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2009 Fortunate 500: Arts
2009 FORTUNATE 500
ARTS
See previously posted micro-profile of Arts Top Picks here.
Amy Barbee. Texas Cultural Trust
Ellen Bartel. Spank Dance Company,
Ron Berry. Refraction Arts, Fuse Box Festival
Robert Brown and Dennis Karbach. Long Center, Austin Museum of Art, Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, Paramount Theatre
Sarah and Ernest Butler. Butler School of Music, Blanton Museum of Art, Austin Museum of Art, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Ballet Austin, Austin Lyric Opera
Lisa Byrd and Ana Ixchel Rosal. ProArts Collective, University of Texas
Barbara Chisholm and Robert Faires. Zach Theatre, Austin Chronicle
Katie Hernandez Cowles. Women & Their Work, Austin Museum of Art, Mexic-Arte Museum
Mela Dailey and Peter Bay. Austin Symphony Orchestra
Charles Duggan. Long Center, Greater Tuna Presents, Austin Lyric Opera, Ballet Austin, Democratic National Committee Advisory Board
Sean Gaulager. Co-Lab, Cantanker
Dana Friis-Hansen and Mark Holzbach. Austin Museum of Art, Zebra Imaging, Rude Mechanicals
Sue Graze. Arthouse, Ballet Austin
Deborah Green. Austin Film Society, Austin Museum of Art, Arthouse, UT College of Fine Arts
Mary Ann and Andrew Heller. Heller Records, Austin Lyric Opera, Austin Symphony Orchestra, Long Center, UT College of Fine Arts
Sondra Lomax and Peter Lohman. UT Performing Arts Center, UT College of Fine Arts
Brent Hasty and Stephen Mills. Ballet Austin, University of Texas, Arthouse
Jeanne and Michael Klein. Blanton Museum of Art, Arthouse, University of Texas
Gail and Jeff Kodosky. National Instruments Corp., UT Austin, Texas State, ACC, KIPP, Austin Children’s Museum, Girlstart, Austin Lyric Opera, Austin Symphony, Ballet Austin, Conspirare, Long Center, Austin Chamber Music Center, Austin Classical Guitar Society, Zach Scott, KMFA, KLRU, Round Top Festival Institute, Austin Community Foundation
Rachel Koper. Austin Chronicle, Women & Their Work
Chris Mattsson and John McHale. Austin Museum of Art, Arthouse
Stuart Moulton and Brian Jenson. Austin Cabaret Theatre, Green Mango Real Estate
Anton Nel and Dr. Bill Jones. Long Center, University of Texas, Concierge Family Medicine
Arturo Palacios. Art Palace, Texas Biennial, Austin Museum of Art, Blanton Museum of Art
Sylvia Orozco. Mexic-Arte Museum
Candace Partridge. Long Center, Austin Lyric Opera
Paula and Damian Priour. Umlauf Sculpture Garden, Austin Museum of Art
Cliff Redd and Rick Johnson. Long Center
Lora Reynolds and Quincy Lee. Lora Reynolds Gallery, Arthouse, Blanton Museum of Art
Cookie and Phil Ruiz. Ballet Austin, Con Mi Madre, Girls Empowerment Network, Texans for the Arts, CreateAustin
Michelle Schumann and Matt Orem. Austin Chamber Music Center, Mary Hardin-Baylor University.
Jane Sibley. Austin Symphony Orchestra, Long Center, UT College of Fine Arts
Dave Steakley and Tony Johnson. Zach Theatre
Ken Stein and Ken Lambrecht. Paramount Theatre, Planned Parenthood of Texas
Judy Willcott and Laurence Miller. Texas French Bread, Fluent~Collaborative, Arthouse, Blanton Museum of Art
Jennifer Wijangco. Texas Cultural Trust
Eva and Marvin Womack. Austin Lyric Opera, Proctor & Gamble, Long Center
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2009 Fortunate 500: All-Stars
2009 FORTUNATE 500
ALL-STARS
Anyone can be nominated by readers. We take each nomination seriously, looking carefully for social investment and general accessibility. Then we track the nominees at social events all year long.
It’s that simple. No mysterious midnight elections. No shoulder-tapping ceremonies.
As in years past, the 2009 Fortunate 500 come from a multitude of backgrounds and represent the defining social activities of Central Texas. Also, the list changes significantly each year. At least 20 percent of the 500 available slots — many occupied by couples — alter each year.
The big surprise this time: The rapid rise of fashion as a common social denominator. As the inaugural Austin Fashion Week demonstrated during the summer, style has joined Austin’s old power centers — law, education, business, charity — and its established cultural expressions — music, movies, media, arts — as a definitional part of our social environment. Combined with the city’s ever more sophisticated food and nightlife scenes, fashion also helps illustrate the emergence of a uniquely local brand of recognizable glamour
.Top Picks: Eloise and John Paul DeJoria
Carol and Chris Adams. Austin Film Society, Austin Music Foundation, St. Edward’s University, Animal Trustees of Austin, Zach Theatre, AIDS Services of Austin, Arthouse, Blue Lapis Light/Sally Jacques
James Armstrong and Larry Connelly. Austin Museum of Art, Austin Lyric Opera, Long Center, Zach Theatre, UT College of Fine Arts
Lance Armstrong. Lance Armstrong Foundation, Mellow Johnny’s Bike Shop, Team Radio Shack
Suzanne and David Booth. Dimensional Fund Advisors, Booth Heritage Foundation, Friends of Heritage Preservation, the Centre Pompidou Foundation, Chicago Booth School of Business
Linda Ball and Forrest Preece. Ballet Austin, Badgerdog Literary Publishing, Austin Cabaret Theatre, Austin Film Festival, Zach Theatre
Becky Beaver and John Duncan. Law Office of Becky Beaver, Ballet Austin, Texas Family Law Foundation, Austin Children’s Museum, Planned Parenthood of Austin, People’s Community Clinic, Austin Museum of Art, University of Texas, Annie’s List, Long Center
Sally and Mack Brown. University of Texas, Helping Hand Society, Rise School of Austin, Austin Partners in Education
Tana and Joe Christie. AIDS Services of Austin, Austin Lyric Opera, Armstrong Community Music School, Out Youth, Ransom Center
Linda and Bob Cole. KVET, Boy Scouts, Dell Children’s Medical Center, Frisco Shop, the Tavern, Hill’s Cafe
Susan and Michael Dell. Dell Inc., Dell Family Foundation, Dell Children’s Medical Center, Long Center, Austin Children’s Shelter, Arthouse
Oliver Everette and Craig Rancourt. L Style G Style, Human Rights Campaign, Arthouse, Equality Texas, Aids Services of Austin, Zach Scott, Octopus Club
Mary Margaret and Ray Farabee. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, People’s Community Clinic, Southwestern Writers Collection, Molly National Journalism Prize
Marcy Hoen and Bijoy Goswami. Bootstrap Austin, ‘The Human Fabric,’ Leadership Austin, Salon Sovay, Austin Art Start, Liminicity Consulting
Maria Luisa ‘Lulu’ Flores and Scott Hendler. National Women’s Political Caucus, Hendler Law, Mexic-Arte Museum, Save Town Lake Association, Hispanic Bar Association of Austin
Karen Frost and Charles Levy. Frost Media Relations, Nobelity, Texas Cultural Trust, Leadership Austin, I Live Here I Give Here, Impact Austin
Patty and James Huffines. University of Texas System, TXU Energy, PlainsCapital Bank, Austin Community Foundation, Center for Child Protection, Austin Chamber of Commerce, Women’s Fund for Central Texas
Teresa and Joe Long. Long Center, University of Texas, Austin Museum of Art, Austin Symphony Orchestra, UT College of Fine Arts
Carla and Jack McDonald. Perficient, Dynabrand PR, American Youthworks, Greater Austin Chamber of Commerce, Austech Alliance, PeopleFund, People’s Community Clinic
Lynn and Tom Meredith. MFI Foundation, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, Austin Children’s Museum, University of Texas, Long Center
Stephen Moser. Austin Chronicle, Made in Heaven
Willie Nelson. ‘Two Men with the Blues,’ Club Luck, Farm Aid, National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, Nobelity Project, Carl’s Corner
Deborah and Larry Peel. KLRU, Larry Peel Co., Wine & Food Foundation of Texas, Thoughtful House Center for Autism, Electronic Privacy Information Center
Anita and Rick Perry. Governor of Texas, Texas Conference for Women, National Governors Association, March of Dimes, Main Street Program, Center for Child Protection
Christy and Turk Pipkin. Nobelity Project, Miracle Foundation, A Glimmer of Hope Foundation
Sara and Dick Rathgeber. Rathgeber Village, Austin Children’s Shelter, People’s Community Clinic, Salvation Army
Amy and Kirk Rudy. Endeavor Real Estate Group, Anti-Defamation League, Equality Texas, AIDS Services of Austin, Ballet Austin, St. Andrew’s Episcopal School
Eugene Sepulveda and Steven Tomlinson. ABPorter.org, Entrepreneurs Foundation, Acton School of Business, FuseBox Festival, Wheatsville Coop, DNC NFC/LGBT Leadership Council, KDK Harman Foundation, PeopleFund
Julia and Evan Smith. Texas Tribune, Blanton Museum of Art, Trinity Episcopal School, Austin Film Society, People’s Community Clinic, Planned Parenthood
Julie and John Thornton. Austin Ventures, Texas Tribune, Ballet Austin, Blanton Museum of Art, testperformancetest, Arthouse
Michelle Valles and Ray Benson. KEYE, Asleep at the Wheel, Bismeaux Studio, Muscular Dystrophy Association, American Heart Association, American Diabetes Association, Aguila Awards, Human Rights Campaign, HAAM, St. Davids Foundation, SIMS
Liz McDaniel Watson and Kirk Watson. Texas Senate, Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, Lance Armstrong Foundation, Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
Alexa and Blaine Wesner. Austin Ventures, Blue Texas, Austin Film Society, Lifeworks, Downtown Austin Alliance, Artworks, Austin Museum of Art
Suzanne and Marc Winkelman. Calendar Club, Jewish Community Association of Austin, Democratic Party, Long Center, Elie Weisel Foundation for Humanity
Anne Elizabeth Wynn and Joaquin Avellán. Atticus Circle, ‘Deeper and Deeper,’ ‘Entre Líneas,’ Austin Poetry Slam, Arthouse, Austin Public Library Foundation, CASA
Will Wynn. Civitas Investments, LPB Energy Management, City of Austin
For selected images of the 2009 All-Stars, go here.
COMPLETE 2009 FORTUNATE 500 LISTS:
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Out & About Club Soda Club Crawl: Tour A: Last Splash: Stop No. 5
Don’t even think about touring 12 clubs in one evening while partaking of strong drink.
For this sort of nightlife madness, we invented the Out & About Club Soda Crawl. Visit 12 nightspots, on foot, in six hours, hydrated by club soda and limes.
The year-long plan: Tour 12 Austin club districts, 12 watering holes at a time.
Not even I would have predicted that not one, not two, but three sizable new gay bars would open this year. And succeed. Swimmingly, at least by the additional evidence of Last Splash Weekend. Rusty Spurs, the first of these three to open, has perked up East Seventh Street. Sunday, a Bear Pool Party burbled out back on the patio, while loud country music enticed a mostly older gang onto the dance floor.
We’ll get to reporting on the Other Side, Rusty Spurs’ sister bar, in the next post. For those who complain that Austin’s gay club scene caters almost exclusively to the youngsters, they should tour the Chain Drive, Rusty Spurs, the Other Side and Rainbow Cattle Company, at the very least. Oldsters like myself are welcome at the other spots, but age goes before callowness at these five, and women are firmly part of the mix.
Pictured: Diana Arnold and Cyndi Eglinger
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Out & About Club Soda Club Crawl: Tour A: Last Splash: Stop No. 4
Don’t even think about touring 12 clubs in one evening while partaking of strong drink.
For this sort of nightlife madness, we invented the Out & About Club Soda Crawl. Visit 12 nightspots, on foot, in six hours, hydrated by club soda and limes.
The year-long plan: Tour 12 Austin club districts, 12 watering holes at a time.
The economic logic of the CP escapes me. It’s a huge gay bar in an old building just north of the Four Seasons complex. Service is good, super-friendly. Dance floor capacious. Patio a bonus. Empty. Almost every time I visit. The bartender on Sunday said Saturdays are big nights, but I’ve never witnessed it. How does this decades-old bar hang on?
It feels like the whole city block is in a holding pattern, waiting for future development. Three restaurants and bars have closed. Another has changed hands, but sits empty. I’ve never seen anyone go in or out of the Christian Science Reading Room during my 25 years in Austin. The only spot with a steady trickle of business is the ancient Mongolian BBQ.
Pictured: David Merrell and Felipe Mendoza
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