Things to Do Downtown During the Texas Tribune Festival

Take a break with these hot spots within walking distance of the Capitol

"...the Lone Star State, the Bob Bullock Museum (1800 Congress) is the place to go for some Texas history..."

Sept. 12, 2018 Events Post by Shalavé Cawley

SXSW Music Pro Tips

Prepare thy self

"...need to rent a PA for your illegal midnight bridge show, or you just need a set of strings...."

March 5, 2015 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Where the Sidewalks End

Austin's patchwork sidewalk system has a history – and just maybe a better future

"...it needs, and how much it would cost to bridge that gap. The statistics were stunning. At the time,..."

July 11, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Res Publica

Civic calendar of events, Aug. 25-Sept. 1

"...BATFEST Bat lovers fill the Congress Avenue bridge with vendors, arts & crafts, kids' activities,..."

Aug. 26, 2011 News Column

Rubber Meets the Road

Bond election project breakdown

"...$14.4 million: Build boardwalk at Lady Bird Lake from Congress Avenue Bridge to Lakeshore Park...."

Oct. 22, 2010 News Feature by Wells Dunbar

Good Reasons for Taking the Bus

Extensive street closures downtown this weekend for multiple events

"...Meanwhile, all day Saturday and Sunday, the First Street Bridge will be closed for Batfest...."

Aug. 30, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Happenings

"...CONFERENCE 8am-6pm. Ragsdale Center at St. Edward's, 3001 S. Congress, 442-3602. $30. www.harvestofjustice.org...."

June 6, 2008 News Feature

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...a major high-rise development in the 200 block of Congress. The planned project would require zoning variances from City..."

May 26, 2006 News Feature

Hero

If Douglas Sirk had made martial arts movies they probably would have looked something like Zhang Yimou's stunning new opus.

"...like a colony of bats emerging from under the Congress Avenue Bridge, rows of candles flicker and become an..."

Aug. 27, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Mickey

Mega-author John Grisham wrote and financed the making of this Little League baseball film starring Harry Connick Jr.

"...downtown window after mistaking my living room for the Congress Avenue bridge. Connick Jr. is Tripp Spence, a recent..."

May 14, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

APD Faulted in Hit-and-Run

"...of waiting for the parade to pass over the Congress Avenue bridge and drove around the parade's police escort,..."

June 20, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Short Cuts

Where to find the news the mainstream media doesn't see fit to print

"...at the 24th Street and Guadalupe intersection, or the Congress Avenue bridge this past Friday. Thanks to the growing..."

March 28, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Letters at 3AM

Weapons of Mass Deception

"...subject to no will but the president's -- no congressional oversight, no balance of constitutional powers, no accountability to..."

Nov. 29, 2002 Column by Michael Ventura

Queer & Now

A roundup of Texas pride events

"...will be the Grand Marshalls. The parade starts on Congress at the bridge, and heads down Fourth street to..."

May 31, 2002 Features Feature by Verushka Gray

Council Watch

Council divided on Gotham condo project; Jesus Garza gets a big raise; East Austin residents voice concerns about the future of the brown building and flood control.

"...project to lay stakes at Town Lake and the Congress Avenue bridge arose at last week's council meeting, Council..."

Dec. 17, 1999 News Column by Jenny Staff Johnson

Fatal Error

Hooked on Drug Money

"...against the law. The Posse Comitatus Act, passed by Congress in 1878, made it a felony to deputize the..."

Dec. 25, 1998 News Feature by Monte Paulsen

A Nightmare for DREAMers

Ending DACA affects an estimated 124,000 Texans

"...end on March 5, 2018, unless a consistently gridlocked Congress can agree to a legislative solution. Likely to prevent..."

Sept. 29, 2017 News Feature by Mary Tuma

Mas Noticias Las Manitas: Council Members Take Stand

"...Co. to the city and the 200 block of Congress Avenue. In a Sept. 28 letter to J. Willard..."

Sept. 29, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

It's Not Just a ZIP Code

Neighborhood Associations

"...N-- Town Lake; S -- Oltorf; E -- South Congress; W -- Union Pacific RR (one block east of..."

Dec. 4, 1998 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Headlines / Quote of the Week

"...Musk’s Monopoly Money: It’s quite unpleasant, but we also..."

April 4, 2025 News Feature

Soundscapes, Bat Books, and More Arts Events for the Week

Things to do when you're not staring at an interloping moon

"...most unforgettable nightmares.   – Richard Whittaker Ernest Cline’s Bridge to Bat City Booksigning..."

April 5, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

D.A. Indicts 19 Austin Police for Assault in 2020 BLM Protest Response

Charges for 8th St. shootings send shockwaves among law enforcement

"...on Eighth Street and spread onto the adjoining I-35 bridge in the days following the killing of George Floyd...."

Feb. 18, 2022 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Marketplace Art Gallery's Open Studio

In the Marketpace Art Gallery, four women have created a studio where they can develop as artists together

"...Sneden's Austin Bat Bridge is a good example of how the work of..."

March 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Sam Anderson-Ramos

City Hall Hustle: Bam! Pow! Crash! Holy Reactivated Permit, Batman!

Controversies real, invented, and in between

"...1.5 million buddies nesting under the Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge the "official animal" of our fair city..."

April 9, 2010 News Column by Wells Dunbar

The Daily Hustle: 4/1/10

That's what she said

"...'gotcha' lead stating “Leffingwell wants to shut down the Congress Avenue bridge for a bat-themed event despite voting against..."

April 1, 2010 News Post by Wells Dunbar

Celebrate This City

Dave Sullivan provides new direction for First Night Austin

"...elements this year, and we're taking the procession down Congress, but this year when we turn it west on..."

Dec. 26, 2008 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Point Austin: More Mavericks

You need a Texas scorecard to sort out the pretenders from the real thing

"...now the GOP campaign claims that Palin "stopped the bridge to nowhere" – the notoriously wasteful Ketchi­kan bridge, sponsored..."

Sept. 12, 2008 News Column by Michael King

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...of the Minuteman Project, formally announced his run for Congress in California, hoping to take the place of Rep...."

Sept. 2, 2005 News Feature

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...of it from the southeast corner of 11th and Congress...."

July 5, 2002 Column

Naked City

"...The long, drawn-out controversy over the Lamar St. Bridge appears to be evolving into a long, drawn-out debate..."

April 5, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

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