Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup

Catfish, outlaws, and armadillos

"...side note: The late Johnny Gimble – fiddler extraordinaire, native Texan, and sometime Austin resident – is one of..."

May 2, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips & Beyond: April Events Roundup

Start April with a scenic drive along fields of flowers

"...There are more than 5,000 species of wildflowers that grow in Texas and many can..."

March 31, 2018 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Laguna Gloria to Get New Entrance

The Contemporary Austin plans $6 million makeover on 35th St.

"...and work to preserve the site's heritage trees and native plants; add architectural structures to establish a more inviting..."

Feb. 22, 2018 Arts Post by Robert Faires

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

"...according National Geographic, there are more than 4,000 known species of native North American bees...."

June 16, 2017 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants

Easy Ways to Save the Planet

How to take saving the Earth into your own hands

"...Our region is in a migratory path for several species, and small, affordable efforts like planting native milkweed in..."

April 21, 2017 Features Feature by Jessi Cape

Public Notice: Useful Wild Scooter

How Aug. 4 became Scooter Cheatham and Useful Wild Plants Day in Austin

"...research into the properties and uses of some 4,000 species of native and naturalized plants from this region that..."

Aug. 5, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

DVDanger: The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2

Bill Moseley on being Chop Top, and living as a horror icon

"...far remove from the reality of the soft-spoken Connecticut native. In It Runs in the Family, the feature-length documentary..."

April 26, 2016 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Day Trips: W.G. Jones State Forest

Environmental study area provides habitat for endangered species and a walk on the wild side

"...Great Depression, crews from the Civilian Conservation Corps replanted native pines, which explains the forest's grid of straight trails...."

April 22, 2016 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Chasing The Good Dinosaur

FX director Jon Reisch on Pixar's newest animation

"...Spot (Jack Bright), a feral cub from this strange species called humans...."

Nov. 25, 2015 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Preserving Austin's Natural Mecca

Interactive documentary project Living Springs celebrates Barton Springs

"...Barton Springs salamanders were federally listed as a threatened species, and with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service protection..."

July 31, 2015 Screens Feature by Jessi Cape

SXSW LGBTQ Pro Tips: UPDATE

Finding community in the land of overstimulation

"...as many events of interest to queer communities, home native and visiting. The conference itself has steadily grown its..."

March 17, 2015 Qmmunity Post by Kate X Messer

The Dead Climb on Top of You

Third Place winner

"...lamplight, I saw her better. She was Mexican or Native, her skin was browned, not Dallas dark by way..."

Feb. 27, 2015 Arts Feature by P. Tyson Midkiff

Day Trips: Quinta Mazatlan

McAllen home to diverse ecosystem

"...part riparian forest, the natural cover harbored hundreds of species of animals and plants. Then came the railroad, followed..."

Jan. 16, 2015 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Day Trips

The Big Thicket survives at Larsen Sandyland Preserve near Silsbee

"...from Virginia to East Texas. Scarcely 3% of the native forest survives...."

June 13, 2014 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

'Moon Trees': Erica Botkin

The legacy of NASA's moon trees is documented at Co-Lab Projects' Downtown venue

"...the southern and western states to which the chosen species were native. These astronautical specimens of loblolly pine, sycamore,..."

March 28, 2014 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Boss Bangladeshi Fish at Voss

Under-the-radar Bangla joint surprises with fantastic fish dishes

"...also lists tilapia, catfish, salmon, rahu and surmai (more native Bangladeshi species I'm anxious to try), and hilsa (call..."

Nov. 1, 2013 Food Review by Mick Vann

The Return of Lila Downs

‘La Reyna’ makes another rare stop in Austin – tonight

"...I’m a little bit Mexican. And of course my Native Indian identity has also been an important feature in..."

April 9, 2013 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez

Football Prophecies: NFL Week 9

Redskins mascot woes, chai fives in Seattle, and more

"...Snyder holds a press conference to introduce the following alternatives:..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Sports Post by Joe O'Connell

Point Austin: What's Not on the Ballot

The ballot has some choices, but not all choices

"...the Socialist Party USA ("Uniting pro­gress­ives"). There's also Hous­ton native Avery Ayers, chairman of the Utopian Party ("party of..."

Oct. 12, 2012 News Column by Michael King

Latin Flavors, American Kitchens Symposium at CIA San Antonio

Mexican Flavors from Austin Gardens: Matali and Hoja Santa

"...for Tradescantia zebrina (striped) or Tradescantia pallida (purple), a species of spiderwort native to the Gulf Coast of eastern..."

Oct. 11, 2012 Food Post by MM Pack

Civics 101

Calendar of civic events, Nov. 3-8

"...INVASIVE SPECIES FORUM Info on plants that threaten native wildlife. 7-8:30pm...."

Nov. 4, 2011 News Column

Edible Landscaping

Become inspired to look at gardens as flexible canvases

"...she gardens in Northern California, where the climate and species of plants that grow well are different from ours,..."

May 27, 2011 Food Feature by Claudia Alarcón

Have Your Water and Drink It Too

Can the state save water and money at the same time?

"...take specific actions such as controlling erosion or restoring native aquatic species. They could also donate their water rights..."

Feb. 4, 2011 News Feature by Lee Nichols

SXSW Film: The Whole Enchilada

Red-hot and really long list of all the titles to date

"...remains with servomotors and robotics. He breeds these new species in a 400-year-old monastery in Portugal, restored from ruins..."

Feb. 2, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Headlines

"...announced plans to create an arboretum featuring all 53 species of native oak trees, thanks to a generous $1.4..."

Aug. 20, 2010 News Feature

Naked City

News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond

"...severe erosion, flood damage, and soil compaction; removing invasive species (ligustrum, chinaberry, nandina); and restoring native plants and trees...."

July 16, 2010 News Feature

Pandora's Seed: The Unforeseen Cost of Civilization

By establishing the facts of evolution – the where, when, why, and how of human, animal, and plant genetic selection, survival, and extinction – Wells proves that we are pretty much done with theories

"...Wells, a Lubbock native and one of the world's first and foremost genetic..."

July 9, 2010 Books Review by Ed Baker

The Empire That Dreams of Us

Unlocking Shearwater's The Golden Archipelago

"...studied the striated caracara, a rare bird of prey native to the isles and the eventual subject of his..."

Feb. 26, 2010 Music Feature by Austin Powell

Day Trips

The Aquarium at Rockport Harbor offers a glimpse into the underwater world along the Texas Gulf Coast

"...beneath the waves. There are more than 460 different species of fin fish, as well as sea cucumbers and..."

Oct. 30, 2009 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Small World and Blurred Boundaries: AFS Essential Cinema

Crossing Borders: Immigration in Global Cinema

"...relevant because we haven't come far enough as a species to make them seem like period pieces...."

April 3, 2009 Screens Feature by Josh Rosenblatt

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