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One local organization works with restaurants all over Austin to make sure those in need get fed during the winter weather.

Tuesday, November 29 is Giving Tuesday, a global day of generosity and giving back to our local communities after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. There are several ways to participate and over 700 organizations to support.

Texas largest vaccination effort for restaurant workers is coming to Austin this weekend. Hospitality workers in Austin already qualify to get a coronavirus vaccine, and itll be even easier to get one, thanks to a vaccine drive scheduled from 9 to 3 p.m. May 1 and 2 at Circuit of the Americas. The Great Texas Hospitality Worker Vaccine Drive, which launched on April 20 in Houston, is a collaboration between the Texas Restaurant Association, Texas Food & Wine Alliance and Good Work Austin, se...

Easy ways to donate to Austin residents amid historic winter storm Easy ways to donate to Austin residents amid historic winter storm Austin remains under a winter storm warning on Thursday. Photo by Katie Friel Update: Due to the overwhelming generosity of locals, Casa Marianella is pausing food donations for the time being. Monetary contributions are still being accepted. --- Austin hospitals are without water and relying on generators, a high-rise housing low-income seniors is entering i...

The massive Texas winter weather crisis is technically over, but the aftermath will be felt by Austin for a while. At times, many people ad been without power, heat, clean water, nor much food access during below-freezing temperatures, causing grocery stores and restaurants to either close or work with limited products since the supply chain is disrupted. This ongoing weather crisis especially impacts Austin’s unhoused population, who are in need of warm shelters, food, and supplies. The cit...

Austin 360 Austin businesses are working to get food to people who need it, as a battered city’s residents continue to face power outages, water outages and below-freezing temperatures.  Good Work Austin, a consortium of area restaurants formed during the coronavirus pandemic, is working to get free meals to people in need this week. Major local brands, including Deep Eddy Vodka, Kendra Scott and Bumble, along with the Austin Winter Storm Relief Fund, have made donations to are...

In April, with the clubs shut down and musicians feeling adrift, expressive pop artist Mobley embarked on an ambitious project. He randomly paired 15 musicians and 15 filmmakers to create a visual album with a process structured around the surrealist drawing game exquisite corpse.  In the game, a scene is formed as each player draws a part then folds the paper to obscure their contribution before handing off to the next player. For the visual album, each artist was provided an end clip of the...