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Join Just Texas, Transgender Education Network of Texas, Equality Texas, Human Rights Campaign, ACLU of Texas, Lambda Legal, clergy, and communities of faith for a program supporting and celebrating our trans community. The program includes reflections, poems, music, and more. Event organizers are requesting that attendees wear face masks and maintain social distancing.

When you donate blood or platelets in September, get a free canvas tote bag for your efforts. Call or schedule an appointment online.

This Broadway-style animal-free circus is back in town, with two weeks of shows in the big top tent.

If you can't be at the game, the next best thing is watching it at one of Austin FC's bar partners. Check out the list to find one near you.

Cedar Park Parks & Rec presents a scavenger hunt you do at your own pace at each of its 10 lovely parks. Find the QR code, solve the clue, and take a photo to submit for a chance to win prizes.

The annual exhibit features ofrendas commemorating loved ones who have passed in highly personal and artistic altars.

Join the Austin Public Library for songs, stories, and finger plays in English and Chinese Mandarin, French, or Spanish.

Experience the joy of ice cream at this imaginative and immersive museum filled with installations and fun for kids and adults.

Ben McReynolds has donated his extensive and unique collection to the museum. It will be on view for a year along with the permanent collection that includes artifacts from La Belle, the French ship discovered in Matagorda Bay; the story of ranching on the coast; and more than 13,000 years of Texas history.

This kayak race on Lady Bird Lake supports the Austin Community College Foundation, and due to COVID-19 has shifted to a virtual format for everyone's health and safety. This means you can paddle at your own pace and time it yourself, then submit your time by Oct. 25 for a chance to win a prize pack. There are three course options: 1-mile novice, 2-mile intermediate, and a 500-yard for kids. Registration for the race gets you a rowing pass valid for six months, a T-shirt, and a swag bag, and it benefits ACC.

Go for the food, stay for the excitement, exhibitions, and rides on the midway as Big Tex greets guests back to the biggest show on earth.

This powerful show, a traveling exhibition organized by the New-York Historical Society, explores the transformative years after the Civil War and the rise of Jim Crow, centering on stories of African Americans who pursued the ideals of Reconstruction and persevered in the face of a developing legal system promoting racial inequality.

"Best of Austin" winners Get It Gals are back with tons of trivia nights planned for y'all, with several based on TV programs you may have binged over the last year for some reason. Stay tuned on their socials because they are all over the place.

Beginning Sept. 20, the Parks and Recreation Department will close Zilker Park and select roads and street lanes in preparation for the Austin City Limits Music Festival (Oct. 1-3 & 8-10). View the city’s interactive map for more details and a schedule of park and road closures.