■ Open: Swift's Attic, the much-anticipated restaurant at 315 Congress Ave. from the powerhouse team of Mat Clouser (M2, Rabbit + Hat supper club), Zack Northcutt (Mulberry, Haddington's) and pastry chef Callie Speer (Parkside) is opening Monday, but a... »
"At Sí Se Puede, we place great effort in providing engaging books and materials in both English and Spanish as a way to get our kids excited about bilingual reading and learning. KLRU Austin is helping us achieve this!"Christina Collazo, executive dir... »
Fitness buffs take to Austin's parks in force every day of the week, turning green spaces into outdoor yoga studios, weight rooms and boot camps.Crowds have grown so much in recent years that on Jan. 2, city officials began requiring commercial trainer... »
KLRU anniversary eventsAustin's PBS station has planned a weeklong 50th anniversary celebration. Some events require an RSVP at klru.org.■ ‘America Revealed' screeningWhen: 7 p.m. April 23Where: KLRU Studio 6ACost: Free; RSVP requiredPreview of PBS se... »
What the heck is it? A fort? An observation tower? The world's biggest barbecue pit?In Reed Park, a small Tarrytown enclave, rises a brick monster. It predates the park — with its playground, game field, swimming pool and picnic tables — by 84 years.Th... »
Ahead of Easter Sunday, Heather Hunsaker, a recipe developer for the local meal planning site Food on the Table (foodonthetable.com), has several tips for cooking the holiday's signature food, ham. Most hams purchased at the grocery store are already f... »
Austin nightlife impresario Kevin Williamson entered the business world during a period of "irrational exuberance." Flipping commercial real estate in the early 1980s, it seemed the oil-and-credit-fueled Texas land rush would never end."It wasn't the m... »
‘We cannot detach ourselves from the past," Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel said. "But we do not live in the past."The great man spoke of many wise and puzzling things during the Anti-Defamation League dinner at the Four Seasons Hotel. He linked memory, cul... »
Like many of us, Grant Macdonald's favorite Austin moment happened because he was at the right place at the right time. The new chef de cuisine at Trio at the Four Seasons, who moved his family from Vancouver to Austin in December and whose new menu de... »
The room wraps the visitor in history. Scores of photographs hang on amber walls, many of them rendered in black and white. They show presidents and governors, oil wildcatters and gentlemen ranchers, social lions and munificent benefactors.They also re... »
Cedar Park baker has eye on the prize Erma Innis of Cedar Park is headed to Orlando, Fla., this weekend to compete in the 45th Pillsbury Bake-Off Contest. Innis' recipe for bacon-egg breakfast bites is among the 100 dishes that judges will try at this ... »
Mark and Jay Duplass cracked jokes as they finished each other's sentences in a hotel room last fall. But they would soon be crying, Mark promised.That evening, the University of Texas graduates screened their latest film, "Jeff, Who Lives at Home" to ... »
Introducing a session with former Vice President Al Gore and Napster co-founder Sean Parker on Monday, SXSW Interactive director Hugh Forrest talked about the tech fest's ever-growing stature. "Geeks are the new rock stars of the pop culture landscape,... »
Music Showcases. More than 30 official showcases kick off SXSW Music tonight. Some of the big names playing include Santigold and Theophilus London at La Zona Rosa; Kendrick Lamar and A.Dd+ at 1100 Warehouse; and Mr. (Expletive) eXquire and Bear in Hea... »
You noticed it last time you headed outside, didn't you? That warm, spring-has-arrived feeling that makes you want to hop on a bike, jump in a lake or lace up your sneakers.A slew of fitness events has arrived right along with the warm air. Here are so... »
