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📚 Texas Book Festival lineup is out
September 19, 2024 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🎄 Good morning! I know it’s still 90 degrees outside, but perhaps you have Christmas on the brain? The city is now accepting Zilker Tree Art submissions from artists ages 5 to 10. Three winners will get to help light the tree in December!
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What's CITY Talking About?
📚 Texas Book Festival Lineup Is Out
Matthew McConaughey and Malcolm Gladwell are headlining this November’s Texas Book Festival. Also on the lineup: Rumaan Alam, Jay Ellis, Ernest Cline, Jane Smiley, Attica Locke, Rachel Khong, and more. [Texas Book Festival]
🎙️How to Navigate Austin’s LGBTQ-Plus Dating Scene
How can queer Austinites find love in our ever-changing city? Mase Kerwick, a storyteller who hosts the podcast Queertowne, is on the City Cast Austin podcast today giving us the 411 on meeting other queer Austinites. [City Cast Austin]
🚓 Officer Won’t Face New Murder Charge
Austin police officer Christopher Taylor, whose two trials for the murder of Michael Ramos ended in mistrials, will not face another murder charge in the 2019 killing of Mauris DeSilva. [KXAN]
🪪 Saturday Driver’s License Appointments Available
Have you been having trouble getting a driver’s license appointment? Good news! The state is offering up weekend appointments this Saturday and Sept. 28 at select offices across the state. [Austin American-Statesman]
What To Do
Thursday, Sep. 19
- 📚 Happy Hour Book Club at Better Half | 6 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 Faye Webster at Moody Amphitheater | 7 p.m. | $25.50 and up | Downtown Austin
Friday, Sep. 20
- 💃 Dance it Out at The Capitol | 5 p.m. | Free | Texas State Capitol Grounds
- 🎶 Frida Friday ATX at Rivian Showroom | 6 p.m. | Free | South Congress
- 💃 Early: A Dance Party at Dusk with DJ Mel at ACL Live at 3TEN | 7 p.m. | $15 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🚬 Cigarettes After Sex at the Moody Center | 8 p.m. | $25 and up | UT Campus
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