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Austin in Action
Austin Parks Foundation’s (APF) biannual It’s My Park Day (IMPD) returns Saturday, November 1, with volunteer registration now open. For over 20 years, this citywide event has brought Austinites together to enhance local parks, trails and greenbelts....
Austin in Action
The Heller Awards for Young Artists (HAYA) will take the stage at Bass Concert Hall for the first time in May 2026, marking a significant milestone for the program. Beginning with the 2025-26 season, Texas Performing Arts (TPA) will host the annual awards...
Austin in Action
Stepping Stone School, a 27-time winner of Austin Family magazine’s “Best in Childcare” award, will host its annual Fall Family Festival on October 25 from 10 a.m. to noon at its Leander location. The event is designed to thank local families and...
Feature Articles
If you have a young outdoor lover, you are aware of the curiosity, concentration, and calm that come from being outdoors. Numerous studies have shown that spending at least fifteen minutes a day reduces anxiety and improves overall well-being. According to a...
Education
Many “pandemic babies,” children born during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, are now entering formal school, raising the question of whether their unusual early experiences will affect their success in the classroom. Thus far, research studies have been...
Lifelines
My son’s first day of kindergarten threatened to break my heart into a million pieces. It is a memory seared into my mind. I will never forget holding his hand as we walked into school. The hallways teemed with kids and parents, chaotic like a kicked-over...
Family Matters
Q My ex-wife Julie and I share equal custody of our two children—Violet, 9, and Weston, 11. We each have the kids for two weeks out of the month. We both care about their success and want their homework done well and turned in on time. But we handle it...
Then and Now
Then When cattle baron Col. Jesse Driskill opened the Driskill Hotel in 1886, the property featured 60 well-appointed guest rooms. Twelve rooms boasted en-suite baths, a rare amenity for the time, so the Daily Statesman hailed it as “one of the finest hotels in the...
KidZone
In many other parts of the country, fall is associated with harvesting rather than planting. But here in Central Texas, where sweltering summer temperatures give way to a second spring, it’s the perfect opportunity to teach kids about gardening and spark a lifelong...
