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Donate Platelets, Get a Free Baseball Tee
During its monthlong Platelet Step-Up campaign, We Are Blood is offering a branded baseball tee to donors who successfully donate platelets twice during December. Appointments are mandatory; schedule online or call 512/206-1266.Dec. 1-31We Are Blood donor centers & mobile drives -
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Draft Transportation Criteria Manual Review
The draft defines the rules, requirements, and technical guidelines for building mobility infrastructures. Feedback can be made on transit systems, bike and urban trails, and pedestrian zones, among other items in the manual.Deadline: Dec. 31Online -
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Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017)
Austin Jewish Film Festival presents a musical doc, set in a Chinese restaurant, about Jewish songwriters who soundtracked Christianity's most musical holiday.Dec. 24-Jan. 1Online via www.austinjff.org -
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Eagle Nest Webcam
The eagle cam is back after being dark for nearly two years, and the pair of eagles are building their nest in preparation of the eggs sometime in December or January. Watch their progress from home.Through early spring. Free.Online via JBS Wetland Center, Seagoville -
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Eisbahn, Ice Skating in the Hill Country
Safety protocols are in place in the outdoor skating rink at Marktplatz.Sat.-Sun., Dec. 26-Jan. 3. $15.Fredericksburg -
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Forklift Danceworks: Portraits at Downs Field
It's the culminating piece of Forklift's year-long residency at Downs Field in East Austin: Portraits of the Downs Field community by photographer Cindy Elizabeth, installed at the field for everyone to see. The project explores the importance of Downs Field to the continual flourishing of baseball in Texas, through the past, present, and future.Through Jan. 4 -
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Front Porch Sessions w/ Kevin Russell
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Full Moon Blessing
Receive the bright and nourishing energies of the December full moon through this remote ceremony, clearing, and blessing.Tue., Dec. 29, 7:30pm. Free.Online -
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Georgetown Art Center: Book Passage
Yeah, sometimes we just can't help but pimp – er, we mean promote – this arty bastion that's so up north it makes us think twice as we glance at our long-suffering Isuzu. But, listen, this is a show of reclaimed books that have been altered in extraordinary ways by Janice Anderson and John Sager – via collage, via paint, via outright sculpting of the materials. Anderson is new to us, but we saw a few of Sager's bibliophilic alterations over a decade ago and we're still talking about their beauty even now. Recommended, and definitely worth the trip. (Bonus: Check out the excellent Lark & Owl bookstore while you're there, too.)Through Jan. 3 -
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Gibson Wonderland
Sip a festive holiday cocktail and snap a photo at the Gibson Sleigh, then tag #gibsonwonderland and @gibsonstreetbar for a chance at a prize.Through Dec. 31 -
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Good Time Supper Club w/ Band of Heathens
Tuesdays, 7:30pm -
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History in Lights
The pathway of lights illuminates Mission Espiritu Santo in a way that is suggestive of the early days of the Spanish frontier outpost.Through Dec. 31, 6-10pm. $4.Goliad State Park -
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Holiday Lights in Georgetown’s Historic Town Square
Enjoy the lights and local flavor throughout the holiday season.Through Jan. 2. Free.Historic Town Square, East Seventh Street, Georgetown -
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Holiday Parties With Urban Axes
Celebrate the holiday season at Urban Axes with add-ons like drink packages, catering from local partners, party decorations to make your celebration special, or an axe trophy for the tournament winner. You can even book the entire facility for your own private party.Ongoing -
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Holiday Traveling Risk
Traveling is a high-risk activity due to COVID-19. Austin Public Health encourages the community to safely celebrate virtually during the holiday season.Ongoing -
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Intro to Screenwriting
Learn the fundamentals of writing for films from award-winning screenwriter Edward Santiago in an eight-week virtual course.Tuesdays, Jan. 5-Feb. 23, 6-9pm. $525.Online: www.austinfilmschool.org -
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IssueVoter Trivia Night for Donors
Locally based nonprofit IssueVoter, a nonpartisan civic engagement platform, aims to raise $52,000, and Subaru is matching donations through Jan. 2. Donors who set up recurring monthly donations will be entered in a drawing to win a Patagonia jacket, and every donor will receive an invite to the trivia night on Dec. 30.Donate through Jan. 2; trivia night, Dec. 30 -
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Joe/Kamala Yard Art on Bellvue
There, across 14 front yards on Bellvue Avenue: A sign of hope! Signs of hope, actually – the pro-Biden/Harris (or, as the artist puts it, Joe/Kamala) artworks of Austin's David Hefner. It's an excellent opportunity for a lift-up-your-spirits drive-by or walking tour: good stuff, visually, even beyond its message. Also a good excuse – go ahead, do it – to check out that Hefner's website, peruse some of the other works he's done.Mayyyybe through Inauguration Day?Bellvue Avenue, between 42nd & 45th, two blocks west of Lamar -
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Judaism UnBoxed
Brought to you by Chabad of Austin, Judaism UnBoxed is hands-on Jewish discovery and growth, Jewish culinary lessons, and quality family time all in one. Receive holiday baking kit boxes for the Jewish holidays and/or challah baking boxes every month.Ongoing -
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Karen Mal & Will Taylor
Tuesdays, 7:30pm and Wednesdays, 1pm -
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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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Kitty Cohen's: Get Lit
The annual Hanukkah Bar pop-up returns to Kitty's with Hanukkah-inspired cocktails like Manischewitz Spritzers, Slivotinis, and Latke Punch, but the regular drink menu will still be available. Did we say latke ... punch? Yes, it's a play on the traditional potato pancake dish, made with potato vodka, apple cider, lemon, ginger liquor, cinnamon, and bitters – available as a single drink or you can get a whole punch bowl for your group. Bonus: A percentage of the proceeds will be donated to JCC of Austin.Through Dec. 30 -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Upwelling
Meghann Riepenhoff makes her images with an antiquated photographic printing process – no camera, no lens – and thinks of her work as a collaboration with the ocean, the landscape, and precipitation, her dynamic cyanotypes taking on varying shades of blue to give the impression of water in motion, and much of her work is large enough to feel immersive, almost overwhelming.Through Jan. 16 -
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Lost Pines Christmas
There are plenty of holiday happenings in Bastrop, just a hop, skip, and a jump from Austin: Take in the sights at the River of Lights, head downtown to shop the Holiday Sidewalk Stroll, take in Elf! The Musical at Bastrop Opera House, or visit Krampus at Scream Hollow's Twisted Christmas.Through Jan. 1Bastrop -
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Louisiana Holiday Trail of Lights
The holiday season kicks off with Christmas in the Park in Natchitoches and continues through the fireworks on New Year’s Eve around eastern Louisiana.Through Dec. 31Alexandria-Pineville, Minden, Monroe-West Monroe, Natchitoches & Shreveport-Bossier -
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MADD Virtual Jingle Bell 5K
Run, walk, or jog where you are to benefit Mothers Against Drunk Driving. The first 250 registrants get a swag bag, so sign up ASAP! All participants get a participant medal.Through Jan. 6. $35, adults; $10, kids.Virtual -
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Marriott Marquis Houston's Texas Winter Lights
An interactive walk-through or float-under light experience at the hotel’s iconic Texas-shaped lazy river, which will be surrounded by a mile worth of sparkling lights, complete with stunning views of the downtown Houston skyline.Through Jan. 3, 5-10pm. $5-15; hotel packages starting at $143.Marriott Marquis, 1777 Walker St., Houston -
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