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Want to learn more about the April 8 eclipse before the big day? Head to Barton Springs for the Full Moon Swim on March 25. Dawn Davies, the Night Sky Program Manager for the Hill Country Alliance and a former board member of the Austin Astronomical Society, will...

If you’re hoping to see the eclipse at a Texas state park located within the path of totality, it’s time to warm up your computer fingers. Reservations to get day passes for April 8  will open at 8 a.m. Friday, March 8. To book a pass, call the Texas State Parks...

​Mount Rundle in Banff National Park looks like a giant slab of clay that got whacked with a frying pan, and every time I see it I get shivers. Thanks to the traveling version of the Banff Film Festival, which comes to the Paramount Theatre in Austin every spring (get...

Ever wonder what it was like to swim in an old-timey swimsuit? Me too, which is why I took the plunge and rented one for a couple of bucks when I visited the Banff Upper Hot Springs last week. Even better, my husband did, too. Yeah, yeah, I know. Slipping into a...