Nora Ankrum

The latest installment of Art After Six brings artists Barbara Attwell, Jess Bee and Cherry Taylor to City Hall to present and discuss their work. The artists are part of the 2016 People’s Gallery, an exhibit at City Hall showcasing the works of local and regional artists. Hosted by the city’s Economic Development Department, Art […]

The city’s Neighborhood Housing & Community Development Department has announced the availability of free grant money that Austin and Travis County residents can use to remove lead from their homes. The program is available to renters, homeowners and property managers who meet certain income requirements and whose homes were built before 1978. Applicants also must […]

Austin-area musicians are invited to a free Revenue Development Workshop this week featuring presentations from Jason Feehan and Randy Chertkow, who co-wrote The Indie Band Survival Guide and The DIY Music Manual. The Music & Entertainment Division of the city’s Economic Development Department will be hosting the event. According to a press release from the […]

The Austin Public Library is hosting free movie screenings throughout August at various branch locations. The movie selections are organized into series: Movies That Move Me, Controversy & Conversation, Saturday Movie Matinees, the Sunday Summer Animation Series, Family Movie Night and the Foreign Film Series. Some screenings will be accompanied by discussions. The month kicks […]

The Travis County Commissioners Court has put out a call for applicants to serve on the board of directors for the new Austin/Travis County Sobriety Center. According to the announcement from the court, the board “will organize, plan, hire the Executive Director, and supervise the sobriety center.” Successful applicants will have expertise in one or […]

The Parks and Recreation Department is hosting an open house next week to introduce the public to the city’s new cemetery manager, Tonja Walls-Davis. She will oversee management of the five historic municipal cemeteries under PARD’s care: Austin Memorial Park Cemetery, Evergreen Cemetery, Plummers Cemetery, Oakwood Cemetery and Oakwood Annex Cemetery. PARD staff will also […]

Live music venue owners and managers are invited to attend a Music Venue Summit this afternoon hosted by the Music & Entertainment Division of the city’s Economic Development Department. The event is a response to findings in last year’s Austin Music Census report that the city is inconsistent in its dealings with folks in the […]

South Austin’s Slaughter Creek Trail will be closed today so that Austin Water utility’s Wildland Conservation division can conduct a “prescribed burn” of its Quality Protection Lands. According to a press release from the city, the burn will “safely mimic the natural fire cycle and maintain fire-resilient landscapes for the benefit of people, water and […]

Parkgoers interested in the future of downtown’s Wooldridge Square (the park with the big white gazebo) are invited to a stakeholder meeting held by the Austin Parks and Recreation Department and landscape architecture design firm DWG. The public will be providing feedback on design concepts and other elements of the Wooldridge Square Preliminary Plan, which […]

Travis County has collected taxes at a record pace this year. The Travis County Tax Office announced yesterday that it has already collected more than 99 percent of the property taxes owed to the county for 2015, amounting to more than $3 billion collected from property owners. “This is the fastest the tax office has […]

The Austin Public Library’s St. John Branch, located in Northeast Austin, will be treated to its annual cleaning Wednesday through Friday, Aug. 3 through Aug. 5, during which time it will be closed. The nearest public library locations open during that time will be the North Village Branch (2505 Steck Ave.) and the Windsor Park […]

The city of Austin is recommending that Austinites take preventative measures to avoid contracting murine typhus, a flea-borne disease that is endemic in Travis County and, though treatable with antibiotics, can be life-threatening. So far in Travis County this year, there have been nearly as many reported cases of the disease (14) as there were […]