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BookSpring Fest: A Read Aloud Celebration
Join BookSpring for an enchanting celebration of reading at BookSpring Fest: A Read Aloud Celebration! Enjoy inspiring stories read aloud from pillars of the community, carnival games, a petting zoo, face painters, balloon makers, books, and refreshments (ALL FREE).Sat. May 4, 12pm-6pmBookSpring -
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The Amazing Acro-Cats: Keep It Weird in Austin!
The Acro-Cats tour supports Rock Cats Rescue, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Rock Cats Rescue is focused on saving cats "One Click at a Time" through cat welfare, rescue, and adoption. The Acro-Cats show promotes the importance of bonding and training cats with positive reinforcement, while also finding homes for rescued cats.Apr. 24-May 5Long Center for the Performing Arts
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Round Rock Express
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Austin Sol AUDL Playoffs
Austin's pro ultimate frisbee team takes on Raleigh in their first-ever playoff game.Fri., July 27, 6:30pm. $10 for adults, $5 ages 12-17, free for under 12. -
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Riverboat Gamblers, Sealion, Dentist, and More
It's hot. We know. If you can't escape it, embrace it with queer beats by Hey Jellie, and more.Fri., July 27, 8pm-2am. Free. -
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Sukey, The Mermaid, and a Tale of the Gullah Island
Dubbed "devise," this play – written by Whatsinthemirror? ED Tarik Daniels and participants of the Write What’s Right Theater Project – is based on an African fairy tale. But this isn't rated G, instead the story tackles mental health, domestic violence, culture, and more.Fri., July 27, 6pm & 8pm; Sat.-Sun., July 28-29, 4pm & 6pm. $15.Santa Cruz Theater, 1805 E. Seventh
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#DeliveringGood: Take a Pic, Feed the Hungry
DoorDash is running a summer campaign to raise money for Feeding America, a hunger relief org. All you need to do is take a selfie by the new Love mural installation around the corner from Kitty Cohen's. Upload to Insta with tags @DoorDash and #DeliveringGood and you'll be entered to win $2,000 in DD credit while also raising money for FA. It's a win-win-win.July 23-30East Seventh & Webberville Road -
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AAC Summer Camp for Shelter Dogs
The Austin Animal Center needs foster parents for its summer camp program to give dogs a break from the shelter life. You don't have to have foster experience, but they do ask that you sign on for two weeks.Pickup is open Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays, 11am-7pm. Free. -
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AAC Waived Adoption Fees
AAC is waiving the $75 adoption fee for the weekend, due to overcrowding.Fri.-Sun., July 27-29. Free. -
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Austin 60 Strong Calendar Contest
Do you know someone who is still rockin' it at or after 60? Connected Senior Care Advantage is searching for a dozen inspirational adults ages 60-69 that are "healthy in mind and body and are contributing to Austin in some way." The winners will be selected by a panel of celebrity judges and included in a calendar photo shoot.Through Aug. 15Austin -
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“Titanic: The Artifact Exhibit”
Seventy years after the luxury liner sank in the Atlantic more than 150 items from the wreck were brought up from the ocean floor and brought together for this fascinating show. Timed tickets are required.June 2-Jan. 5Mayborn Museum, Waco -
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Back to School Bike Drive
Jason & Deb from 101X and Bikes for Goodness Sake have partnered to build and donate bikes for underprivileged kids. They are taking cash donations as well as bikes, and you can also donate your time and help build them on Aug. 5. See the website for more.Ongoing -
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Beyond the Law: Letting Compassion Lead
Join YWCA for this month's dialogue on law. Discussion questions include: "When is the time to challenge the law and your beliefs?" "What are you willing to tolerate and how much are you willing to uphold?"Fri., July 27, noon-1:30pm. Free. -
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Crave: Friday Night Drag Show
Maeve Haven gets her host on with CupCake, Grandma Steven, and Scarlett Kiss. These bbs are taking the stage at 10pm and offer an encore at midnight.Fridays, 10pm -
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Dripping Springs Fair & Rodeo
There’s something for everybody from rodeo action to arts & crafts vendors and plenty of music, food, and beverages.Fri.-Sun., July 27-29Dripping Springs -
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Early Bird Registration: Hispanic Business Convention of Texas
Join the Texas Association of Mexican American Chambers of Commerce on Sept. 6-9, for three days of networking, speakers, workshops, receptions, and awards.Early bird registration ends Aug. 15.. $25-$1500. -
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Final Friday
Cheeki Kahnt gets lude and crude onstage for Final Friday. As always, expect the dark, the dirty, and the debaucherous.Fri., July 27, 10pm. Free. -
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Final Friday
Turn down the lights and turn up the kink at this monthly fetish wear event by Package Menswear and Highland. Free clothing check, go-go boys, and tons of surprises.Last Friday of every month, 10pm. Through Sept. 28 -
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Free Minds Seeking Applications
Free Minds is a program of Foundation Communities in partnership with UT-Austin and ACC and is designed to serve adults who have faced barriers to higher education. Books, tuition, and child care are provided at no cost to students, and those who successfully complete the course earn 6 college credits.Apps accepted on a rolling basis. Free.M Station Apartments, 2906 E. MLK -
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Frost Hosts School Supply Drive
Frost Bank is collecting donations of school supplies for Backpacks for Hope. Go online for a full list of requested items.July 9-27. Free.Any Frost Bank location -
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Full Moon Party
Celebrate the full moon with shopping, live music, drinks, henna, tarot readings, face-painting, and more. The pricier ticket gets you access to yoga & meditation and an intention ceremony.Fri., July 27, 6:30-11:30pm. $30-65.1102 East, 1102 E. Cesar Chavez -
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Great Texas Mosquito Festival
Those aren’t hummingbirds, but the bloodsucking bugs that will be the guest of honor at the weekend of family fun.Thu.-Sat., July 26-28Clute -
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Howl at the Moon at Barton Springs
Also known as the Full Moon Swim, this family-friendly howl & dip honors Friday's blood moon. The event has grown so popular that access will be limited, so get there early.Fri., July 27, 8:30pm. $3 park admission for Austin residents. -
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Lakeway Court: Summer Safe Harbor Amnesty Program
Lakeway Municipal Court will dismiss Failure to Appear and Violate Promise to Appear charges under certain conditions from now through Aug. 30. Those who voluntarily turn themselves in to court staff to pay fines will not be arrested. Call Warrant Clerk Martina Brazell for more information.June 26- Aug. 30, Mon.-Fri., 8am-4:30pmLakeway Municipal Court, 104 Cross Creek -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Xavier Schipani
Here's a striking exhibition of murals, paintings on canvas, and a sculptural installation masquerading as a public bathroom – all by that acclaimed Schipani, voted Austin's Best Muralist in 2016. This new show is, we're told, "largely a reckoning with masculinity. What is manliness? What has it meant in the past, what does it mean now, and what are its shortcomings?" Could be our review provides a few answers.Through Sept. 1 -
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Morning Walk Austin
Meet at Jo's for a cuppa coffee, then take a stroll through Downtown Austin with an ATX tour guide.Ongoing. Wed.-Sat., 10-11:30am. $10-20. -
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Natural Austin Series
Friday afternoon presentations on the wonders of planet Earth, from moths to small-scale land restoration. Call to RSVP.Fridays, July 13, 20 & 27, 1:30-2:30pm. Free. -
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Neighborhood Fishing
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is stocking 17 locations in 16 cities, including Austin, with channel catfish throughout the summer.Through November. Free with fishing license.Various locations -
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New Gay Softball Team Recruiting
A group of LGBTQ players from Softball Austin are startin' up a new team to complete in the D Division this fall and they're looking for ballers and batters now! Practices will begin the first Sunday in August. No skill required. If you have never played, there is a place for you in the team. D team will play two games every Sunday for six to eight weeks. Email to sign up or ask questions.Recruiting through Sept. 6. $40 membership fee. -
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Over the Rainbow Comedy presented by The Comedy Resistanc
Colton Dowling hosts a very extra weekly variety show mashing up national touring stand-up comedians and local improv inspired by the special guests. How meta can you get?Fridays through Aug. 17, 8-10pm -
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Peacock Alley Summer Sale
Get you some deals on new arrivals, including sheets, duvets, towels and more.July 20-28. Free.Peacock Alley, 3010 W. Anderson -
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Pink Elephant Radio
Join Japan and YellaStud – creators of Austin's Pink Elephant Hip-Hop Fest for LGBTQ rappers, emcees, hip-hop artists, and more – for their new weekly radio show. Featuring loads of queer music and artists, and a few allies. Royalties Radio can be downloaded for iPhone and Android. See what they have to say about here.Fridays, 7-9pm. Through Nov. 30Download Royalties Radio app -
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Potluck & Labyrinth Walk
Join the Jung Society of Austin in celebration of C.G. Jung's birthday. Bring a dish or snacks to share. Then see if you can find your way out of the maze.Fri., July 27, 6:30-9pm. Free. -
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ProyectoTEATRO Youth Company: Persiguiendo al Dragón
This satirical drama, written and directed by Luis Ordaz Gutierrez, explores the world of illicit drugs and their role within society in the past and in the present. Performed in Spanish with English supertitles.July 26-29. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat.-Sun., 2 & 8pm. $5-15. -
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Purple Martin Parties
Calling all bird nerds: Travis Audubon is hosting purple martin watch parties every weekend from July 20 to Aug. 4 starting at 7:45pm.Free.Behind Applebee’s and near the Sam’s Club parking lot at La Frontera Village in Round Rock -
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Safe Baby Academy (Spanish)
For expectant families, parents, and caregivers of kids under 12 months. Register online or call the EMS Safety Hotline. Class is conducted in Spanish.Fri., July 27, 5pm. Free.CommUnityCare Clinic, 2901 Montopolis -
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See a Sea Turtle?
Sea turtle nesting season on the Texas coast has officially begun. If you see a sea turtle heading for the dunes, a nest, or even the distinctive tracks, call the hotline so a trained volunteer can protect the site.April-SeptTexas Gulf Coast -
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Shakespeare at Winedale
Over four weekends the student actors present some of the bard’s greatest plays in the theater barn.Thu.-Sun., July 19-22, 26-29; Aug. 2-5, 9-12. $5-10.Round Top -
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Shark Week
Separate fact from fiction as you explore the ocean’s top predator. A special presentation on Friday with shark researcher Dr. Jessica Dutton.Thu.-Sun., July 26-29Science Mill, Johnson City -
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Social Justice Work and Compassion Fatigue
A workshop on defining and understanding the concepts of compassion fatigue, secondary trauma, self-awareness, and self-care. Through an interactive process, participants will begin to establish goals toward managing fatigue.Fri., July 27, 9-11:30am. $25-40.YWCA of Greater Austin, 2015 S. I-35 #110 -
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Summer Crush
Beats by DJ Kurupt & Buck Rogers and special cocktails on the WET Deck from Memorial Day to Halloween.Fridays, noon-9pm, through October. $10. -
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Summer Lunch Program
Central Health Enterprise and the Central Texas Food Bank will provide Travis County low-income families a healthy, free lunch every weekday for 11 weeks, beginning June 4. A weekend take-home food bag will be available on Fridays.June 4-Aug. 24. Mon.-Fri., 11am-1pmCentral Health Southeast Health & Wellness Center, 2901 Montopolis -
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Teacher Happy Hour With DJ Mixer Rogers
Teachers with school ID (or proof of position) get 50% off bar tabs at St. Elmo's during this monthly summer happy hour.Fri., Aug. 17, 6-9pm. Free. -
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Tiny Tiki Terrarium Workshop
What's cuter than a tiki terrarium? A tiny one! Ticket price includes material, instruction, a Blue Owl glass, and four beers.Fri., July 27, 7-9pm. $30. -
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Topgolf Tour
The third annual Topgolf Tour is coming to Austin on Sept. 23. Play for a chance to win $50,000 and a ticket to the championship in Las Vegas. New this year is a military division, open to active duty and veteran members of the U.S. Armed Forces.Through Sept. 20. $85 individual; $170 team. -
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Trans Night Swim
A nighttime pool party exclusively for trans, nonbinary, gender-questioning folks, and allies, brought to you by Out Youth and the Kind Clinic. Good vibes only plz. RSVP required.Fri., July 27, 8-10pm. Free. -
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Volunteers Needed for College Application Institute
Spend two hours of your day helping prepare students for college interviews. Counselors, college admission, scholarship program representatives, college application coaches or others with similar experience encouraged to participate. No preparation necessary. Training and lunch provided!Fri., July 27, noon-2pm -
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Volunteers Needed for Middle School Summer Program
Spend two hours helping students hone their communication skills. No preparation necessary. Training and lunch provided. (Also happening at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, 1112 West 31st St.)Fri., July 27, 11:30am-1:30pm -
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We Are Blood’s Movie Encounters of the Free Kind
Give blood, see a movie: This July, anyone who donates, or attempts to donate, at a We Are Blood donor center or mobile drive will leave with an Alamo Drafthouse movie pass.Through July 31. Free. -
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[Re]Move & [Re]Use: Volunteer Opportunity
As students move out of their apartments, let's help keep their reusable items from the landfill. Volunteers will work for two and a half hours delivering materials to one of three drop-off stations: 2102 Pearl; Poplar Street and San Gabriel Street; 806 W. 24th. If you're interested, sign-up online.July 27-Aug. 1. Free.
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Austin Pride 2018
The city's flagship Pride celebration starts off with the fest at Fiesta Gardens then flows into neon nighttime parade rolling from the Capitol all the way down Congress to 4th Street. Peeping the parade is free, but you gotta pay to enter the fest for its multitude of entertainers. Snag yours now.Sat., Aug. 11. $15-125. -
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Splash Days 2018
Austin's annual summer send-off with nonstop gay parties to get you wet, wild, and feeling good. New this year: all events are free, but donations for beneficiaries (Kind Clinic, Out Youth, AIDS Services of Austin) will be accepted and those that throw some extra money down will be awarded with cheaper drinks and yummy food deals.Fri.-Mon., Aug. 31-Sept. 3. Free, donations accepted.
