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Festival connects buyers with affordable visual art

Joe Layton April 4, 2011

Meandering art lovers displaced the vehicular traffic on Cesar Chavez Street this weekend at the Art City Austin festival. The two-day festival took over the stretch of Cesar Chavez Street from...

Austinites walk dogs to support service group

Lawrence Peart April 4, 2011

Thousands of dogs roamed the streets of Austin on Saturday in support of a local charity. The Mighty Texas Dog Walk and Festival took place for the 13th straight year as dog lovers brought their four-legged...

Veterans’ benefits unclear, report reveals

Katrina Tollin April 4, 2011

The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs is doing an inconsistent job in outreach for its educational benefits programs, according to a report from the U.S. Government Accountability Office. The...

Austin Edible Book Festival brings out flavor of literature

Yvonne Marquez April 4, 2011

A cupcake shelf that held tiny multicolored books made of fig-filled cookies won the “Best in Show” category at an edible book festival. About 50 people browsed through the creative...

Big Boi entertains at Forty Acres Fest

Allison Harris April 3, 2011

Not everyone at Forty Acres Fest was “So Fresh and So Clean.” About 3,000 people crowded into the area below The Tower on Saturday for the 19th annual festival, which featured OutKast...

Southwestern University faculty to train for writing instruction

Yvonne Marquez April 1, 2011

The Department of Rhetoric and Writing at UT will help revamp Southwestern University’s writing program, thanks to a $720,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The grant will allow...

Photojournalist captures presidential history

William James Gerlich April 1, 2011

Appearing in publications from Time magazine to Vanity Fair and portraying figures including President Gerald Ford and President Bush, Diana Walker’s photographs have been some of the most popular...

Religious advocate attempts to educate about Islamic laws

Joe Layton April 1, 2011

People are often afraid of aspects of Islam that they do not understand, said the co-founder of a Muslim outreach group Thursday. Mohamed Elibiary, co-founder of the Freedom and Justice Foundation,...

Pantry volunteers give food for thought

Lindsey Cherner April 1, 2011

Every Saturday, hungry people file in to the Micah 6 Food Pantry and sit and wait for their food. Others drift toward the sign off to the side that says “clases de ingles gratis,” or free...

Census data suggests increased acceptance of being multiracial

Shamoyita DasGupta April 1, 2011

More Americans than ever before identify as multiracial, according to the 2010 census. Of the 9 million people who listed themselves as more than one race, 4.2 million are children. The percentage...

Drifting on the drag

Marty McAndrews April 1, 2011

"Want to help me make love on the sidewalk?” Sid, a 20-year-old transient, asks as he spells out L-O-V-E in silver change on the pavement. Sid sits outside the University Federal Credit...

UT downsizes in advance of Texas House’s budget debate

Melissa Ayala April 1, 2011

The Texas House will begin debate today on the 2012-13 biennium budget, which includes contentious cuts to education, health care and other human services. Legislators have been working on the bill...

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