Day Trips & Beyond: Holiday Lights 2023

Add some sparkle to your holiday season

"...Around the state, colorful lights twinkling in the dark means the holiday..."

Nov. 17, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: Mid-October Roundup

Travel news from around Texas and beyond

"...work in a 45-year career as an architect in Texas. Perhaps he is most famous for designing courthouses in..."

Oct. 17, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Craddick's Computer Files Wiped Clean

With Craddick gone, who needs Milton Rister?

"...inflamed. But an argument about who is responsible for state legislators' computers has reopened old wounds about the partisan..."

Feb. 13, 2009 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Film News

Incentives (except for any production that "portrays Texas or Texans in a negative fashion")!

"...long-awaited film-incentives bill aimed at keeping the Lone Star State's film and video industry competitive. In the end, the..."

June 1, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

New Podcast Uncovers the Truth Behind 95 Bodies Found in Sugar Land

A mystery reveals a dark side of Texas’ history

"...crews working on a new school in Sugar Land, Texas, discovered 95 bodies in unmarked graves...."

June 24, 2023 News Post by Amelia Nonemacher

Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup

Shakespeare, sandcastles, and celebrations all over Texas

"...a historic merry-go-round to the reopening of a popular state park...."

June 30, 2022 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Essential History Museums and Cultural Spaces

Fun for everyone from history buffs to kids who like hands-on science

"...a presidential library, history museums and historic homes, a state-of-the-art children's museum, and a host of cultural centers celebrating..."

March 3, 2017 Chronolog Post

Public Notice: What Is the Sound of One Shoe Falling?

City releases CodeNEXT draft to mild reaction ... so far

"...our civil liberties are down the drain, and our state and national governments and public institutions are being "disrupted"..."

Feb. 3, 2017 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Bigger and Better

The Bullock Museum IMAX Theatre completes digital conversion

"...When the Bullock Texas State History Museum announced last month that they were..."

Feb. 6, 2015 Screens Feature by Josh Kupecki

Headlines

"...Spelman released three messages sent from his University of Texas account, and at a work session, council directed staff..."

April 1, 2011 News Feature

A Claimed Space

Mexic-Arte blazed a trail in Texas by making a place for Mexican culture in a museum

"...missing in other museum spaces in Austin and Central Texas and declaring, "Mexican and Mexican-American art and culture has..."

Aug. 14, 2009 Arts Feature by Belinda Acosta

Day Trips & Beyond: March Events Roundup

Stack rocks, meet the Hulk, and celebrate the Lone Star State

"...Remember Texas independence! Remember the Alamo! It all started 182 years..."

March 3, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: November Events Roundup

Highland Games, Wurstfest, and more

"...Fall and spring are the reasons we live in Texas, so get out there and live while the weather’s..."

Nov. 2, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup

Over 70 Texas fairs, fests, fetes, and more

"...It’s harvest season in Texas with lots of spooky fun festivals and a round..."

Oct. 4, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Baby sea turtles, Elvis Fest, and more!

"...your tan. Festival season is just warming up around Texas, so there is lots to do and see...."

May 5, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Seize the day ... trip

"...and mean the beginning of the festival season in Texas. If you haven’t yet attended one of these iconic..."

April 5, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Sundance Announces Competition Slate

Austinite Jeff Nichols will compete in Park City

"...Narrative and Documentary Competition – with a couple of Texas names in the batch...."

Dec. 1, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Best-Laid Plans

How does the patchwork of separate plans for the future of Central Texas fit together? No one knows.

"...In Central Texas, right now, there's a whole lot of planning going..."

July 16, 2010 News Feature by Katherine Gregor

Federal Court Strikes Down Republican Book Censorship Law

Fifth Circuit rules that HB 900 violates First Amendment

"...Maybe Texas Republicans aren’t that good at writing censorship laws. On..."

Jan. 19, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

A monthly planner of fun and delicious excursions

"...The Texas weather is surprisingly pleasant (for now, anyway), making May..."

May 4, 2016 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips: November Events Roundup

Get out of town with this helpful guide

"...As part of the Texas Historic Commission’s historic foods series, volunteer chefs will demonstrate..."

Nov. 4, 2015 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Graves Gets $1.45 Million

Comptroller pays up for wrongful conviction

"...the circumstances under which the wrongfully convicted may access state compensation, Comptroller Susan Combs announced this afternoon that Anthony..."

June 30, 2011 News Post by Jordan Smith

Day Trips

Texas-born Pulitzer Prize-winning author Katherine Anne Porter left a literary legacy

"...Katherine Anne Porter had mixed emotions about her Texas roots. The Pulitzer Prize-winning author often embellished on her..."

Dec. 18, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Preying on Atheists

The Oldest Motive: Revenge

"...lawsuit brought against them by a lawyer representing the estate of deceased atheist James Hervey Johnson, Waters began pilfering..."

June 4, 1999 News Feature by Robert Bryce

SXSW EDU Takes on Gun Violence, Queer Inclusion, and Youth Activism

The state of education

"...comes to a potential uphill battle of inclusion in Texas classrooms, It Gets Bet­ter's Rae Sweet-Sandoval told the Chronicle..."

March 3, 2023 News Feature by Madi Donham

Day Trips & Beyond: Mid-August Travel Updates

Foeder for thought and a beer for a good cause

"...to do. Here’s some travel news from around the state and beyond...."

Aug. 14, 2020 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Local Author Tim O'Brien Wins Lifetime Achievement Award

'The Things They Carried' author on life, fiction, and truth

"...O'Brien has served on the faculty of Texas State University in San Marcos' master of fine arts..."

Nov. 14, 2013 Books Post by R.U. Steinberg

Equity? Or Strategy?

"Family & Traditional Values Centers" at state universities?

"...Bill 1, the general appropriations bill, would call for state agencies of higher education to support centers for Family..."

April 5, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Julie Gillis

The Hightower Report

Wall Street's Mitch; and That Can't-Do Spirit

"...McConnell brought along John Cornyn, the banker-hugging senator from Texas who just happens to be head of the Senate..."

April 23, 2010 News Column by Jim Hightower

Austin Film Society Announces 2024 Feature Grant Recipients

Local filmmakers feature heavily among 18 selected projects

"...$122,000 being awarded to 18 upcoming projects from around Texas...."

Sept. 13, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

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