The ESB Mexican American Cultural Center is proud to present their traditional Día de Los Muertos 2020 celebration digitally this year. Local artists and the community can participate, making this a collective digital event. Join in by picking up a free sugar skull...

ring Delivers to Young Readers BookSpring has launched a new program to have packages of gently used books and materials designed to enhance the motivation to read mailed directly to family’s homes. Families who live in Central Texas and have children 12 and under are...

  The challenge of creating safe classrooms during the current pandemic has led to a creative solution: beaming a professor into the classroom as a hologram.   The University of Texas at Austin is testing a new 3D immersive video solution where the faculty...

  The 2020 Virtual Texas Teen Book Festival will take place online on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. The Festival is free and open to the public! Don’t worry, you don’t have to be a teen to attend – readers of all ages are welcome. The festival will feature writer...

Austin-based singer songwriter and rapper SaulPaul presents Be the Change, his third high-energy album for kids. These upbeat and playful new songs share messages of how children can “be the change,” whether by being kind and caring, by being brave and speaking up or...

Austin Mayor Steve Adler has proclaimed Oct. 16, 2020, to be Marathon Kids Day in celebration of the 60,000 Austin ISD elementary and middle school students who will participate in the Marathon Day Kids program to stay active this school year. Austin-based nonprofit...

 Registration is now open for Austin Nature and Science Center (ANSC) homeschool lessons for 4-17 year-olds.  Youth STEAM-focused programs for kids ages 4-12 instill an appreciation of the natural world and offer an opportunity to collaborate with peers. In Science...

In response to the pandemic and the changes in communities and schools, Girls Empowerment Network created a one-of-a-kind resource for families and educators by adapting its unique in-school curriculum provide activities directly to girls in 3rd-8th grade.   The...

Much of Austin Museum Day 2020 will be celebrated virtually, but several area museums have recently reopened for in-person visits. New protocols have been put in place to promote social distancing. Many have reduced their open days and hours, require advanced...

  Rocket League, League of Legends Begin Play October 3 (AUSTIN) – After the COVID-19 pandemic forced the cancellation of much of its spring and fall programming, the YMCA of Austin is starting a new “esports” league. The Y has partnered with GGLeagues to offer...

By creating conditions akin to the center of the Earth inside a laboratory chamber, researchers have improved the estimate of the age of the Earth’s solid inner core, putting it at 1 billion to 1.3 billion years old. The results place the core at the younger end of an...

At the end of April, Jennifer Fang, a 15-year-old girl at Saint Michael’s Catholic Academy, decided to create a charity based brand called nutssosweet. Amidst the ongoing pandemic, she recognized the economic hardships endured by Americans and wished to help the local...