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Myf Mars vividly remembers the last night Hotel Vegas was open as a music venue. It was the beloved East Austin dive’s ninth anniversary party, traditionally a kick-off event for the South by Southwest Music Festival. Only the festival was canceled. Local promoters were working to stand up an independent event, but the world was beginning to shut down.
“Everyone was talking about COVID. Everyone was like, ‘Oh, whatever. It doesn t matter. We re fine,’” Mars said. She shared the sentiment. As a bartender, facing the loss of SXSW and its influx of cash felt devastating.
They were all in a collective denial of, “Oh, can we just wait two more weeks before accepting this is a reality?” she said.
RETAIL By Dorothy Crouch | Friday, January 29, 2021
With the return of its Foot the Bill campaign, action-sports brand Vans is supporting small businesses. During February, all partners will be Black-owned operations with additional actions taken during Black History Month to support these businesses.
Initially launched last April, Foot the Bill works by adding new small businesses, such as skate shops, music venues, art galleries and restaurants, to the Vans site each week. Customers buy limited-edition, customized Vans footwear and apparel with net proceeds directly benefiting the businesses during a challenging climate as COVID-19 continues to impact smaller operations. Last year s Foot the Bill program sold 20,962 pairs of Vans globally and raised over $4 million for the participating partners, Carly Gomez, vice president of marketing for Vans Americas, said. This unique opportunity to offer support to our extended Vans Family is the least that we can d
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In the beginning, p1nkstar was a legend in her own mind.
Before she became an ATX queer nightlife sensation, before she released her fantastic 2020 debut EP, before she produced and starred in “Girls Like Us” the sizzling new video showcase of transgender Texas talent that premieres Thursday night the 26-year-old singer, promoter and performance artist decided she would become “a hyperqueer pop superstar,” because (obviously) the world needed one.
“That is something that I hadn t seen growing up in Mexico,” she said during a recent episode of Austin360’s streaming show, the Monday Music Mashup. As a fine arts student at the University of Texas, she was captivated by the idea of a pop icon portrayed in a light where it was “celebrated to be queer, celebrated to be gender nonconforming,” she said.
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In the early days of the pandemic, with Austin s music scene already reeling from the economic devastation of lost South by Southwest income followed by prolonged closures, skate-wear company Vans worked with the Mohawk on a custom design to benefit the Red River Cultural District venue s displaced staff.
Now the iconic brand is at it again.
As part of its Foot the Bill program benefitting small businesses, Vans released a special limited edition design with the Red River Cultural District. The design places the RRCD logo in red on a black pair of custom Era skate shoes ($90) or a black T-shirt ($30). One hundred percent of the net proceeds from sales of the gear goes directly to the RRCD.