Austin celebrated Juneteenth, the day that marks the abolition of slavery, this weekend and the festive spirit reverberated throughout East Austin. News8 video portrait
paperrtiger: I went to the Cabaret Voltaire tonight, you know for the novelty of it. I got a little lost but then wandered around the cobbled streets of Zurich. It was much more touristy around the Rathaus (I think the seat of the gov’t). There were steeples and the river and twinkling lights. Very picturesque. The Cabaret had no Dada antics and, instead, ju […]
Members of Occupy Austin staged a protest at a local Chase Bank branch this afternoon, resulting in protesters’ ejection from the building. Occupy Austin had pushed for the City of Austin to move their funds from Bank of America. In February, the Austin City Council passed a resolution looking at that possibility. But instead of shifting those funds to small […]