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The universe awaits in Cedar Park at Texas Museum of Science & Technology
The new planetarium at the Texas Museum of Science & Technology will allow the museum to show different types of star shows as well as do star talks before. This morning, I stepped inside the new...
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Ariana Grande at Erwin Center delivers nonstop show her fans love
Ariana Grande opens her show at Erwin Center Tuesday night. Suzanne Cordeiro photos/for American-Statesman Ariana Grande came into the Erwin Center ready to put on a high-energy show that didn’t hold...
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Speaker Bill Thomas urges us to fight ageism for upcoming talk at Zach Theatre
Dr. Bill Thomas talks about ageism in a theatrical nonfiction performance next Wednesday.Photo by Jon Reis Dr. Bill Thomas wants you to rethink your ideas about aging. Everyone wants to age, he says....
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Raising Chewie: Parenting of the puppy kind
As the expression goes, we needed a puppy like a hole in the head. Two kids starting new schools, an upcoming surgery for Grandpa, two busy careers and tons of volunteer commitments — what were we...
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Bring the earplugs for you, your children for F1 race
Don’t forget this sound advice if you are heading out to F1 this weekend with the kids. Nico Rosberg of Mercedes AMG Petronas rounds Turn 12 at the Formula 1 United States Grand Prix at Circuit of the...
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Maya Gonzalez to tell girls to share story at GENAustin’s We Are Girls
Maya Christine Gonzalez writes her stories and illustrates them in children’s books. Maya Christine Gonzalez couldn’t find herself in the stories she read as a child. As a Chicana, “I didn’t see myself...
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What’s happening in November? Find these family events around Austin
Holiday The Zilker tree will be lighted on Nov. 29. SUZANNE CORDEIRO/FOR AMERICAN-STATESMAN. Sweet Berry Farm fall fun. The Texas-shaped hay maze and smaller candy corn hay maze open. Through Nov. 8....
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MomCom Life founder Trish Morrison gives women a place to connect
Note: This profile of MomCom Life founder Trish Morrison was originally published in 2014. Trish Morrison helps her daughter Delilah with homework while her husband Homero Garcia preps dinner in the...
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Rabia Chaudry, who brought case to “Serial” creator, to talk at MomCom
Rabia Chaudry brought the attention of childhood friend Adnan Syed’s case to “This American Life” journalist Sarah Koenig and it turned into the podcast “Serial.” She will be a keynote speaker at...
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Make this easy Halloween costume: Superman
This week I’m offering five costumes you can make at home with things you probably have or can get quickly. Find the others @austin360.com/raisingaustin. Watch this video and see how we did it. (The...
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Make this easy Halloween costume: Jedi
This week I’m offering five costumes you can make at home with things you probably have or can get quickly. Find the others @austin360.com/raisingaustin. Watch this video and see how we did it. (The...
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Make this easy Halloween costume: Old-fashioned prisoner
This week I’m offering five costumes you can make at home with things you probably have or can get quickly. Find the others @austin360.com/raisingaustin. Watch this video and see how we did it. (The...
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Make this easy Halloween costume: Dalmatian puppy
This week I’m offering five costumes you can make at home with things you probably have or can get quickly. Find the others @austin360.com/raisingaustin. Watch this video and see how we did it. (The...
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Make this easy Halloween costume: Jellybean bag
This week I’m offering five costumes you can make at home with things you probably have or can get quickly. Find the others @austin360.com/raisingaustin. Watch this video and see how we did it. (The...
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Drew Brees, wife team with Dell Children’s Medical Center for new public...
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5rksdpZe_Y&w=560&h=315] New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees, who grew up in the Austin area and attended Westlake High School, and his wife...
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Girls can learn how to become entrepreneurs with Glamtrepreneur
Glamtrepreneur, a program that allows girls to learn now to start their own business, now has an event that is open to the public. Its previous events have been done for nonprofit groups like Girl...
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Shedding light on dark times of miscarriages
Ricci Clepper had son Max in September and daughter Laurel four years ago after multiple miscarriages. Ricci Clepper, 33, describes her six miscarriages as “difficult and dark.” “There was a period of...
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PBS Kids, Whole Foods Market offer new toys
PBS Kids has a whole line of new toys that are available at Whole Foods. For the second year, PBS Kids and Austin’s Whole Foods Market are offering a new line of classic toys. The toys are made of...
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What to do with this middle-of-the-week school holiday: Veterans Day
Don’t forget to thank your veterans today. Hays County veterans join in the parade last year by riding in a float.RALPH BARRERA/ AMERICAN-STATESMAN This is one of those school holidays that sneaks up...
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Austin couple’s PopUp Play app creates playscapes kids customize
Austinites Bryan Thomas and Amelia Cosgrove created PopUp Play. For $99, kids download an app and then design their own castle, gingerbread house or rocket. Their design is shipped to their door in a...
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