• Trash Dance: The Forklift Danceworks’ Trash Project performance attracts over 700 people to a “trash truck ballet.”
• The New York Times visits our Guadalupe Mountains, falls into a West Texas cactus.
• Even with the start of this $135 million Texas beach enrichment plan, Austin’s own Okkervil River will still be singing “Lost Coastlines.”

The new AISD Diane Gorzycki Middle School in southwest Austin will begin the school year on a green note. By later this week, Austin lawn might be a little brown. Falling lake levels have prompted the LCRA to demand additional water conservation steps from their wholesale customers. Beginning today, August 24th, and until further notice, Austin will begin enforcing stage two water conservation regulations. more ›