Laramie: Ten Years Later. [source]
Last night’s performance of Laramie: Ten Years Later here in Austin was at the Zach Theatre, and the proceeds went to OutYouth, an organization which I’ve mentioned previously and which I care a great deal about. As a long-time OutYouth volunteer, I’m incredibly grateful to the cast and crew who volunteered […]
Film still from Ready? OK! [source]
I have been a volunteer at OutYouth (a non-profit providing services to gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning and ally youth in the central Texas area) for quite some time. One of the things I have done as a volunteer is work on film programming for the drop-in center. […]
The above video was shot on University of Texas. One of the big problems with the University of Texas campus is that everyone is completely jaded about wacky things happening on campus. If you watch the video, you’ll notice that faced with a large, inexplicable song-and-dance number, the average UT student is completely underwhelmed and […]
Republic of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the Brisket
Republic of Barbecue: Stories Beyond the Brisket is the result of a massive amount of work by a team of eleven graduate students (including myself) working under Dr. Elizabeth Engelhardt in collaboration with the Southern Foodways Alliance and the Central Texas Barbecue Association. The book features excerpts from the […]
On Saturday, the Santa Monica Public Library’s Living Library Project will feature “a Mormon, an animal rights activist, a police detective, a fat activist, a feminist, a married Jewish lesbian mom, a little person and an ex-gang member,” among others. Members of the public will be able to “check out” the sources for 30-minute […]