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EGRSO

Downtown Austin green spaces to become creative canvases as part of the 2009 Texas Biennial art exhibition

22 Apr 2008 09:50 AM Downtown Austin green spaces to become creative canvases as part of the 2009 Texas Biennial... » More

EGRSO

City Hall visitors prefer view from the Mayor's window

17 Apr 2008 01:28 PM Artwork by Martha Gannon wins popular vote at City HallThe City of Austin Economic Growth... » More

EGRSO

Free music Fridays at City Hall

18 Mar 2008 04:26 PM Free music every Friday on the plaza of Austin City HallThe 2008 season of "Live from the... » More

EGRSO

Your ticket to great art

18 Mar 2008 04:17 PM The City of Austin announces call for visual artists for new municipal court/police substation... » More

EGRSO

2008-2009 Cultural Arts Funding Application Period Open

7 Mar 2008 04:36 PM Introductory workshops scheduled for new applicants The Cultural Arts Division of the... » More

artsonreal

Time To Breathe

22 Feb 2008 08:33 PM I am in a very strange position at Arts On Real... Rehearsals for Matt & Ben have not started,... » More

artsonreal

"OK - He's High" Part 2: "Blood"

22 Feb 2008 11:34 AM Warning: More metaphysicalishness from a completely ignorant non-metaphysical thinker. In... » More

artsonreal

Meeting Will Be Held In The Harper Valley Auditorium

9 Feb 2008 11:39 AM As a kid I loved music... I should say, "I always have loved music," but to clarify: As... » More

EGRSO

People's Gallery Opening Reception

8 Feb 2008 10:19 AM You are invited to the...Austin City HallThe People’s Gallery 2008 OPENING RECEPTION February... » More

EGRSO

Freestyle art experience

8 Feb 2008 10:12 AM Freestyle art experience: City of Austin looking for artists for BMX Skate Park public art... » More

artsonreal

Calling You Ladies Who Love Le Bare Wrestlers

4 Feb 2008 05:46 PM Wacky Women, Silly Ladies And Crazy Females! We need you for a formal video recording... » More

artsonreal

COLOSSEUM WRESTLING Images

4 Feb 2008 01:54 PM ? Led by Zeus Maximus (Rip Clark), the mock wrestlers prepare for their final match for... » More

dawnmarie

International Visions Poetry Books

31 Jan 2008 09:42 AM INTRODUCINGThe International Visions Poetry Books Quality Trade Paperbacks from BLACK BUZZARD... » More

WINDMILLRI

Austin Mixed Martial Arts

31 Jan 2008 12:45 AM I am looking to start a blog to bring together martial artists in Austin and surrounding to... » More

cynthiamanor

My Sister's Keeper - Hope in the Midst of HIV (2008)

30 Jan 2008 07:07 AM I read this poem at an HIV/AIDS program put on by the Wright House Wellness Center. It will... » More

artsonreal

WRESTLING: Butch, Sexy, Or Just Pretty Gay.

22 Jan 2008 04:04 PM In just 12 days, the wrestling comedy THE COLOSSEUM opens at Arts On Real. It's a series... » More

artsonreal

New Rule: The Snorer Gets The Green Light

19 Jan 2008 06:27 PM This topic has absolutely nothing to do with theater or the arts or Arts On Real - except... » More

artsonreal

Straight From The Straight Guys Mouth

18 Jan 2008 12:31 PM I'm typically and proudly accepting of people, their cultures and lifestyles and even their... » More

EGRSO

Call for artists: Brazos streetscape public art project

9 Jan 2008 02:28 PM Art in Public Places Program opens call for visual artists for the Brazos streetscape public... » More

artsonreal

Saturday Readers Contest #1

5 Jan 2008 09:46 AM I love public contests. Always have. Last year I held a very successful "Treasure Hunt"... » More

artsonreal

Ten Commandments For 2008

4 Jan 2008 10:54 AM Many people have asked: "Blake, what are your New Year's Resolutions?" OK... Well, not... » More

EGRSO

City Hall art gallery vote

4 Jan 2008 09:41 AM Last chance to vote for your favorite artwork in the City Hall art gallery Art is a great... » More

artsonreal

PIGS and $100 FUNDRAISER through January

2 Jan 2008 09:50 PM WHEN MORE PIGS FLY is up and running - or should I say flying - and you still have four... » More

artsonreal

The Third Ghost

1 Jan 2008 12:43 PM Last week, pre-Christmas, I was sick in bed with a head cold. I began nursing it with suggested... » More

cynthiamanor

Wonder (9/3/99)

29 Dec 2007 12:52 AM The constellations hang like a mobile over your bassinet. Your virgin fascination reaches... » More

cynthiamanor

Sacrifices (7/14/99)

29 Dec 2007 12:50 AM This poem was dedicated to former coworker Robin Adrian, who resigned her position to raise... » More

cynthiamanor

The Tree (late 1990's)

29 Dec 2007 12:48 AM The seasons have sublimed on the ebb of the years, and with each annual nuptial you’ve received... » More

cynthiamanor

Land of Our Elders (mid-late 1990's)

29 Dec 2007 12:47 AM The petals, heirlooms, from Daughter to Mother to Daughter, sprinkled ceremoniously along... » More

cynthiamanor

The Women In Me (2004)

29 Dec 2007 12:46 AM This poem is dedicated to the Black woman. I see my future Through Zora Neale’s eyes. Harriet... » More

cynthiamanor

Silent Rain (mid 1990's)

29 Dec 2007 12:44 AM I see myself in your eyes Through Kingdom Come’s mist A child— A woman— My Daughter’s unborn-- leafing... » More

cynthiamanor

Dreamer (early 1990's)

29 Dec 2007 12:41 AM Time… She plows through the event horizon to eternity, sowing promises, reaping destiny. For... » More

cynthiamanor

Imitation of Life (July 1997)

29 Dec 2007 12:40 AM Through steel sheet rock labyrinths we mine the carnal jungle for token delicacies to sate... » More

cynthiamanor

He Marched On (MLK)

29 Dec 2007 12:39 AM He marched on, Forward, as the Horsemen rode in on teargas clouds, swinging billy-clubs, swearing... » More

cynthiamanor

Rise My People (November 1996)

29 Dec 2007 12:36 AM This poem is dedicated to my people - the African-American race. Aborted from our Mother... » More

cynthiamanor

Melancholy (December 1996)

29 Dec 2007 12:35 AM There is a place within my heart, the womb of my soul dreams, but now it has been rendered... » More

cynthiamanor

Cemetery (1991)

29 Dec 2007 12:33 AM Barren. Lost elegies. Sepulchres. An unkempt burial that belies its incontinence. An old place— been... » More

cynthiamanor

The Rape (circa 1994)

29 Dec 2007 12:32 AM I cannot scream. Paralyzed! Fight? Freeze? Flight? Instantaneous! But the memory is forever... » More

cynthiamanor

Death of a Child (early 1990's)

29 Dec 2007 12:31 AM I’ve watched the succession of miseries slowly train across your face, driving fear into your... » More

cynthiamanor

(Untitled) - circa 1991

29 Dec 2007 12:29 AM Life Is an empty Drama And we are all But puppets of sorrow. All that we think Or feel Is... » More

cynthiamanor

My Beautiful Black Man (2002)

29 Dec 2007 12:28 AM I touch your face and touch time itself, rippling back to the Beginning, when the Nile first... » More

cynthiamanor

Eyes of a Princess (Tribute to Princess Diana - Dec 1997)

29 Dec 2007 12:27 AM A priestess of her conscience, she sojourned the tides of Poseidon's respire. Her lapis orbs... » More

cynthiamanor

Spirits of the Passage (January 2006)

29 Dec 2007 12:25 AM This poem is dedicated to the African slaves who lived and died on the Middle Passage to the... » More

cynthiamanor

My Name is Coretta (February 2006)

29 Dec 2007 12:22 AM The Songbird is silent Nevermore To raise her voice again In lyrics and promise In condemnation... » More

cynthiamanor

The Dead Season (March 1991)

29 Dec 2007 12:21 AM The birds leave sky lonely And the sun follows thereafter. She takes her breath And morning... » More

cynthiamanor

The Beast (circa 1990-3)

29 Dec 2007 12:19 AM I’ve seen It rise From my subconscious and tread through the vulnerable undulation of my thoughts. The... » More

cynthiamanor

I Know (March 2006)

29 Dec 2007 12:18 AM There are no shadows in this place. There is Darkness. And all my living and dying have... » More

cynthiamanor

Love Afar (June 2006)

29 Dec 2007 12:16 AM I cannot say the words when I am near you. I bury them deep and pray you cannot see the yearning... » More

cynthiamanor

I Am A Black Woman (July 2006)

29 Dec 2007 12:15 AM Pain. It runs through my soul. Deep. My Mothers bore my legacy in the anguish of slavery. In... » More

cynthiamanor

Alone (July 2006)

29 Dec 2007 12:13 AM Alone I sit at this table, pondering life and death. Where has life brought me? To what place? To... » More

cynthiamanor

My Edith (July 2006)

29 Dec 2007 12:12 AM Dedicated to my friend Edith Valdespino for her birthday A Princess— She rises like a Zenith To... » More

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Continental Club and Lonestar Roundup co-founder Steve Wertheimer wants you to take part in the festivities this weekend.; events; SXSW party-goers keep cool by the pool at the JellyNYC and Gibson Guitar rooftop party in downtown Austin.; Music; Poster artists from around the world will be at The Austin Convention Center March 13th, 14th, and 15th for the bi-annual convention sponsored by the American Poster Institute as part of SXSW 2008. Jenni Jones AMERICAN-STATESMAN; events; Lyle Lovett performed "The Songs of Walter Hyatt" and presented Hyatt's family with an award as part of the 26th Annual Austin Music Awards on March 12, 2008 at the Austin Music Hall where Andy Langer was emcee.; Music; Lou Reed showed up to the SXSW screening of the documentary "Lou Reed's Berlin" at the Paramount Theater on March 13, 2008. Jenni Jones AMERICAN-STATESMAN; events; Hugh Forrest, event director for South by Southwest Interactive comments on SXSW being a global community of "digital creatives".; events; Hugh Forrest, event director for South by Southwest Interactive comments on growth and the Panel Picker process.; events; Omar Gallaga, Lilly Rockwell and Sarah Lindner discuss their picks for the 2008 SXSW Interactive Festival that runs from Friday March 7- Tuesday March 11, 2008.; events; Whiplash, the dog-riding monkey, performs at the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo.; 360topvideo; events; About 1,000 elementary school students visited the Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo on Wednesday morning to learn about longhorns, cowboys and some rodeo tricks. Here are some sights and sounds from the day.; events; Thousands turned out at this morning's Cowboy Breakfast at Auditorium Shores to kickoff the Star of Texas Rodeo. The event featured free food, demonstrations and live country music.; events; This past September, 45,000 area elementary students signed up for the nationally acclaimed Marathon Kids run/walk/nutrition program in which they agree to run a total of 26.2 miles in 1/4 or 1/2 mile increments. Saturday, Feb. 23, 2008 at Austin I; events; recreation; Austin's own Academicos da Opera Samba School and New York-based Beleza Brazil entertain a full house at the Palmer Event Center as Carnaval Brasiliero celebrates 31 years of bringing a little piece of Brazil to Austin.; events; The rain didn't keep the crowds from coming out to the University of Texas campus and the State Capitol on Monday morning for a parade in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday. Thousands marched in the parade, which went from UT to the; events; Hannah Montana fans lined up to have their picture taken by Statesman staff photographer Laura Skelding and be entered in the Austin American-Statesman sponsored Hannah Montana look-alike contest at Barton Creek Mall on Jan. 19, 2008.; events; People of all ages gathered at the Travis County Youth Livestock Show at the Travis County Exposition Center on Jan. 16, 2008.; events; David C. Smith and Leslie Luciano discuss Hill Country Ride for AIDS' most recent marketing campaign, in which the group placed 13 bikes around Austin with messages such as 'This bike equals one month's rent for a person living with AIDS.'; recreation; The First Night Grand Procession comes down Congress Avenue on December 31, 2007.; events; William Piner, executive director of Ballet Austin, talks about the upcoming production of 'The Nutcracker.'; events; Austinites young and old descend on Sixth Street for the annual Halloween celebration downtown.; events; Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino and various cast members walk the red carpet at the Paramount Theatre for the regional premiere of 'Grindhouse'.; events; After months of planning and remodeling, the Alamo is back downtown with a new Sixth Street location, the Alamo at the Ritz, and a whole slew of opening-night perks.; events; The Greater Tuna gals (Jaston Williams and Joe Sears) introduce their new show "Tuna Does Vegas" as well as a couple of new characters in front of the Paramount Theatre on Tuesday, Sept. 18th, 2007.; events; American-Statesman reporters Omar L. Gallaga and Lilly Rockwell report on SXSW Interactive.; events; Poets from around the country descend on Austin for the 2007 National Poetry Slam.; events; Scenes from the 2004 Lance Armstrong Foundation Ride for the Roses.; recreation; Urban Assault Race; recreation;
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