August 15 , 2022
Grand Opening: Come See CTG’s New Studio!
Hey everybody , it ’s finally here ! Join the fun at our grand opening of the Austin Media Center to tour our Austin PBS new dig at Austin Community College Highland , include the brand - newCentral Texas Gardenerstudio . derive hang out with us on Saturday , August 27 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Below ’s a shot of the new Master Control that ’s already transport program shows your way . get kin and friends for live medicine , interactive eruditeness sofa , local chef nutrient truck , and to meet the first-rate cracking hoi polloi behind Austin PBS , including the community - led journalism squad , Decibel . snap up a photo with PBS Kids characters and narrative - time recitation led by local authors , musician , and celebrities , including Chet Garner , host ofThe Daytripper . In the Pfluger Keller Community Soundstage , check an interview with Evan Smith ofOverheardand a intro of the Zilker Summer Musical , Newsies . To prep its introduction for you , the new CTG studio is getting its final finish and unexampled illumination . After that , the Austin PBS work party will move in the CTG curing and fumble it up after its forged hair day travels . ( Thanks to JJ Weber , Director of Production & Operations , for this picture and all the piece of work behind years of move - out , move - in logistics , peculiarly during a pandemic.)We’d love to see you and discover out what you need to watch on CTG as we move forward!AND , since you ’ve all been require , we ’ll also debut new CTG T - shirts , thanks to the very talented Kat Davis , Austin PBS Graphic Design Intern!Here ’s Kat , who also assist with the program for The Weather Station ’s ACL public presentation soon after she arrived . I absolutely love her designs and the narration behind them . “ I grew up garden with my home in the Northeastern U.S. When I came to Austin in 2014 , I foundCentral Texas Gardenerand watch dozens of episodes to conform to the ( very ! ) different conditions here . Although visitation - and - error remains a familiar experience , I now have my own Central Texas garden with four vegetable beds and a miscellany of aboriginal and altered plants , ” Kat writes . Thanks to Kat for the pictures , too , let in her bound garden . “As a long - clock time fan , I was thrilled to be tax with design a Modern T - shirt forCentral Texas Gardener . I considered garden creature , houseplant , semen packets , and vegetables , but could n’t stay away from sketching Texas wild flower . There ’s a special joy to see the first wildflowers each season and I wanted the shirt to feel the same way!”Can you spot what she included , along with a bee and sulfur butterfly ? Here ’s her list , botanical names to boot !
• Mexican HatRatibida columnifera• Pink Evening PrimroseOenothera speciosa• White PricklypoppyArgemone albiflora• Lemon BeebalmMonarda citriodora• Texas BluebonnetLupinus texensis• Prairie VerbenaGlandularia bipinnatifida• Rain LilyCooperia pedunculata• Texas ThistleCirsium texanum• FirewheelGaillardia pulchella
Kat delightfully added CTG viewer ’s favorite badger dog , Augie , who joined the CTG squad when Travis County Extension HorticulturistDaphne Richardsrescued him as a youngster . A boastful fragrancy of thanks to Kiah Wagner , Graphic Designer extraordinaire , whose creativity spans every Austin PBS political platform and task . Stay up to engagement on all of our festivities !
See you there and thanks for bar by , Linda
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