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🎄 How Christmas pop-ups started
December 11, 2024 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🚨 🚨 🚨 🚨 OUR PARENTS ARE ON THE PODCAST TODAY! Sorry for the all caps, I’m just really excited. My dad, Nikki’s mom, and Eva Ruth’s dad are all on the podcast today sharing holiday memories, traditions, and their wishes for the season. It’s really such a fun episode and I can’t believe we were allowed to do it! Tune in or my dad will be sad! 😢
What's CITY Talking About?
🛣️ I-35 Cap Vote Delayed
Austin City Council members now have until March to vote on funding to construct deck plazas on Interstate 35 after this week’s vote was pushed. [KXAN]
🧣 Where To Get Free Cold Weather Resources
With temperatures dropping into the 30s tonight, now is a good time to make sure you’re ready for the winter months ahead. Austin Water, Austin Energy, and the city are handing out free meter keys, hose bib covers, hand-crank flashlights, and tip sheets around town this week. [KVUE]
✈️ Congressman Calls Out FAA for Understaffed ABIA
U.S. Rep. Lloyd Doggett is urging the Federal Aviation Administration this week to expand Austin-Bergstrom International Airport’s controlled airspace and hire more air traffic controllers, after a ground delay on Sunday affected many flights. [Lloyd Doggett]
📷 UT Tower Restoration Is Messing Up Grad Photos
Students at the University of Texas at Austin are taking graduation photos earlier than usual, due to a restoration of the school’s iconic tower. Construction is expected to last until 2027, and photographers say students who plan to graduate before then are scheduling sessions now so photos include the tower. [The Daily Texan]
What To Do
Wednesday, Dec. 11
- 🛀 Ceremony Spa Bathhouse Grand Opening at Ceremony Spa | 4 p.m. | Free | South Lamar
- 🤘 UT Night at Trail of Lights at Zilker Park | 5:45 p.m. | Free | Zilker
- ❣️ Romantasy Author Panel at Austin Public Library Central Library | 6 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- ✍️ Ultimate Journaling Workshop at Make at Rosie | 6 p.m. | $25 and up | North Austin
- 🕯️ Christmas Candle Craft Night at Wanderlust Wine Co. | 6:30 p.m. | $25 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 Ben Folds at ACL Live at the Moody Theater | 8 p.m. | $50 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎥 “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone” at Meanwhile Brewing Co. | 7 p.m. | Free | Southeast Austin
Thursday, Dec. 12
- 🐦 Birds in the Landscape at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | 8 a.m. | $8 and up | Circle C Ranch
- 🌈 Rainbow Market at Lovebirds | 5 p.m. | Free | East Austin
- 🪩 Nolan Potter’s Nightmare B4 Xmas! at Hotel Vegas | 6 p.m. | $24.08 | East Sixth Street
- 🎄 Jelly's 12th Annual Christmas Jam at ACL Live at 3TEN | 7 p.m. | $25 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎻 Spanish Harlem Orchestra at Austin PBS | 7:30 p.m. | $29 and up | North Austin
- 🎥 “White Christmas” at Paramount Theatre | 7:30 p.m. | $12 | Downtown Austin
🤣 Bye! I’m off to study Moontower Comedy Festival’s 2025 lineup. I’m reallllllly looking forward to John Waters, Atsuko Okatsuka, and Chloe Troast, among many more!
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