Day Trips: Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville

Zoological and botanical park is more than just a zoo

"...The Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville turns a tropical garden..."

May 10, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Get ready for baby sea turtles, balloon launches, and more

"...The days are getting longer and the roads are calling..."

April 30, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Patty Griffin on Her Battle With Breast Cancer and New Album

Local songwriter rises through the fire

"...And they say what is lost will be what is won...."

March 29, 2019 Music Feature by Doug Freeman

Point Austin: Signing On to a Green New Deal

Doggett in defense of concrete steps, not “absolute purity”

"...are definitely bristling with opinions, pro and con, about the broad-based project that became an official congressional resolution on..."

March 1, 2019 News Column by Michael King

2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary

Tales of love and hate dominate these Oscar hopefuls

"...If there’s one underlying theme snaking like a main circuit cable..."

Feb. 8, 2019 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Conspirare's Hope of Loving

This concert of works by Jake Runestad conveyed a sense of love as a force that soothes, enlightens, and heals

"...concert of 2019, that it was as pervasive as the very air in the sanctuary of St. Martin's Lutheran..."

Jan. 25, 2019 Arts Review by Robert Faires

Day Trips: Ladonia Fossil Park

North Texas riverbed a treasure chest of ancient bones

"...you know what to look for. After high-water events, the North Sulphur River churns up a new crop of..."

Dec. 7, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Best of Day Trips

Five best things about daytrippin’ in 2018

"...Best place to talk like a turtle: Kudos to Sea Turtle, Inc. (www.seaturtleinc.org) of South Padre Island on their..."

Nov. 2, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Book Festival 2018

"...Love Letter to Libraries with Susan Orlean, author of The Library Book, and Elizabeth McCracken..."

Oct. 29, 2018 Photo Gallery

Beto & Willie Rally the Resistance

Nelson unveils new song “Vote ’Em Out”

"...I say welcome home,” Mayor Steve Adler shouted to the gargantuan crowd amassing at Auditorium Shores for Saturday night’s..."

Sept. 30, 2018 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

AGLIFF Closing With Mapplethorpe

Festival adds major bio-pic, plus complete line-up

"...AGLIFF, the All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival, has just..."

July 26, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Titanic, turtle hatchlings, and Texas beaches after Harvey

"...Titanic artifacts come to Texas while the Gulf Coast recovers from Hurricane Harvey, and June festivals..."

June 1, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Catfish, outlaws, and armadillos

"...It’s May and the fun around the state is heating up. Now’s the..."

May 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Start April with a scenic drive along fields of flowers

"...Wildflowers line the roads to lots of fun things to do around..."

March 31, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

The Leisure Seeker

Mirren and Sutherland reunite for a painful road trip.

"...Directed by: Paolo Virzì. Starring: Helen Mirren, Donald Sutherland, Kirsty Mitchell, Joshua Mikel, Christian McKay and Janel Moloney...."

March 30, 2018 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

The Horrors of SXSW Can’t Touch Nate Southard

Local screamworthy scribe is sitting, we reckon, on a killer property

"...Of course there’s a plethora of horror-genre stuff going on at SXSW...."

March 9, 2018 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

99 Luftballons (International Acts at SXSW Music)

South by Southwest by way of Sudan, Scotland, Colombia, and more

"...dweller Tarin Wilda Schröder became an instant worldwide sensation. The German-Ghanaian singer bows at the Gen X R&B altar,..."

March 16, 2018 Music Feature

2018 Primary Elections: Giddy With Energy

Tracking back on a wild election night

"...Not surprisingly, neither of the top two major Democratic gubernatorial candidates, in..."

March 9, 2018 News Feature by the News Staff

What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?

Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky

"...a passionate birder is likely to be interrupted by the birds nearby. Jane Tillman, a master naturalist and one..."

Feb. 23, 2018 News Feature by Melany Jean

Does This Relationship Have a Future?

If dogs aren’t welcome on the Starship, I’m not going either

"...We all have a rough sense of how the wolf became the dog. At some point in our..."

Feb. 16, 2018 Features Feature by Nick Barbaro

SXSW Unleashes Massive Film List

High-concept horror A Quiet Place to open fest

"...years and counting can't slow down SXSW Film. As the festival enters its second quarter-century, A Quiet Place –..."

Jan. 31, 2018 SXSW Post by Richard Whittaker

Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2017

"...1) The Shape of Water..."

Dec. 29, 2017 Screens Feature by Steve Davis

Who Knew Eating Chicken Heads Would Be So Satisfying?

A list of some of Austin's offal offerings

"...Few topics in the culinary world evoke a more dramatic reaction than "variety..."

Dec. 22, 2017 Food Feature by Adrienne White

Day Trips & Beyond: Twelve Weeks After Hurricane Harvey in Port Aransas

"Port A is open for business," says chamber of commerce

"...All around Port Aransas the damage from Hurricane Harvey was severe and heartbreaking. Buildings..."

Dec. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Turk Pipkin's Book of the Every Other Month Club

When you subscribe to this service, you get six volumes, Kenya gets three libraries

"...Turk Pipkin is not one for small projects – the actor-writer-philanthropist has taken on interviewing Nobel laureates for documentaries,..."

Nov. 24, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Highland Games, Wurstfest, and more

"...Fall and spring are the reasons we live in Texas, so get out there..."

Nov. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Tapping the Texas Craft Brewers Festival

Eric Puga answers your burning questions about the local beer fest

"...mailbag to address questions about Texas' best beer party: The Texas Craft Brewers Festival. Presented by the Texas Craft..."

Sept. 22, 2017 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Staging Building the Wall Before Trump Builds His Wall

Robert Schenkkan races to get his latest work on stage

"...Robert Schenkkan had no time to waste. The playwright couldn't afford the years it took to craft..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

“Pio Pulido: The Last Exhibit of the 20th Century” at the MACC

This retrospective is like visiting an artist’s crowded studio and yet provides just a glimpse of this visionary’s output

"...Visiting Pio Pulido's "The Last Exhibit for the 20th Century" is like visiting..."

Sept. 1, 2017 Arts Review by Sam Anderson-Ramos

The Luv Doc: A Nicely Dressed Window

True friends will hound you mercilessly until you get your act together

"...that no one really cared too much about how their vagina looked – probably because they were covered in..."

Aug. 11, 2017 Column by The Luv Doc

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