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🏖️ How to staycation in Austin
June 3, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
♻️ Hello, hello! I have big recycling news for you: If you have a city-issued blue recycling bin, you can now toss in coated cartons and other paper products. Think rinsed-out paper coffee cups, paper plates, takeout food containers, and milk or juice cartons.
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🏖️ Where To Staycation in Austin
Getting out of town for a vacation can be expensive and also annoying! Staycations are the perfect way to avoid stressful travel days at the airport, if you ask us. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
💔 Inside the Black Barbecue Family Feud
KXAN is releasing a documentary about an ongoing feud among the Blacks, a legendary barbecue family, on Thursday. Kent Black claims his nephews, Mike and Mark Black, opened Terry Black’s Barbecue in Austin without warning. [KXAN]
💉 Williamson County Measles Cases Grow
The state is now reporting six confirmed cases of measles in Williamson County. Health officials don’t believe the cases are connected to the measles outbreak in West Texas. [KUT]
😞 Storm Damages East Austin Nature Preserve
Blair Woods Preserve, a 10-acre space in East Austin run by Travis Audubon, is facing roughly $20,000 in damages after last week’s storm and is closed for the foreseeable future. [KVUE]
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What To Do
Tuesday, June 3
- 🏳️🌈 5th Annual Travis County Pride Flag Raising Ceremony at Travis County Administration Building | 11:30 a.m. | Free | Downtown Austin
- 🌚 UMLAUF After Dark: PRIDE at Umlauf Sculpture Garden + Museum | 6 p.m. | $12 | Zilker
- 😆 Lez Be Friends Comedy & Blind Dating Show at Rozco's Comedy Club | 7 p.m. | $22.18 | East Austin
- 🧜 “Mermaids” at Hyperreal Film Club | 7:30 p.m. | $8 and up | East Austin
- 💜 Purple People Party: A Tribute to Prince at Antone’s | 8 p.m. | $14.45 | Downtown Austin
😮💨 Look at this video Texas Cannabis Collective posted of the many boxes of letters urging Gov. Greg Abbott to veto a bill banning THC in the state. Abbott has until June 22 to veto or approve the bill.
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