Around Town, StoryboardAustin

Pedicab Confessions

July 26, 2012 11:32 am by: Rebecca McInroy

Russel Williams and Jensen Eurbea/Geoffery King/KUTRussel Williams and Jensen Eurbea/Geoffery King/KUT
Walking around 6th street at 2am in 5 inch heels on a Saturday night might seem like a daunting task to say the least. That is unless you spot one of the intrepid and almost always friendly pedicab drivers steadily peddling toward you. KUT intern Geoffery King has been intrigued by these fearless warriors for quite some time and when tasked with producing an Around Town video for Storyboard he didn't think twice. Geoffery took a camera out on the streets of Austin to record the stories of pedicab drivers....
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Art on the Green

Around Town, Arts Eclectic

Art on the Green

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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David Garza

Around Town, StoryCorps

David Garza

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

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Jo Anne Moore and Mary D. Lankford

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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Ricardo Isaias Zavala and Ricardo Javier Zavala

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Ricardo Isaias Zavala and Ricardo Javi...

Today we'll bring you a story that Ricardo Isaias Zavala of Cedar Creek recently shared with his son, Ricardo Javier Zavala. It's the story of the elder Ricardo's grandfather, Vicente Domingo Villa, and "the Christmas Chaps."...
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Stephanie Stillman and Summer Spisak

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Stephanie Stillman and Summer Spisak

Today we'll be hearing from Stephanie Stillman, who sat down in the Airstream recently with her wife, Summer Spisak. Stephanie and Summer talked about their life together in Austin, and Stephanie shared memories about her childhood days, about realizing she was gay, and about her connection with...
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Daniel and Mary Myers

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Daniel and Mary Myers

Today we'll hear from Daniel and Mary Myers, who were married in Austin last year. Their path to marriage was a long one, spanning Chicago to Austin. They met nearly two decades ago and became friends; after Daniel moved away from Chicago a few years later, he and Mary continued to run into each...
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H. H. Wright and Sean Guess

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H. H. Wright and Sean Guess

H.H. Wright of Rogers, Texas was born in 1924. He saw the Great Depression as a young boy and later, as a young man, he served his country in the second world war. He recently sat down with his grandson, Sean Guess, in the StoryCorp mobile booth and shared a few memories, including this remembrance...
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Helen Wahlgren, Julie Sokol, and Cheryl Wahlgren

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Helen Wahlgren, Julie Sokol, and Chery...

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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Mike Wynn and Liza Kalamaha-Wynn

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Mike Wynn and Liza Kalamaha-Wynn

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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Jenny and Daniel Corbin

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Jenny and Daniel Corbin

The StoryCorps mobile booth was in Austin recently collecting stories from your fellow central Texans. The Airstream has now left town, but we’ll continue airing the stories recorded there every Monday and Wednesday morning here on KUT and archiving them here. When Jenny and Daniel Corbin sat...
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Margaret Zynda and Nancy Watson

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Margaret Zynda and Nancy Watson

Margaret Zynda recently sat down in the booth with one of her four children, Nancy Watson. Nancy says that her mother is "the youngest 84-year-old I know." The two talked a lot about Margaret's life, including her memories of being a wife and mother in mid-century America....
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Mary Anne Notzon and Ulan Notzon

Around Town, StoryCorps

Mary Anne Notzon and Ulan Notzon

The StoryCorps mobile booth was in Austin recently collecting stories from your fellow central Texans. The Airstream has now left town, but we’ll continue airing the stories recorded there every Monday and Wednesday morning here on KUT and archiving them here. Today we'll hear from Mary Anne...
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Nora Miranda and Bernardino Miranda

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Nora Miranda and Bernardino Miranda

Nora Miranda of Cedar Creek was born in 1960 and was raised not by her parents but by her grandfather (whom she called Popo) and her aunts and uncles. She recently sat down with her son Bernardino in the StoryCorps mobile booth and shared some memories of growing up with her grandfather....
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Kacie Case and Sara Montoya

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Kacie Case and Sara Montoya

Kacie Case and Sara Montoya have been best friends since meeting as University of Texas students eleven years ago. They've been through a lot together over the years, and they recently sat down together in the StoryCorps mobile booth, where Kacie recounted the story of the birth of Sara's daughter....
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