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Austin's overabundance of cultural stimuli is one of the things that make it such a great city -- heck, Austinist wouldn't be around were it not for the myriad theatre, music, film, and art events happening around us on a nightly basis. It turns out, in fact, that the cultural sector employs roughly 44,000 Austinites and accounts for an astounding $2.2 billion of economic activity per year. Beyond just improbably large numbers, these figures...

Austinist's chief running resource RunTex and the Salvation Army have teamed up this winter in the hopes of raising $250,000 to help shelter, feed and clothe Central Texas familes. Yesterday, News8 reported that they were at approximately $150,000, pegging the required daily contributions at around $22k through Christmas Day. What broke our hearts was the thought of kids showing up for promised presents, only to be turned away: About 600 needy families will be...