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April 11, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🌶️ Happy Friday, y’all! News to kick your weekend off right: The Spits and White Denim will perform at this year’s Hot Luck food festival.
What's CITY Talking About?
🎨 Willie Nelson Mural Returns
A new downtown mural of the iconic Willie Nelson is officially done, just weeks after the original was demolished. The new mural is located on the wall of whiskey bar Seven Grand at 405 E. Seventh St. [KUT]
🤔 Where TxLege Is With Two Months To Go
The Texas House has only passed about a dozen bills so far this legislative session, and the session’s end on June 2 is quickly approaching. So, where are we? City Cast Austin Executive Producer Eva Ruth Moravec is breaking down where things stand on vouchers, the THC ban, and DOGE. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
🚫 Some UT Students’ Visas Revoked
The University of Texas at Austin will not say how many international students have had a change in their visa status, only that multiple have seen their visas revoked by the Trump administration or their legal residency status terminated. [The Daily Texan]
- UT students protested the move on Wednesday by walking out of class to a rally. [CBS Austin]
☕ Downtown Is Getting a New Coffee Spot
Swedish Hill is opening a fourth location at 415 Colorado St. downtown in the fall! [Community Impact]
What To Do
Friday, April 11
- 🐕 Community Volunteering: Make Dog Toys with APA! at Austin Creative Reuse | 1:30 p.m. | Free | Windsor Park
- 🛍️ Goldilocks Market at Haymaker | 5 p.m. | Free | Cherrywood
- 🐶 Tiniest Dog Party in Texas: “Spring Fling” benefiting Lil’ Paws Dog Rescue at Hotel Vegas & Volstead Lounge | 5 p.m. | Free | East Austin
- 📚 Lasagna Dinner Book Swap at the Toasty Badger | 6:30 p.m. | $25 | Bouldin Creek
- 🎶 KUTX & Mueller Rock the Park: LP Giobbi at Mueller Lake Park | 6:45 p.m. | Free | Mueller
- 🤠 Queer Country Night at the ABGB | 7 p.m. | Free | Galindo
- 😆 Mae Martin at Paramount Theatre | 7 p.m. | $30 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 LOST IN HOLLYWOOD: Tribute to System of a Down at Come and Take It Live | 7 p.m. | $13 and up | Riverside
- ♥️ Singles COUNTRY Night! at Chalmer’s | 8 p.m. | $11 and up | East César Chávez
- 🎵 Nané Day at Parish | 9 p.m. | $20 | East Austin
Saturday, April 12
- 📚 Austin Texas Book Trail 2025 | All Day | Free | Austin
- 🦋 2025 Butterfly Festival at EmilyAnn Theatre & Garden | 9 a.m. | Free | Wimberley
- 🛍️ North Loop Pop-Up Market along North Loop Boulevard | 10 a.m. | Free | North Loop
- 🌎 Earth Day Austin at Huston-Tillotson University | Noon | Free | East Austin
- 🖼️ Blanton All Day: April 2025 at Blanton Museum of Art | 10 a.m. | $10 and up | UT Campus
- 🐿️ Squirrel Fest at Pease Park | 4 p.m. | Free | Old Enfield
- 🤠 BRONCO: PARD'NER Two-Step Workshop & Queer Tea Dance at Sagebrush | 4 p.m. | $10 | South Austin
- 🧑🎨 Make Your Own Plant Pot or Vase Pottery Class at Meanwhile Brewing Co. | 6 p.m. | $60 | McKinney
- 😆 Josh Johnson at Paramount Theatre | 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. | $35 | Downtown Austin
Sunday, April 13
- 📚 Austin Texas Book Trail 2025 | All Day | Free | Austin
- 🌹 Como La Flor Lotería at Cheer Up Charlie’s | 11 a.m. | $10 | Downtown Austin
- 🛍️ Howdy's Western Market at the Long Goodbye | 11 a.m. | Free | Cherrywood
- 🎊 Frida Friday ATX's 8TH Anything for Selena's Bidi Bidi Bday Celebration at Ani’s Day & Night | Noon | $25 | Montopolis
- 🎨 Art Smart: Día de los Niños at Austin Public Library Central Library | 12:15 p.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🐣 Eggstravaganza in the Park at Parque Zaragoza Recreation Center | 1 p.m. | Free | Govalle
- 🎉 Lutie's Annual Garden Party at Lutie’s | 5 p.m. | $60 | Hancock
- 🎶 The Rocket Summer at ACL Live at 3TEN | 8 p.m. | $30 and up | Downtown Austin
🎶 Have a great weekend! I’m on my way to KUTX’s Rock the Park concert at Mueller Lake Park!
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