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🐶 Furries at TxLege?
March 24, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🚙 Welcome, Monday! If you drive a Tesla Cybertruck, I have some bad news. Roughly 46,000 Cybertrucks, which is nearly all of them, have been recalled because an exterior panel on the windshields can fall off while driving.
What's CITY Talking About?
🍎 Austinites Raise Concerns Over Federal Education Order
President Donald Trump signed an executive order this month to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, and some at the Austin Independent School District say the move could impact students and funding. [KUT]
⭐ Why TxLege Wants To Ban Furries, Consumable Hemp
It can be hard to keep track of what lawmakers are up to during a legislative year. KUT’s Blaise Gainey is here giving us an update on what the Texas Legislature has been up to. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
🎨 Non-Local Airport Art Contracts Removed
After some public upset, the city has removed three contracts that would have put artworks from non-local artists in the airport’s expansion from this week’s city council meeting agenda. [CBS Austin]
🖼️ Want To Buy a Charles Umlauf Artwork?
Austin Auction Gallery has 10 Charles Umlauf pieces, including paintings and sculptures, available this week. Starting bids range from $1,500 to $8,000. [Axios Austin]
🏀 Texas Longhorns Advance in Women’s NCAA Tournament
The Texas women’s basketball team tips off against Illinois at Moody Center today at 1 p.m., in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Hook ‘em! [Austin American-Statesman]
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Where Is This?
Congratulations to David R. for guessing last week’s “Where Is This?” correctly! This photo was taken outside the chapel at Willie Nelson Luck Ranch in Spicewood. Executive Producer Eva Ruth Moravec was out at the ranch during SXSW for Luck Reunion: “The weather was perfect and the festival was so intimate — it felt like Grammy-award-winning blues musician Taj Mahal was performing just for me. Take me back!”
For this week’s photo, we’re back in Austin:
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What To Do
Monday, March 24
- 🏀 2025 NCAA Div I Women's Basketball Championship - 2nd Round at the Moody Center | Time TBA | $14 and up | UT Campus
- 👏 All in for Equality Advocacy Day 2025 at Texas Capitol Building | 9 a.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🤠 ProRodeo & Bellamy Brothers at Rodeo Austin | 7 p.m. | $15 and up | Decker Lake
- ❓ “Gilmore Girls” Trivia at Punchbowl Social | 7 p.m. | Free | North Burnet
- 🎶 JOHNNYSWIM at ACL Live at The Moody Theater | 8 p.m. | $49.50 and up | Downtown Austin
Tuesday, March 25
- 🍳 Issues & Eggs: 6th Street’s Next Act at St. David’s Episcopal Church | 7:30 a.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🐦 Early Birds in the Garden at Zilker Botanical Garden | 7:30 a.m. | $8 and up | Zilker
- 🎶 Tuesday Twilights Featuring Ryan DeSiato at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | 5 p.m. | $9 and up | Circle C Ranch
- 🐴 ProRodeo & Robert Earl Keen at Rodeo Austin | 7 p.m. | $30 and up | Decker Lake
- 🎷 Huston-Tillotson University Jazz Orchestra at Parker Jazz Club | 7:30 p.m. | $15 | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 Bill Murray & His Blood Brothers at Paramount Theatre | 8 p.m. | $45 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎙️ How Did This Get Made? - Live! at ACL Live at The Moody Theater | 8 p.m. | $35 and up | Downtown Austin
👋 Bye! I’m off to listen to the “Hamilton” soundtrack before seeing the show at Bass Concert Hall this week!
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