Day Trips & Beyond: Holiday Lights 2023
Add some sparkle to your holiday season
"...Around the state, colorful lights twinkling in the dark means the holiday season is..."
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Nov. 17, 2023 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips & Beyond: Holiday Lights 2019
Holiday happenings from Arlington to Wimberley
"...courthouse squares and drive-through parks are aglow in colorful lights. The holiday season kicks off in earnest on the..."
Nov. 25, 2019 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Day Trips & Beyond: Christmas Lights 2017
Take the scenic route
"...the state is bathed in elaborate displays of Christmas lights and decorations. Light up your holidays at one of..."
Nov. 22, 2017 Travel Post by Gerald E. McLeod
Lights Out
Prepare for an onslaught of jump scares
"...If nothing else, Lights Out is a fairy tale Hollywood success story for..."
July 22, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki
Happy Trail (of Lights) to You
54th annual Zilker Park tradition returns Dec. 10-23
"...case of one Austin holiday tradition, a trail of lights...."
Aug. 21, 2018 Events Post by Kimberley Jones
Lights in the Dusk
How does one say “cherchez la femme” in Finnish?
"...Heiskanen and Ilkka Koivula. Although Finnish filmmaker Kaurismäki says Lights in the Dusk marks the completion of his “loser..."
Aug. 17, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Trail of Lights Preview Party Promises Food, a Ferris Wheel, and Asleep at the Wheel
Fundraiser offers early look at annual holiday display
"...Announced today: The 58th annual Trail of Lights will start with a bang on Friday, Dec. 2..."
Nov. 2, 2022 Arts Post by Ali Juell
Opinion: Turn Off the Lights! Birds Are Depending on Us.
During migration season, we can lower bird mortality rates by lowering lights
"...That is why initiatives like Lights Out, Austin! are so critical...."
March 24, 2023 Column by Caley Zuzula
Day Trips: Walkway of Lights, Marble Falls
Marble Falls’ Walkway of Lights illuminates the holiday spirit
"...The Walkway of Lights in Marble Falls brightens the holiday season. Equal to..."
Dec. 4, 2020 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
No Trail of Lights
City announces Zilker Tree Holiday Festival instead of traditional illuminated promenade
"...the decision was simple: a) Have a Trail of Lights (complete with massive electricity bill) at Zilker Park and..."
Nov. 12, 2009 News Post by Richard Whittaker
Drive-Through Trail of Lights Passes on Sale Now
No pedestrians allowed for second year
"...on sale today for Austin’s 57th annual Trail of Lights in Zilker Park. The decidedly frightless event (unless you..."
Oct. 7, 2021 Events Post by Skye Seipp
Beyond the Lights
A popular singer finds the courage to be herself with the help of a friendly cop.
"...So far as meet-cutes go, Beyond the Lights offers up a doozy. When Los Angeles police officer..."
Nov. 21, 2014 Movie Review by William Goss
Keep the Lights On
"...In Keep the Lights On, a spare domestic drama about addiction, filmmaker Ira..."
Nov. 2, 2012 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones
Austin Trail of Lights Returns to Its Traditional, On-Foot Format
The beloved Zilker Park holiday celebration returns
"...The Austin Trail of Lights is returning to its original walk-through format. The annual..."
Sept. 29, 2022 Arts Post by Claire Stevens
Cue the Lights; Cue the Music
Scripted? The DNC? Naaaaaaah.
"...and speaker. During a speech about the military, the lights turn red and blue. During President Bill Clinton's speech..."
Aug. 28, 2008 Qmmunity Post by Steve Rivas
Red Lights
Leave it to the French to fashion an anguished psychological thriller that, in its last moments, also turns out to be a tender love story.
"...on a novel by crime writer Georges Simenon, Red Lights is an atmospheric study of a married French couple..."
Jan. 7, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Friday Night Lights
H.G. Bissinger’s classic book about the secular religion of high school football was lovingly adapted for film prior to becoming a TV show.
"...few other avenues for accomplishment or escape. Friday Night Lights effectively keeps its attention focused on football, and, in..."
Oct. 8, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Catch the Chronicle on KOOP's Lights Camera Austin
Stream our look back at the last decade in Austin film
"...as a guest on the station's dedicated film show Lights Camera Austin, to discuss the last decade in local..."
Dec. 31, 2019 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker
Austin Trail of Lights ... Through the Windshield
Zilker holiday tradition adapts to COVID-19 by embracing a drive-through experience
"...A trail of taillights extended down Stratford Drive on Sunday night. As we..."
Dec. 4, 2020 Arts Feature by Kevin Curtin
Trail of Lights 2017
"...The historic Austin Trail of Lights in Zilker Park is Austin’s largest and longest-running holiday..."
Dec. 15, 2017 Photo Gallery
37th Street Lights
Will the elaborate holiday illuminations burn brighter or burn out?
"...It's a story less about lights than about community. The short explanation for the street's..."
Dec. 22, 2006 News Feature by Daniel Mottola
Under the Stadium Lights
True-life high school football drama uses a worn-out playbook
"...chaplain Chad Mitchell (Gibson). With that, Under the Stadium Lights sets out its agenda for its audience, which it..."
June 4, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker
Day Trips: MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights, Wichita Falls
Holiday wonderland carries on a family’s Christmas tradition begun in the 1920s
"...The MSU-Burns Fantasy of Lights in Wichita Falls delights thousands of children every year..."
Dec. 1, 2023 Column by Gerald E. McLeod
Snapshot: 37th Street Lights
The holidays may be over, but you can catch this iconic stretch of Austin oddballness for a few more days
"...the past decade, you probably know the Trail of Lights as the city's premier holiday hot spot, but you..."
Jan. 4, 2019 Arts Column by David Brendan Hall
At No Lights No Lycra, You Really Can Dance Like No One's Watching
Since this weekly sober dance party happens in the dark, you're free to move without worry over how you look
"...Entering No Lights No Lycra – Austin's weekly sober dance party in..."
Feb. 21, 2020 Arts Feature by Erica Lies
The Lights of Texas Are Upon UT
What is UT doing about its light pollution?
"...It's not just the big lights that cause a problem. The UT campus has thousands..."
July 16, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker
Clarksville's Willis Littlefield Readies His Annual Christmas Lights
The longtime resident is ready to light up his home and hand out holiday sweets for the 22nd Christmas
"...Clarksville resident has been drenching his home in holiday lights and Duracell-charged dolls dancing to the beat of James..."
Dec. 13, 2019 Arts Feature by Barbara Purcell
2018 Austin Trail of Lights
"...The Night Lights preview party, benefiting the Trail of Lights Foundation, gave..."
Dec. 10, 2018 Photo Gallery
YACHT: Mystery Lights Over Shangri-La Exposed
Rob yaks with Jona and Claire of YACHT
"...commercial heights with the release of 2009's See Mystery Lights, inspired by the strange light phenomena in Marfa, Texas...."
April 18, 2011 Qmmunity Post by Rob Cohen
Beleaguered PARD Considers Dousing Trail of Lights
What are the holidays without that special twinkle at Zilker?
"...recommendation: Consider canceling the Zilker Park holiday Trail of Lights. The Parks & Recreation Department loses about $800,000 a..."
