Austin Flag
What would locals like visitors to know about Austin, Texas? Presenting relevant links in a somewhat random fashion:
Headlines
Why Is It Legal To Go Topless In Austin?
5-most-instagrammable-bathrooms-in-austin
100-mile trail connecting Austin to San Antonio could spring $55 million in benefits
Austin Rocks: Deep Eddy Pool – Sheila Scarborough/Perceptive Travel
Love Letters To An Empty Austin – KUT
Lost Austin: Iconic restaurants, venues and more that didn’t make it out of 2020
Austin restaurants that closed during the coronavirus pandemic in 2020
TxDOT Plans To Say Goodbye To I-35 Double-Decker In Austin
Austin360 Dining Guide 2020: Interview with Iliana de La Vega of El Naranjo
Austin icon Vulcan Video closing after 35 years
Who put that windmill on Congress Avenue? Photo mystery solved – Austin 360
Austin can’t stay weird – Vox
Brunch Austin – @hungrygirlatx
austins-moon-towers-beyond-dazed-and-confused.htm
downtown-austin-ripe-public-market
Top Things to do in Austin
Live music
Austin City Limits
Eat at El Naranjo, Omlettery
Play disc golf
Outdoor swimming (Deep Eddy)
Visit world-class libraries, including the Benson Latin American Collection
Scholz Garden
1607 San Jacinto Blvd
Scholz Garten is the oldest restaurant/live music venue in Texas. Established in 1866.
https://www.facebook.com/scholzgarten1866
Wheatsville
wheatsville.coop
@wheatsville
El Naranjo
http://elnaranjo-restaurant.com
https://www.elnaranjorestaurant.com/about/
https://instagram.com/elnaranjoaustinhttps://www.mindmeister.com/190054976/austin-food-startups
https://www.zagat.com/b/9-things-we-learned-about-oaxacan-cuisine-from-austin-chef-iliana-de-la-veg
Mex without the Tex: El Naranjo’s brick and mortar signals the beginning of the end for Tex-Mex
http://davemillersmexico.wordpress.com/2013/10/02/dining-with-dave-el-naranjo-austin-texas-2
UT
universitycoop.com
shop.texassports.com
Matt’s El Rancho
mattselrancho.com – Facebook
Sandlot Baseball
thelongtime.com
texasplayboysbaseball.com
What do you get when you combine a block party and a baseball league?
Austin’s Sandlot Baseball Scene is Sweeping the Country
Tours
texperttours.com
@howzow
facebook
Parks
November 4 It’s My Parks Day
austinparks.org/volunteer/impd
@austinparksfdn
https://www.facebook.com/austinparksfoundation
Austin Parks and Recreation – @AustinCityParks @Zilker_Park
Events Calendar
February
Mapjam
Austin Bacon and Beer Festival
Celebrating Urban Birds
March SXSW
https://www.planeta.com/sxsw
April
Old Settler’s Music Festival
Austin Food & Wine Festival
Austin Reggae Festival
Cine Las Americas Festival
May
Austin Psych Fest
Pachanga Fest
O.Henry Pun-Off
Barks for Beers
http://divinecanines.info/barks-for-beers – @divinecanines
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Divine-Canines/121909181195609
September
aGLIFF Festival
October
Texas Book Festival
Austin City Limits Music Festival
November
FunFunFun Fest
EAST: East Austin Studio Tour
Recommended listening
KUT
radiomujer.com.mx
KUTX
Tourism Portals
austintexas.org
austintexas.org/visit/true-austin/
traveltex.com
@VisitAustinTX
Blogs
earthsky.org
Urban Farming and Community Gardens
University of Texas Micro Farm
Green Corn Project
Sustainable Food Center
Urban Roots
Food is Free Project
Markets
http://texasfarmersmarket.org
Mexico Connections
http://consulmex.sre.gob.mx/austin – @carlos_glezgtez
Movies
Austin Film Society
Cine Las Americas
Alamo Drafthouse
Violet Crown Cinema
Facebook
edible austin
https://www.facebook.com/UTLLILAS
https://www.facebook.com/groups/LLILASalumni
Benson Latin American Collection
El Naranjo
https://www.facebook.com/UTHumanitiesInstitute
Monk Parakeets of Austin
Flickr
East Side Studio Tour 2011
Twitter
@elnaranjoaustin
@utbenson
@VisitAustinTX
@KUTX
@Mexic_Arte
@howzow
@utlanic
@Zilker_Park
@austinparksfdn
@SaveATXCemetery
@carlos_glezgtez
@austintexasgov
@austinmobility
@MayorAdler
@CM_Renteria
@GregCasar
@DGarzaforD2
@ConsulMexAtn
@LandmarksUT
@TracesofTexas
@austindailyhis1
@AustinFC
YouTube
Slacker
essay: I Watch Slacker to Read Austin in the Original
Austin History Center
Austin History Center
The Austin History Center is the local history collection of the Austin Public Library and the city’s historical archive, located at 810 Guadalupe Street in Austin, Texas, United States. This channel showcases programing from our various video collections including the Austin Music Network, Public Access Television, and many other individual collections.. The channel can be viewed as various playlists including: Music, Documentary, Oral Histories, LGBT Issues, and SXSW2016 Sampler.
We are always looking for new donations to add to our collections, and please feel free to let us know if you see errors or omissions in our video descriptions.
For more information contact the Video Archivist through the Austin History Center’s website at https://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/staff-directory
http://library.austintexas.gov/ahc/about-us
YouTube
Coffee
Caffé Medici
Cenote
Corona Cafe
Flightpath Coffee House
Green Man Coffee House (6501 Linda Lane, east of Berkman, south of US 290 E, open almost every Friday from 7:09 p.m. on) – Facebook
Houndstooth
Jo’s Coffee
La Tazza Fresca 519 W 37th St
Mozart’s Coffee Roasters
Thunderbird Coffee
Wright Bros. Brew & Brew
Bars
Broken Spoke
Aussies’ Bar
The Tigress Pub
The Nomad
Drink.Well
Hole in the Wall
Yellow Jacket Social Club
Beer and other fermented beverages
Argus Cidery
Austin Brewery Tours Guide
Austin Beer Guide
Austin Eastciders
Black Star Co-op Pub and Brewery
Circle Brewing
Hops & Grain
Thirsty Planet Brewing Company
Wright Bros. Brew and Brew
Tepache in Austin
Museums
Austin Museum Day, August 19
Blanton Museum of Art, MLK at Congress, 200 East MLK
MexicArte Corner of 5th and Congress, 419 Congress Ave
Food
Edible Austin
Where to eat!
Dining in Austin
Omelettery
http://www.austinpost.org/article/omelettry-relocating-46th-and-airport
Opal Divines
http://www.opaldivines.com
https://www.facebook.com/OpalDivines
@OpalDivines @OpalDMarina
Barbecue
Franklin Barbecue
Freedmen’s Bar
John Mueller Meat Co.
la Barbecue
Mickelthwait Craft Meats
Sam’s Bar-B-Cue
Stiles Switch BBQ & Brew
Where to hear live music!
The Belmont – @BelmontAustin
http://www.aclfestival.com
Botanical Gardens
Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
Food Coops
http://wheatsville.coop
Tours
http://www.texperttours.com
Transportation
http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/austinairport
Capital Metro
Bus and Metro Rail
Elsewhere on the Web
Austin Shaker
Austin Chronicle Green Guide
Austin American Statesman
Austin Chronicle
Bicycle Austin
City of Austin
Austin Airwaves
Sustainable Sources
Texas CityLab
http://radiancetx.org
https://cbsaustin.com
glenrose.com
Music: Austin Lounge Lizards
Austin Lounge Lizards
https://twitter.com/Austinlizards
Austin Loung Lizards – Wikipedia
Austin Music Map
https://www.facebook.com/austinlizards
Quotes
Keep Austin weird
Blogs
http://www.gourmandemom.com – @GourmandeMom
Crafts
Wildwood Art Cafe
Science
Texas Natural Science Center
Be a Citizen Scientist! – Everybody loves dragonflies and damselflies! Take your own fascination with them to the next level by posting your observations online at OdonataCentral.com. You will get credit for your find on the website. Find out more…
University of Texas
https://sites.cns.utexas.edu/keittlab
Misc
March 4-5 Amplify Austin
Hard Core Carnivore
https://www.hardcorecarnivore.com
Filing
Mueller Park
Art in Austin
East Side Studio Tour 2011
Around Austin
Trash Project
Barton Creek Greenbelt 2009
Bat Night
Sunshine Community Gardens
Chicken Coop Co-op, Sunshine Community Gardens
Threadgills
https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/music/2017-10-20/days-numbered-for-threadgills-whq/
Windsor Park
windsorpark.info
Wikipedia
Mexico Connections
Black and White Years
http://theblackandwhiteyears.bandcamp.com
http://theblackandwhiteyears.bandcamp.com/track/up
http://www.austinsound.net/2010/11/24/the-black-and-white-years-patterns-sr/
http://www.facebook.com/theblackandwhiteyears
@blackwhiteyears
First-timers Guide to the SXSW Experience
SXSW can be overwhelming to first-timers. Here are a few pointers to guide you.
Embedded Tweets
Multicultural Refugee Coalition
https://austinfoodwinealliance.org/multicultural-refugee-coalition
https://www.facebook.com/multiculturalrefugeecoalition
https://www.amplifyatx.org/organizations/multicultural-refugee-coalition-atx
https://www.austinchronicle.com/food/2019-10-11/multicultural-refugee-coalition-celebrates-10-years-of-growing-roots-in-austin
https://www.mrcaustin.org/csa
Omlettery
4631 Airport Blvd
Facebook
theomelettry.com
https://twitter.com/theomelettry
https://www.facebook.com/omelettry/posts/1283556701681063
Misc
Hampton Inn, Oak Hill
https://goo.gl/maps/nNjr2i58V882
Quotes
Onward through the fog
– Oat Willie’s, slogan of the oldest continuously-running head shop in the USA
Wikipedia
Austin
Colorado River (Texas)
Keep Austin Weird
Rooster Andrews
List of public art in Austin, Texas
Huston–Tillotson University
Planeta.com