Flying High
How did Stephen Skaggs from Adrian, Texas (pop. 200), end up becoming president of Austin Lyric Opera’s board of trustees?
Maybe it was that first...
Summer Sipping in Three Easy Steps
The Texas summer is a thing to be taken seriously, in case you haven’t noticed. Days, sometimes weeks, of triple-digit temperatures march on relentlessly....
An Apple a Day
Ask Dr. Carol Meissner about some of the more interesting patients she’s seen in her time as a mobile veterinarian, and she can immediately...
Have an Indoor Picnic!
With more than 300 days of sunshine per year in the Capitol City, outside’s where it’s at. Lucky for us, there are a ton...
Allen Chen, Editor-in-Chief of Austinist
How does one fulfill the left side of the brain, which governs logic and reasoning, along with the right side, which controls aesthetic and...
Marques Harper, style writer and columnist for the AustinAmerican-Statesman.
Marques Harper is in the business of telling stories. And please, don’t worry that he might be judging your clothes, because he’s not.
This newspaperman,...
SomeONE Not SomeBODY
The media is powerful. i learned this lesson during my first job out of college as a staffer for a state legislator. The media’s power...
Water Sports!
Summer’s here! All exercise between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. is going to feel best if it’s inside the air conditioning...
Profits and Pitfalls of Self-Employment
Subcontractor Sole Proprietor Contract Worker Independent Contractor
It does not matter what you call it. All these terms refer to self-employed individuals who earn a...
Center Stage
“You seem like the type of person who would get things done.” Those words launched Ann Ciccolella’s career in the arts. Ciccolella, now the...
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