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🗣️ How free is speech in Austin right now?
October 14, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🤘 Hello! Did everyone have a nice long weekend? I am still full of dust after Austin City Limits Music Festival. Oh! And by the way, it's Tuesday and OU still sucks!
What's CITY Talking About
🌳 Zilker Park Closed for Maintenance
The Great Lawn at Zilker Park is closed for maintenance, including irrigation and nutrient application. The lawn will be closed through Halloween. [KXAN]
🗣️ New Free Speech Act Facing Lawsuit
The state’s new Campus Protection Act is in full force, requiring, among other things, that student groups get permission from universities before inviting guest speakers to campus. The act has been criticized for limiting free speech and now a lawsuit is seeking to challenge it. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
🚨 Human Error Led to Emergency Alert Problems, Police Say
Austin Police Department is creating new safety measures after Chief Lisa Davis said human error and poor connection during a shift change led to conflicting emergency alerts during last month’s Zilker Park shooting. [KVUE]
🤔 Are These Austin’s Best Thai Restaurants?
Has anyone else been craving Thai food lately? I’m using this guide of fantastic Thai restaurants in Austin to plan my next dinner out! [Eater Austin]
What To Do
Tuesday, Oct. 14
- 🍄 Cooking Club - Autumn Mushrooms with Central Texas Mycology at Austin Public Library Central Library | Downtown Austin
- 📕 Skip Hollandsworth: “She Kills” at BookPeople | Downtown Austin
- 🎶 The Lumineers at the Moody Center | UT Campus
- 🖼️ Free Tuesday at the Blanton Museum of Art | UT Campus
Wednesday, Oct. 15
- 📚 Pop Up Library Van Stop at Marshalling Yards Emergency Shelter | Montopolis
- 👑 Killer Queen - A Tribute To Queen at ACL Live at The Moody Theater | Downtown Austin
- 🎶 Music on the Trail at Rainey Street Trailhead | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 80’s Karaoke at Volstead Lounge | East Austin
- ❓ “Hocus Pocus” Trivia at Tony C's Pizza and Beer Garden | North Shoal Creek
👋 Bye! I’m trying to figure out what I’m going to be for Halloween! I might need to stop by Coco Coquette’s 10th annual vintage and handmade costume yard sale. 👀
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