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ChingonX Fire: Group Exhibit
Inspired by the Mexican American Cultural Center's annual La Mujer celebration – and by the first feminist of the New World, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz – this online group exhibit is curated by April Garcia and features womxn-identifying and nongender-specific artists whose artwork is tied to activism, feminism, cultural. and gender identity storytelling, environmental protection, and socioeconomic parity.Free. -
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City of Austin "How to Help" Portal
Looking for the right way to help your community during the pandemic? Or do you have a volunteer opportunity that you want to list? Visit the city's "How to Help" portal to make a match. The portal includes ways to help from home, donation drives, and active community engagement opportunities.OngoingOnline -
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Club Latinitas
Enrollment is open and ongoing for this free bilingual afterschool club for all girls age 9-14, which includes fun, educational activities with technology and media.Through May 21, 4-6pm -
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Create Away Afterschool Program
Dougherty Arts Center's afterschool program is held over Zoom so students ages 5-12 can connect with others, socialize with peers, and flex their creative skills under the guidance of arts instructors.Registration now open; spring session runs March 1-April 15 -
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Dallas Blooms
The largest floral festival in the Southwest celebrates “America the Beautiful” with an explosion of: color over 66 acres on the shores of White Rock Lake.Feb. 20-April 11. $12-17.Arboretum and Botanical Gardens, Dallas -
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Desert Door Sotol x Texas Bees
Ah, who wouldn't want to take a post-snowpocalypse drive out to Driftwood, to the Desert Door distillery and tasting room, where the acclaimed sotol-mongers are celebrating the Texas honey bee population by offering a special cocktail featuring wild-harvested, West Texas honey? That's a rhetorical question, but we'll guess the answer is "I want to take that drive!" Especially when you know that proceeds from every Rugged Flower cocktail sold will go directly toward adding more bee hives to the ranch, thus increasing the area’s biodiversity.Feb. 4-28 -
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Dimension Gallery: Polarity
This latest installation by Colin McIntyre balances subtle extremes of light and sound, featuring a constructed setting that's a rhomboid chamber of red on red. Into this incarnadine vault the sculptor has engineered neon light and sound that plays through cymatic devices to oscillate fluids at the frequency of a specific tone. Note: This is an in-person event inside the gallery, for one to two people at a time, with a strict face mask and social distancing policy.Through Feb. 28 -
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Governor's Community Achievement Awards
Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Department of Transportation invite communities across Texas to apply for the prestigious Governor's Community Achievement Awards, which are judged on achievements in areas such as environmental education and community improvement.Deadline: March 4, 5pm. Free.Online -
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Hollywood’s Sistine Chapel: Sacred Sets for Stage & Screen
Six hand-painted soundstage backdrops are on exhibit alongside artwork from the Tobin Collection of Theatre Arts. The backdrops, on loan from Texas Performing Arts at UT-Austin, were created for MGM’s 1968 papal drama, The Shoes of the Fisherman, starring Anthony Quinn. These six replicas of Renaissance masterpieces in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel were nearly discarded before being rescued in 2017.Through April 4. $10-20; free on Thursdays, 4-6pm, and first Sundays, noon-5pm.McNay Museum, San Antonio -
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Indie Meme Film Festival
Indie Meme, a festival celebrating the film of Southeast Asia, doesn't start until April, but now's a great time to buy an early-bird fest pass. Purchase of a family membership gets you access to the festival as well as special events, screenings, and filmmaker talks all year long for only $50, for a limited time only.Festival runs April 16-18 & 23-25 -
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Inspired Minds Art Center
Campers with an artistic bent can choose from fine arts, "Shakespearience," and musical theatre day camps. Ages 5-12.May 31-Aug. 6. $250.121 Main St., Buda -
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It’s Time Texas Community Challenge
The It’s Time Texas Community Challenge, hosted by statewide nonprofit It’s Time Texas, is working to make healthier lifestyles accessible to all Texans. Participants track healthy activities, like eating healthy foods and doing physical activity, to earn points for their communities and weekly chances to win prizes. Registration is open now!Jan. 4-Feb. 28. Free.Statewide -
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Keep Austin Rooted
Gifting a tree through Treefolks is a fun way to surprise a friend or family member with a present that could last a lifetime, while beautifying and benefiting the community. Donors can opt for preset donation tiers of $30 (10 trees), $75 (25 trees), $150 (50 trees), or an amount of their choice.OngoingOnline -
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Line of Fire: Live From Living Room
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Muzingo! Virtual Fundraiser
Get It Gals host a virtual fundraiser with proceeds going to Austin Justice Coalition. Muzingo means music bingo: hear a bit of a song, mark it on your bingo card, and call "Muzingo!" when you've got a row. This sounds super fun and it's for a great cause. Only $10 to play.Mon., Feb. 22, 8pm -
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Need Transportation to Shelter?
If you are unable to shelter in place, call 311 if you need transportation, or send the following information to [email protected], and they will do their best to assist with the limited resources available::- :
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Not at Donn's Depot w/ Chris Gage
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Oyster Season
It was a brave soul who ate the first oyster, and now the bivalve mollusks are on the dinner table. This is the time to get the freshest oysters as fishermen come into the Rockport/Fulton Harbor around 4-5pm. The annual Fulton Oyster Festival has been canceled for this year, but there are still plenty of oysters available at local markets and restaurants.Through April 30Rockport/Fulton -
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Sun Radio Recharge
The Sun Radio Recharge program has pledged $40,000 in disaster relief funding for any Central Texans affected by the recent winter storm. Apply online for a $100 check if you were affected, or donate to keep the fund going so Sun Radio can help more folks. All funding has been allocated at this time.Application period opened Feb. 8, will close when funds are expendedOnline -
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The Blanton: Leo Steinberg’s Library of Prints
Leo Steinberg's wide-ranging scholarship addresses such canonical artists as Michelangelo Buonarroti, Leonardo da Vinci, Peter Paul Rubens, Pablo Picasso, and Jasper Johns. Here the Blanton presents selections from the scholar's vast collection – an impressive array of highlights from the European printmaking tradition.Through May 9 -
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The Spoon River Project
City Theatre presents a virtual theatre performance adapted from the critically acclaimed American poetry of Edgar Lee Masters, with 30 Austin actors bringing to life the politics, passion, love, betrayals, secrets, failures, and hopes of a small Illinois town. True stories about death and life combine to reveal a moving portrait of what - and who – creates a place called home. Staged and filmed at Mueller Park, directed by Andy Berkovsky, with filming and editing by J. Kevin Smith.Through Feb 28. Donations accepted. -
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Thinkery Reopening
Austin's premier children's museum is finally reopening to the public after a long hiatus. Capacity will be extremely limited and masks must be worn by anyone over the age of 2, and opening hours are limited to Fri.-Sun. for now. Baby Bloomers, a special session for toddlers, also returns: Saturdays, 9-11am.Opening day: Fri., Feb. 19, members; Sat., Feb. 20, nonmembers