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The Texas State Historical Association's 125th annual meeting is all online, with more than 30 sessions featuring the research and work of top Texas historians. Regular sessions are prerecorded to watch at your own pace, and live events and Q&A sessions will take place March 3-6.

Those irrepressible champions of all that's creative in this town, Almost Real Things, present the last stay-at-home art & music fest of their short-lived, just-in-the-nick-of-time series. All sorts of artists representing a plethora of genres are featured in this blow-out event (Oh! It's a three-hour tour, little buddy! With Mike Melinoe, Dossey, Easy Compadre!, Trupica, PrintAustin, Mystica Fiora, and more!) – and there's a VIP party box full of drinks, snacks, a packed gift bag, and a full printmaking workshop to add a wonderful tactile element to the party. (Bonus: Use the code artfriend for $10 off.)

Sign up now for the Austin Pets Alive! virtual 5K, then keep an eye on the event page for updates on giveaways, T-shirts, and how to connect with other runners. Registration fees support animals in need, and it's a great way to celebrate National Love Your Pet Day. Note: Rescheduled from Sat., Feb. 20, due to weather.

The Modern Architecture + Design Society presents the 13th annual showcase of Austin's greatest modern homes – gone virtual this year, naturally – with each home on the tour displayed through a combination of photos, video, 3-D imaging, and live panel discussions with Q&A. You can watch live and ask questions, or rewatch later and explore the homes on your own (via the 360˚ imaging) – all segments will be available to view after the live event ends.

Austin Playhouse presents a livestreamed reading of Roaring by Austin award-winning playwright Cyndi Williams, featuring cast members Babs George, Claire Grosso, Huck Huckaby, Molly Karrasch, and Steven Mercantel reuniting from the 2014 production. It's a show that "asks the audience to look at what they would do if isolated from the outside world and forced to encounter the ghosts of their past." Perfect for these times? We heartily concur.

Celebrate Black History Month with Austin's only all-trans, BIPOC burlesque troupe's tribute to Motown. BSB co-founder and co-producer Sylvia Hatchett Purchase is your host, with performances by Ruby Knight, Jinxy Deviate, Kara Foxx, Chanel Andrews, and special guests.

Begun in the spring of 2010, the annual nationwide Coltman Chamber Music Competition from Austin Chamber Music Center has provided performance experience and expert commentary to advanced applicants. Winners of the competition get a cash prize and multiple performance opportunities – including a live broadcast on KMFA 89.5. Which ensembles we earn the honors this year? Find out today, via these Zoom'd showdowns: Junior Division of 11 ensembles (11am); Senior Division of 10 mixed-instrumental ensembles (2pm); Senior Division of 10 string-and-piano ensembles ($5).

Aria Brownell and Sidney Westenskow investigate memory and the pockets of messy nostalgia that define one’s self, both artists working within bold forms of portraiture and self-portraiture.

This is a retrospective of the creative journey that painter Kevin Greer started alone inside his studio during the lockdown that continued through this past month. You want to see some vivid, multicolored abstractions like strategically shattered shards of somebody's lysergic and fire-marked dreams? Then, says Brenner, you should see this.

Take a journey through time exploring the hidden clues of South Congress with this puzzle box, scavenger hunt, and escape room all in one. Each box is designed for groups of 2-6 players and features puzzles and clues that can all be found on South Congress Avenue along with discounts to participating businesses.

This is a three- to six-week theatrical experience told through e-mail in a Choose-Your-Own-Adventure sort of format, brought to you by Austin's own Madison Sheridan and crew. Listen: The participant (that's you, citizen) has just been hired as a "relational fate associate" at a corporation founded by the goddess of fate to aid mortals from all different worlds and universes. Your job is to help answer these mortals' prayers and help them as much as possible. Say what? Say, see the website for details.

Mask up for this love-dove outdoor market, an "open-air" photo booth, and more gal (pal) fun, plus music from DJ Helios. Note: Rescheduled from Feb. 13 due to weather.

Bertha Sadler Means Young Women's Leadership Academy is holding its sixth annual Girls' Conference as a drive-through event this year. Each student (fifth-ninth grade) who comes through will receive a free “Success Bag” with more than 20 free items from Central Texas businesses and organizations. Central Texas Food Bank will be on hand supplying food packs for families while supplies last. And that's not all: Grammy-nominated musician Saul Paul will open the event by performing as families drive through.

Chorus Austin and Ryan Heller present a virtual concert featuring new and previously recorded favorites.

The main fundraiser in support of Dress for Success Austin's workforce programming features music from the Peterson Brothers, live and silent auctions, an empowerment program, food and drinks, a raffle, and games, followed by a screening of A League of Their Own. Postponed from Sat., Feb. 20.

This is a group show by relay, begun in July of 2020 as a method of socially distancing a community in the height of the pandemic: Artists took turns alone in the space, each adding to the exhibition. Now, as it nears its close, the exhibition resembles a community in which work converses and overlaps. With Adreon Henry, Vy Ngo, Dawn Okoro, Leon Alesi, Matt Steinke, Sev Coursen, Stella Alesi, and more.

Austin's transmedia fest returns both online and with limited in-person viewing at the Vortex, featuring three days of totally queer and totally out-there art. Performances by playwright and poet Jesús I. Valles, artist Xandra Ibarra (aka La Chica Boom), performance artist Elliot Reed, and more. See website for badges & lineup.

Featuring works by Robert Jackson Harrington, Annie Miller, Liz Rodda, and Tammie Rubin, "staycation iv: (un)promised potential" explores concepts that generate and change through repetition, contradiction, and fictional narratives. Note: In conjunction with this exhibition, MASS Close Encounters will offer virtual programming with the artists via their Instagram.

UT-Austin's fest offers a series of virtual events, most of them live. Hear from world-changing researchers, COVID-19 vaccine innovators, and more; join virtual star parties with astronomers; and get step-by-step guidance for fun at-home experiments.

Do you know of a homeowner in your area whose heating and air system no longer works? Someone that needs a new system but can’t afford it? Tell Del's Heating & Air Conditioning their story, and Del’s will provide one winner with a new HVAC system.

You could win a Mazda Miata convertible through the 17th annual Austin Humane Society car raffle powered by Roger Beasley Mazda. Each ticket provides one night of safe and warm shelter, nutritious food, quality medical care, and lots of love for a cat or dog who is waiting to find a home.