Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Texas travel news and events for spring

"...is one of the finest examples of colonial Spanish architecture in the U.S...."

March 1, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Hairy Situations, Pickle Parties, and More Weekend Events

Some non-SXSW arts and culture recommendations

"...wake up early. Running from an ungodly 6-8am, at least this celebration of hearty food and down-home entertainment is..."

March 7, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Reinventing Airport Boulevard

Can 'form-based zoning' transform a suburban drag into walkable neighborhoods?

"...perfect, of course. Dean Almy, an associate professor of architecture and urban design at the University of Texas who..."

Jan. 8, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Naked City

"...the Austin Convention Center will hold a free community open house from noon-4pm to celebrate the grand opening of..."

May 17, 2002 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Day Trips

The Amon Carter Museum has a new, modern look, but it's still the same old great place to get culture.

"...times as much room for art, the new galleries opened to the public on October 22...."

Nov. 2, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Food-o-File

Eat Local Week recap, Central Texas honors, and more delicious news

"...villages at Downtown hotels? Check out the elaborate baked architecture created by the pastry departments at the Four Seasons..."

Dec. 17, 2010 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Seaholm and Green District: Changes Afoot

Proposed and favored location for new central library is current Seaholm substa­tion site

"...location, where a stand-alone destination library (envisioned as world-class architecture) would overlook Lady Bird Lake. That signature structure would..."

Dec. 28, 2007 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Day Trips

The San Jacinto Monument has reopened its observation deck to the public, offering a beautiful view of the Houston skyline and the battlefield where Texas won its independence

"...San Jacinto Monument on the outskirts of La Porte reopened its observation deck to visitors this month after a..."

Sept. 29, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Working-Class Heroes

The restaurants on the resurgent Airport Boulevard are solid, simple, and affordable

"...all the way to Ben White, and Manor Road east of I-35 to Cherrywood. Driving in my East Central..."

June 16, 2006 Food Feature by Virginia B. Wood

Day Trips

McKinney recycles an aging courthouse making a performing arts center

"...sidewalks. The essential services have moved to the highways east and west of the traditional central business district...."

June 9, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...• Detectives with the Austin Police Department's Northeast Area Command on May 30 seized more than 5,000..."

June 9, 2006 News Feature

Back to the Trenches

AMD tightens its hold on Lantana – and the enviro opposition digs in

"...microchip giant has ridden a heady wave of expansions, opening a new factory in Germany, a research center in..."

Dec. 16, 2005 News Feature by Amy Smith

Center of Gravity

City's influx of new money and new businesses shifts council's political sails

"...doesn't know them personally (which, in the case of Eastside representative Thomas, is in itself indicative of abnormal weather..."

May 26, 2000 News Feature by Kevin Fullerton

Day Trips

Huntsville ... it's more than just a prison town!

"...The town is still a jewel in the thick East Texas forest...."

Jan. 21, 2000 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

The Sweet Science

"...Lord, one of the first pupils in his then-newly opened "concentration camp" (you don't know "abs" until you know..."

Feb. 5, 1999 Column

Postmarks

Nobody Can't Beat Him

"...I know Willie Lewis. He is well known in Northeast Austin and among people active on behalf of neighborhoods..."

Feb. 14, 1997 Column

Postmarks

Contradictions Exposed

"...a biography of Roberts, we search for even the least bit of decent journalism. Nowhere is there even an..."

Jan. 10, 1997 Column

Art Transplant

The Move Toward a Cultural Center in Downtown

"...cultural clearinghouse is to be designed by Robert Venturi's architecture firm and built along Guadalupe Street between Second and..."

Aug. 30, 1996 Arts Feature by Brett Holloway-Reeves

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events

A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

"...creations and meet the artist herself at this Friday’s opening reception, celebrating her show’s move from its premiere in..."

April 25, 2025 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Learn something new and explore what's out there this fall

"...the stroller set to be interested in the historic architecture encompassed in the National Ranching Heritage Center in Lubbock...."

Nov. 2, 2023 Travel Post 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

"...al Carbon, that popular powerhouse of Mexican fare, has opened a third location – at 3600 Capital of TX..."

Oct. 4, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Pitchfork Pretty

Bringing the new back to New American

"...Baas announced his plans to transform a lot on East Cesar Chavez into a restaurant. As the stately A-frame..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Food Feature by Melody Fury

VIA 313: Defining Pizza, Designing Detroit

Marc English and the Hunt Brothers conjure some real Motor City magic

"...Can Be, you’ll find me picking up something from East Side Pies. And when I want some hightoned, bona..."

June 29, 2015 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Austin Playhouse

The theatre plans to take off from Penn Field and make a new home at Mueller

"...the past eight years, to the Mueller development in East Austin. A new 17,000-square-foot facility there will give Austin..."

Dec. 3, 2010 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Comp Plan Combo Platter

The comp plan process reaches critical density

"...preferred growth scenario, and we're structuring the surveys and open houses to reflect that," says Gregory Claxton, a planner..."

Oct. 1, 2010 News Feature by Nora Ankrum

Food-o-file

FINO is only getting better; plus, Starlite's descendants and the Eastside Cafe's new marketing strategy.

"...had a great time enjoying the food, art, and architecture in that bustling metropolis and came back energized and..."

June 2, 2006 Food Column by Virginia B. Wood

Naked City

Austin Stories

"...so-called "hospital within a hospital" at Brackenridge, scheduled to open in October -- without a sponsoring physician in attendance...."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature

Common Ground on the Colorado

The new Eastside Colorado River Park begins to take shape.

"...River Park, 363 verdant acres of Austin parkland just east of Longhorn Dam. Siff is being neither coy nor..."

April 26, 2002 News Feature by Dan Oko

Juke Joint Madonna

Toni Price comes clean.

"...the others have sprinkled on their cheeks, foreheads, and breasts. Lost in their reverie, the women dance like disciples..."

Sept. 14, 2001 Music Feature by Margaret Moser

Chapter 4: The Nineties!

March 1991 -- December 2000

"...of downtown to a software company. The Convention Center opens, becomes home to SXSW, then grows. Capital Metro tries,..."

Sept. 7, 2001 Features Feature

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