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🎊 Ego’s Bar is staying open
August 28, 2024 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🪿 Good morning! I am reading this story about an elusive, injured goose who avoided capture for a month before city officials finally nabbed her. The goose had fishing line wrapped around her leg and is now being treated at Austin Wildlife Rescue.
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🎤 Ego’s Bar Gets To Stay Open
Hooray! Ego’s Bar is staying open. It was touch-and-go there for a bit. The bar’s plumbing was collapsing and officials there were only prepared to stay open through August. But the bar’s plumbing has been fixed and passed inspection! “WE'RE BACK BABY!!!” the bar said on Instagram. [Ego’s Bar]
🎸 How To Survive as a Professional Musician in Austin
Local musician Alex Marrero is on the podcast today to talk about how he’s able to make it as a professional musician in Austin, as part of our Tecovas-sponsored music series, “Austin in Stereo.” [City Cast Austin]
💵 Some UT Scholarships Frozen After New DEI Law
Since January, when a law that bans diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and policies went into effect, at least 15 scholarships at the University of Texas were frozen or modified. [Axios Austin]
📄 Austin Charter Changes May Be Removed From Ballot
A Save Our Springs Alliance lawsuit against the city of Austin says city officials violated the Texas Open Meetings Act when they added 13 proposed charter changes to the November election. The case is headed to the Supreme Court of Texas. [The Austin Monitor]
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What To Do
Wednesday, Aug. 28
- 📕 All Ages Storytime at Austin Public Library Central Library | 10 a.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🎥 “The Big Lebowski” at Paramount Theatre | 7:30 p.m. | $12 | Downtown Austin
- 📚Y’all Means All Book Club: “How Far the Light Reaches” at Book People | 7 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
Thursday, Aug. 29
- 🎤 Slightly Stoopid and Dirty Heads at Germania Insurance Amphitheater | 6 p.m. | $19 and up | Circuit of the Americas
- 🎶 American Pie Emo Night: Celebrating 25 Years at Parish | 6:30 p.m. | $20 | East Austin
- ❓ “RuPaul’s Drag Race” Trivia at Full Circle Bar | 8 p.m. | Free | East Austin
👋 Bye! I’m thinking about students in Uvalde. After receiving a $10 million donation on Tuesday, Uvalde CISD has raised more than 80% of the money it needs to build a new school to replace Robb Elementary, which was closed after a shooter killed 19 students and two teachers there in 2022.
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