Five Austin Museum Day Recommendations

Back, tyranny of choice! Back, we say!

"...With the Austin Museum Day celebration providing free admission at venues all..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

AMP Museum Day

Get an agricultural history lesson this Saturday

"...Carol Ann Sayle and Larry Butler, current stewards of Austin's 172-year-old historic treasure, Boggy Creek Farm, will be the..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Austin Museum of Art: The third way, explained

AMOA's new proposal for a new Downtown home is dramatically smaller than the last, but that's by design

"...When the Austin Museum of Art unveiled its latest plans for a..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin Museum of Art

For the third time in 25 years, AMOA's plans for a new museum are put on hold

"...After two attempts to construct a new Downtown museum collapsed in economic turmoil, first in the mid-Eighties, then..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin’s Steve Parker Has Built You a New Set of Ears

The audio provocateur expands (again) the local dimensions of sound

"...As if a visit to the Austin Nature and Science Center wasn’t already a fine way..."

Sept. 13, 2017 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Fashion Week 2011 Recos

The annual celebration of design and couture heats up

"...Along with the end of summer comes Austin Fashion Week, capped off by the Austin Fashion Awards..."

Aug. 22, 2011 Design Post by Anne Harris

October Is the Busiest Month for Events in Austin

There are just too many events to miss in the coming week, so On the Range takes over for 'Food-o-File' in order to spread the word

"...the print edition is celebrating our annual "Best of Austin" winners, so On the Range will take over to..."

Oct. 15, 2008 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

Autumn events you ought to check out

"...Diane Kelly will be in attendance. Jeff Guinn of Austin will receive the A.C. Greene Award. It will be..."

Aug. 30, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Amon Carter Art Museum

This Fort Worth museum is one of the coolest in Texas

"...my girlfriend to hang out in the Amon Carter Museum of American Art’s air-conditioned bliss during Fort Worth’s scorching,..."

Nov. 20, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Janis Joplin's Porsche in Port Arthur

Museum of Gulf Coast wants the Lord to buy them a Porsche

"...the replica of the famous car in Port Arthur's Museum of the Gulf Coast...."

Oct. 2, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin's Cultural Makeover: The Next Stage

How much closer we are to getting the cultural wonderland we imagined 10 years ago

"...In the Nineties, Austin's cultural scene could afford to dream big. The city..."

Sept. 7, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Kickstart Your Weekend: The Austin Toy Museum

New collectibles archive launches fund raising with party

"...The founders of the Austin Toy Museum have a motto. "I had that."..."

April 25, 2014 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips

Museum keeps the American West alive

"...The Briscoe Western Art Museum had artwork by Frederic Remington on display when it..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Time is on your side at the Southwest Museum of Clocks & Watches

"...The Southwest Museum of Clocks & Watches in Lockhart has plenty of..."

Oct. 25, 2013 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: USS Lexington, Corpus Christi

Old Navy warhorse retires to beachfront property and life as a military history museum

"...Launched in 1942, the floating museum is the fifth warship to carry the name. CV-16,..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

RV Museum in Amarillo shows how Americans take the edge off of roughing it

"...The museum follows the evolution of RVs from a 1921 Kampcar..."

March 7, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: November Events Roundup

Get out of town with this helpful guide

"...Country communities turn on their Christmas lights on the day after Thanksgiving...."

Nov. 4, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald McLeod

Here Comes Austin

Blanton Museum breaks ground on Ellsworth Kelly chapel

"...This weekend, the Blanton Museum of Art is taking its first steps toward realizing..."

Oct. 30, 2015 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: Packers Hall of Fame

A football mecca in Wisconsin

"...moments in Packers history at the Hall of Fame Museum at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin...."

Nov. 11, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Austin Critics Table Nominations, 2003-2004

The full list of nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table Awards, recognizing outstanding achievements in local theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art

"...in theatre, dance, classical music, and visual art. On Saturday, May 1, nominations for the 2003-2004 Austin Critics Table..."

May 14, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Austin @ Large: A Bad Precedent

The courthouse deal is another chapter in Austin's same old sad Downtown saga

"...it seems pointless to conceive of a downside – Austin excises an unsightly (Smart) growth attached to Downtown's posterior,..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Column by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Makes Federal Case Over New Courthouse

Austin leaders try to influence the feds' new U.S. courthouse project.

"...has backed off its plans to (maybe) displace the Austin Children's Museum or the Austin Museum of Art to..."

Nov. 22, 2002 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Art Week Austin

"...Hosting the 2011 Art Week Austin, Art Alliance Austin is taking advantage of the exceptional..."

April 22, 2011 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips: San Felipe de Austin Historic Site

Original Texas capital returns through new museum

"...San Felipe de Austin State Historic Site resurrects the town that was once..."

Sept. 21, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Free Kwanzaa Celebration at George Carver Museum

Elizabeth Kahura explains the principles and food behind the holiday

"...school children come home singing songs they’ve learned about holiday celebrations around the world, including Kwanzaa. The George Carver..."

Dec. 28, 2017 Food Post by Jessi Cape

Austin's Artspace Crisis and Microvenues

Are home art galleries and mini-performance venues the answer to the space crunch?

"...This Saturday night, when Pump Project Art Complex closes its exhibition..."

June 22, 2018 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

"Juntos/Together" Ties Austin's Activist Past and Present

Shedding light on action & initiatives by local minority communities

"...police brutality against minority community members, and a changing Austin landscape in response to gentrification are familiar recent headlines...."

March 28, 2018 Arts Post by Acacia Coronado

Day Trips & Beyond: Texas Springs Under Threat

Visit these five watering holes while you can

"...in the ice cold water on a hot summer’s day...."

April 20, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trippin'

More day parties than you can shake an iPhone at

"...Here's a small sample of recommended day party revelry. Check out the print edition of this..."

March 11, 2008 Music Post by Audra Schroeder

The Making of Austin

Curator Carter Foster on Ellsworth Kelly's art building

"...Kelly and his final work – and masterwork – Austin, why not go to the man with an official..."

Feb. 15, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

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