Marisa Charpentier
Digital ProducerMarisa Charpentier joined KUT as a digital producer in January 2020. After graduating from The University of Texas at Austin with degrees in journalism and Plan II Honors in 2018, she worked as a reporter for Community Impact Newspaper, covering the Central Texas communities of Cedar Park and Leander.
She is originally from St. Louis but grew up in Flower Mound, Texas. You can email her at mcharpentier@kut.org.
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A developer is now proposing to only partially demolish the Fourth Street buildings that house LGBTQ+ bars and to keep their original facades intact as it builds a high-rise behind it. -
La Superintendente del Distrito Escolar Independiente de Austin, Stephanie Elizalde, podría dejar el distrito para irse a Dallas.
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Austin Independent School District Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde might be leaving the district for Dallas.
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The state's electric grid operator says six power-generation facilities went offline Friday afternoon as the state experiences unseasonably hot weather.
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Un grupo llamado Amigos de Parque Zaragoza organiza el sábado una celebración del 90º aniversario del parque, que ha servido de centro para la comunidad mexicano-americana de la ciudad.
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A group called Amigos de Parque Zaragoza is hosting a 90th anniversary celebration on Saturday for the park, which has served as a hub for the city's Mexican American community.
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People took to the streets of Austin on Tuesday to support abortion rights after news broke that the U.S. Supreme Court intends to overturn the landmark case that established the right to an abortion nearly 50 years ago.
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It was only in recent years that the Neill-Cochran House Museum discovered the two-story outbuilding on its site was originally used to house enslaved people. Now, the museum is trying to reincorporate that history into the property's narrative — and the story of Austin as a whole.
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For years, Austin resident Arnie Ramirez has passed by it on her way to jog along Shoal Creek Trail. She wanted to know the story behind it.
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The weather’s been perfect lately for a dip, but make sure you check the date before heading to Deep Eddy this month.
