Chuy’s Children Giving to Children Parade Returns This Weekend

Grab the kids and get in the spirit of the season

"...Looking to get a good deed out of the way before..."

Nov. 23, 2018 Events Post by Evelin Garcia

Timshel Is the Gospel According to Women

Translation of Bible passages finds the stories lost between the lines

"...From 2014 into 2015, Bonnie Lewis and her family marched through what..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Arts Feature by Ramón Rodriguez

Letters at 3AM: To Sit on a Park Bench

The park bench is a fine and honorable place to end up

"...of a surprise is a mystery beyond my powers to penetrate...."

April 4, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Operation Help Blue Santa

APD charity scrambling for gifts

"...1972 Operation Blue Santa has been helping Austin's needy children enjoy a happy holiday season. And this year, they're..."

Nov. 30, 2012 News Post by Jordan Smith

"So my family is in town..."

Events for Thanksgiving and beyond

"...You may have some visitors coming into town this Thanksgiving. Aside from the the..."

Nov. 21, 2014 Events Post by Derek Van Wagner

Event Menu

Nov. 23-26

"...gift items at Becker Vineyards' (three miles west of Stonewall, off Highway 290 West; 830/644-2681) annual Christmas in the..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Food-o-File

In memoriam: The Central Texas barbecue family lost one of its most accomplished pit masters on Nov. 6. Laron Morgan, co-owner of Elgin's Cross Town Bar- B-Q, died of an apparent heart attack at the age of 51.

"...on Nov. 6. Laron Morgan, co-owner of Elgin's Cross Town Bar-B-Q (202 S. Ave. C, 281-5594), died of an..."

Nov. 26, 2004 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Event Menu

Nov. 27-29

"...• Austin runners know the best way to work up a healthy holiday appetite is to enter..."

Nov. 28, 2008 Food Column

Food-o-file

What's cooking in the Central Texas food scene

"...The wait is over: Fresh, handmade pizza has returned to SoCo with the opening last week of the long-awaited,..."

Nov. 25, 2005 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Public Notice: A Tale of Two Processes

An ugly process to get to a not-awful ordinance

"...restrictions on building accessory dwelling units (ADUs) – mostly to the good – but in such a clumsy fashion,..."

Nov. 27, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar, Nov. 26-Dec. 3

"...For more details and events, see Community Listings...."

Nov. 27, 2009 News Feature

Res Publica

Give thanks, and do good: Nov. 27-Dec. 4

"...For more details and events, see Community Listings. Thursday..."

Nov. 28, 2008 News Feature

As the Council Turns

Intrigue, Hearsay, and Accusations

"...While Brigid Shea is doing her best to get the city's ethical rulebook thrown at Eric Mitchell,..."

Dec. 8, 1995 News Column

Food-o-File

Toys, tamales, and drive-through pies – the holidays are here in earnest

"...Kudos to the Chuy's folks: Their annual Children Giving to Children..."

Dec. 8, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

City of Austin "Major Events" Roster

The city lists over 400 days’ worth of events from the Commitment Day 5K on Jan. 1 to the New Year’s Celebration on Dec. 31. The full list is posted here.

"...about a quarter of them being multiday. There's a total of over 400 days' worth of events in all,..."

July 12, 2013 News Feature

The Look of Silence

Getting personal with Indonesia's bloody past in follow-up to The Act of Killing

"...Some documentary films are so emotionally devastating as to be almost unbearable to watch, and yet watch them..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

How to escape turkey afterburn and family overkill

"...I love my family. The thing is, having them together in one serving is, to put it politely, overwhelming...."

Nov. 23, 2001 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Long, Hot Summer

Books to Spend Your Summer With

"...illustration by Jason Stout You know you're in for a long, hot summer..."

June 5, 1998 Books Feature

The Carol You Don't Know

There's much more to Ms. Channing than Dolly and Lorelei

"...of devout Christian Scientists, the student of Stanislavsky's approach to acting, the star of G.B. Shaw's Pygmalion and The..."

July 22, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Alamo Drafthouse Becomes Silver Sponsor for the Trevor Project

Fundraising push continues throughout August

"...really time for companies that claim they are allies to put their money where their mouth is. The Alamo..."

Aug. 11, 2023 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Web Predators Aren't the Problem

Dewhurst's plan to get 'Texas tough' on child molesters doomed to fail

"...couple non-weather-related thoughts on yesterday's inauguration ceremony: the obvious topic was Rick Perry's transparent prattle about rogue states and..."

Jan. 17, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Postmarks

Brown Right To Fight

"...Editor:..."

Sept. 19, 1997 Column

What the Hell Is that Tentacle Fence on Koenig Lane?

It's pastry chef and political gadfly Jen Cash's noodly masterpiece

"...I mean, just look at the thing...."

July 25, 2014 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Shrinking Schools

While the suburbs sprawl, central city schools count their children – and their blessings

"...over a hand-painted Leer es Poder sign. As the parade moved past, clumps of students lined up along the..."

May 20, 2005 News Feature by Rachel Proctor May

Film Reviews

Recommended

"...Rennie, Donald Fong. Multiculturalism as a concept is something to which most of us pay lip service, but rarely..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

Eve of Destruction

Lawrence Wright on 'The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9 / 11'

"...The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11..."

Aug. 11, 2006 Books Feature by Taylor Holland

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...Editor:..."

March 21, 2003 Column

Indoor Queers Club: History’s No Mystery!

Qmmunity recommends readable & watchable media about queer history

"...hair or two, but there’s never a bad time to sit back in your favorite indoor space for an..."

Sept. 9, 2022 Qmmunity Post by James Scott

Bigger, Better, Smarter

San Diego is everything Austin wants to be: livable, transit-oriented, pedestrian-friendly, and downtown-centric. But will tools that worked in the nation's largest border and military base town translate to Central Texas?

"...America's finest harbors. It's the largest U.S. city that touches the Mexican border. And it's home to the largest..."

Jan. 14, 2000 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

QueerBomb/Pride Roundtable: Extended Remix

QueerBomb and Austin Pride meet for a roundtable

"...official Austin Gay and Lesbian Pride Foundation board agreed to a sit-down together in the offices of The Austin..."

June 3, 2011 Features Feature by Kate X Messer

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