Gobble Gobble Give 2012

11.22.12

The non-profit Gobble Gobble Give has worked for 10 years to provide meals, clothing, and toiletries to the homeless people of Austin, Las Vegas, New York, and Los Angeles each Thanksgiving. For th

man's best friend

The Lifelines Project: Documenting the bond between the homeless and their pets

By Shelley Seale

09.04.12 | 5:45 pm

Wednesday is a regal black and golden dog, obviously healthy and cared for. "She comes first, before I do," says Wednesday's owner, Pops. "I love her attitude, that' ...

Art doing good

How one "Grace" inspired a movement: Singer's chance encounter gets homeless teens off the streets

By Joel Luks

05.13.12 | 12:45 pm

Editor's note: Some last names have been kept confidential in this story to protect the subjects from potential harm. In the fast-paced milieu of a busy performing artist, going from venue ...

Community conscience

Remembering Leslie Cochran: On being homeless in Austin

By Joe Faina

03.25.12 | 9:00 am

As the city recovers from the madness of SXSW it can be easy to forget the events that happened on its eve. As the city was beginning to celebrate an iconic event it was also mourning the passing o ...

Creative Labor Ideas

Homeless hotspots at SXSW: Opportunity or just exploitation?

By Melissa Gaskill

03.15.12 | 2:00 pm

During SXSW, New York based Marketing firm BBH Labs equipped homeless people on Austin streets with devices that turned them into wireless hotspots. People could pay with cash or via PayPal an amou ...

In memorium

Heaven just got a little weirder: Leslie Cochran passes away, public march planned

By Kevin Benz

03.08.12 | 9:53 am

If God has a sense of humor he's trying on Leslie's boa right now. Yes, heaven is a little bit weirder today and Austin is a little less. At 1 a.m. Thursday morning, Albert Leslie Cochr ...

Love for Leslie

Leslie Cochran is out of the hospital and into hospice care

By Kevin Benz

03.05.12 | 3:00 pm

Leslie Cochran's health improved enough to move him out of the hospital and into a private hospice. On one hand that's great news for his legions of friends and fans. Still, he remains crit ...

The King of Weird

Love for Leslie: Leslie Cochran's condition improves as friends pay homage

By Kevin Benz

03.01.12 | 4:01 pm

Leslie Cochran, Austin's unofficial king of weird, opened his eyes Wednesday night to the applause of friends who gathered in his hospital room to pay homage. Thirteen days had passed since Les ...

local legacies

Austin icon Leslie near death after undergoing emergency brain surgery

By Kevin Benz

02.27.12 | 4:47 pm

Albert "Leslie" Cochran, who earlier this month said he planned to leave Austin and move back to Colorado, is now listed in critical condition at St. David's South Austin Medical ...

serving up kindness

Mobile Loaves & Fishes strives to give food, and dignity, to the homeless

By Shelley Seale

02.05.12 | 11:30 am

It started very small and simple: Back in 1998, Alan Graham and a few buddies made some sandwiches and took them to a few homeless people in downtown Austin. But that small act was only the seed fo ...