Tai Moses

Children and their parents will be thrilled to learn that the Kids Block Party is returning in-person to the Austin Central Library after last year’s all-virtual event. This Library Foundation indoor/outdoor event “celebrates children, literacy and learning through play, with indoor and outdoor activities for kids aged toddler to tweens.” Along with musicians and yoga, the party […]

City Council has approved a $65,000 grant to fund a study on coronavirus in cats. The Austin Humane Society and Austin Animal Center, partnering with Texas A&M and the Texas Department of State Health Services, will examine whether there are coronaviruses “circulating or mutating among animals that could potentially pose a risk to humans.” AHS’ Dr. […]

Eight months after the school opened to students in August 2021, East Austin’s Sánchez Elementary School is celebrating its grand opening today with a parade and a tree planting in honor of Earth Day. The new, modernized $25 million campus was funded by the 2017 bond program. According to AISD, “The school was one of […]

Maybe you’ve heard (or maybe not), the city of Austin has a special called election coming up on Saturday, May 7. There is only a single proposition on the ballot and that is Prop A, which asks: “Shall an initiative ordinance be approved to 1) eliminate enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses; and 2) ban the […]

As we all bitterly know, Austin Resource Recovery suspended its large brush and bulk collection back in February because of staffing shortages brought on by Covid. Since then, Austinites have been waiting impatiently for the service to resume, as pieces of shrubbery and tree limbs and old freezers and other embarrassing things pile up behind […]

Local artists Rejina Thomas, Ruben Esquivel and Taylor Davis have been selected to create a floating wetland installation on the Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail and Lady Bird Lake this spring. The Common Waters installation “will explore themes of community, creativity, environment, and collaboration. It will incorporate artistic components as well as serve an ecological function,” according to a city […]

Motorists, cyclists and pedestrians attempting to travel northbound on Azie Morton Road will notice that a partial lane closure is in effect while crews perform work in the area near Barton Springs Road. The street is still open to southbound travelers coming from Barton Springs Road onto Azie Morton. According to the Transportation Department’s traffic advisory, […]

The Project Connect team has been might busy lately, holding public engagement meetings about the designs of sections of the Blue and Orange light rail transit corridors. One upcoming meeting Project Connect watchers might not want to miss concerns the various transit options that will be offered on the Blue Line bridge crossing Lady Bird […]

A new exhibition will bring dozens of kites to hang in the rafters of Austin Central Library’s atrium, where they will remind visitors of the “connection between water and life in Texas,” according to the library’s announcement. The kites on display were chosen from submissions by over 200 artists for the Sacred Springs Kite Exhibition, […]

Planning to get up-to-date on your Covid-19 vaccinations or booster shots? Good for you! We applaud your responsible, community minded, pro-science mindset. To help you plan when to get your vaccination, we’d like to inform you that Travis County’s mobile vaccine clinics will be closed for the Easter holiday, from today, April 15, through Sunday, […]

After much hard work by the members of the Bouldin Creek Neighborhood Association and friends, the West Bouldin Creek Greenbelt Trailhead project is finally complete. In addition to a brand-new informational kiosk and paved parking area, the trailhead boasts new signage and cedar fencing. It all adds up to a far more inviting access point […]

It’s safe to say that airport recovery is going just fine. According to the monthly traffic report from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport, “passenger traffic growth for February 2022 was up 249.04 percent compared to February 2021, with 1,203,251 passengers flying during the month.” That’s a pretty impressive number, and it helps explain why you really, really, […]