FIRST FRIDAY STAFF PICKS: SEPTEMBER 2019 EDITION
09/06/19 — Ada Broussard
We think that our staff is the best in the business (okay, okay, we are a little biased), but the JBG family hails from all over the place and covers the gamut in talents and interests. We love sharing events, adventures, and side projects that inspire and excite our JBG-ers (food-related or not) with the community. Check out the staff-curated list of favorites below!
My other pick is Club Home Made! I was excited to see this little bit of press that came out about our fall classes a couple weeks ago. Check us out if you haven't already!
If you live in Austin and want to learn more about the art scene and get more involved I would recommend a few things.
Very shortly my interview with Chris Cowden the executive director of Women & Their Work with be released. September 12th from 7-10 they are having their Red Dot Art Spree which is a fundraising event that will feature over 150 works by some of the best contemporary artists in Texas, all priced $750 and below, and tax-free. There will also be a silent auction. Learn more
Ada (Blog Writer)
I laughed out loud when I saw this picture on Instagram. The caption reads, "No one planted it. but there it is, all the same. A rogue tomato is growing on a piling in the water around Brooklyn Bridge Park...." There's an entire NY Times story about it. This mysterious tomato plant seems a little less mysterious to me, because we have rogue vegetables growing ALL OVER the place at Hergotz. One time a huge bins of melons got run over in the parking lot. Weeks later, there were hundreds of (edible) watermelon sprouts growing out of the parking lot gravel. We currently have a few rogue tomato plants (with fruit) growing on the small grassy patches next to our cooler, and we've had a comically productive butternut squash plant growing in the ditch near our compost pile. I could go on, but you get the point. Drop a tomato somewhere, water + sunlight, and you might just get a tomato plant.My other pick is Club Home Made! I was excited to see this little bit of press that came out about our fall classes a couple weeks ago. Check us out if you haven't already!
Scott
If you live in Austin and want to learn more about the art scene and get more involved I would recommend a few things.
- -Sign up for Art Alliance Austin’s weekly newsletter to learn about all of the upcoming art events. Do that here.
- Check out my weekly podcast Austin Art Talk, interviewing local artists and creatives. www.austinarttalk.com You can listen directly from the website or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, iHeartRADIO. Pretty much any podcast app can find it. Let me know what you think. People seem to love it. You can also follow me on Instagram @austinarttalk.
Very shortly my interview with Chris Cowden the executive director of Women & Their Work with be released. September 12th from 7-10 they are having their Red Dot Art Spree which is a fundraising event that will feature over 150 works by some of the best contemporary artists in Texas, all priced $750 and below, and tax-free. There will also be a silent auction. Learn more