Weekend Events In Austin To Feature Fun For All

This weekend enjoy a host of varied and fun events featuring something for everyone.

Austin Weekend Happenings: A Dance Party, A Winter Walk, And More

This weekend offers great opportunities to explore Austin with events such as a free day of fitness, art exhibitions, a mercado, and more.

Austin's MLK Annual Festival Celebrates The Legacy of Dr. King

Austin Area Heritage Council set to host annual festival and a march to kick off the day's celebration of MLK Day.

Carver Museum Hosting Free Movie Screening In Honor Of MLK Day

The public is invited to attend an afternoon of films celebrating the life and times of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Austin Nature Preserve Set To Host Free Family-Friendly Event

The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center will host event celebrating Texas trees with fun activities for all ages including plant sale.

Kicking Off 2018: A Variety Show, Children's Book Fair, And More

2018 gets off to a great start with a variety of fabulous, fun, and interesting weekend events taking place throughout the city.

Health & Wellness In The New Year: Great Events Happening In ATX

If you're looking to get fit in 2018, you'll have many opportunities to find the event that's right for you in Austin this week.

Salvation Army: New Tax Plan Takes Up to $13B From Us

The tax plan, signed into law by President Trump, will reduce incentives for charitable giving, the Salvation Army says.

Caroling Bar Crawl Offers A Unique Way To Celebrate The Season

Casual and FREE event allows guests to mingle and belt out classic and crowd-pleasing Christmas carols.

Area Non-Profits To Organize International Day Of Migrants Event

Various non-profit organizations unite to commemorate the International Day of Migrants and celebrate immigrants in the Austin-area.

East Austin Residents: Sign Up For Free Smoke Detector

Incidents of house fires spike up as weather gets colder and people try to heat their homes, prompting free alarm giveaway to save lives.

New Waterloo's La Matta To Open In East Austin On Dec. 4

Casual Italian sandwich, salad and wine shop opening on the corner of 5th Street & Comal.

Austin Comes Out Sort Of Squeaky Clean In 'Sinful Cities' List

Yet Austin residents scored high on the 'Anger and Hatred' category and are a surprisingly lazy and jealous lot, survey says.

Austin Restaurant's Funniest Marquees Compiled In Book

Marquee of popular Mexican food restaurant at 1624 W 5th St. often features laugh-out-loud observations on life.

TxDot Celebrates 'Milestone' With Oltorf Street Bridge Opening

Project's completion has opened up the site to traffic.

Post-Thanksgiving Activities In Austin From Hiking To Shopping

Ready to de-stress from Thanksgiving? Featured events around Austin include meditation sessions, jewelry making, and so much more.

Unseasonably Warm Thanksgiving Day Forecast For Austin Area

Weather will be far from fowl (sorry) with sunny weather all week and temps in the 70s before dipping into the 50s, high 40s.

Austin: Lesbian/Bi "Fast Flirting: Speed Dating With A Tech Twist

First event to be held in Austin offers a new kind of speed dating.

Farmstock Takes Place In East Austin This Saturday Nov. 18

Family-friendly celebration to offer a full day and evening of art, music, local food, and craft beer and plenty of fun for the kids.

Thanksgiving '17: Your Survival Guide To Austin Airport Travel

Know ahead of time about added flights, free military meals, new restaurant options, monitoring security line speeds online and more.

Creative Industry Professionals To Host FREE Information Session

Bootstrap Austin to host a FREE information session and networking event for creatives and artists on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

Youth Learned To Drive Stick Shifts In East Austin

Hagerty Driving Experience gave young people a chance to learn to operate manual transmission on classic cars.

Austin-Wide 'It's My Park Day' Beautification Effort Slated

Thousands of volunteers will descend upon city parks to spruce up parks, greenbelts, and trails throughout the city,

Two Austin Neighborhoods Among Nation's 'Coolest'

HotSpot Rentals considered more than 18 factors across six categories to achieve rankings. Did your neighborhood make the list?

Community Policing Conference Underway In East Austin

Organized by the Austin Police Department and MEASURE nonprofit, gathering aims to educate about data-driven community policing.

Austin Has 16th-Lowest Evictions Rate Among Metro Areas

New study finds rate of 2.7 percent for the Austin metro area, with higher-than-average salaries shielding it from further displacement.

Austin Secures Innovative 'Friends Of The Children' Mentoring Program

City is one of just a handful nationwide to get the unique model — and the first ever in Texas — that will benefit East Austin children.

HEB Recalls Single-Serve Soups, Frozen Veggies Amid Listeria Fears

Recalls made at the request of Mann Packing of Salinas, Calif. to prevent Listeria monocytogenes ingestion that could be fatal for some.

Texas Transportation Officials Schedule Open House Centered On FM 812 Improvements

FM 812 corridor project aims to improve safety and mobility, accommodate future population growth and land-use development in the area.

HEB Recalls Chicken Distributed In Texas With Undeclared Allergens

More than 1,000 pounds of diced chicken thighs distributed at area stores contained wheat that was not identified on the label.

Zappos Sponsors Free Adoptions At 4 Texas Animal Shelters, Including One In Austin

On Friday, Sept. 29, those looking to adopt a dog or cat can do so for free at the Austin Animal Shelter, 7201 Levander Loop.

'Honor Flight' Transports 43 Austin-Area War Veterans To Washington, D.C. Memorials

World War II, Korean and Vietnam War veterans head to nation's capital to see and experience monuments built in their honor.

Austin Leaders To Address Central Texas Poverty

Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Travis County Judge Sarah Eckhardt and Community Advancement Network' Raul Alvarez scheduled speakers.

Key Highway Closure Scheduled In San Marcos For Construction Work

Take note if you're going factory outlet mall shopping this Sunday or just headed to San Marcos; plot out alternate route, avoid headache.

Salvadoran Immigrant Takes Sanctuary In Austin Church

He fled El Salvador, one of the most dangerous places in the world. Now, he fears being deported to his violent home country.

Hurricane Harvey: Austin, Williamson County Volunteers Mobilize To Help Distressed Survivors

The Delco Activity Center, 4601 Pecan Brook Dr., has provided safe haven for some 200 people displaced by what is now a tropical storm.

Farmers' Almanac Releases Winter 2018 Forecast For Texas

Wild swings predicted in Texas next year from old-school forecasters eerily prescient despite the age of newfangled apps, gadgets.

Much-Anticipated Kolaches And Beer Spot Opens In East Austin

Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches, 3220 Manor Rd., opening Friday at noon offers 400 different beers and eight distinct types of kolaches.

Natural Gas Power Outage Affects Several East Austin Blocks

Texas Gas Service utility members are going to individual homes and business to turn off meters, with outage in effect overnight.

Texas Tax-Free Back-to-School Shopping Weekend: Date, What’s Exempt

From Aug. 11-13, purchases on most clothing, footwear, school supplies and backpacks will be exempt from sales and use taxes.