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Jonathan Rienstra

Jonathan Rienstra

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Jonathan grew up in Dallas, graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a degree in journalism and returned to Dallas. Despite being an only child and left-handed, recently he mastered graceful social interaction, which landed him a job as staff writer at CultureMap Dallas. His interests include UT football, listening to Willie Nelson while driving through the Hill Country and debating Breaking Bad symbolism. He reads books but doesn't talk about it. A perfect Sunday would involve floating the Comal River with a St. Arnold's Fancy Lawnmower. He has been to Oklahoma, but only on a dare. He misses Dunk-a-roos but nothing else about the ’90s. 

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Love at First Site

Seeking Arrangement: Texas university students are getting tuition help from sugar daddies

By Jonathan Rienstra

Were you aware that the recipient of a sugar daddy’s attention is known as a sugar baby? And did you know that there is a website called SeekingArrangement.com ...


Rented in 60 Seconds

Austin-based Silvercar aims to give you the ultimate car rental experience, all from your phone

By Jonathan Rienstra

It’s no small task, but Luke Schneider wants to revolutionize the rental car game and he’s starting in Dallas. Schneider is the CEO of Austin-based Silvercar, an app-based ...


Body innovation

Keep your fitness resolutions with these handy exercise apps

By Jonathan Rienstra

With the new year come new resolutions. Most of them involve things like “getting fit” or “losing weight” or “not eating an embarrassing amount of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups ...


Foodie Finds

Our favorite apps ensure you never eat another bad meal or pay a hefty price for it

By Jonathan Rienstra

We love our food here at CultureMap. And with so many great restaurants around, it’s always a culinary journey. Whether it’s one of the hottest new spots or ...


Diaries from the robot uprising

Not-so-human touch: UTA engineers teach robots how to feel through sensory-laden skin

By Jonathan Rienstra

Engineers at UT Arlington’s Research Institute (UTARI) recently won a $1.35 million grant from the National Science Foundation that will fund a project to help robots feel pressure ...


Music Notes

Rock out with a jolly holiday playlist from CultureMap

By Jonathan Rienstra

It blows my mind a little bit each time I remember that the in-house band for Late Night with Jimmy Fallon is The Roots. Fallon is doing some great things ...


Science FTW

UT Austin astronomers discover largest black hole in history with a mass of 17 billion suns

By Jonathan Rienstra

Astronomers at the University of Texas at Austin’s McDonald Observatory near Fort Davis have found what they believe may be the most massive black hole ever discovered, according to ...


Day dreaming

5 ideas more worthy of a White House petition than ousting Cowboys owner Jerry Jones

By Jonathan Rienstra

So some enterprising Cowboys fan named Steven M. of Georgia petitioned President Obama to remove Jerry Jones as owner and GM of the team. Before being taken down, it garnered ...


Texas Ingenuity

Sam and Andrew Wyly discuss Why Texas Got it Right!

By Jonathan Rienstra

The Wyly family knows a thing or two about maintaining success. Headed by brothers Sam and Charles, the Wylys have long been a part of the business scene in the ...


Diaries from the robot uprising

UT Dallas scientists create artificial muscles four times as strong as the human kind

By Jonathan Rienstra

When the robots take over, we can look back at the day University of Texas at Dallas revealed its new nanotube artificial muscles as the tipping point. We’ve lost ...


JFK News

Somber 50th anniversary of JFK assassination to include Pulitzer Prize winner David McCullough

By Jonathan Rienstra

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings, Ruth Altshuler and former mayor Ron Kirk announced plans Tuesday at the Old Red Museum in Dallas for next year’s 50th anniversary of President John ...


Cancer Awareness

How a UT Austin student turned a cancer diagnosis into fuel for fundraising, part II

By Jonathan Rienstra

Editor’s note: Jonathan Rienstra met Neil Gustafson when they were freshmen at the University of Texas at Austin. When Neil was a junior, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer ...


Cancer Awareness

How a UT Austin student turned a cancer diagnosis into fuel for fundraising, part I

By Jonathan Rienstra

Editor’s note: Jonathan Rienstra met Neil Gustafson when they were freshmen at the University of Texas at Austin. When Neil was a junior, he was diagnosed with testicular cancer ...


What the what?

Gay penguin controversy causes AISD to cancel performances of "And Then Came Tango"

By Jonathan Rienstra

Austin ISD has canceled 10 performances of a play put on at area elementary schools by a UT graduate theater student because of gay penguins. Emily Freeman’s "And Then ...


Print Is Not Dead

Austin magazine L Style G Style comes out in Dallas and launches statewide expansion

By Jonathan Rienstra

The Austin-area gay and lesbian lifestyle magazine L Style G Style is expanding to Dallas and Houston with the release of its November/December issue November 1. This is a ...


Drinking News

What does your beer say about your politics? You won't find it in the bottom of your glass

By Jonathan Rienstra

The National Journal recently came out with a graph that breaks down America's voting patterns based on beer. It's pretty ingenious. If the presidential debates haven't helped ...


Hey, It's Tradition

Where to party in Dallas for the Texas-OU Red River Rivalry weekend

By Jonathan Rienstra

We are a less than a week away from the annual pilgrimage up I-35 for what is arguably the biggest sports event in Dallas: the Red River Rivalry. The University ...


The Drinking Diaries

Ballsy new bar 6th Street in Dallas pays tribute to Austin's famous alcoholic avenue

By Jonathan Rienstra

Any bar that attempts to capture the attitude and anarchy of Sixth Street in Austin faces an uphill battle. Naming your bar after the best drinking street outside of Bourbon ...


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