Tai Moses

If you’re between the ages of 14 and 19, this free event is for you: the Breaking Barriers Latinx Youth Conference, a day of art, music and discussion created entirely by the members of the ESB-MACC Caminos Teen Leadership program. Activities such as an open mic stage, zine exhibit, screen printing, mural painting, mosaic art, […]

Austin, Texas, and Limerick, Ireland, have signed a new cooperation agreement that will help both cities share best practices on creative industries and economic development corporations and expand on innovation and economic opportunities. The agreement, which is in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding, will reinforce the existing relationship between Austin and Limerick and […]

The city’s Cultural Arts Division and South by Southwest have announced the second annual UNESCO Media Arts Exhibition at SXSW. The exhibit is a showcase for media art installations by local Austin artists and international artists who hail from cities belonging to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. Austin is the only city in the United […]

The Alliance Children’s Garden design team is slated to present the project at a meeting of the Planning Commission on Tuesday, Jan. 22. The long-awaited children’s garden is the final component of Butler Park and represents the fulfillment of a multiyear master plan effort to provide the city of Austin with a multipurpose cultural park. The […]

Austin Independent School District will break ground Saturday, Jan. 19, at 9:30 a.m. on a new $80 million campus for Eastside Memorial Early College High School and International High School. The new school will be built on the site of the original L.C. Anderson campus, at 900 Thompson St. The event features indoor and outdoor […]

Neighborhood Housing and Community Development has a new application and review process for affordable housing developers. Developers who are participating in the Rental Housing Development Assistance or Ownership Housing Development Assistance programs may now submit applications at any time, to be reviewed quarterly. Other significant changes are a result of input from the affordable housing […]

A cluster of city departments including Parks and Recreation, Public Works and the transportation and law departments have put their heads together to create a pilot program allowing electric bikes and motorized scooters on the following urban parkland trails in Austin: Johnson Creek Shoal Creek (south of 15th Street only) Northern Walnut Creek Trail Southern […]

The Parks and Recreation Department and the Austin Parks Foundation invite the community to attend the Parque Zaragoza ribbon-cutting to celebrate the new playground and improvements to the baseball fields, which now boast new safety netting and batting cages. The event will take place on Saturday, Jan. 19, at 10 a.m. at Parque Zaragoza Park, […]

Austin’s Parks and Recreation Department has announced that starting Tuesday, Jan. 22, Ricky Guerrero Neighborhood Park at 2006 S. Sixth St. will close for renovations. During the construction period, the restrooms, play equipment and picnic areas will be off-limits to the public. When completed, the park will sport new ADA-compliant sidewalks, picnic tables, grills and […]

Austin’s 2019 [Re]Verse Pitch Competition has announced that it will award two prizes totaling $20,000 to local entrepreneurs on April 30. To be eligible for the award, contestants must create products or services using a unique selection of discarded raw materials that would otherwise be cast off as waste. The fourth annual competition, which is co-hosted […]

Sue Lambe, who has managed Austin’s Art in Public Places Program since 2016, has been elected by Americans for the Arts to serve a three-year term on the national nonprofit Public Art Network Council, which advocates for the arts and arts education in the U.S. Lambe’s role will be to advise Americans for the Arts’ […]

Assistant City Manager Rodney Gonzales, who just started his new job this week, has appointed Deputy Director Denise Lucas as acting director of the Development Services Department, effective Jan. 6. Lucas, who began her employment with the city in 2010, has served as deputy director of Development Services since November 2017, managing building plan reviews […]