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Around Town: Funky Chicken Coop Tour

April 9, 2012 1:43 pm by: Rebecca McInroy

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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Iron Wave and Trilobite Shade

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Iron Wave and Trilobite Shade

As part of Austin's Art in Public Places program, the city's new skate park on Shoal Creek Boulevard will feature two pieces of functional art created by sculptor Chris Levack. A skater himself, Levack decided to create a work of art...
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Around Town: Devotion

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Around Town: Devotion

Blue Lapis Light has made its name by creating site-specific aerial dance works. Over the years, they've performed on and around the old Intel building, the Long Center, and the J.J. Pickle Federal Building, just to name a few. Their latest aerial work is Devotion, which will be performed on the...
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Around Town: Wellesley Widows at the Texas State Capitol

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Around Town: Wellesley Widows at the T...

On Saturday May 21, 2011 the rotunda of the Texas State Capitol was filled with both the sounds of shouts against cutting funding for education as well as the angelic voices of the Wellesley Widows, a thirteen voice a capella singing group. The ladies,...
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Blessing Barton Springs

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Blessing Barton Springs

On Thursday April 14th Austin will say goodbye to the six representatives from Gaden Shartse Monastery of India who have been visiting the city since April 4th. Over the course of their stay they made a Tibetan Sand Mandala at City Hall, conducted workshops, performed sacred dances and chants, and...
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Unlocking Community One Key at a Time

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Unlocking Community One Key at a Time

While running across the 1st Street Bridge, I literally did a double take when I heard Michael Brown of the band Auroravore playing a familiar tune. It seemed natural, like a cherry tree in bloom that might go unnoticed if it weren’t for the alluring scent. It was the familiarity that drew me to...
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Views and Brews: Jazz During The Cold War

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Views and Brews: Jazz During The Cold ...

Views and Brews: Conversations at the Cactus Cafe is the place for lively discussion and this time around we also shared some great music. During our conversation, centered on the role of jazz during the Cold War, rabbi Neil Blumofe and KUT’s Jay Trachtenberg shed some light on how this great...
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Around Town: Queer Prom

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Around Town: Queer Prom

The month of May was pretty eventful here in Austin and not even the slight chance of rain (I know it’s hard to imagine now, but there was a little rain here last month) in the forecast was enough to dampen party plans around town, one of which was “ » read more
Around Town: Gone To Kerrville

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Around Town: Gone To Kerrville

With the Kerrville Folk Festival well underway we thought we would share a little highlight from last years festivities. KUT’s Peter Babb and Seph Price went out to Kerrville in 2010 in an attempt to capture the essence of what some think is at the...
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The Color of One

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The Color of One

At South Mall on The University of Texas at Austin campus, it was interesting to see the progression of the sea of people in white clothing standing around gradually change to an uninhibited party of different races, colors, and ethnicity drowned in bright yellow, magenta, and a vibrant green. Holi...
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A South First Treasure: End of An Ear

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A South First Treasure: End of An Ear

When you’re at End of An Ear you get the sense you’re in a secret chamber at the heart of Austin. End of an Ear used to be an artist’s studio before Dan Plunkett and B…...
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