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🎶 Why Garth Brooks is coming to Austin
April 17, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🐶 Woo, it’s Thursday! If you’ve been looking for a sign to adopt a dog, here’s one: Austin Animal Center is offering free adoptions of dogs over 40 pounds who have been in the shelter for at least 30 days to help with capacity issues.
What's CITY Talking About?
🍽️ Food Bank Has Lost Thousands of Meals After Trump Cuts
The delivery of roughly 913,000 pounds of food, or about 716,000 meals, to the Central Texas Food Bank has been canceled after the U.S. Department of Agriculture cut more than a billion dollars meant for food banks and schools. [KUT]
☎️ Trump Called Texas Lawmakers Ahead of Voucher Vote
President Donald Trump called into the Texas House GOP meeting ahead of a Wednesday vote on school vouchers, saying, in part, “This is really saying we have to have parents rights and we have to say no to the radical indoctrination that’s happening all over the schools.” He added that school vouchers will “get rid of all the bad stuff.” [Quorum Report]
🎶 F1 Lineup Is Out
Garth Brooks, Turnpike Troubadors, and Kygo will headline Formula 1 MSC Cruises United States Grand Prix in October. Tickets are available. [Circuit of the Americas]
🍦 Ice Cream Museum Needs a New Home
The Museum of Ice Cream at the Domain is seeking a new space after the attraction’s landlord did not renew the museum’s lease. [Austin Business Journal]
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Austin is our home. It’s where we’re raising families, building communities, championing causes, and shaping a brighter future for our city. Austin Community Foundation invites you to Austin in Common on April 29—an evening to connect, celebrate, and envision the vibrant, equitable Austin we all want. Tickets available at austinincommon.org.
What To Do
Thursday, April 17
- 💃 Homeschool Spring Social at Austin Public Library Hampton Branch at Oak Hill | 12:30 p.m. | Free | Oak Hill
- 🛟 Austin Lifeguard Hiring Event at the Aquatics Division Office | Free | 4 p.m. | Central Austin
- 🌸 UMLAUF 26th Annual Garden Party at UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum | $225 and up | 5:30 p.m. | Zilker
- 🌇 Golden Hour Tour at Laguna Gloria | 6 p.m. | Free | Tarrytown
- 😆 Atsuko Okatsuka at Paramount Theatre | 7 p.m. | $29.50 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 Kylie Minogue at the Moody Center | 7:30 p.m. | $38 and up | UT Campus
Friday, April 18
- 🌱 Spring Native Plant Sale at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | 9 a.m. | Free | Circle C Ranch
- 💿 KUTX Vinyl Happy Hour at Lou’s Eastside | 4 p.m. | Free | East Cesar Chavez
- 🎶 Lane 8 at the Moody Amphitheater | 7 p.m. | $39 and up | Downtown Austin
- 🪩 Gimme Gimme Disco – Abba Dance Party at Empire Control Room & Garage | 9 p.m. | $10 and up | Downtown Austin
- 😆 Janelle James at Paramount Theatre | 9:30 p.m. | $35 and up | Downtown Austin
🍪 Bye! I’m off to make plans to go to the South Lamar Lick Honest Ice Creams on Friday for their collab with Rockman Coffee + Bakeshop!
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