City Cast Austin
🚣 Drought = fewer boat ramps
April 28, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🫨 Hello, Monday! Oscar-nominated Austinite Jesse Plemons is going to star in the next “The Hunger Games” movie as Plutarch Heavensbee. I’m freaking out!
What's CITY Talking About?
🍃 Court Shoots Down Austin’s Marijuana Decriminalization Policy
Since 2022, Austinites could not be cited or arrested for low-level marijuana offenses after voters approved a decriminalization policy. But this month, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals “reversed and remanded” the policy, and now the city is looking at next steps. [KVUE]
🚣 Most Lake Travis Boat Ramps Closed Amid Drought
Just one public boat ramp, Pace Bend-Tournament Point, is open on Lake Travis. The rest are closed because they can’t be accessed, due to low lake levels. [Community Impact]
🤔 Why Is the State’s Return-to-Office So Bad?
Thousands of state employees are returning to in-person working after Gov. Greg Abbott ordered them to do so. But the move isn’t going well – parking is strained and one agency doesn’t have enough computer monitors. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
💰 Pease Park Loses Free Parking
The city has installed paid parking spaces at Pease Park between Enfield Road and Kingsbury Street to help “improve safety and create more availability.” Visitors will have to pay to park using the city’s Park ATX app. [KXAN]
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Where Is This?
Congratulations to Manuel O. for guessing last week’s “Where Is This?” correctly! This photo was taken at Mueller Lake Park.
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What To Do
Monday, April 28
- 🐕 Preschool Imagination Station- Vet Clinic at Austin Public Library Yarborough Branch | 10 a.m. | Free | Rosedale
- 🖥️ Clase de Computación | Computer Classes in Spanish & English at Austin Public Library Southeast Branch | 1 p.m. | Free | McKinney
- 🧦 Socks for the Sole at CAVA on Guadalupe Street | 6 p.m. | Free | West Campus
- 🪕 Bluegrass Night at Radio Coffee & Beer (South) | 7 p.m. | Free | South Lamar
- 🤠 Brooke Eden at Sagebrush | 7 p.m. | Free | South Austin
- 🎶 Tyler Hilton at ACL Live at 3TEN | 8 p.m. | $25 and up | Downtown Austin
Tuesday, April 29
- 📚 All Ages Storytime at Austin Public Library Central Library | 10 a.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 💬 ATXplained Live at Bass Concert Hall | 7:30 p.m. | $19 and up | UT Campus
- 🎷 The Music of Duke Ellington at Parker Jazz Club | 7:30 p.m. | $15 and up | Downtown Austin
- ❓ Trivia Night at Radio East | 8 p.m. | Free | McKinney
👋 Bye! I’m investigating this list of more than 70 songs named “Texas.”
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