Mike Lee

1 week ago | kut.org | Mike Lee

On This Is My Thing, we are continuing our mission to talk with people about the things they do just for themselves – not because it’s their job and not because it’s a responsibility, just because they love to do it. The stuff you do because it’s your thing. On this episode of This Is My Thing, we’re talking with Lyzz Donelson about her unexpected love of permanent jewelry.

2 weeks ago | kut.org | Mike Lee

From Arthritis Foundation, this month's Get Involved spotlight nonprofit:Who is the Arthritis Foundation? As Champions of Yes, we create opportunities to say Yes instead of No. Yes to fighting for our community and against the challenges we face. Yes to making connections that count. Yes to advancing research for better treatments and a cure. Be part of the world’s largest organization dedicated to improving the lives of people with arthritis. Looking to Get Involved?

2 weeks ago | kut.org | Mike Lee

This May, HOT: The Exhibit will set up shop at Ground Floor Theatre and basically take over the venue for a month. The wide-ranging project, which will include art, discussions, health panels, and a play, is all centered around a topic that its co-curators – Melissa Knight and Andee Kinzy – think isn’t discussed openly enough: perimenopause. HOT was born during one of Knight and Kinzys’ regular lunches.

3 weeks ago | kut.org | Mike Lee

After 36 years working with NPR, former Southwest Correspondent (and our occasional KUT officemate) John Burnett retired a little over two years ago. Needing something to do, he created World Music Encounters, which gave him a way to pursue two loves: international music and interviewing interesting people. “World Music Encounters is a project of Saint David's Episcopal Church,” Burnett says, “to expose Austinites to international music that they may not be familiar with.

1 month ago | kut.org | Mike Lee

“I guess all artists do this,” says playwright Christine Hoang. “We create something because we're kind of going through something and so it's our way of processing whatever it is in the moment. And now that I've written it and we're about to open, I think I was processing how hard it is to make friends as an adult. “My marriage with my husband is pretty secure. We're pretty stable. Everything's happy and boring. Going out and making friends as an adult is what's challenging and risky.