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Big Bounce America Coming to Area

DATES:Friday April 4 through Sunday, April 6 LOCATION: Manor The Big Bounce America 2025 tour brings the bounciest, most action-packed experience of the year to Austin area from Friday, April 4th, through Sunday, April 6th, at Manor TX Fairgrounds. Featuring The...

Zoocade Opens in Austin

Zoocade, the first-of-its-kind technology and experience in the United States, is now open in Austin. Technology meets entertainment as families step inside an environment where animals are brought to life through 3D glasses and holographic technology, named one of...

I Live Here I Give Here 2025

I Live Here I Give Here is inviting Central Texans to participate in this year's Amplify Austin Day, a community-wide giving event on March 5-6. The event will kick off at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, March 5, and conclude at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 6. Residents across...

Kirby Hall School Announces New Head of School

Kirby Hall School is pleased to announce that Ms. Paige Arnell has recently been named as the new Head of School, effective from December 1, 2024. Ms. Arnell is one of only a small handful of people to serve in this leadership position since the school’s founding...

TCEQ’s Take Care of Texas Annual Art Contest

Calling all junior artists! The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality’s Take Care of Texas 2025 Art Contest has officially begun! This year’s contest theme is “ways to keep our air clean.” Students are asked to illustrate how they, along with their...

Nitro Swimming Makes Waves in Kyle with 40,000 Square Feet of Swimming

Nitro Swimming opened a brand-new, state-of-the-art swim center in Kyle, Texas, with 40,000 square feet dedicated to swimming. The main competition pool provides 23 lanes of swimming in 88-degree water. The new aquatics destination offers indoor swimming and...

Austin Senior Named Among Nation’s Top 300 Teen Scientists

Umar Haneef Mohammed, age 17, from Harmony School of Endeavor (HSE), was named one of the top 300 STEM students in the United States in the Society of Science's Regeneron Science Talent Search (RSTS). For his project entitled "SOAR: Automatically...

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Spring Break With Kids Under 8

Feb 28, 2025 | 0 Comments

Spring break is a great time to be in Austin with little kids. There is nothing quite like being a tourist in your hometown, and mid-March has plenty of fun activities for young children. Best of all, you can count on beautiful weather this time of year. If...

The Power of Self Love

Jan 30, 2025 | 0 Comments

This Valentine’s season don’t forget that romantic love isn’t the only type of love to celebrate. There are many types of love to talk to your kids about, such as the love for their parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, and especially themselves....

Must Do’s for the New Year

Dec 31, 2024 | 0 Comments

Last year, my husband and I set a goal to set up our will and estate plan. It forced us to look at who would become guardians of our children, what we would do in the event of one spouse's death, how and when money would be allocated, etc. These conversations...