PUBLIC MARKS from misspaige with tag austin

On Wednesday, the company will launch Austin GuitarTown, a public arts project that will feature as many as 50 10-foot tall fiberglass Gibson guitars painted by visual artists and celebrities. The project will also feature several showcase Gibson Les Paul guitars.

We got beat out by Eugene, Oregon in The Green Guide's list of the top ten green cities for 2006. That's cool; we'll take it. The Guide's criteria for the list include: air quality, electricity usage/production, green design, recycling, public health and other factors. What they think about Austin

For weeks, now, there have been monarch butterflies in the yard, attracted to everything in bloom, especially the lantana. Now, there are caterpillars.

Taking a step forward, the Austin Waldorf School in Oak Hill held an e-recycling drive last weekend, collecting everything electronic. "Two years ago, we collected over three tons of electronic equipment.

Food and music will be available gratis this Sunday, from 11 am to 11 pm, at Fourth and Guadalupe, Republic Square and environs.

The 50-passenger Embraer 145 making the two-hour flight from St. Louis to Austin had just three seats per row and one tiny bathroom, which is where Catherine "Cat" Chow hid Saturday as the plane took off, desperate, she later told a federal agent, to get to the South by Southwest Music Festival.

For the past decade, Mary Lou Lord has busked (played live in the street) near 6th Street at SXSW. She's become a virtual fixture of the festival, entertaining passersby with her music. But last week while she was playing in front of the Driskill Hotel, Austin police forced her to stop, telling her she had violated a new "no amplification" ordinance issued by the city.

moxie's blog.

I live in Austin, the capital of the Lone Star State, the best one in the Union! It's a great mid-sized city with fabulous things to offer:

This is a very preliminary list of performers scheduled to appear at the 2006 SXSW Music Festival. All of this information is subject to change.

Upcoming shows in Austin.

Santaland Diaries in Austin. Don't forget to go, Paige.