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...
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...
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...
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...
Fifth Grader Anant Choudhary Wins National “Talent for Writing” Award
Anant Choudhary, a fifth-grade student from Mrs. Roohi's class at Harmony School of Endeavor in Austin, has been honored with the "Talent for Writing" award for his submission to the national Young Writers "Scary Tales" contest. The Young Writers "Scary...
“Ice Rodeo” Returns to Downtown Austin
Ice Rodeo returns for the third year at the Four Seasons Hotel with even more to see and do this winter. Now through Jan. 5, 2025, the hotel is transformed into a winter wonderland with Texas-sized surprises for all ages. Outdoor Ice-Skating Rink and Food...
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...
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...
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...
Modernization Begins at Pecan Springs Elementary School
Austin Independent School District (AISD) held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the official start of renovations for Pecan Springs Elementary School. The school is receiving full campus modernization as part of the district's 2022 Bond Program. The project...
Wreaths Across America
The nonprofit organization Wreaths Across America was founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery. The organization’s mission is to remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach children the value of freedom....
Students Publish in Worldwide Poetry Anthology
Harmony Science Academy-Cedar Park (HSA-CP) had 49 students selected for publication from in the prestigious Poetry Towers competition, an international contest hosted by YoungWriters for authors ages 7-11. The students' poems will be featured in a global anthology....