Day Trips

The Centex Wing of the Commemorative Air Force fills a giant wooden hangar with vintage flying machines and memories

"...The Central Texas Wing of the Commemorative Air Force fills the giant..."

Dec. 25, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Michael Frary: In Memoriam

Michael Frary, an influential Texas modernist, painter of Texas watercolors, and longtime UT-Austin art professor, has passed away at age 87

"...The Texas landscape has lost one of its greatest portraitists, a..."

Sept. 9, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Transforming a Neighborhood Near You

Since 1985, Austin's Art in Public Places program has placed more than 100 works in 57 facilities, transforming not only the look of the city but neighborhoods and the lives of people in them.

"...Garden (see sidebar). We talk about a simple, elegant memorial at a police station in South Austin (Linnea Glatt's..."

Dec. 20, 2002 Arts Feature by Sarah Hepola

2001 Kids' Summer Fun Guide

"...has wading pools for toddlers and snack bar. Open Memorial Day through Labor Day...."

May 4, 2001 Features Feature by Gerald E. McLeod

Happenings

Friday, March 2 - Wednesday, March 7

"...CELEBRATE TEXAS commemorates Texas' 1836 declaration of independence from Mexico with..."

March 2, 2007 News Feature

Day Trips

Take the Texas music heritage tour and learn more about Texas' homegrown talent, such as Bob Wills, Buddy Holly, and more

"...The Texas music heritage tour stretches from the High Plains to..."

March 10, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: June Events Roundup

Summer travel opportunities and news from all over Texas

"...War II, but was restored in 1994 as a museum...."

June 2, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Pandemic's Effect on Travel

Out of town closings due to the threat of COVID-19

"...Texas State Parks are all open as of March 13...."

March 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Charles Noyes Memorial created by Pompeo Coppini is a tribute to a son who passed on too soon

"...The Charles Noyes Memorial on the county courthouse lawn in Ballinger, Texas, honors..."

Dec. 31, 2010 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg is a must-visit for World War II buffs

"...The National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg hosts an in-depth..."

Jan. 25, 2008 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Postmarks

The environment, the alleged marijuana, the traffic, Ventura's highway, and more.

"...As a 37-year resident of Texas recently relocated to Florida, I must ask if my..."

June 8, 2001 Column

All 'Round Republic Square

A new context of major civic buildings may yet make a people place of our historic downtown park

"...Postal Service mixed-use development to the north, the Austin Museum of Art to the south, and the new federal..."

Sept. 1, 2006 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Day Trips

Vintage hotrods and muscle cars at the Marshall Car Museum and Showroom.

"...Marshall Car Museum and Showroom, two miles west of Hempstead, takes you..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Censorship 101

"...Regarding your cover story claiming censorship by the Austin Museum of Art ["Why a Duck?" Vol. 16, No. 22],..."

Feb. 7, 1997 Column

"Deborah Roberts: I'm" at the Contemporary Austin

In Deborah Roberts' solo exhibition at the Contemporary Austin, we learn what it is to be seen and not seen

"...with it and made it her major at North Texas University, despite the fact that her working parents –..."

Feb. 19, 2021 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Written in Stone

History of racism lives on in UT monuments

"...This spring, the University of Texas at Austin made national headlines for a racist frat..."

May 29, 2015 News Feature by Mac McCann

The Plantation at Comal Bluff

Sneed House ruins tell a story beneath and behind modern Austin

"...in Austin then, as it was in all of Texas, and Sneed was a slaveowner, which came in handy..."

May 23, 2014 News Feature by Sam Ramos

The Heart of the Community

SXSWedu gathers voices on schools in communities, communities in schools

"...local education, like the fights to keep open Eastside Memorial and Reagan High Schools, Pearce and Webb Middle Schools,..."

Feb. 28, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Art of the State

"...the arts section, featuring events and exhibitions from across Texas. Art:..."

Nov. 24, 1995 Arts Feature

Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup

Nature, history, and more to explore in 2023

"...beginnings of our state parks system. With 95% of Texas land privately owned, and often jealously guarded, our state..."

Jan. 4, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

In Memoriam: Glenna Goodacre

Sculptor of Austin's beloved Philosophers' Rock has died

"...her greatest achievements as an artist: the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, honoring the 11,500 women who served in that war...."

April 21, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Gay Place

This is the summer to have fun, get wet, take a road trip, and stay fired up

"...Say what you will about Texas heat, those sweltering temperatures don't make us love summer..."

May 19, 2017 Column by Sarah Marloff

Public Notice: Be a Good Citizen

County commissioners brief businesses on environmental upgrade program for buildings

"...In 2013, the Texas legislature enacted SB 385, authorizing cities and counties to..."

June 26, 2015 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Council: Google Fiber, Music, Monuments, and More

CMs take on high speed Internet, but don't expect a quick meeting

"...• The embattled state Juneteenth Memorial Monument may finally find a resting place on the..."

Aug. 23, 2013 News Feature by Amy Smith

Culture Connectors

The 2013 class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame

"...– such as the recent "Through the Eyes of Texas" or the Austin Critics Table Award winners "Desire" and..."

May 31, 2013 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Gentle Disturbances

Creating ripples in public space with large-scale public art

"...up the Avenue one fine day and find the Texas State Capitol completely covered in yellow fabric. I mean,..."

March 24, 2006 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

It's a great time to get out and explore

"...water in the second largest fully submerged cave in Texas stays at a constant 68 degrees. Reservations for swimming..."

May 5, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

A Guide to Austin Classical Music

The virtuosi who know the score and make beautiful music happen here

"...productions are distinguished less by the spectacle seen at Texas big guns like Houston Grand Opera than by stirring..."

April 26, 2019 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Res Publica

Citizens' calendar: May 27-June 3

"...MEMORIAL DAY INVOCATION Remember the fallen, and get your "Taps"..."

May 28, 2010 News Column

Day Trips

The Waco Mammoth Site tells an amazing story of the prehistoric elephant's natural parenting instincts

"...Almost immediately after the discovery, scientists from Baylor's Strecker Museum began painstakingly uncovering the remains. The events of that..."

Oct. 6, 2006 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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