Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Texas travel news and more

"...state and country. Burnt Bean Barbecue Co., 108 S. Austin, Seguin, Thur.-Sat. 11am-3pm, Sun. 8am-2pm, www.burntbeanco.com. Travel Notes:..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Hueco Tanks State Historic Site is sacred ground to many Southwestern Native American tribes

"...restricted access to much of the 860-acre park to tours. The North Mountain is still open to the public...."

May 13, 2011 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

For love of the hummingbird

"...way to Central and South America. Others like the black-chinned and the ruby-throated hummingbirds have a time-share arrangement with..."

Aug. 19, 2005 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...and released Lime on Epic in 1998, supported by tours with Tool, the Jesus Lizard, and Girls Against Boys...."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Art, Eggs, Kink, and Sleaze in This Weekend’s Art Events

Recommended happenings for your calendar consideration

"...brother’s murder. Cineclub MX, which brings Mexican cinema to Austin theatres, presents this festival favorite in its new home..."

April 18, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Summer fun is heating up around the state

"...commands the courthouse square. Docents from the museum offer tours of the historic courthouse on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday...."

June 30, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

The weather’s ideal to learn about Bob Dylan or see hot air balloons

"...Tulsa is about a 7-hour drive from Austin. The wonderful Woody Guthrie Center is next door to..."

Sept. 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

It’s time for chili cook-offs, festivals, and all sorts of November fun

"...pours. Guests under 21 or not drinking are free. Tours have been suspended because of the pandemic. Saturdays, Revolver..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Day trips for 2017

"...Dallas Cowboys. The new headquarters and training facility offers tours in small groups of the training facility, the War..."

Jan. 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Wednesday Showcases

Wednesday SXSW showcases at a glance

"...to happen (but you knew that already, didn't you, Austin?). Ever feel like pitching a Fitz & the Tantrums?..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

Day Trips

Appreciating the Indian rock art of the Lower Pecos River region

"...mastodons were beginning to disappear," said Gary Kendrick of Austin at the beginning of a tour of the rock..."

Oct. 15, 2004 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Playback: Barracuda on the Block

"...For said booker, whose youthful appearance belies his long Austin history, Barracuda represents his continued ascendancy in Austin's concert..."

Dec. 11, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Bittersweet Life

Folksinging, an education

"...folk music today comes dressed as he's always dressed: black shirt, blue jeans, gray conductor hat. Stage lights at..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Music Feature by Kevin Curtin

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

Lots to look forward to as winter eases into spring

"...Mexico. During the dockside festival, each ship offers exhibits, tours, and educational programs on the age of sailing ships...."

Feb. 2, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Finish out a hot summer with a cool adventure

"...West Texas desert to escape the triple-digit heat in Austin, but that’s exactly what my wife and I did...."

Aug. 3, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: September Events Roundup

September events around the state are waiting for you to arrive

"...February 2021. Rumors at one time had it that Austin was on the short list to receive a Meow..."

Sept. 3, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Everything Hits at Once

Give the drummer some: Spoon backbeat Jim Eno

"...Last July, inside Mohawk after a set by Austin/Oxford act Frenchbraid – a project he recorded at his..."

Aug. 1, 2014 Music Feature by Chase Hoffberger

SXSW Wednesday Picks and Sleepers

"...7:25pm, Austin Music Hall; Fri., 12mid, Copa Gone are the days..."

March 15, 2013 Music Feature

SXSW Saturday Picks & Sleepers

Last night of SX handicapping

"...Pub Among the best of the new breed of Austin singer-songwriters, BettySoo has delighted audiences nationwide; people don't expect..."

March 18, 2011 Music Feature

Day Trips

Approximately 300,000 bats live year-round underneath the Waugh Drive bridge in Houston

"...the same species of voracious insect-eaters that emerge from Austin's Congress Avenue bridge...."

July 10, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

Captain Day Trips plans your travel itinerary for the coming year.

"...at 400 Walnut in downtown Beaumont. Painted white with black spots, the fireplug is an actual working model donated..."

Jan. 11, 2002 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Sea Cruise

Sailing into the sunset on Delbert McClinton's Blues Crusie.

"...Ford classic working its magic. Problem is, since the Austin entertainer is performing on the pool deck of the..."

Feb. 4, 2000 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Five Dark Events to Beat the Heat

Nighttime distractions that flip off the sun

"...When even native Austinites are complaining about the heat, you know something's awry...."

July 21, 2023 Arts Column by Richard Whittaker

As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest

Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf

"...Austin Chronicle: When we met a few weeks back and..."

Feb. 28, 2020 Music Feature by Raoul Hernandez

ACL Music Fest 2013 Saturday Listings

Blurbing Saturday ACL

"...1pm, Austin Ventures stage..."

Oct. 4, 2013 Music Feature

High Texas Rider

Before the Sir Douglas Quintet and Texas Tornados, the Lone Star State's voice of the Vox organ, Augie Meyers, was San Antonio's Lord August & the Visions of Lite

"...Rolling Stone's Chet Flippo once termed a "walking talking Austin Chamber of Commerce," Meyers is the godfather of San..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Day Trips

Send your favorite daytripper or daytripper-to-be on a photographic journey through Austin or a uniquely Texan greasy-spoon odyssey.

"...a chore, but two recent unique publications can help. Austin & Vicinity CD-ROMs by local photographer Steve Schwartzman and..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Death Waits for No Plan

Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public

"...Two of the first men buried in an Austin cemetery – or so the story goes – were..."

Feb. 6, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Be Merry

Eat Drink Local Week comes of age

"...and by early December of that same year, Edible Austin sponsored a small slate of events for the first..."

Dec. 2, 2011 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Art + Activism Intertwined

Steps on a path

"...Bridgforth moves to Austin. For the next nine years, she works with the..."

Jan. 9, 2009 Arts Feature

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