Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Beat the heat in San Marcos and have fun at events around the state
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July 3, 2024 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
The Psychedelic Renaissance and the Veterans Leading the Charge
Psychedelic healing around Austin and beyond
"...struggles with PTSD are not unique. Studies show that 500,000 of the approximately 2 million U.S. veterans who served..."
July 5, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon
Crosstalk: Arts Grants Open, KOKE-FM DJs Change Stations, and More Austin Culture News
The new Texas Touring Roster arrives
"...the Austin Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) – to receive $85,000 to $150,000 per year, for two years. Elevate offers..."
July 5, 2024 Music Column by Carys Anderson
City Manager Will Present His Proposed Budget
Community groups begin fight for more equitable budget
"...estimates the program’s current temporary funding will help some 6,000 Austinites make rent this year), $2 million for maintenance..."
July 5, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Caleb de Casper, Money Chicha, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week
Classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and much more
"...able to play even one instrument, he bought about $10,000 worth of keyboards, sequencers, drum machines, and recording mixers...."
July 5, 2024 Music Feature by Cy White
Country Prodigy Signs a Major Deal and Gets a Major Boost
Local teen musician Ty Myers signs with major label
"...music in March 2023 and has quickly amassed over 800,000 monthly Spotify listeners alongside millions of streams. His career’s..."
July 1, 2024 Music Post by Camila Villarreal
Assessing the Underwhelming Field of APD Chief Candidates
Nearly three dozen people applied. Will any make the cut?
"...force of about 1,600 officers in a city of 564,000 people. He joined MPD in 1996 and worked his..."
June 28, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders
Opinion: Affordable Childcare Now – A Community Call to Action for Travis County
Dr. Libby Doggett makes the case for Travis County CARES, a November ballot measure that would provide high quality, affordable child care and afterschool programs for working families
"...of child care, which in Austin averages more than $1,000 a month. Families with two children under the age..."
June 28, 2024 Column by Libby Doggett
Federal Heat Rule Proposed Following Texas Bill That Stripped Worker Protections
After Abbott’s “Death Star” law, another attempt to protect workers from extreme heat
"...in 2022 that heat exposure causes around 600 to 2,000 deaths each year in the U.S., mostly in the..."
June 28, 2024 News Feature by Lina Fisher
Austin Elders: Meet Stan Brooks, the 102-Year-Old World War II Vet Who’s Lived to Serve
He remembers Barton Springs before the cement
"...I loved – there was a population of about 38,000. When we got to 75,000 I thought, 'This is..."
June 28, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson
The Strip Club: Northgate Shopping Center
Getting bossed around by meat, and liking it
"...Next door at Dollar Fiesta – “Over 10,000 Items” – I’m greeted at the door by a..."
June 28, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland
Thelma
A nonagenarian seeks revenge after being scammed
"...who ran over some pregnant woman and now needs $10,000. Like a good grandmother, of course she puts the..."
June 21, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Day Trips: Gerald D. Hines Waterwall, Houston
Find a roaring waterfall in the middle of Houston’s Uptown District
"...The Waterwall sends 11,000 gallons of recycled water down both sides in cascading..."
June 21, 2024 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
"...According to FlightGlobal, there are 53,000 military aircraft globally. The U.S. accounts for 25% of..."
June 21, 2024 Column by Mr. Smarty Pants
The Off Beat: Freedom Day(s)
Early-bird celebrations pepper the lead-up to a midweek Juneteenth
"...19 – the day, in 1865, that more than 250,000 Black Texans first learned that slavery had ended –..."
June 21, 2024 Column by Carys Anderson
Russian-Born Austinites Supporting Ukraine by Bringing Medical Supplies
Inna Adamovich is making sacrifices for Ukraine
"...they have fallen into a routine. They raise about $25,000, load up 500 pounds of equipment in 10 to..."
June 21, 2024 News Feature by Benton Graham
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...Fleeing to Abort: Over 171,000 women traveled to other states for abortions last year,..."
June 21, 2024 News Feature
ERCOT Says Texas Power Demand to Double by 2030, With Bitcoin to Blame
Gas demand also increasing with electrification
"...uses the same amount of energy as the neighboring 300,000 homes – received $18 million from the state. This..."
June 18, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher
Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?
Texas’ tradition of forced labor lives on
"...the same fields that prisoners do today, on the 6,000 acres of state-owned land that surrounds Memorial Unit...."
June 14, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 14-20
"...city-sized mausoleum filled with the Terracotta Army: sculptures of 8,000 soldiers with their chariots and horses. Qin Shi Huang..."
June 14, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...The Crown Jewel of Lake Austin costs more than $53,000 for a single night (nine beds, 13.5 baths, if..."
June 14, 2024 News Feature
Point Austin: The Abbott and GOP Project Is an Exercise in Brute Political Cynicism
What’s at stake in Texas
"...will continue to attend still underfunded public schools. (About 300,000 Texas children attend private schools; more than 5 million..."
June 12, 2024 News Post by Michael King
Cult of Purr-sonality
"...Animals," Feedback, June 7]. Cats and dogs breed over 100,000 times faster than humans do. So unless human females..."
June 12, 2024 Postmarks
The Bold & the Bountiful: HAAM's Corporate Battle of the Bands Rocks for a Cause
Fifteen years in, HAAM's Corporate BOTB is bolder than ever
"...This pattern has resulted in HAAM raising well over $200,000 every year since its inception in 2009. Their goal..."
June 9, 2024 Music Post by Cy White
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 7-13
"...Willie Nelson has played his favorite guitar in over 10,000 shows. His name for it is Trigger. Willie doesn’t..."
June 7, 2024 Column by Rob Brezsny
The Luv Doc: Cowardice
The yellow flag goes to the Lone Star State’s largest Roomba
"...a date at either of those places is like 1,000%. Sure, they could go to any of the other..."
June 7, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc
Headlines / Quote of the Week
"...low-income households in Austin will now receive payments of $1,000 a month from the “family stabilization grant,” the Austin..."
June 7, 2024 News Feature
Caroline Bowman and the Kinder Side of Elsa in Disney's Frozen
How the Broadway in Austin show finds the heart of the ice queen
"...10, 2019. Since then, the show has had over 1,000 performances, and finally glides into Austin June 5-16 at..."
June 3, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker
Inside the Small Presses Driving Austin’s Literary Scene
Meet the local small presses committed to publishing diverse literature
"...awards local artists, arts organizations, and arts businesses with $5,000 to help fund administrative costs, equipment and space rentals,..."
May 31, 2024 Arts Feature by Carys Anderson
How Much Will Rent Increase if Voters Approve Austin ISD Property Tax Boost?
Most renters can expect less than $35 change in monthly rent
"...which reduces the taxable value of a home by $100,000...."
