Author: Laurie Lyons-Makaimoku
With the failure of Prop. 1 and the subsequent withdrawal of Lyft and Uber from the Austin market, we figured they could use some advice for future battles.
National Wildflower Week is May 2 – 8, 2016!
Across the nation, wildflowers growing beside highways, in gardens and elsewhere are valued for their natural beauty. As Lady Bird Johnson once said, they “give us a sense of where we are in this great land of ours.”
Did your Facebook invite box just inexplicably become full of invitations to weird events that sound like secret SXSW parties planned by Uncle Rico from Napoleon Dynamite?
Summer just got a whole lot sweeter -- and tipsier -- as some of the best in the Austin beverage business roll out Mighty Swell canned cocktails in Texas.
The Color Run®, one of the largest 5k event series in the world, will be in Austin on May 7th. The event will be held at Travis County Expo Center located 7311 Decker Ln, Austin, TX 78724, and the race will begin at 8:00am. Registration is open for individual runners and teams.
In honor of Kerbey Lane Cafe’s 36th anniversary on May 5, the beloved Austin restaurant will donate 100 percent of the net profits from all seven of its locations to United Way for Greater Austin beginning at 6 a.m. Thursday, May 5, and ending at 6 a.m. on May 6, 2016.
It would be easy to think that someone was filming a reboot of The Next Karate Kid in Austin, but nope, it’s just another day of keeping it weird.
Movies in the Park is a series of free films brought to you by Austin Parks Foundation in partnership with Alamo Drafthouse. Each year, APF and the Drafthouse bring you free movies in parks all over Austin. Residents and visitors bring their blanket or lawn chairs (and often a picnic dinner!) for a fun and relaxing evening under the beautiful Austin night sky.
It looks like local storage-finder company Sparefoot is jumping on the odd promo videos made in Austin train, and we’re pretty into it.
After opening 22 stores in the state of Texas and seven around the Austin area, it’s time for homegrown cookie-maker Tiff’s Treats to spread a little love outside of Texas’ borders.
We’ve partnered with MOD Fitness to bring a complimentary poolside barre session to you. Enjoy a barre class, then stay and enjoy a dip in the pool and SIPs from the WET Deck bar during our Sunset Sweat summer series.
With sardonic wit and incisive social critiques, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today.
Save the Dates! The 19th Annual Cine Las Americas International Film Festival is scheduled for May 4 – 8, 2016 in Austin, TX. The festival will offer narrative and documentary feature and short films and videos, as well as experimental, animation, and music video selections, in competitive and non-competitive sections.
Join Dos Mundos Creative on Tuesday, May 3rd from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm as they celebrate their first year of business with free portraits, a screen printing workshop, complimentary snacks provided by Blenders & Bowls and cocktails provided by Austin Cocktails.
What began as the most successful Super Bowl halftime special, has now become a global sports league and is headed...
Would you like to have your say in what happens with your Austin Music Scene? Join Austin Mayor Steve Adler,...
W Austin Presents SOUNDWAVE 05/01/16 12 pm – sundown BEATS BY Bird Peterson DJ Kurupt Complimentary Sailor Jerry Tattoos 2...
Heckle Her announces the return of “HOOT!” Friday and Saturday April 29-30th, 10:30pm in Salvage Vanguard Theater’s Studio Theater. Heckle...
Mayor Steve Adler’s office announced a new campaign today that will hopefully test the real world applications of his successful traffic campaign during President Obama’s visit during SXSW.
Go Local’s discount card program has already served the Austin community for years, connecting shoppers with great discounts to their favorite stores since 2008.
UT Austin has notched another honor onto its belt as college ranking site College Factual, in conjunction with USA Today College, just named the Moody College of Communication the #2 undergraduate journalism school in the country.
Keeping up with the latest news and happenings in a bustling city such as ours can be a challenge, but luckily we have social media to save us.
Yesterday the Austin Fire Department dealt with a somewhat unusual situation with results that probably shouldn’t surprise any Austinite.
