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November 8, 2024 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🥰 TGIF, y’all! We made it through the week and thank goodness for that.
What's CITY Talking About?
🐶 Pet Fosters Needed After Bastrop Fire
Austin Pets Alive! is asking for people to foster and adopt pets so it can make room for dogs and cats rescued from Bastrop, where a wildfire burned 400 acres this week. [KVUE]
🎙️ Why Trump’s Support Grew Locally and What We Know About Austin’s Next City Council
Texas Tribune politics reporter Jasper Scherer is on the City Cast Austin podcast today breaking down president-elect Donald Trump’s Austin support, the local races on our minds, and more. [City Cast Austin]
🚧 Firm Awarded Nearly $1 Billion for I-35 Expansion
Balfour Beatty, an international infrastructure firm, has been awarded a $746 million contract to oversee part of Interstate 35’s expansion between Texas 71 and Holly Street. The replacement of a 1956 bridge across Lady Bird Lake will be included in the firm’s work. [Austin Business Journal]
🎤 Watch Austinite on ‘The Voice’
Austin High School grad Torre Blake is competing on “The Voice” this season! Catch her on Monday night on NBC at 7 p.m. [Austin Monthly]
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What To Do
Friday, Nov. 8
- 🎸 KUTX Rock the Park at Mueller Lake Park Amphitheater | 6:30 p.m. | Free | Mueller
- 🐦 Birding at Pease Park | 7:30 a.m. | Free | Old Enfield
- 🎨 Make & Take: Origami at Austin Creative Reuse | Noon | Free | Windsor Park
- 🐟 Creek Show Opening Night at Waterloo Park | 7 p.m. | $15 | Downtown Austin
- 👑 Bob The Drag Queen at Paramount Theatre | 8 p.m. | $43.50 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🤘 Fragile Rock 10th Anniversary Show at the Highball | 9 p.m. | Free | South Lamar
Saturday, Nov. 9
- 🛍️ City-Wide Vintage Sale at Palmer Events Center | 8:30 a.m. | $10 | Bouldin Creek
- 🖼️ West Austin Studio Tour | Noon | Free | West of Interstate 35
- 🏫 The Legacy of Rosenwald Schools with Andrew Feiler at Bullock Texas State History Museum | 1 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 💃 Cumbia Caravan at the Far Out Lounge | 5 p.m. | $10 and up | Southpark Meadows
- 🔥 Extreme Heat 50th Anniversary at Saxon Pub | 7:30 p.m. | $20 | Zilker
- 🐟 Creek Show at Waterloo Park | 6 p.m. | $6 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🤠 Ray Wylie Hubbard at Paramount Theatre | 8 p.m. | $24.50 and up | Downtown Austin
Sunday, Nov. 10
- 🤸 Pilates in the Park with Moogie Pilates at Meanwhile Brewing | 10 a.m. | Free | Southeast Austin
- 🛍️ City-Wide Vintage Sale at Palmer Events Center | 11 a.m. | $10 | Bouldin Creek
- 🖼️ West Austin Studio Tour | Noon | Free | West of Interstate 35
- 📽️ Sharon Arteaga Film Screenings at the Truth, Racial Hearing and Transformation Center | 2 p.m. | Free | Skyview
- 🎥 “Encanto:” The Sing-A-Long Film Concert at Bass Concert Hall | 3 p.m. | $29.50 and up | UT Campus
- 🐟 Creek Show at Waterloo Park | 6 p.m. | $6 and up | Downtown Austin
👋 Have a great weekend! I’m off to a friend's birthday at Sam’s Town Point!
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