Do you have a young, creative storyteller in your home? If your child might enjoy writing and illustrating an original story, you can encourage them to enter the PBS KIDS Writers Contest 2015. Entries are being accepted now through March 31, 2015. The PBS KIDS …
Keep your eyes open on Saturday, Jan. 31 when hundreds of people dressed as gorillas will run through East Austin. The Mountain Gorilla Conservation Fund is hosting the 5th Annual Austin Gorilla Run. Runners of all ages will don gorilla suits at 9 a.m. and …
We had heard so much about iFLY Austin, the indoor skydiving facility, that we were really eager to test it out for ourselves. The iFLY experience creates true free-fall conditions with a vertical wind tunnel that feels just like skydiving, without having to jump out …
Kids will have a blast at Blazer Tag’s 16th Anniversary Celebration on Monday, Feb. 2 when they can enjoy laser tag games for only 16 cents from 4-9 p.m.! Blazer Tag is offering this great deal as a way thank Austin families for 16 spectacular …
Literature LIVE! presents Chicken Big — a new, free puppet show for families that will be performed at various branches of the Austin Public Library this winter and spring. Kids will enjoy this less-than-traditional puppet show production of Austin author Keith Graves’ children’s book, Chicken …
This weekend you can watch the Harlem Globetrotters, enjoy a night of International dance, climb trees at the Wildflower Center, go roller skating, watch puppet shows at ZACH Theatre and the Thinkery, learn dances from Ballet Austin, go star gazing, make zines at the Mexic-Arte …
It is that time of year again — Girl Scout Cookie season! It’s hard to resist buying a box or two from the neighbor’s daughter, or at school pick-up, or outside of the Walgreens, or anywhere really. I mean… cookies! And you don’t want to …
The Mexic-Arte Museum will host their free Family Day on Sunday, Jan. 25 from 1-4 p.m. All ages are welcome to attend this public event where you’ll be invited to participate in a zine-making workshop led by artist, Claudia Aparicio-Gamundi. A zine is a self-published …
Our Content Manager, Heidi, has taken her three boys to the playground at Shipe Park in Central Austin’s Hyde Park neighborhood countless times but never ventured into the Elisabet Ney Museum just across the street. Last weekend, she decided to finally make a point to …
On Monday, Jan. 26, you can take your little dinosaur fans to Zilker Botanical Garden for an extra special treat — Dinosaurs in the Ferns Story Time. Families can meet at 10 a.m. for stories and hands-on activities during their garden adventure. Story time is …
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