/tags/austin-history Austin History en-US Copyright KUT News 2025 Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:03:00 GMT /education/2025-02-28/pease-elementary-austin-isd-reopening-child-care-center-united-way Pease is one of four elementary schools the Austin ISD school board voted to close after the 2019-20 school year. Austin ISD has been working on plans to repurpose those campuses. Fri, 28 Feb 2025 11:03:00 GMT /education/2025-02-28/pease-elementary-austin-isd-reopening-child-care-center-united-way Becky Fogel /texasstandard/2025-01-07/antones-nightclub-austin-atx-texas-50th-anniversary-celebration-history-shows-boxset-festival Shows, festivals, a boxset and more will highlight the music that made up the club’s storied history. Tue, 07 Jan 2025 13:00:00 GMT /texasstandard/2025-01-07/antones-nightclub-austin-atx-texas-50th-anniversary-celebration-history-shows-boxset-festival Leah Scarpelli /austin/2024-10-29/austin-tx-driskill-hotel-haunted-ghosts In order to answer this ATXplained question, we enlisted the help of some paranormal experts. Watch the video if you dare. Tue, 29 Oct 2024 10:07:00 GMT /austin/2024-10-29/austin-tx-driskill-hotel-haunted-ghosts Ben Philpott, Deborah Cannon, Michael Minasi, Renee Dominguez /energy-environment/2024-09-05/alligators-barton-springs-zilker-park-austin-tx Austin is not often associated with alligators. But gators do loom large in our local history. Thu, 05 Sep 2024 10:02:00 GMT /energy-environment/2024-09-05/alligators-barton-springs-zilker-park-austin-tx Mose Buchele /life-arts/2024-08-29/austin-tx-zz-top-concert-1974-university-of-texas The concert was so epic � and so messy � that if you remember it, maybe you weren’t really there. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 10:03:00 GMT /life-arts/2024-08-29/austin-tx-zz-top-concert-1974-university-of-texas Matt Largey /life-arts/2024-06-14/austin-texas-public-art-artist-suzy-gonzalez Suzy González hopes to gather as many family photos and stories of Austin as she can to use as inspiration to paint a mural at the Austin History Center. She also hopes to create an archive to show how diverse Austin really is. Fri, 14 Jun 2024 15:53:34 GMT /life-arts/2024-06-14/austin-texas-public-art-artist-suzy-gonzalez Greta Díaz González Vázquez /austin/2024-02-22/when-was-old-austin-golden-age For some, Old Austin boiled down to a feeling. For others, it was a person, a band, a beer, a stage � Thu, 22 Feb 2024 11:00:00 GMT /austin/2024-02-22/when-was-old-austin-golden-age Chelsey Zhu /austin/2024-02-14/green-and-white-grocery-east-austin-history The store became a locus of Chicano organizing in the 1970s, welcoming Latino politicians like former state Sen. Gonzalo Barrientos to conduct campaign events. Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:51:52 GMT /austin/2024-02-14/green-and-white-grocery-east-austin-history Kali Bramble /austin/2024-02-08/austin-bullock-museum-spanish The Bullock Museum completed a five-year project in December to make all 16,000 years of Texas history encapsulated within its walls available to visitors in both English and Spanish. Thu, 08 Feb 2024 21:54:22 GMT /austin/2024-02-08/austin-bullock-museum-spanish Pablo De La Rosa /austin/2024-01-08/why-are-austinites-nostalgic-change-growth-history Local newspaper archives show people have missed "Old Austin" as far back as 1884. Mon, 08 Jan 2024 17:50:50 GMT /austin/2024-01-08/why-are-austinites-nostalgic-change-growth-history Chelsey Zhu