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Ken Webster

Ken Webster (born July 29, 1957 in Port Arthur, Texas) is the artistic director of Hyde Park Theatre in Austin, Texas.


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AIBA

Austin Independent Business Alliance, an organization of independent, locally-owned businesses in Austin, Texas, USA

Andy Roddick Foundation

In 2005 the foundation held its first "Champions for Charity" gala in Austin, Texas, which included appearances from Olympic gold medalist Sarah Hughes and a private performance by musician Elton John.

Any Man in America

The album was recorded at Matchbox Studios in Austin, Texas between Summer of 2010 and March 2011, and was released August 16, 2011 by Justin Furstenfeld's Up/Down Records and distributed through RED Distribution.

Baby Baby Baby

Stone performed the song at the Swarovski Fashion Rocks at the Royal Albert Hall in London on 18 October 2007, in aid of The Prince's Trust, as well as at the Austin City Limits Music Festival at Zilker Park in Austin, Texas on 14 September 2007.

Belshazzar

The Austin, Texas band Sound Team references Belshazzar with the lyric: "But I don't have to sleep at Belshazzar's house anymore / Gave up the center line" on the track "No More Birthdays" off their Movie Monster LP.

Bonnell

Mount Bonnell, a prominent point alongside Lake Austin in Austin, Texas

Caswell House

Daniel H. and William T. Caswell Houses, Austin, Texas, listed on the NRHP in Travis County, Texas

CMTA

Capital Metropolitan Transportation Authority, a public transit provider owned by the city of Austin, Texas.

Dan Jacobson

Collections of his papers can be found at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, Austin, Texas; Oxford University, England; and, in South Africa, at Witwatersrand University Library, Johannesburg, the National English Literary Museum, Grahamstown, and the Africana Museum, Kimberley.

Dancing Barefoot

In 2000, a live version was released on the benefit album Broadcasts Vol. 8 from KGSR in Austin, Texas.

Duane M. Carter

In 2008, Duane signed with ISMS Records, an Austin, Texas based record label owned by Fito Kahn; subsequently Duane's CD "Never Say Never" was release in October of that year.

Geoff Ketchum

His teammates (David Crabtree, James Crabtree, and Jonathon Muir) had all attended McCallum High School with him in Austin, Texas.

Household name

Household Names, American alternative rock band based in Austin, Texas

Isabella Russell-Ides

An innovative performance poet, Isabella Russell-Ides was notable presence in the "Third Coast Renaissance" in Austin, Texas.

Jesus Lizard

The Jesus Lizard, an American rock band formed in 1987 in Austin, Texas, and later based in Chicago, Illinois.

Justin Cook

Justin Ryan Cook (born April 4, 1982 in Austin, Texas) is an American producer, voice actor, Line Producer, ADR Director, and Engineer who works for anime series at Funimation Entertainment/OkraTron 5000 and is most noted for his English dub role as Yusuke Urameshi in YuYu Hakusho.

KADF

KADF-LP, a television station (channel 20) licensed to serve Austin, Texas, United States

KASE

KASE-FM, a radio station (100.7 FM) licensed to Austin, Texas, United States

KBVO

KBVO-CD, a television station (channel 51) licensed to serve Austin, Texas

KEYE

KEYE-TV, a television station (channel 43) licensed to Austin, Texas, United States

KLBJ

KLBJ-FM, a radio station (93.7 FM) licensed to Austin, Texas, United States

KVAT

KVAT-LD, a television station (channel 17) licensed to serve Austin, Texas, United States

KVET

KVET-FM, a radio station (98.1 FM) licensed to Austin, Texas, United States

Lake Town

Lady Bird Lake, formerly Town Lake, a reservoir on the Colorado River in downtown Austin, Texas, United States

LoneStarCon

LoneStarCon 1, the 1985 North American Science Fiction Convention (NASFiC), held in Austin, Texas

Mad, Mad World Tour

The Mad, Mad World Tour was a concert tour by American singer Meat Loaf that started on June 22, 2012 in Austin, Texas and concluded on October 19, 2012 in Uncasville, Connecticut.

Michael Tigar

In 2003, the Texas Civil Rights Project named its new building in Austin, Texas, (purchased with a gift from attorney Wayne Reaud) the “Michael Tigar Human Rights Center.”

My Jerusalem

My Jerusalem is an Indie Rock band that formed in the New Orleans, Louisiana area and now resides in Austin, Texas.

Okkervil River

Okkervil River's founding members became friends at Kimball Union Academy in Meriden, New Hampshire, and after parting ways for college moved to Austin, Texas to live together and start a band.

Patrick J. Balthrop, Sr.

is President and Chief Executive Officer of Luminex Corporation (NASDAQ: LMNX), a biotechnology company based in Austin, Texas, with offices in Toronto, Australia and the Netherlands.

Property Virgins

Subsequent seasons of the show have included both Toronto and major metropolitan areas in the United States, such as Washington, D.C., Richmond, Cincinnati, Austin Texas, Boston and Miami.

Russ Rhea

After 3 years as a reporter and host of PM Magazine at KWQC-TV in Davenport, Iowa, Rhea moved to KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, where he spent 10 years as a morning show host, weathercaster and reporter.

Six60

They have also preformed at a number of festivals around the world since the release of their debut album including Glastonbury Music Festival (UK), South by Southwest (Austin, Texas, US), Canadian Music Week (Toronto, Canada), Summerfest (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US), CMJ Festival (New York City, US), Wavefront Music Festival (Chicago, Illinois, US), The Great Escape (UK), and Homebake (Australia).

Split-fount Inking

It was used in the 1960s by poster artists such as underground comic artist Gilbert Shelton, who designed posters for a venue in Austin, Texas called The Vulcan Gas Company.

Tavo Hellmund

Hellmund's investors, including Red McCombs and Bobby Epstein, are building a new track outside of Austin, Texas, that is being engineered by Herman Tilke and Peter Wahl.

Texas State Board of Dental Examiners

It has its headquarters in Suite 800 of Tower 3 of the William P. Hobby State Office Building in Downtown Austin, Texas.

The Colourist

The following year, the band performed at South By Southwest 2010 in Austin, Texas, were recommended for the 2010 OC Music Awards as Best Song and Best New Artist, and took the title of Best Live Band in the Best of 2010 issue for Weekly.

The Henrys

The band has been performing for 18 years, with concerts around the world, including the Sweetwaters Music Festival in New Zealand, the North Sea Jazz Festival in Holland, South by Southwest in Austin, Texas, Toronto's Harbourfront Centre and many others.

The Monster Squad

A 20th Anniversary Reunion of The Monster Squad was held with cast members and Director Fred Dekker in attendance in April 2006 in Austin, Texas at the Alamo Drafthouse.

The octopus project

The Octopus Project, an American indietronica band based in Austin, Texas

Tom Buffington

Tom has served on the board of two regional banks and on the board of KLRU, a public television station in Austin, Texas.

Tornado!

The production company hired the KTBC Assistant Chief Engineer Brian Zwiener, who is also a local Austin, Texas musician/comedian, to assist in technical setup of the Panaflex cameras, among other duties.

Waiting 'Round to Die

The song appears on the classic documentary of 1970's outlaw country music, Heartworn Highways, where Van Zandt is seen performing in his Austin, Texas home with his girlfriend Cindy, who later became his second wife, and his good friend the "Walking Blacksmith" Seymore Washington.

Weird City

Weird City: Sense of Place and Creative Resistance in Austin, Texas is a non-fiction scholarly text by Joshua Long published in 2010 by University of Texas Press.

Wendell Wise Mayes, Jr.

(born March 2, 1924) is a former radio and cable television executive in Austin, Texas who is known for his leadership roles with the American Diabetes Association and the International Diabetes Federation.

Westchester Community College

The Native Plant Center (NPC), a non-profit project of the Westchester Community College Foundation, is an affiliate of the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center in Austin, Texas.