Austin in Action
Dr. Kate Biberdorf, aka Kate the Chemist, is an author, science entertainer and a professor at the University of Texas at Austin. This month, she will appear virtually at two Austin schools to celebrate her new book, Kate The Chemist: The Stem Night Disaster. The book...
Austin in Action
The YMCA of Austin is inviting the community to participate in a free six-week YMCA Reset Challenge, designed to help transform spirit, mind and body. Beginning in January, participants can opt-in to the free challenge by texting RESET to 866-943-YMCA (9622). By...
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NYOS (Not Your Ordinary School), a tuition-free, public charter school located in North Austin, has begun construction on a new campus facility, scheduled to open in the summer of 2021. The new campus will add 76,300 square feet of classroom and administrative space. ...
Austin in Action
Although this year’s MLK Community Festival and March have been cancelled due to the pandemic, there are still several ways that you can honor the memory of Martin Luther King Jr. MLK Oratory Competition The Austin Area Heritage Council, in collaboration with...
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Kids Book Club Austin Allies Kids’ Book Club will begin the year with a discussion of “Class Act” by Jerry Craft. The meeting will held on Jan. 16 at 12:30 p.m. on Zoom. Register here. Book Club meets on the third Saturday of each month. If you’d like to get a head...
Films
Rated PG-13 Starring Tom Hanks, Helena Zengel, Elizabeth Marvel, Michael Angelo Covino, Bill Camp Austin Family Critical Rating: 5 of 5 Austin Family Family-Friendly Rating: 4 of 5 Even as most studios have pushed back their year-end prestige pictures,...
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The end of 2020 had teachers and administrative staff packing up and readying to move to the modernized Norman-Sims Elementary School. After unpacking their materials and decorating their new classrooms, teachers and faculty prepare to welcome students for the spring...
Austin in Action
Austin’s own Ian McKenna was recently named one of the top five finalists for Time magazine’s Kid of the Year award. A senior at LASA High School, McKenna has grown over 20,000 pounds of produce for those in need over the course of the past seven years. His project...
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William Still and His Freedom Stories, written and illustrated by Don Tate, is the first picture-book biography of the man considered the Father of the Underground Railroad. The book, published last month, has garnered starred reviews from both Kirkus Reviews and...
Humor
Like good Austin parents, we sent our kids to an enlightened preschool. And I mean this in the best possible way. The kids called the teachers by first names, they celebrated birthday fruit instead of cupcakes, and conflicts were “discussed” in lieu of discipline. On...
