Entertain the Family With These Thanksgiving Weekend Events Around Austin

From holiday lights to puppy yoga, there’s something for everybody

"...We can’t cook you a Thanksgiving meal that satisfies picky nieces and nephews, vegan cousins,..."

Nov. 26, 2019 Events Post by Addie Costello

Vitality: A Baroque Thanksgiving: Music to give thanks by

Opening your concert season on Thanksgiving weekend might seem odd, but it's worked out well for Chamber Soloists of Austin

"...not necessarily watching innumerable football games. By the time Thanksgiving Saturday rolls around, you're stuffed like the bird was..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Arts Feature by Barry Pineo

Put the T and V in Thanksgiving

Holiday specials to ease you through the food coma and into the weekend

"...It's the day before Thanksgiving, and there on your chair, you're already zoned out,..."

Nov. 29, 2013 Screens Feature by Monica Riese

Update: Ken Paxton Sues Austin Over New Year's Weekend Dine-In Limitations

Texas A.G. blasts COVID-19 orders as “shameless”

"...local officials announced dine-in limitations over New Year’s Eve weekend amidst what Austin-Travis County leadership is calling our “most..."

Dec. 30, 2020 News Post by Beth Sullivan

Thanksgiving Is Coming, Gourdough’s Is Closed, Gourmand’s Is CTD, We’re Forking Cancer, Another Uchiba Is On Its Way, and More

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

"...Here comes T-Day, which we’ll say is Thanksgiving Day, generally, and not Turkey Day, specifically – because,..."

Nov. 8, 2022 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hightower Report: Black Friday Is Spoiling Thanksgiving

Black Friday is spoiling Thanksgiving

"...Here come Thanksgiving, Chanukah, and Christmas! It's a monthlong season of friends..."

Nov. 22, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

Five Things to Relish About the Stage Over Thanksgiving

Plan your theatrical December

"...of them already up and running, three debuting the weekend after Thanksgiving. The Thanksgiving Play..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Arts Column by Wayne Alan Brenner

Waco in the Sans Bar, Diwali in Thanksgiving, RedFarm in Downtown, Trona in the News, Graham Reynolds in Cahoots, and, OK, C’mon, Where Is Antonelli’s New Place?

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

"...flavors? To kick off Austin’s Food & Wine Festival weekend, Waco’s acclaimed Milo restaurant is teaming up with Sans..."

Nov. 1, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

The Four-Day Weekend

Road and agency closures for Thanksgiving

"...There'll be no refuse collections on Thanksgiving: That slips back one day, so for this week..."

Nov. 26, 2008 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Art, Theatre, Film, and More Events for the Weekend

Take a peek at our recommended events

"...the Trumpier parts of the fam, why not end Thanksgiving on a mellow note with the local premiere of..."

Nov. 29, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Thanksgiving Dining, Intero Opens Poeta, Boggy Creek Farm Goes Theatrical, Eastciders Gets Pumped, Taco Mafia’s on the Air, and More

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

"...Gobble-gobble, citizen! Turkeyday is coming up fast, of course,..."

Nov. 15, 2023 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Weekend Wine: Thanksgiving!

Wines both obscure and easy to find

"...Thanksgiving and the holidays are just around the corner and..."

Nov. 17, 2022 Food Post by Wes Marshall

Rainy Weekend Reading: Two Off the Stack

"...know how many of us eventually found time last weekend for the big Thanksgiving payoff after hunting and gathering..."

Nov. 27, 2007 Design Post by Anne Harris

Weekend Wine: Sparkling Wines for the Holidays

This week: the lower priced versions

"...a water outing in August, or with turkey at Thanksgiving, sparkling wines add a touch of joy to every..."

Dec. 16, 2022 Food Post by Wes Marshall

17th Annual Empty Bowl Project This Weekend

Potters, chefs, and musicians join forces to fight kid's hunger

"...agrees to host the festivities on the Sunday before Thanksgiving...."

Nov. 23, 2013 Food Post by Virginia B. Wood

The Animalis Fabula Film Festival Celebrates and Worries About Our Relationship With Animals

Check out some creature features this weekend

"...becomes an annual event. "We want to take this Thanksgiving weekend and turn it into a celebration of animals..."

Nov. 26, 2021 Screens Feature by Adrienne Hunter

Farmers Market Report: November 24

Thanksgiving weekend: somewhat tinier markets

"...any exact information about this week’s markets, because it’s Thanksgiving Week and folks are busy, but it is my..."

Nov. 22, 2012 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Ice Storm

Emotional deep freeze during a 1973 Thanksgiving weekend in Connecticut.

"...of characters in New Canaan, Connecticut over the 1973 Thanksgiving holiday weekend is the subject of The Ice Storm...."

Nov. 14, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Nix on the Flix, Farm to Market Shutters, Sazan Hires a Hammond, Taste of Texas Extended

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

"...the Year of COVID-19, as we shamble toward a Thanksgiving weekend unlike any we’ve known before. Here’s the latest..."

Nov. 24, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Ring in the HollyDaze

Holiday Movie Previews

"...in pear trees, during the next five weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, these movies will vie with..."

Nov. 29, 1996 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Farmers' Market Report: Nov. 23-24, 2013

The Thanksgiving Farmers’ Markets are this weekend

"...This is the last Farmers’ Market weekend before Thanksgiving, and even though the prediction is for..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

The Myth of Fingerprints

"...Bareikis and Brian Kerwin. A family reunites for the Thanksgiving holiday: Instead of turkey, The Myth of Fingerprints serves..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Coach's Corner

Outlined

"...yeah, that line has been used before. And the Thanksgiving weekend did indeed replicate the nasty weather conditions Grantland..."

Dec. 6, 1996 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

TV Eye

Trio's Epic TV: The Top Ten Miniseries of All Time recalls a time before TiVo.

"...Thanksgiving weekend, Trio offers a look at some of the..."

Nov. 21, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Farmers' Market Report: Dec. 7-8, 2013

Cauliflower, beeswax, habañero jelly, and bitter cold

"...are likely to be there, because many had last weekend off. The Cedar Park Farmers Market and the Mueller..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Food Post by Kate Thornberry

Jack and Jill

Two Adam Sandlers for the price of one? And Al Pacino?! It's still not worth it.

"...who has arrived from the Bronx to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with her brother's family and then extends her..."

Nov. 18, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Soccer Watch

Two brilliant Kellys, and the youngest American champion

"...now – with their first-ever NCAA tournament wins last weekend, UT is into the Sweet 16 of the national..."

Nov. 19, 2004 Sports Column by Nick Barbaro

Austin Studio Tour, Mighty Texas Dog Walk, and More Recommended Events

Things to keep you busy this weekend

"...fair city, straight from an artist’s home space. This weekend, artists east of I-35 get a chance to shine...."

Nov. 15, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Day Trips

Hard work is its own reward at Brazos de Dios, a community north of Waco.

"...the character-building aspects of good old-fashioned hard work. On Thanksgiving weekend the fellowship throws open the gates for a..."

Nov. 19, 1999 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Anne Rapp's Fortune

The screenwriter of Cookie’s Fortune talks about storytelling, working in the business, and the incredible collaborator she found in Robert Altman.

"...in the original script, it was supposed to be Thanksgiving. We were hoping to shoot in the fall, and..."

Oct. 8, 1999 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

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