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The Thoughtful Design of an East Austin Architect’s Home
When it comes to integrating new buildings into established neighborhoods, Chioco Design has earned the reputation as a thoughtful architecture firm, taking great care throughout the design process to consider the surroundings. The resulting projects—including Better Half Coffee & Cocktails, Paperboy, Torchy’s Tacos on South Congress, and multiple Royal Blue Grocery stores—simultaneously enhance and meld into the cityscape. The same can be said for founder Jamie Chioco’s home, the Hemlock Ave.
Sex Cymbals: 6 Female Drummers Breaking Gender Barriers in Austin’s Music Scene
Meet powerful women smashing the notion that drumming is a man’s game By Tobin Levy Photographs by Jackie Lee Young The late, great jazz drummer Buddy Rich once said, “Every drummer that had a name had a name because of his individual playing. He didn’t sound like anybody else.” Note the masculine pronoun.
10 Powerful Photos by Denise Prince that Challenge Standards of Beauty
The groundbreaking artist discusses the subjects of her most impactful images By Tobin Levy Photographs by Denise Prince Photograph by Minta Maria Smail It’s not surprising that Denise Prince’s work has been seen around the world. Standards of beauty don’t hold up within borders, much less across them.
Austin Activist Kai Shappley Shares Her Favorite Things
Kai Shappley has already done extraordinary things in her young life. Not many 9-year-olds have visited Washington, D.C. in support of civil rights. There’s an Emmy-winning documentary about her life as a transgender child and the discrimination she faced at a Pearland, Texas school before moving to Austin. Kai and her mother, Kimberly, have also appeared on NBC’s “Today” and “Vice” on HBO, as well as the cover of Tribeza as one of seven people making an positive impact on our community this year.
Making Their Mark - Tribeza
by Tobin Levy Photographs by Robert Gomez In 1978, A determined young woman could be seen riding around Austin on a bicycle, her bookish glasses secured by the oncoming wind, fiery red mane flowing, and an occasional file folder containing the beginnings of an alternative arts organization flying out of her basket. The organization, Women & Their Work (W&TW), turns 40 this year.
Dark and Stormy - Tribeza
by Tobin Levy Photographs by Chase Daniel When talking about urban development, Dutch architect, theorist and provocateur Rem Koolhaas noted that, “Change tends to fill people with this incredible fear. We are surrounded by crisis mongers who see the city in terms of decline.” But Koolhaas was speaking as an artist up for a challenge. “I try to find ways in which change can be mobilized to strengthen the original identity,” he explained.
Bohemian Luxury - Tribeza
by Tobin Levy Photographs by Leonid Furmanksy & Nick Simonite Private clubs are ubiquitous in metropolises like New York, Los Angeles and London. Still, in 2013, when Austinites started hearing whispers about plans for Pershing, an exclusive social club on East 5th Street, some panicked, as though a social club was a White Walker preying on the Austin ethos rather than mankind.
Drivers of Style - Tribeza
Zane Wilemon arrived to the Tribeza photo shoot straight from the airport, after twenty-eight hours of travel. “I feel great,” he laughs. Wilemon was in Kenya, visiting the small town of Maai Mahiu outside of Nairobi where, in 2003, he co-founded the Ubuntu Foundation and, later, Ubuntu Made. The foundation’s mission is to empower the 60,000-person community through job opportunities and programs that allow people to pull themselves out of poverty.
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