April 30, 2012 7:07 am by: Rebecca McInroy

Hello Wheels/ Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon/ KUT
Every now and then we check out a band that instantly elevates the soul, and the Austin stomp-folk quartet Hello Wheels is one such ensemble with this power. We caught them warming up just before a gig at the Scoot Inn and we're still clapping our hands and kickin' up our heels....
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Started nearly a decade ago as an underground festival funded mostly by organizer Ron Berry's credit card, Austin's Fusebox Festival has grown into an arts fest behemoth. In this, its eighth year, Fusebox will span twelve days and fifteen venues, and will feature artists from around the world. The fest has certainly grown in scope and in size, but it's remained true to its core concept: presenting and talking about modern art in its myriad forms. There will be dance, film, food, music, art pieces and performances that are a little harder to categorize, and plenty of discussion between local and international artists and art fans.
One of the many performances that will take place during the festival is An Evening with William Shatner Asterisk, which stars not the legendary... » read more
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Eleven years ago a small group of like-minded gear-heads, artists and musicians gathered on a football field in central Austin to share their passion for Hot Rods and Custom cars. Today the Lonestar Rod and Kustom Roundup is a full-fledged event featuring vintage cars, rockabilly music and...
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The month of March 2012 came in like a lion and went out like a lion for us here at
Storyboard and thank goodness that somewhere in the mix we had a chance to get out and about
Around Town to take in some of the wonderfulness with our brand spankin’ new multimedia producer,...
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Friends Kurt Kaiser and Travis Sandoval were two of the Austinites who sat down together in the Airstream while it was in town. They talked about their families, about Kurt's Mormon upbringing, and about coming out to their parents. The conversation presented here begins with Kurt asking Travis...
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Kate and Mike Voth were married in 2008, when she was 22 and he was 24. Their marriage has been, in part, defined by Kate's ongoing battle with cancer; she was diagnosed just a few months before their wedding. Despite this challenge, however, they're planning to celebrate their 75th wedding...
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Helen Wahlgren celebrated her 94th birthday earlier this month, but before that, she sat down in the StoryCorps mobile booth to share some memories with her daughter, Cheryl Wahlgren, and her granddaughter, Julie Sokol. Helen told stories about her sister Anna, about growing up in New York, about...
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Today's StoryCorps interview features Michael Wynn and his wife Liza Kalamaha-Wynn. The Wynns met while they were in the Army Reserves together, at which point Liza was Michael's sergeant. That was many years ago; they've now been married for over two decades and have five children together,...
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Over the weekend Austinites had a chance to check out what the cluck was up with the urban chicken coops around town during the 4th annual Funky Chicken Coop Tour. For the forth year in a row Austin-area poultry keepers open their backyards to show off chickens and chicken coops....
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Hundreds of spectators turned out on a humid Thursday morning to celebrate the unveiling of the newest bronze sculpture on the Capitol grounds. The Tejano Monument pays tribute to the contributions by Tejanos as permanent testimony of the Spanish-Mexican heritage that has influenced and is inherent...
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Honk! TX is a festival that celebrates marching bands and the community-rooted union of art, activism, and music.
The first Honk event took place in Massachusetts in 2006 and after attending Honk events there and around the country, Austin's own Minor Mishap Marching Band began organizing...
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All this spring, AMOA-Arthouse is hosting an artist-designed miniature golf course at its Laguna Gloria and Jones Center locations. There are nine holes at Laguna Gloria, each designed by a local artist or design team, and a tenth bonus hole in the lobby of Arthouse at the Jones Center...
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Today we'll hear from singer/songwriter David Garza. Since moving to Austin in the waning days of the 1980s, Garza has become an integral part of the local music scene. And, as you'll hear in this StoryCorps piece, music's always been a integral part of his life, from his early days listening to...
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Jo Anne Moore and Mary D. Lankford have been friends for many years, and they share a lifelong love of books and the written word. That love is what inspired both to become school librarians earlier in their lives, and has continued to grow now that they're both retired. And they have more in...
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