On the Ruins of Jumpolin

Activists still protesting Blue Cat Cafe

"...Cat Cafe and F&F, both to the East Town Lakes neighborhood and to Sergio and Monica Lejarazu, the owners..."

July 20, 2016 News Post by Joseph Caterine

Day Trips: Llano River Slab, Kingsland

Dip into this not-so-secret swimming hole, but save the cooking for the professionals

"...is something of a cuisine mecca on the Highland Lakes. They have their own brewpub in Double Horn Brewing..."

July 15, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Mike Osborne: Man of the Moment

Photographer Mike Osborne is looking for the bigger picture in the world we share

"...last year, he collaborated with the local photography collective Lakes Were Rivers on a series of installations called the..."

June 10, 2016 Arts Feature by Sean L. Malin

The Common Law

You can't do what on Lady Bird Lake ...?

"...issues. The fact that there are way too many lakes and rivers for the state to regulate leaves considerable..."

June 3, 2016 Column by Luke Ellis

Council: Meet Your Waterloo

"...berating AW staff ("bureaucrats") and insisting that with the lakes currently full (and the Lower Colo­ra­do River Authority occasionally..."

May 13, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Council: What Drought?

Zimmerman and Troxclair take on water restrictions

"...Zimmerman, who demanded to know why, with the Highland Lakes currently filled to capacity, we hadn't already moved away..."

May 6, 2016 News Feature by Michael King

Austin Environmental Board Chair Dies

Mary Gay Maxwell was 78

"...city, we’ve got these great creeks, and the beautiful lakes, and all of these trees.’ That’s not an accident,..."

March 31, 2016 News Post by Nina Hernandez

Day Trips: Marble Falls

Falls on the Colorado Museum hosts rare Chief Quanah Parker photographs

"...Exhibit of Their Story." Put together by the Texas Lakes Trail and the Texas Historical Com­mis­sion, the show is..."

Feb. 5, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Music: Mega Third List

L7, the Cult, Loretta Lynn and 556 more added to the Fest

"...Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes (Nashville, TN.)..."

Jan. 12, 2016 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

News Roundup: Homeless Count, TNCs, and Council Races

ECHO's annual homeless count takes place January 23

"...describes the restriction as “critical in keeping the Highland Lakes above emergency levels during the worst parts of the..."

Jan. 11, 2016 News Post by the News Staff

Mug Life

Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close

"...Goose Island in Chicago, Bell's in Kalamazoo, and Great Lakes in Cleveland all offer this experience...."

Nov. 13, 2015 Food Feature by Eric Puga

Keep Austin Clean

"...grateful that the rains came and filled the rivers, lakes, and greenbelt. I have, with my two daughters and..."

July 23, 2015 Postmarks

Point Austin: It's Rainin' Down in Texas

Marking Texas time and history by rising floodwaters

"...the same rains that began to refill the Highland Lakes left a wide swath of destruction across the state,..."

May 29, 2015 News Column by Michael King

DVDanger: Things That Go Bump

Ghosts, nightmares, and flashlights in this horror roundup

"...of rain in Austin. Good for the flowers, the lakes are up, the sun is vanquished. You'd almost think..."

May 16, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Point Austin: Balancing Budget Numbers and Needs

Council wants a property tax cut, but service needs are real

"...Jonathan Allen, the Lauderdale Lakes, Fla., city manager who was invited to Austin in..."

May 15, 2015 News Column by Michael King

The Zellners' Beautiful Dreamer

The Zellner brothers mine urban legend in Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter

"...worker who was found dead, inexplicably, outside of Detroit Lakes, Minn., in November 2001. That's 9,240 kilometers and, apparently,..."

March 27, 2015 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Thursday Picks & Sleepers

SXSW Thursday handicapping by the blurb

"...to a more manageable fivesome. Jace Lasek from Besnard Lakes produced their third LP, Burnt Black Cars, which arrives..."

March 20, 2015 Music Feature

First Plates Extra Helpings: Hit the Road & Eat Like a Local

Five cafes a conversation away from Austin

"...Lake Marble Falls has served visitors to the Highland Lakes since 1929. For almost that long they have made..."

Feb. 2, 2015 Food Post by Gerald E. McLeod

SXSW Music: List Four

First of regular Friday blasts notches total acts past 1,000

"...Daniel Ellsworth & the Great Lakes (Nashville, Tenn.)..."

Jan. 23, 2015 Music Post

Top 10 Environmental Stories

Local environmental news wasn't all bad this year

"...on coal-tar asphalt sealants has proved beneficial to local lakes and waterways, and has begun a trend nationally to..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Michael King

Top 10 State Stories

The 10 stories that defined politics in Texas in 2014

"...and the pending threat of El Niño, the Highland Lakes and most of Texas' water supply is still perilously..."

Jan. 2, 2015 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Decker Golf: Not Tee Time

Council agrees to wait before deciding Decker's fate

"...that under the current trajectory, storage in the Highland Lakes "could reach 600,000 acre-feet within the next 12 months,..."

Dec. 12, 2014 News Feature by Jo Clifton

Public Notice: November Song

Will Council make a golf course its parting act?

"...Any Further: LCRA SEEKS TO SUSPEND RELEASES FROM HIGHLAND LAKES FOR FOURTH STRAIGHT YEAR: Historic Action Prompted by Record-Setting..."

Nov. 21, 2014 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Day Trips

Llano's Fain's Honey Company and Fredericksburg's Pedernales Brewing Company meet in a bar, and the results will surprise you

"...golden nectar of honeybees working around the upper Highland Lakes. It is also the key ingredient in singer-songwriter Robert..."

Oct. 3, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Headlines

"...the drought: The Lower Colorado River Authority reports the lakes in the Highland system dropped half an inch to..."

Sept. 19, 2014 News Feature

X Games Austin: What To Do Before, During and After

Your cheat sheet for the very first X Games Austin.

"...scale. Austin also has hiking trails, natural springs, rivers, lakes, graffiti parks, shopping on South Congress, and food everywhere...."

June 4, 2014 Events Post by Adam Gestwicki

Headlines

"...few days brought some real relief to the Highland Lakes...."

May 30, 2014 News Feature

Headlines

"...of days of slightly higher water to the Highland Lakes, still suffering from years of drought...."

May 16, 2014 News Feature

Table Banquet

The nominees for the 2013-2014 Austin Critics Table Awards

"..."Contemporary Photographic Practice and the Archive," Lakes Were Rivers, curator; Ransom Center..."

May 8, 2014 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Day Trips

Historic spring still an oasis in the West Texas town of Big Spring

"...the area. The city now diverts water from nearby lakes into the basin once filled by the spring. Birds..."

April 25, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

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