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🦷 Biting lemurs?
August 4, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🐶 Happy Monday! Let’s start with some good news: Noodles the dog was found! Taylor Hannon, the dog’s owner and an Austin food blogger, said Noodles was in his car when he was stolen last week, inciting a citywide hunt.
What's CITY Talking About?
✈️ Texas Dems Fly to Chicago To Stop Redistricting Vote
Most of the Democrats in the Texas House flew to Chicago on Sunday in an effort to stop a planned vote today on a new congressional district map, depriving the House of a quorum needed to function. [The Texas Tribune]
🐟 Austin Aquarium Receives Warning
The U.S. Department of Agriculture recently accused the Austin Aquarium of many violations, including lemurs biting visitors and otters there having open feeding tubes, allowing people to drop anything into their enclosures. [PETA]
📺 New HBO Doc Follows Austin’s Yogurt Shop Killings
HBO debuted a new documentary series last night that chronicles the killing of four teenage girls in 1991 at a yogurt shop in Austin. The case remains unsolved and the director of the documentary explored the trauma it continues to cause for many Austinites. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
🗳️ Watson Supports a Tax Rate Election
Mayor Kirk Watson said he sees a tax rate election as “needed in these uncertain financial times” on the city’s council message board last week. Raising the rate would help the city with its $33 million budget deficit. [City of Austin]
Where Is This?
Congratulations to Nicole C. for guessing last week’s “Where Is This?” correctly! This photo was taken outside of the Long Center on Riverside Drive. The sculpture, titled “Love Hate,” used to be on the Hartman Concert Lawn.
Can you guess where this week’s photo was taken?
Surely you know where this is! If you do, reply to this email with your best guess to be featured in next Monday’s newsletter!
What To Do
Monday, Aug. 4
- 🧘 Yoga FIT: Summer Series at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | Circle C Ranch
- 🎥 “All the President’s Men” at Paramount Theatre | Downtown Austin
- 🍿 “Showgirls 2: Penny’s From Heaven” at Hyperreal Film Club | East Austin
- 📚 Pajama Storytime at Austin Public Library Windsor Park Branch | Windsor Park
- 🎷 Blue Monday at Antone’s | Downtown Austin
- 🎨 Rasti Draw: Unplug and Draw at Zilker Botanical Garden | Zilker
Tuesday, Aug. 5
- 🎶 Blues on the Green at Zilker Park | Zilker
- 🖼️ Free Tuesday at the Blanton Museum of Art | UT Campus
- 🎭 Summer Stock Austin 2025: “Jesus Christ Superstar” at McCullough Theatre | UT Campus
- 🎥 “Cecil B. Demented” at Hyperreal Film Club | East Austin
- 🐶 Barking Book Buddies: Read to Hank! Read to Rio! at Austin Public Library John Gillum Branch | North Shoal Creek
- 🎸 Guitar Meet-Up Group at Austin Public Library Twin Oaks Branch | Bouldin Creek
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