Austin in Action
Husband-and-wife team Gary and Donna Taylor will lend a country flare to the Dickens’ classic on Dec. 15 and 16 with “A Lone Star Christmas Carol” at the Price Center in San Marcos. Using a score by Gary Taylor, the pair join two other cast members in...
Austin in Action
A father and daughter have teamed up to write a book about gratitude. Grow Grateful, released in October, is a picture book that takes readers on a camping trip with main character Kiko. Co-author Jon Lasser, PhD, is a psychologist, school psychologist, professor and...
Austin in Action
COVER 3 hosted its annual golf classic benefiting Partnerships for Children in October at Avery Ranch Golf Club. The event raised over $400,000 to benefit the local nonprofit, which provides critical resources to abused and neglected Central Texas children....
Austin in Action
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has announced a statewide career exploration campaign and website called “Jobs Y’all: Your Career. Your Story.” The campaign hopes to inspire young Texans to discover and explore the state’s in-demand industries and learn about...
Films
Green Book, rated PG-13 Starring Viggo Mortensen, Mahershala Ali, Linda Cardellini Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 stars Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 stars Peter Farrelly’s Green Book is a moving, delightful holiday surprise. The film is based on...
Sponsored Content
We once had a pet mantis. Not the inside kind (because…just Eewww), but the kind of pet that lives outside on our kitchen window. My kids loved looking for it each morning. It was like a natural elf on the shelf hunt every morning. Our little “pet” loved our home...
Education
Our childhood classrooms, with their long rows of stationary desks, are gradually disappearing. They’re being replaced by rooms thoughtfully designed to incorporate more movement into the daily student experience. Teachers are also working to include kinesthetic...
Humor
As a child, my holidays were a red and green blur of pure, unadulterated joy. As a young adult, I spent my holidays fielding questions about hairstyles and love interests. As a married adult, the holidays meant declaring a side of the family to spend Christmas Day...
Piensa Positivo
El regalo de expresar nuestras emociones tales como la felicidad, el enojo, el júbilo, la tristeza y más, es lo que enriquece nuestra experiencia humana. Y aunque hay emociones más placenteras que otras, como el enojo, estas no se pueden evitar. Lo que se si se puede...
Asuntos Familiares
P. Mi hijo de 2 años de edad tiene problemas para dejar de jugar. Hace un tiempo, me di cuenta que cuando le pido que deje de jugar para que podamos salir de la casa o comer o ir a la cama, él hace un berrinche. Así que, lo dejaba hasta que se cansara. Pero...
