Mission Park

Two turn to crime, two go undercover with the FBI – the old gang ain't what it used to be.

Sept. 20, 2013 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Day Trips: Goliad State Park & Historic Site, Goliad

Spanish colonial mission site offers a historical outdoor experience

"...Goliad State Park and Historic Site mixes Texas history with the lushness..."

March 7, 2025 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Nuestra Señora del Rosario Mission

Mission ruins recall Spanish Texas

"...Mission Nuestra Señora del Rosario occupied a scenic hill overlooking..."

Nov. 29, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Fairfield Lake State Park, Freestone County

Sad news with state park’s closure due to development

"...Fairfield Lake State Park closed permanently on Feb. 28. The Texas Parks &..."

March 3, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Jurassic Park III

"...the folks at Universal have taken as their personal mission the safeguarding of dinosaurs against another extinction...."

July 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

A Thomas Dambo Troll Is Coming to Pease Park

Made from recycled materials, this troll is the newest Art in the Park

"...Dambo, most often commissioned by community organizations with a budget and a sense..."

March 15, 2024 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Public Notice: What Have They Done to Our Park?

What's left of Waterloo can't even be called a park

"...first visit this past weekend back to Downtown's Waterloo Park, recently reopened after a 10-year closure for construction that..."

Sept. 3, 2021 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Letters at 3AM: To Sit on a Park Bench

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

"...a ship casting off under sealed orders, on a mission fraught with dangers, and only the captain knows the..."

April 4, 2014 Column by Michael Ventura

Zilker Park: Paved Paradise, or Vice Versa

When is a parking lot not a parking lot? When it’s next to the beloved park.

"...Drive Redevel­op­ment Project, a joint endeavor of the Austin Parks Foundation, C3 Presents, and the city's Parks and Rec­reation..."

June 1, 2018 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Day Trips: Mission, Texas

Border wall to cut off sacred ground

"...La Lomita Mission sat for more than 100 years a short distance..."

Feb. 22, 2019 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park

A great place for bird-watching

"...Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park outside of Mission is a noisy place on misty..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Uchibā Opens, Mission Burger’s Second Location Opens, Fresa’s Third Location Opens, Austin Confectioners Fight Breast Cancer, the Taco Mafia’s on PBS, Marfa Comes to Kalimotxo, and More

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

"...Lamar – is just seven minutes away from Zilker Park, right? Yes, and they have a walk-up to-go window..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Aztex Make House Park Home

The Austin Aztex make House Park home, a 2010 primer

"...the team is excited about the move to House Park because of the central location, the proximity to the..."

April 9, 2010 Sports Feature by Nick Barbaro

Hyde Park’s My H-E-B Shows Humanity, Explored

Like the store, in this work the people matter

"...needle between genuine love and excitement for H-E-B’s people-forward mission. He doesn’t sugarcoat the nastiness of the job, the..."

June 14, 2024 Arts Feature by Cat McCarrey

Hive Arts Collective's Portraiture in the Park

"...camp at the historic Elizabet Ney Museum in Hyde Park for Portraiture in the Park. The free, family-friendly event..."

Sept. 24, 2018 Photo Gallery

Art Alliance Austin: At 50, a rejuvenated mission and new name

After five decades, Austin Fine Arts Alliance has renamed itself Art Alliance Austin

"...Building), a move for the festival (from Republic Square Park down to City Hall and Lady Bird Lake), new..."

Oct. 19, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Affordable Art Fair Austin's Mission to Make Art Less Scary

Director Cori Teague looks to year two of educating new collectors

"...when the first event was held in London’s Battersea Park, it’s only in its second year in Austin. The..."

May 14, 2025 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

Three Canyons

The Southwest Edge of Texas Hill Country -- Home to Lost Maples and Garner State Park -- Is Rich in Both Beauty and History

"...The three-canyon area includes two of Texas' major state parks, Garner State Park and Lost Maples. It also includes..."

May 18, 2001 Features Feature by Brant Bingamon

Grow and Prosper

With neighbors still reeling from 1990 expansion, Hyde Park Baptist plans another growth project.

"...To those unfamiliar with its history, Hyde Park seems an unlikely outpost for a contingent of religious..."

Nov. 19, 1999 News Feature by Erica C. Barnett

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Latest dinosaur romp sticks to the equation, but still evolves the action

"...as much a rehash of Steven Spielberg’s original Jurassic Park as a sequel, walking audiences through many of the..."

June 22, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

'The Book of Mormon'

Welshman Mark Evans is on a mission to make you believe he's an all-American prophet

"...The missionaries are finally ringing our doorbells...."

Sept. 27, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

For the Kids

The UIL and school districts can do better work curtailing concussions

"...in Nokesville, Virginia, she has just read about Cedar Park High School’s touting of the Guardian Cap, a soft-shell..."

Dec. 24, 2013 Sports Post by Joseph Baucum

It's Not Easy Being Green

The city's Office of Sustainability is still trying to find a sustainable mission

"...From the beginning it was a daunting mission; a "wholesale re-examination" takes time. But it also takes..."

April 5, 2013 News Feature by Mike Kanin

Hey, Austin: It's Bloody Balloon Battle 2012!

Get your dextrous splatter on, deep in the heart of Texas

"...Local special-effects artist Jason Vines is on a mission...."

Nov. 2, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Trigger Effect

"...Director Koepp, who's previously penned such blockbusters as Jurassic Park and this summer's Mission: Impossible, sets the film moving..."

Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Magic Mike XXL

The boys are back in town

"...die. Still, women climbed aboard the movie like a theme-park ride and screamed their way through it. Those screams..."

July 3, 2015 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

An Open-Door Policy for Performance Art at FronteraFest

Austin’s innovative and egalitarian gathering keeps its public service mission

"...FronteraFest, but with those two years of lockdown, Hyde Park Theatre Artistic Director Ken Webster accurately noted that this..."

Jan. 12, 2024 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

The World of Kanako

In this bloody Japanese thriller, a father searches for his daughter

"...a short, sharp shock of Japanese mayhem that rivals Park Chan-wook’s most viscerally vengeful South Korean death epics. This..."

Dec. 4, 2015 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Growing Pains

Rapidly expanding Austin Green Art works to sustain its mission and identity

"...a one-on-one conversation about a man, his work, his mission in Austin, and the people ready to help and..."

April 18, 2008 Arts Feature by Nikki Moore

Pariah

"...and Damon Jones. “Great. Astonishing. The best film in Park City,” raves filmmaker Penelope Spheeris (The Decline of Western..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

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