This free, family-friendly event will feature hands-on activities, cave tours, live music, and more. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore a cave and see how water makes its way to the aquifer and Barton Springs, learn about animals that call Austin’s caves home, try on caving gear, and learn how to protect and conserve Austin’s water resources.
Purchase your tickets online, or just show up to one of the many local houses that will be open to the public to promote responsible urban growth. Or just tour your dream home that happens to be someone else's abode. Go online for a list of participating houses.
It's the 26th year for this renowned national gathering of talented jugglers (and unicyclists and yo-yo champions and more). Workshops, games, vendors, and more – all culminating in a mind-boggling public performance on Saturday night.
On a mission to foster creative liberation and the love of fate, Enchantments presents its first ritual art showcase and costume gala. It's a "sacred container for the community of weird wizards, clown-priests, freak-charmers, queer-bombers, love-bugs, poetic-waxers, and the like, to practice intentional psycho-magic ritual-performance art." Those, ah, flags that you have? This is where you let them fly.
Explore options to get on track to an in-demand career in health care. Training programs are available in areas such as dental hygiene, radiology, sonography, surgical technology, nursing, and more.
One of Texas’ largest science fairs, this is where the future begins. Last year, seven local students advanced to the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. Volunteers are needed for judging and running registration.
With a heavy emphasis on emerging designers, Austin Fashion Week aims to connect these designers directly to consumers and boutique buyers. All week long select retailers will be donating to the Kindness Campaign, and the last three days feature runway showcases at the former Austin American-Statesman building.
Austin Girls' Choir welcomes new singers ages 8-18. Placement auditions are for all levels. The choir sings a broad range of genres, mostly in 3- or 4-part harmony.
This interactive app-based exhibit offers photos from MLK's civil rights meetings with LBJ and audio speeches from the Austin Area Heritage Council’s MLK Oratory competition, plus special Six Square mini-docs of Austin’s African-American community. Discover for yourself at three different locations: the MLK statue at UT's East Mall, the south steps of the Capitol, and the George Washington Carver Museum.
Enjoy two days of talks and workshops from national and international speakers on wearable and implantable tech, brain computer interfaces, prosthetics, gene therapy, bioethics, cyborg art, and the newest research in human body oriented technology.
This boot camp-style workout will take place on the Central Plaza lawn and is open to anyone over the age of 14. It's recommended to bring water, a towel, and a yoga mat.
Competitors from all across the country will come and face-off to see who has the gnarliest beard and sweetest stache, as well as 13 other categories. A portion of proceeds benefit Bully Ranch Pit Bull Rescue.
Festivities include a meet & greet with adoptable pups from SAFE Refuge of Central Texas and New Hope Animal Rescue; pet caricatures; samples from Grocery Pup; Tiff's Treats (for humans); prizes from the store, and more.
All you'll need is your pup (up to 30 lbs.) and your yoga mat for a 45-minute doga class with Nicole from Austin Doga. All proceeds will be donated to a local small dog rescue.
Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Department of Transportation invite Texas students in kindergarten through 12th grade to submit their best litter prevention-inspired artwork to be considered for the Don’t Mess With Texas calendar. Students with the top 13 designs will have their work featured; one winner will be selected from each grade.
Hasya combines unconditional laughter with yogic breathing. Anyone can laugh for no reason, without relying on humor, jokes, or comedy. Join instructor Simone Monique Barnes to laugh-out-loud and build connection with your loved ones.
Foundation Communities can help prepare taxes (for those who make less than $55,000 annually) at six different locations. Call 211 or see online for additional info.
Through April 15. Mon., Tue., Thu., 11am-8pm; Wed., 1-8pm; Fri., 11am-4pm; Sat., 9am-4pm. Free.
Foundation Communities can help prepare taxes (for those who make less than $55,000 annually) at six different locations. Call 211 or see online for additional info.
Through April 15. Mon., Tue., Thu., 11am-8pm; Wed., 1-8pm; Fri., 11am-5pm; Sat., 9am-5pm. Free.
Foundation Communities can help prepare taxes (for those who make less than $55,000 annually) at six different locations. Call 211 or see online for additional info. ASL appointments for the deaf/hard of hearing available at this location.
Through April 15. Mon., Tue., Thu., 9am-8pm; Wed., 1-8pm; Fri., Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm. Free.
Foundation Communities can help prepare taxes (for those who make less than $55,000 annually) at six different locations. Call 211 or see online for additional info.
Through April 15. Mon., Tue., Fri., 11am-4pm; Wed., 1-8pm; Thu., 11am-8pm; Sat., 10am-4pm. Free.
Foundation Communities can help prepare taxes (for those who make less than $55,000 annually) at six different locations. Call 211 or see online for additional info.
Through April 15. Mon., Tue., Thu., 9am-8pm; Wed., 1-8pm; Fri., Sat., 9am-5pm; Sun., 1-5pm. Free.
Join Austin Gastroenterology & the Colon Cancer Coalition to celebrate survivors, provide support for caregivers, and remember those who were lost to the disease. The event kicks off with guest speakers followed by a fun run for kids 12 and under. Proceeds go to the People’s Community Clinic FIT program, which helps fund and screen low-income Central Texans at high risk for colon cancer.
This award honors an artist with a disability in Texas who, through a one-time creative act or a substantial record of achievement, embodies the spirit and vision of VSA Texas. Nominations are open to any artist with a disability over the age of 16 years in any discipline including visual art, dance, music, performance, craft, and writing.
This is a gathering for independent web creators of all kinds – from graphic artists, to designers, UX engineers, coders, and hackers – to share ideas, actively work on creating for their own personal websites, and build upon each others creations.
This is the first concert in the Music Universe series from Nina McIntire. It's filled with sound, lights, and colors, enhanced by videos, packed with information about the history of music, eras, styles, arts, and music in our daily life.
Ever wonder where your thrift-store finds come from? This is a pop-up shopping community event featuring gently used clothing and small items with notecards attached explaining their backstories, including facts about the donors. Proceeds from the event will be donated to Caritas of Austin.
Vino Vinyasa classes bring together vinyasa-based yoga and fun wine facts through creative yoga poses. The hour long educational class will end with a comparative wine tasting of two wines from Resign Wines.
Austin Municipal Court and Downtown Community Court offer an amnesty program for individuals seeking to waive warrant fees, with multiple walk-in dockets scheduled Monday through Friday in February. See hours online.
More than 500 of North America’s tallest birds were spotted last winter so now’s the time to join this year’s tours to the whooping crane’s feeding grounds, hear expert speakers, or browse the nature-oriented trade show.
Join Eating Recovery Center’s National Recovery Advocate Robyn Cruze and her family as they roll into Austin as part of their Wide Wonder Tour, a unique, nationwide mental health initiative whose goal is to create positive change and destigmatize the issue of mental health.