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February 28, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🤒 Happy Friday! I am back and I absolutely do not recommend getting the flu!
What's CITY Talking About?
✏️ 8 AISD Employees To Be Reassigned After Trump Funding Freeze
Eight Austin Independent School District employees who help students new to the country adjust to life in Austin will be reassigned because of a Trump administration federal funding freeze. The employees work with students who are refugees, asylum-seekers, or newcomers. [Austin American-Statesman]
🏈 Girls’ Flag Football, Measles, and What To Do This Weekend
Another big week in news has ended. We’re discussing the Dallas Cowboys bringing flag football to girls at Austin high schools, a new bill that Texas lawmakers are considering to restrict funding for public libraries that host so-called drag queen story hours, and what’s going on with the state’s measles outbreak. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
🏞️ Texas Parks Affected by Trump Layoffs
Nine National Park Service employees — five at Big Bend National Park, two at Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, and two at Palo Alto Battlefield National Historical Park — have been laid off as part of the Trump administration’s workforce reduction. [Axios San Antonio]
🏗️ Get Ready for I-35 Construction Near Lady Bird Lake
The Texas Department of Transportation announced this week that construction on Interstate 35 between Holly Street and Texas 71 is starting. [KXAN]
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What To Do
Friday, Feb. 28
- 🎶 Johnny Cash Bash at Mean Eyed Cat Bar | 11 a.m. | Free | Old West Austin
- 🖼️ B Scene: Double Take at the Blanton Museum of Art | 7 p.m. | $5 and up | UT Campus
- 🕺 Versa-Style Street Dance Company at McCullough Theatre | 7:30 p.m. | $29 and up | UT Campus
- 🎸 The Robert Cray Band at Paramount Theatre | 8 p.m. | $25 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 Imagine Muny IV Gala: A Special evening with Wynonna Judd at ACL Live at the Moody Theater | 8:30 p.m. | $59 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🔊 Tomar & the FCs Album Release and 10-Year Anniversary Party at Antone’s | 9 p.m. | $20 | Downtown Austin
- 🐴 Pink Pony Rodeo at Cheer Up Charlie’s | 10 p.m. | $10 | Downtown Austin
Saturday, March 1
- 🌱 It's My Park Day | All Day | Free | City-wide
- 🦀 Bayou Bash at Sign Bar | Noon | Free | Far East Austin
- 💜 Mardi Gras at Gibson Street Bar | Noon | Free | South Lamar
- 🧙 “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets™” in Concert at Bass Concert Hall | 1 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. | $50 and up | UT Campus
- 🎉 Carnaval at Ani’s Day and Night | 6 p.m. | $15 | Montopolis
- 🤎 Brownout at Radio/East | 7 p.m. | $24.54 | McKinney
- 🎻 Beethoven X Coldplay at the Long Center | 7:30 p.m. | $41 and up | Bouldin Creek
- 🕺 Versa-Style Street Dance Company at McCullough Theatre | 7:30 p.m. | $29 and up | UT Campus
Sunday, March 2
- 🏀 War in Pease 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament at Pease Park | 9 a.m. | $50 per team | Old Enfield
- 🌳 Forest Bathing at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | 10 a.m. | $45 | Circle C Ranch
- ⛹️♀️ Texas Women's Basketball vs. Florida at the Moody Center | 1 p.m. | $9 | UT Campus
- 👑 A Brunch of Drag at The Far Out Lounge & Stage | 2 p.m. | $10 | South Austin
- 📻 Texas Standard’s 10th Birthday Party at Scholz Garten | 3 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🤸 The Peking Acrobats at Paramount Theatre | 3 p.m. | $28 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🍤 Mardi Gras at Meanwhile Brewing Co. | 4:30 p.m. | Free | McKinney
- 🎶 The 43rd Austin Music Awards at Antone’s | 7 p.m. | $20 | Downtown Austin
👋 Have a great weekend! I’m going to enjoy the sunshine and temperatures in the 80s.
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