On Sunday, Listen to Your Mother will offer 15 women talking about motherhood and making you laugh. It’s the second annual show from producer Wendi Aarons, who has received national attention for her blog. The show is from 2 to 4 p.m. at the AT&T Confe... »
This Saturday, the Texas Natural Science Center is hosting its first “Insecta Fiesta” event at the Lake Austin Center - Brackenridge Field Lab, 3001 Lake Austin Blvd.. It will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. And it’s free! Activities include: Insect petting... »
Public Citizen, a nonprofit organization that lobbies for citizens’ interest in Washington, has a new petition out. It wants hospitals to stop giving out free formula in the bags that go home with newborns and their mothers. It says that by giving out ... »
Today is World Autism Day and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released some new figures. They found a 78 percent increase of cases of autism from 2002 to 2008 in the areas they have been studying. It’s now 1 in 88 children and 1 in 54 bo... »
and all across Austin it’s either eerily quiet at homes where kids have been sent to day camps or at play somewhere far afield or it’s obnoxiously loud where kids are looking for something to do and parents are tired of hearing, “I’m bored.” I live in ... »
Today we talked with Rachel Wallace, the actress who plays the title role of the Broadway Across America production of “Mary Poppins.” The production is coming to Bass Concert Hall April 10-15. The 26-year-old has played the role since Jan. 2011. When ... »
The University Medical Center Brackenridge is displaying the art of St. Gabriel’s Catholic School students in grade kindergarten through eighth. The art will be in the first floor in the hallway leading to the emergency department through May 30. So, i... »
If the kids are whining, “I’m bored,” they have no excuse this weekend. It’s jam-packed with fun things to do. On Saturday: Explore UT and find more than 400 free activities at the University of Texas. About 50,000 people are expected to attend the eve... »
The first Autism Fest Austin will be 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday at Haven, at 409 Colorado St. The fest, which is sponsored by The Austin Trust USA, The National Autism Association of Central Texas and Families for Austin & Immune Recovery (F.A.I.R), w... »
The Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson has a contest open for all high-schoolers in Bastrop, Blanco, Burnet, Caldwell, Fayette, Hays, Llano, Lee, Travis or Williamson counties. Create a 30-second anti-litter public service announcement based on th... »
Some of us joke that we should be “Mother of the Year,” for the silly things we do or forget to do, but Dell Chief Marketing Officer Karen Quintos really is Mother of the Year. On Thursday she attended a reception by Working Mother magazine and Adverti... »
In the new book, “Isabella: Girl on the Go” from Jennifer Fosberry, Isabella from “My Name is not Isabella,” tries to get out of doing things by imagining to be different occupations and traveling to the Pyramids of Giza, Eiffel Tower, the Great Wall o... »
Karen Quintos, the chief marketing officer at Dell Inc., was named to Advertising Working Mothers of the Year by Working Mother magazine and Advertising Women of New York. She’s recognized in the ‘established moms’ category — those mothers whose oldest... »
Local crime and politics blogger Scott Henson, who writes Grits for Breakfast, writes that for the second time he, the white grandfather, was questioned by police for walking with his black granddaughter down the street. The first time happened in 2008... »
Seton Medical Center wants to help prospective moms find a doctor. They’ve set up “What’s Up Doc?” — a chance for future moms to meet with a dozen obstetrician/gynecologists to interview them about pregnancy and delivery. The event will be 5:30 to 7 p.... »
