Emancipet raises $317,000 at 17th anniversary luncheon

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Emancipet raised a record-breaking $317,000 at its 17th anniversary luncheon at the Four Seasons Hotel. (Last year, the luncheon raised $262,000.) More than 500 supporters, community leaders, volunteers, and philanthropists helped Emancipet celebrate 17 years of serving pets and their people. Read more

Kerbey Lane to celebrate 36th birthday May 5

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All stores to donate net profits to United Way for Greater Austin; birthday cake pancakes on special to celebrate

In honor of Kerbey Lane Cafe’s 36th anniversary on May 5, the beloved Austin restaurant will donate 100 percent of the net profits from all seven of its locations to United Way for Greater Austin beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday, May 5, and ending at 6 a.m. on May 6, 2016.

In addition, Kerbey Lane will be serving short stacks of its birthday cake pancakes for the discounted price of $1.95 (regularly $3.95). Read more

Welcoming our newest client, Freedom Solar Power!

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We’re excited to announce our newest client, Freedom Solar Power. Read more

Emancipet’s 17th anniversary luncheon April 25

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Luncheon to celebrate Houston clinic opening, merger with ATA, Philly clinic on the horizon

Emancipet will celebrate 17 years of serving pets and their people, and share the organization’s vision for the future at their annual luncheon on Monday, April 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Four Seasons Hotel. Read more

#ThunderPets bandanas benefiting Emancipet April 1-15

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Four-legged companions are part of the family at ThunderCloud Subs, and they want to help make sure people and their pets in Austin get the care they need. That’s why they’ve teamed up with Emancipet to bring you #ThunderPets!

When you make a $5 donation to Emancipet at any ThunderCloud Subs store April 1-15, you’ll get an awesome pet bandana for your dog or cat to wear around town. Emancipet is an Austin-based nonprofit on a mission to make high-quality spay/neuter and veterinary care affordable and accessible to all pet owners. Read more

Austin’s top chefs featured at Farm to Plate, May 11

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SFC adds brand new VIP Hour experience hosted by Juniper to popular annual fundraiser; Tables on sale now!

More than 30 of Austin’s most acclaimed chefs will serve samples of their culinary creations at Sustainable Food Center’s ninth annual Farm to Plate on Wednesday, May 11 from 7- 9:30 p.m. at the historic Barr Mansion.

Farm to Plate focuses exclusively on locally grown and produced food. All of the participating chefs have shown a commitment to using food from local sources, in line with SFC’s mission. Read more

Animal Trustees of Austin now part of Emancipet

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Emancipet to fully incorporate ATA’s staff, facility, and programs

Animal Trustees of Austin is now officially part of Emancipet, and the merged organization will be even greater than the sum of its parts, serving more Austin-area people and pets with safe, affordable, and compassionate veterinary services. Read more

Kerbey Lane debuts new Spring Menu!

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Austin’s favorite cafe adds third seasonal menu for 2016

Kerbey Lane Cafe has added a new seasonal menu to its 2016 repertoire! The Spring Menu debuted Feb. 11 and is available at all seven locations until early May.

Kerbey Lane’s Spring Menu features innovative new recipes, twists on old classics, and of course, Kerbey’s seasonal pancake selection. Here are 12 new dishes from the new Spring Menu to give you a taste of what’s to come. Read more

ThunderCloud Subs employee spotlight: Nathan Wolfers’ funky tie-dye art

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Tie-dye master, family man, and manager of ThunderCloud’s Georgetown location Nathan Wolfers is taking the neighborhood sub shop’s funk-a-delic vibes to the next level with his brilliant tie-dye art.

He made the massive wall of tie-dye curtains at the Georgetown store with six separate panels, each 10 feet tall, and all done by hand. The project took him about 20 hours to complete. And if you’ve ever seen a tie-dye ThunderCloud T-shirt around town or on one of our employees at your neighborhood shop, it’s Nathan’s handwork. He uses a stencil to screen-print the logo on the shirts and then dyes each one by hand so they’re all slightly different. Read more

Texas Book Festival

Texas Book Festival announces new literary director

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6P_TexasBookFestJulieHighResFinal0201-1The Texas Book Festival has named a new literary director. Julie Wernersbach, who served as marketing director of the largest independent bookstore in Texas for the past five years, will start her new job as the Festival’s literary director later this month.

Wernersbach will be responsible for creating and implementing the TBF’s year-round literary programming including the annual Festival, which is one of the largest and most prestigious book festivals in the country and is held each fall at the State Capitol in downtown Austin.

At BookPeople, Wernersbach plans more than 300 author events each year and oversees public relations, marketing, website, and social media strategies. Working closely with publishers, Wernersbach has planned events featuring Elvis Costello, Jimmy Carter, Jonathan Franzen, Isabel Allende, Stephen King, Donna Tartt, Lena Dunham, and many others. Read more