Search the database of community services online or call 2-1-1 to speak to a representative. Habla espanol.It seems like there are opportunities to support local charities in just about everything you do. Here’s another example. Anyone like tequila? From May 4-8, Rio Grande Mexican Restaurant on San Jacinto is donating a percentage of the day’s bar profits to five selected charities (one each night). Monday, May 4: A Legacy of...
Received this from David Rice, who’s been a part of Cine Las Americas International Film Festival for years. If you don’t know what Cine Las Americas is – and if you know or care anything about film – this is a great discovery. The festival screens narrative and documentary feature and short films, as...
My father just turned 68. He grew up in San Antonio around the northwest part of town. When he was in school, he told me, he had to drink from a separate water fountain from whites. He couldn’t even think of dating a white girl. He was welcome on the football team, but any...
We had a photo and video shoot earlier this week for a feature we’re working on for the next issue. Torquil’s posted a few photos on his blog. I think he really likes them. Thanks to Owen Laracuente for the photos and Randy Hinesfor the videography, and to Chris Jones for conducting the interview....
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I love it when organizations break out of how things are supposed to be done and just do it however they want. It can be a hard sell at the board meeting when this kind of thing comes up. You sit there with a group of people, brainstorming ideas for an event, when all...
Have you ever tried giving yourself a hand massage? It’s kind of like tickling yourself – it’s just not the same as when somebody else does it. Once again, Theatre Action Project has come up with an inspired fundraising event. Its Community Wellness Day on Sunday, May 4, will offer a variety of services, refreshments, and...
I have never been to a bachelor auction, but I may go to this one for… ahem… research. That’s my reason. Your reason is to support two important – and dare I say, cool – organizations in Austin: First, the Austin Chapter of American Women in Radio and Television, a nonprofit, professional organization created...
We are looking forward to a high-impact first issue thanks to our cover subject, Cookie Ruiz, executive director of Ballet Austin. In gearing up for GoodCause and attending a number of local philanthropic events, I kept hearing the some of the same names over and over again. Cookie’s was definitely one of them. What...
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