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🥇 Meet the Longhorn Olympians
July 26, 2024 · Kelsey Bradshaw
😎 Happy Friday! Are you ready for an Olympics-themed newsletter? Let’s do it!
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🤘 Longhorns To Follow in Paris
Thirty current and former University of Texas at Austin athletes and seven coaches from the school are competing in Paris over the next two weeks. Watch for Longhorn swimmers, divers, runners, golfers, rowers, basketball players (including Kevin Durant), and soccer, volleyball, tennis athletes. [University of Texas]
📺 How To Stream the Olympics
If you don’t have regular cable, stream the Olympics on NBC’s Peacock service with a subscription. If you do have a TV provider, you can use that to watch on NBCOlympics.com. [NBC]
🏅 Where To Watch the Olympics All Summer
Austin bars are running specials and airing the Olympics through the end of the Games on Aug. 11. Check out this helpful guide and find a spot to catch some sports history! [Eater Austin]
🎙️ Today’s News Roundup: Birds, Transportation $$, and Biden
I’m on City Cast Austin today with host Nikki DaVaugh and executive producer Eva Ruth Moravec talking about the biggest news from this week: Austin’s new EPA grant, President Joe Biden’s rescheduled Austin visit, and the purple martins in Round Rock. [City Cast Austin]
What To Do
Friday, July 26
- 💚 Shrek Rave at Empire Control Room & Garage| 9 p.m. | $26 | Downtown Austin
- 🪩 Club XCX: A Bratty Dance Night at the Ballroom at Spiderhouse | 9 p.m. | $15 and up | UT Campus
Saturday, July 27
- 🦁 “The Lion King” at Paramount Theatre | 1 p.m. | $12 | Downtown Austin
- 📖 Austin Youth Poet Laureate Poetry Reading at Austin Public Library Central Library | 1 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🧵 Intro to Hand-Stitched Appliqué at Shop Slow | 3 p.m. | $55 | Zilker
- 🎤 Janet Jackson at the Moody Center | 8 p.m. | $25 and up| UT Campus
- 🎫 The Final Poo Poo Platter at Elysium | 10 p.m. | $20 | Downtown Austin
Sunday, July 28
- 🐾 Puppy Pool Party at The Long Goodbye | 11 a.m. | Free | East Austin
- 🏊 Austin City Limits Radio x Hotel Van Zandt Summer Pool Party Series | Noon | $35 | Rainey
- 🎶 BRAVE Fest at Antone’s | 2 p.m. | $15 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎥 “Lonesome Dove Part 1” at Paramount Theatre | 3 p.m. | $12 | Downtown Austin
- 🛼 Taylor Swift Roller Skate Party at Playland Skate Center | 6 p.m. | $18 | North Austin
🤸🏿♀️ Have a great weekend! Go Simone Biles!
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