By Vicky Garza The Austin Times Staff This New Year’s, Austinites not only bid farewell to 2009, but to texting while driving as well. As of January 1, 2010, drivers are only allowed to use their cell phones for making and receiving phone calls while operating a moving vehicle. Drivers have a 30-day grace period to adjust to the law, during which time Austin Police Department officers will be stopping and issuing warnings to suspected offenders. According to APD Commander Steve Baker, as … [Read more...]
Habitat Young Professionals: Helping to build a better Austin
By Katie Warner The Austin Times Staff According to a recent poll by the Wall Street Journal, Austin was ranked as the fifth hottest, hippest destination for highly mobile, educated workers in their 20s. One of the factors why Austin was chosen by many young professionals was the abundance of nonprofits in the city, and the influence it has had. According to Greenlights for NonProfit Success, Austin has more nonprofits per capita than any other city in the southwestern U.S. Over the next … [Read more...]
Rabbit’s Lounge, a bar where time slows down
By Dulcenea Garcia The Austin Times Staff Located on East Sixth Street, Rabbit’s Lounge is truly a bar where everyone knows your name. Owner Rosalio “Rabbit” Duran has been serving ice cold beers to East Austin since 1969. Growing up in Austin, Rabbit has seen the lounge’s location change from a washeteria to a pizzeria. Always having a love for sports, Rabbit got his nickname because of his incredible speed as a fullback at Austin High. Years later, after working in the ceramic tile … [Read more...]
Pregnancy spacing matters: Family planning
If that little bundle of joy has had such a profound impact on your life that you just can’t wait to have another, take a breath. A new study suggests that you might want to wait at least six months before getting pregnant again, and that more than 11 months could be even better. The study found that when the interval between pregnancies was less than six months, the chances of the baby dying, being born prematurely, having birth defects or having a low birth weight were … [Read more...]
Acclaimed trumpeter Marsalis composes Blues Symphony
Acclaimed trumpeter Wynton Marsalis, arguably the world's most prominent jazz musician, is set to premiere a major new project -- composing a Blues Symphony for orchestra. In keeping with a career that spans jazz, classical music, band leadership and high-profile advocacy for the arts, Marsalis' symphony is epic in scope -- to celebrate American history from Revolution to the present through the blues. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Morehouse College in Atlanta will … [Read more...]