A Culture 50 Years in the Making: The Kerrville Folk Festival Experience

Life-altering and deep-listening scenes from the oldest music festival in Texas

"...that tradition. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the 18-day marathon of a gathering kicks off May 26 at..."

May 20, 2022 Music Feature by Hank Erwin

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

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

"...Saturdays at the Revolver Brewery in Granbury are a combination..."

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

Day Trips: John Knox Ranch, Wimberley

Kids’ summer camp becoming a year-round destination for adults and families

"...Blanco River. "This is a recovery story after the floods of 2015," says Chris Holmes, ranch executive director. Like..."

March 23, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Public Notice: Houston, You Have a Problem

Let's not make the same one here

"...City Council Member Leslie Pool posted a tweet Sunday morning – in between a number of others regarding..."

Sept. 1, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Shelters Brace for Harvey's Second Flood

From evacuees to displaced locals, Red Cross readying long week

"...Storm Harvey continues to dump rain on Texas. On Monday, during a brief respite here in Austin, the storm..."

Aug. 28, 2017 News Post by Joseph Caterine

As Austin Grows, So Does the Risk of Flood

Forget the 100-year storms. City flooding happens all the time, often right in your backyard.

"...Austinites remember the big floods – the expanding, treacherous storms that ransack homes and..."

April 21, 2017 News Feature by Joseph Caterine

Pease Park Before the Flood

Preventing natural disaster when a 140-year-old statute stands in the way

"...deadly history of flooding along the Downtown waterway. On Memorial Day in 1981, the creek earned infamy when raging..."

April 7, 2017 News Feature by Caleb Pritchard

Top 10 Environmental Stories

"...slow response on buyouts evoked more neighborhood outcry. 2) Memorial Day Flood, Reprise..."

Jan. 1, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

After the Flood

Israel Nash emerges from the Hill Country like a train coming through town

"...nature, the concrete floor was only recently completed. The Memorial Day floods that devastated the Hill Country filled the..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Music Feature by Jim Caligiuri

Halloween Storm Update

Closures everywhere and tornado warnings

"...Can Austin please just have one holiday without terrible weather? After the hideous devastation of the..."

Oct. 30, 2015 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Katrina Survivors Reflect 10 Years Later

Jamar Jefferson and Donna Bonner are just two of many who relocated to Austin

"...some of those made during the Austin area's recent Memorial Day weekend flooding. During the largest disaster-related population dispersal..."

Aug. 28, 2015 News Feature by Kahron Spearman

After the Flood, Before the Flood

As the area recovers from the Memorial Day flood, El Niño looms

"...Headed into San Marcos Sunday morning, May 24, evidence of the previous night's storm..."

Aug. 14, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Gay Place: Find Your Qummunity

Events for every stripe of the rainbow, especially Qumbia Queers and Going Grrls

"...thang and fertilize this soil. Queer Qumbia happens this Thursday; Where the Girls Go – ATX the next. ON..."

Aug. 14, 2015 Column by Kate X Messer

After the Flood

It's going to take time and hard work to rebuild what the Memorial Day flood destroyed

"...to the bark, they were still bent, this past Saturday, June 20, in the direction of the flood waters..."

June 26, 2015 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

Council Preview

Zimmerman off to East Texas to "investigate" city biomass contract

"...less than 110 items, the no-longer-new City Council faces today (June 18) what appears to be its most daunting..."

June 19, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Ott Strikes Back

City Manager responds to blogger accusations

"...homestead exemption. Oakey has spent the next couple of days attempting to explain away Van Eenoo’s explanation. Oakey has..."

June 16, 2015 News Post by Michael King

Food-o-File

Helping hands

"...for folks who experienced damages and loss from the Memorial Day weekend floods in Wimberley and San Marcos. For..."

June 12, 2015 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Reopen for Business

With the RR12 bridge open, Wimberley begins to come back

"...When we first interviewed flood-affected folks, we heard a..."

June 5, 2015 Emergency Post by Kate X Messer

Texas Bands Together

Concerts over the next few weeks benefit victims of Central TX floods

"...which ticket proceeds will go to victims of the floods in Central Texas...."

June 2, 2015 Emergency Post by Alexa Harrington

Point Austin: It's Rainin' Down in Texas

Marking Texas time and history by rising floodwaters

"...flood." I first saw it posted on the city's "atxfloods" web site (still trying to keep up on Wed­nesday..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Michael King

Quote of the Week

"...Gov. Greg Abbott on the damage caused by the Memorial Day weekend floods..."

May 29, 2015 News Column

Flood of Memories

Memorial Weekend flood waters hit home

"...up a Summer Fun-related appointment in New Braunfels on Sunday, I drove through San Marcos to check in with..."

May 25, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Memorial Weekend Flood Assistance

Resources for folks hit by the Memorial Weekend floods

"...• ATX Floods for areas in flood emergency and flooded low-water crossings..."

May 24, 2015 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Last of the Delta Bluesmen

Pinetop Perkins goes home to Mississippi

"...not-so-Deep South – heavy, humid, dense at 3am. By day, approached on the interstate north from Louisiana, Mississippi blankets..."

April 22, 2011 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Naked City

"...candidate and Illinois Sen. Barack Obama stopped by last Friday, visiting 20,000 or so of his friends at Auditorium..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

A Martyr's Epitaph

The Texas Documentary Tour presents Rob Epstein's 'The Times of Harvey Milk'

"...Even though San Francisco and its City Hall – today the emblematic, renegade first to issue marriage licenses to..."

April 8, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...now have a Thanksgiving Flood to go with the Memorial Day and Christmas floods of yore. We hope everyone..."

Nov. 26, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Bygone Buildings

Right in the booming heart of Austin, folks can still find evidence of times past. Devin Greaney explores some of Austin's abandoned haunts.

"...May 24, 1981. In what is remembered as "The Memorial Day Floods," 3.88 inches of rain (according to official..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Features Feature by Devin Greaney

Show and Tell

Spring Previews 2000

"...distributors compartmentalize the year by season -- summer, fall, holiday -- each season indicative of a certain kind of..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips

"...Come for the view, stay for the tranquility. photograph..."

April 16, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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