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Caitlin M. Ryan

Managing Editor, CultureMap Austin

Having first moved to Manhattan to work for Condé Nast’s fashion title Italian Vogue, Caitlin's love for smart, conceptual, visual publications began early in her career. Hoping to blend the traditional print business with the evolving digital front, she spent the next several years with Google, which sent her to work internationally, fueling her ultimate love: cultural immersion and travel. She then moved to Austin and spent over a year as Rare magazine's editor in chief and led the publication through a successful redesign. In the spring of 2011, Caitlin was tapped to help launch CultureMap Austin and is now happy to call the daily digital magazine her home. She continues to travel and freelance write and style for national and international publications. 

 

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coffee talk

The perfect blend: The coffee, beer, wine and gluten-free purveyors of Cenote host official grand opening

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Finding the perfect mix of elements to create a successful coffee house is a bit of an art in Austin. Among other things, you'll need the right decor, the ...


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this week's clicks

Introducing your weekly top stories: Thor Harris, Lana Del Rey, porn fans and more

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Since we know you all are busy people leading very busy lives, we're introducing a new weekly feature in which we will round up the top five stories of ...


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communication arts

Music, hot dogs and cold beer: Design virtuoso Christian Helms' work featured in the largest creative magazine in the world

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Communication Arts has been a benchmark for creative excellence for over 50 years. It's the largest creative magazine in the world, featuring contemporary, iconic work of graphic designers, art ...


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got what it takes?

Spectator or superhero? Either way, there's a place for you at AFM's Fittest person contest

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Austin Fit Magazine — you know, the free glossy that features hardbodies on its cover, reminding you of your lack of willpower as you wait in line for pancakes at Magnolia ...


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Moving in

JM Drygoods joins Spartan to create "exciting and inspiring" South Lamar shopping destination

By Caitlin M. Ryan

West Texas moved South this weekend — South Lamar, that is. Bows + Arrows owner Lauren Wilkins packed up and moved to Nashville, leaving available the highly coveted space that adjoins Spartan ...


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fancy footwork

Closet Pique, rebel-style :: Joshua Bingaman of HELM Handmade Boots & Progress Coffee

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Joshua Bingaman fell in love 1950s 'rebel' fashion thanks to serendipitous viewings of On the WaterfrontStreetcar Named Desire and The Wild Ones as a kid. But Bingaman replaces the ...


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wine drinking 101

Everything you wanted to know about wine but didn't want to ask: We got the answers from Food & Wine expert Ray Isle

By Caitlin M. Ryan

To imagine an expert in wine might be to imagine someone so sophisticated they're unable to have an easy-going conversation with the average Joe. However, Ray Isle, executive wine ...


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fusebox festival

The Pay Phone Revival Project: Celebrating artistic intervention in abandoned public spaces

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Before cell phones proliferated in the pockets of kids still in their single-digits, do you remember having to rely on the existence of a pay phone when coordinating a ride ...


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education and inspiration

Fifty years of inspiring Austin: Celebrate KLRU's landmark birthday with a plethora of community events

By Caitlin M. Ryan

One of Austin's most influential and omnipresent nonprofits, KLRU, celebrates its landmark 50th anniversary this week. As Austin's PBS station, KLRU serves the community with programming fit for ...


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rising stars

The stuff dreams are made of: Watch the ever-growing UT Fashion Show, Contour

By Caitlin M. Ryan

The University Fashion Show, Contour, is something of a rite of passage for budding designers. As 23 seniors send their individual collections down a runway inside the Frank Erwin Center ...


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write by night presents

Livestreaming journalism discussion series Deadliners: What can we learn from Kony2012?

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Deadliners, a journalism discussion series presented by WriteByNight, presents a discussion on Kony2012 and what journamlism can learn from it. The viral video by California-based activist group Invisible Children proved ...


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round up

A glimpse inside the Tastemakers' heads: The best of the interviews leading up to the inaugural event

By Caitlin M. Ryan

In preparation for Thursday night's inaugural event, we've rounded up the best from the Tastemaker interviews that our dedicated Food + Drink team spent hours poring over. Get to ...


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flights of fancy

Fatal fashion: Austin-born Crowned Bird debuts collection driven by nostalgia, executed with masterful skill

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Priscilla Barroso is a doe of a young woman — limbs long and lean with a face crowned by closely cropped curls reminiscent of another era. She's an old kind ...


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Utopia sessions music

SXSW Encore: A private performance from Holiday, your musical antidote to the blistering summer

By Caitlin M. Ryan

A five-piece band born and bred in Austin, Holiday (Maggie Leyenberger, Kent Arnold, Dennis McHale, Waybe Dalchau, Travis Tejas) serves up unaffected indie pop-rock that's guaranteed to make you ...


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fantastic flair

Designers directing sports: Forget the humble home and away unis of yesteryear

By Caitlin M. Ryan

I won’t pretend to know much about sports. We are familiar only on a basic level: I know what I find exciting, and I know what I do not ...


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festival city

From cupcakes to kale: The first ever Texas Veg Fest draws in the health-conscious from across the state

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Deep in the heart of Texas, it's easy to eat all meat all the time. But deep in the heart of the little oasis that is Austin, it's ...


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big trouble

Fewer lines (of many sorts) downtown this weekend as Yassine Enterprises' cohorts face federal charges following FBI bar raid

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Looks like there will be fewer lines — er, of many sorts — downtown this weekend. Yassine Enterprises owner Hussein Ali "Mike" Yassine has been taken to the house for quite the ...


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go a little greener

Bid farewell to plastic, it's the law: Reusable (and washable) market bags that pop with style

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Austinites will overhaul their consumer lifestyles come year's end. Earlier this month, Austin City Council passed a landmark bill that will ban single-use plastic bags by March 2013. With ...


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bullseye

The world should be watching: Jennifer Lawrence carries The Hunger Games on sturdy, capable shoulders

By Caitlin M. Ryan

Suzanne Collins' dystopian, futuristic society finally hits screens this weekend. Originally published in 2008, it took only three years (and millions of copies sold) for The Hunger Games to become ...


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