Running Trails in and Around Austin

Here are some trails if you’re bored of circling Lady Bird Lake

"...every few miles. They’re wearing running vests and sunglasses that cost more than a small house. They’re checking their..."

Dec. 11, 2024 Sports Post by Hasina Shah

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Enjoy fall foliage, festivals, and fairs

"...part-time backyard gardener, this place is an amazing paradise that will inspire you. The uniqueness of the private park..."

Oct. 1, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup

News from Hueco Tanks, Black's Barbecue, and lots more

"...It is estimated that the park contains between 3,000 and 6,000 pictographs. Add..."

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

Response Proof of 'Chronicle' Failings

"...funds are wasted. Sadly, this "editorial" response is proof that the Chron is more party dilettante than community news..."

Jan. 11, 2005 Postmarks

Off The Bookshelf

Revolutionary Romanticism

"...the movement early in the anthology, belying the perception that Keats, Wordsworth, Byron, and Blake leapt from the ether..."

Aug. 13, 1999 Books Review

Picks & Sleepers

Sxsw

"...showcases/bands, divided by five nights, divided by you. And that's not counting the attendant acts the conference sweeps in..."

March 20, 1998 Music Feature

Day Trips: The Science Mill

Brain-powered fun

"...former grain silos turned into discovery rooms, it seemed that most of the kids preferred the adventures outside, even..."

Aug. 16, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

You Are Here

Cannes and the art of getting there

"...cross the empty street in front of you. You follow them toward the taxi stand, woozy ducklings in a..."

May 30, 2014 Screens Feature by Michelle Mirsky

The 2011 Fried Chicken Update

Flip the bird – onto a waffle, that is

"...on Austin menus, and I'm more than happy to follow the leads. I have noticed a couple of trends..."

July 29, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Friday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"..."We've been doing catchy songs to the point that no one is saying a damned thing anymore," he..."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

The Devil's Rejects

A viciously entertaining psycho-road-movie-revenge-‘n’-wreckage-romance.

"...Danny Trejo, Daniel Roebuck and P.J. Soles. Any film that reunites Rock 'n’ Roll High School alumnus Riff Randall..."

July 22, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup

Adventures abound all the way up to Albuquerque

"...opened to the public to commemorate the 18-minute battle that secured the Republic of Texas’ independence from Mexico. It’s..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Hurricane Harvey Resources

Sites, social media, and emergency resources to help weather the storm

"...up windows and doors with plywood in the event that you do not have storm shutters installed;..."

Aug. 25, 2017 Emergency Post by Katarina Brown

Range War at the Dobie Ranch

A bulldozer's intrusion onto 'enchanted' property uncovers the struggles of UT's historic retreat for writers

"...hundred feet of the gnarled cedar and barbed wire that borders the historic, University of Texas-owned Dobie Paisano Ranch,..."

June 21, 2013 News Feature by Amy Gentry

Saturday Picks & Sleepers

The blurbing of SXSW 2010

"...11:30pm, Antone's Given that only half of this New York quartet is of..."

March 19, 2010 Music Feature

SXSW Picks & Sleepers

Picks & Sleepers

"...they recently green-lighted the band's second major-label set, the follow-up to 2000's promising Into the New. (Town Lake Stage,..."

March 15, 2002 Music Feature

Roll 'Em

March

"...in crime Christopher Lloyd) secretly funds a research lab that is devoted to cracking the code of the special..."

Feb. 26, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

March out there and celebrate spring

"...wildflowers: TXDOT wildflower hotline, 800/452-9292. Wildflower Identification, https://texashighways.com/wildflowers. Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Texas Wildflower Central, www.wildflower.org/texas. Ennis Bluebonnet..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Wind Turbines

Fun facts about the giant pinwheels along Texas highways

"...the breeze. There is something about these electric-generating plants that are intriguing to some and, to others, a blight..."

July 22, 2022 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Key Lime Pie Tour

Looking for America’s coolest summer pie at bakeries and restaurants around the area

"...The small bakery makes a tasty Key lime pie that is lime green with a thin white frosting and..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Playback: Willie's Picnic Comes Home

Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic lands back in Austin

"...in five years with the strongest lineup in double that time. Like its 82-year-old host, the enduring Independence Day..."

July 3, 2015 Music Column by Kevin Curtin

Thursday Picks

SXSW Music Fest preview guide

"...at our house or with friends in Austin, and that's always been this really long, extensive process," reasons Lambert...."

March 16, 2007 Music Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Texas welcomes 40th historic site, Balmorhea news, and more

"...national chain of restaurants along the Santa Fe Railway that began in 1876 and ended when the last Fred..."

Dec. 28, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Texas Book Festival Unveils Full Author Lineup for 2024

Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell headline

"...Hala Alyan, The Moon That Turns You Back..."

Sept. 19, 2024 Books Post by Amaya Austin

Five Films to Watch at Cine Las Americas

Oscar contenders, Austin stories, and global tales from the Latinx, Portugeuse, and Indigenous communities

"...Latinx cinema is global cinema. That's the remit and message of Cine Las Americas International..."

June 10, 2022 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

“Our House, Our Rules”: Austin Restaurants School the Governor on Limited Government

Local eateries make plain – mask requirements aren't going anywhere

"...hospitality businesses took to social media to make clear that the safety protocols they've been enforcing for a year..."

March 19, 2021 News Feature by Jessi Cape

Day Trips: Kleb Woods, Tomball

A hermit’s paradise becomes a permanent island thicket among the urban sprawl of Houston

"...Tomball is a unique escape from the urban landscape that lines much of FM 2920 north of Houston...."

April 21, 2017 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: SPI Nature Center

South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center gives a rare look at coastal wetlands

"...The South Padre Island Birding & Nature Center is a noisy place. A chorus..."

May 13, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

Our readers talk back.

"...and believable, but false, image of benevolent, protective power that feels good, especially since the image is candy-wrapped with..."

Jan. 14, 2005 Column

2000 Kids Summer Fun Guide

Listings

"...holds a variety of special events and school programs that will turn the young'uns into true farmers who can..."

May 5, 2000 Features Feature

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