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🌈 Who bought Cheer Ups?
October 15, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
📰 Hi! We have so much news to attend to so let’s keep this intro short: I hope you have a great Wednesday! Thank you so much for reading! Can you believe it’s Wednesday already? And how about that weather? OK! News time ⬇️
What's CITY Talking About
🌈 Cheer Up Charlies Owners Step Down After Acquistion
Maggie Lea and Tamara Hoover have stepped down as owners of Cheer Up Charlies after the popular bar and venue was sold to Pride Holdings, a Florida-based investment firm. The bar will become a franchised brand in 2026. [KUT]
👻 A Guide to Austin’s Scary Movies
Did you know Central Texas is where many horror movies were filmed?! Here’s a guide to them! [City Cast Austin]
⚖️ SCOTUS Denies Alex Jones Appeal
An appeal by local conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to overturn a $1.4 billion defamation judgment against him for saying the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting was a hoax has been rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court. [Austin American-Statesman]
✍️ City Verifying Convention Center Petition
Austin officials are in the process of verifying more than 20,000 signatures on a petition to delay or stop construction of the city’s new convention center. The petition was turned in this week and could take a month to verify. [Austin Business Journal]
✈️ Staffing Issues Caused Another Airport Ground Stop
Travelers experienced, on average, a 40-minute delay at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport after a staffing shortage caused a ground stop for four hours on Monday. [KVUE]
What To Do
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
Thursday, Oct. 16
- 🐐 Tiny Tails to You Petting Zoo at BookPeople | Downtown Austin
- 🏋️ Get FIT at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center | Circle C Ranch
- 🎤 “Steven Universe” Drag Tribute at Cheer Up Charlies | Downtown Austin
- 🧊 Ice Cube at the Moody Center | UT Campus
- 😆 Iliza Shlesinger at Bass Concert Hall | UT Campus
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