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Bao'd Up: Mulan Movie Night Pack
This Chinese comfort food eatery (with four Austin locations) presents a Mulan Movie Night Pack for the whole family. "Bao is a traditional Chinese cuisine and was definitely enjoyed by Mulan in her time," says Executive Chef Ting Li. The Movie Night Pack is meant to serve four, costs $34.99, and includes two brisket bao, two BBQ chicken bao, two buffalo chicken bao, two egg cream bao, two chicken plates, two Thai teas, Szechuan fries, and salad. Oh, dude, that is a lot of really good food.Through Sept. 30 -
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Beginning Ballet 2 Workshop for Adults
Adult ballet classes offer a fun way to tone and tighten your body while learning ballet technique. This course is for those who wish to continue the work of the Absolute Beginning Ballet workshop or have had an introduction to basic ballet and want a refresher.Sept. 19-Oct. 24, noon-1pm. $130 for a six-week workshop.www.balletaustin.org -
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Bullock Texas State History Museum: This Light of Ours
This show features images by activist photographers of the Civil Rights Movement, telling a visual story of the struggle against segregation, race-based disenfranchisement, and Jim Crow laws in the 1960s. These photos capture the day-to-day struggles of everyday citizens and their resolve in the face of violence and institutionalized discrimination – with more than a dozen additional images representing activism and protest in Austin's own history.Tuesdays-Sundays. Through Dec. 6 -
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Carolyn Wonderland w/ A. Whitney Brown's Little Big Picture
Venmo: @Carolyn-Wonderland; PayPal.me/wonderchickenWednesdays, 8pm -
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Child Care Provider Relief Grant Application Period Open
The Austin Child Care Provider Relief Grant provides immediate one-time financial assistance to eligible child care centers, including home providers. In partnership with the city of Austin, United Way for Greater Austin will accept applications and provide consultation and case management services to grant applicants. Join a webinar on Wed., July 22, at 9am to get more information.Open July 21 to Oct. 1 or when funding is expended, whichever is firstOnline -
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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 Council Candidate Forum: D2
The city’s Ethics Review Commission and the League of Women Voters Austin Area host a forum with candidates David Chincanchan, Vanessa Fuentes, Casey Ramos, and Alex Strenger for Council's lone open seat.Wed., Sept. 16, 6pmATXN; cable chanel six; AT&T U-Verse channel 99 -
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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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Davis Gallery: Full Circle
This retrospective exhibition, "Full Circle: 40 Years of Making Art," reveals four decades of Caprice Pierucci's prolific career as a visual artist. Beginning in the 1980s with handmade paper impaled on wooden spikes, Pierucci's fascination with the colors of the cotton papers, jute, and pine she worked with launched her into a 40-year practice that's resulted in the sophisticated handcarved wooden forms for which she's become so well known.Through Oct. 17 -
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Donate to PEAS Resiliency Gardens Program
Donations to PEAS (Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability) will go to support outdoor learning and edible education programming in the community. Choose your level of funding, from seeds to an entire garden for an Austin family.June 8-Oct. 1Online -
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Fix-It at Home!
Learn how to patch and hem clothing with a sewing machine.Wed., Sept. 16, 7-8pm. Free.Online -
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Fix-It at Home! Patches & Hems on a Sewing Machine
This class is for anyone with a sewing machine who wants to learn how to patch and hem clothing. Learn how to make your pants or skirt fit well, with ease. If you don’t have a sewing machine, there will be a couple of non-sewing techniques to learn as well.Wed., Sept. 16, 7pm. Free.Online -
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Flamingo Cantina presents Mau Mau Chaplains
Donate to the Flamingo Cantina GoFundMe: bit.ly/2vsLmemWednesdays, 8:30pm -
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Flight of the Bats
The bats have returned to the 350-foot-deep cavern three hours from Austin. Evening tours of the bat emergence have begun with social distancing. Reservations required.Wed.-Sun., through Oct. 31, 7:30pm. $6-14.Devil’s Sinkhole State Natural Area, Rocksprings -
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Flux Capacitor Mini-Fest
To celebrate their first year as a nonprofit, Other Worlds Film Festival hosts this mini fest that makes a collection of past festival films, new Q&As, and more available to the public for free. But for a small donation you can support them and be entered in a contest to win some cool prizes.Fri.-Sun., Sept. 18-20; passes available now. Free, or $25 donation.Online via www.otherworldsfilmfest.com -
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Gender Unbound
Throughout September, Gender Unbound is hosting a virtual showcase of newly commissioned work by trans and intersex artists and weekly livestreams of trans and intersex musicians, poets, storytellers, and artist interviews. (The Chronicle's Lilli Hime reports on it here.)Through Sept. 30 -
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GOTV Phone Bank for Equality
Equality Texas will train you on phone banking, help you set up a virtual phone on your computer, and will give you a script to read – all in the name of achieving LGBTQIA equality at the polls this November.Through Sept. 30. Wednesdays, 5:30-7:30pm. Registration required.Remote -
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GrayDUCK Gallery: Everything In Tune
We're pretty much over-the-moon, tbh, about Amada Miller's series of works created from data collected by NASA’s Apollo Missions. Because we're the kind of concept-art-hatin' fiends who love concept art more than almost anything when it's done well and is redolent of research and effort and – oh, listen:"During the Apollo missions, astronauts placed seismometers on the moon and conducted experiments such as crashing spent modules onto the lunar surface. These experiments led to the discovery of moonquakes – vibrations that resonated within the moon’s core for so long that scientists described the sensation as the moon ringing like a bell."So, for this show, small fragments of real iron meteorites are suspended inside bells of handblown silicate glass, mimicking materials found on the lunar surface. "Everything In Tune" represents our moon’s natural orchestra – the handbells are instruments as much as they are objects, and each gallery visitor will be invited to activate the bells, giving sound to a moonquake. Bonus: graphite rubbings made to look like close-up images of the moon taken by astronauts in orbit, and gunpowder-scented vessels made from astronauts' descriptions after they smelled moon samples back inside the lunar lander.Through Sept. 20. Free. -
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Hanna Barakat
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Heard presents Marco Benevento
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Help Rename the Zilker Train
Help rename the Zilker Park train, formerly known as the Zilker Zephyr, which went out of commission in 2019 and is preparing to hit the tracks once again. Kids can also fill in and upload a Zilker Train coloring sheet. The Parks Foundation will announce the most popular train names at Party for the Parks on Sept. 30, opening voting for the final name.Deadline: Mon., Sept. 21Online -
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ImprovEd Shakespeare Club
Kids age 8-12 will enjoy this playful approach to engaging with the Bard. Hourlong extremely interactive weekly virtual sessions are combined with at-home projects, such as sending sonnets to pen pals, recording selfie videos as Shakespeare characters, and performing spontaneous Shakespeare flash mob soliloquies for the trees in your backyard.Sept. 17-Dec. 17, Thursdays, 11am. $50/month or $140/semester.Online -
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Isolation Congregation w/ Dave Madden
Venmo: @dmadden82; CashApp: $DaveMadden; PayPal/Zelle: [email protected]Wednesdays, 7pm and Sundays, 10:30am -
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Joterías Applications
Joterías is accepting application from Latinx and QPOC performers for their upcoming digital shows (peep the schedule here.)Sept. 7-17Online