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The monthly Beers, Brains and Betterment series is back with a sold-out – sort of – discussion on the economics of Imagine Austin, hosted by the Capital of Texas Media Foundation/Austin Monitor. Although all RSVPs are in, anyone wishing to attend can still register for a standby ticket. It won’t guarantee admittance, but we anticipate […]

A portion of Uhland Road in San Marcos will close for four hours on Saturday morning. The section of Uhland that becomes a low-water crossing at the Blanco River will be blocked off from 8 a.m. to noon. During that time, Time Warner Cable will be setting up equipment ahead of a planned installation of […]

Keep Bastrop County Beautiful is hosting the Bastrop River Rally this weekend, a now-annual event after the success of last year’s original, for which 80 volunteers showed up to help clean a 6-mile stretch of the Colorado River, some by foot and others by canoe. The event is much bigger this year, featuring a roundup […]

MonkeyWrench Books will be hosting a screening Thursday evening of “Austin While Black,” a new Web series from journalists Evelyn Ngugi and Doyin Oyeniyi highlighting the lives of black Austinites. As described on the show’s website, the series tells “the stories that often get left out of discussions about Austin’s past, present, and future.” Tonight’s […]

It’s been a big news week for Austin cats and their people. First, last weekend’s KittyPalooza oversaw a record number of adoptions, and now this: As Austin Eater reports, the Blue Cat Cafe is one step closer to becoming a reality after owner Rebecca Gray signed a lease at 95 Navasota St. As the name […]

There are a lot of fun things to do at the library, but you probably don’t consider paying fines to be one of them. Thanks to the Austin Public Library’s new online payment system, patrons with late fees need no longer to besmirch their library experience with monetary transactions. The new system launched on Wednesday, […]

Hays County officials announced on Tuesday that the Commissioners Court will hold a special meeting this week to discuss and potentially take action on a project to replace the Fisher Store Bridge, which was destroyed in the Memorial Day weekend floods. The bridge provided a vital crossing of the Blanco River, and county officials have […]

Allegiant Airlines announced on Tuesday that it will be offering direct flights between Austin and Memphis, Tennessee, beginning Oct. 1. The timing, just ahead of this year’s Austin City Limits Music Festival, is no coincidence, according to an announcement from Allegiant. In a nod to Austin’s “budding tourism scene,” the nonstop route joins three others […]

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Transportation app RideScout is expanding its downtown circulator service, which offers free rides along a fixed route from the Convention Center to Republic Square Park, running west on Eighth and Sixth streets and returning east on Fifth and Second streets. Although the route is fixed, the stops are not. Riders can flag down RideShare vehicles […]

On Monday, Mayor Steve Adler posted an update on the City Council Message Board regarding a new working group that was formed to “develop a holistic, equitable economic development plan” for East Austin. The group was created in the wake of Council’s postponement in May – prompted by Adler – of a decision regarding development […]

Last weekend’s KittyPalooza oversaw a record-breaking number of cat and kitten adoptions at the Austin Animal Center. In its eighth year, the event – like any Austin festival worth its salt – lasted through the weekend with temperatures approaching 100 degrees. These conditions didn’t deter die-hard fans, who were apparently content that in lieu of […]