impeccable integrity. All of them have achieved indelible success while giving back to the...
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Real Magazine: Lakeway Profile
My profile of Lakeway appears in the November issue of Real magazine. Here’s a taste: Lakeway ain’t what it used to be. Then again, no other Central Texas neighborhood is. This small city west of...
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Confessions of an Evolving Longhorn Supporter
Someone recently accused me of being a Longhorn supporter. Guilty as charged. I also support the Bobcats, Hilltoppers, Tornados and other Central Texas college teams. Ditto for the Austin Toros, Round...
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Audience Plays One Word for 'Ragtime' at the Topfer Theatre
The audience roared and roared and roared its approval of “Ragtime” on opening night. It’s rare to hear such pure joy in an Austin theater. But what did they think of Zach’s new Topfer Theatre and its...
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Profile: Boudoir Queen Dawn Younger-Smith
Dawn Younger-Smith lives in a place apart. On a quiet, shady street in the Victorian district of Smithville, the clothing designer resides with rock guitarist Mark Younger-Smith in a maze-like 1891...
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Reviving the Fannie Davis Gazebo on Lady Bird Lake
Sunshine sparkled through the three revived fountains. A forgiving wind blew through the jagged overhangs that define the octagonal structure that sits behind a kidney-shaped pond. Lovers of the...
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Real Magazine: November Look Ahead
One and only one event defines Austin this November: Formula One. Not only is the U.S. Grand Prix and attendant festivities (Nov. 16-18, Circuit of the Americas near Elroy and other locations) expected...
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Reports on Austin's Confederate forts galvanize readers
A recent column about three virtually forgotten Confederate forts in Austin ignited the imagination of readers. Some had actually spent time inside the ruins of former Fort Magruder at South Congress...
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Profile: Promoter Matt Swinney
Event developer Matt Swinney had no intention of promoting modernism. Yet all of a sudden, the founder of Austin Fashion Week, Austin Restaurant Week and Launch787 is among the nation’s most prolific...
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Pressing the social pause button
At some point, one must press “pause.” Georgia Johnson and Etta Ferguson attend Harlem Nights for Links at Renaissance Austin Hotel These days in Austin, fall and spring ripple with social events....
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Downtown during Formula One
Planners expect more than 300,000 people to congregate downtown during the United States Grand Prix less than two weeks from now. Meanwhile, more than 100,000 are expected to watch the races at the...
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'Grace Jones of Salado'
“Was it really possible that Grace Jones was showing and selling haute couture out of a rock bunker in the middle of nowhere? A rock bunker with its own landing strip?” Questions like these bedevil...
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Book Review: "The Gershwins and Me"
Michael Feinstein is obsessed. At least the cabaret singer’s paired manias — composer George Gershwin and lyricist Ira Gershwin — are worthwhile. Since youth, Feinstein has collected recordings,...
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