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🔆 Where to see holiday lights in Austin
December 2, 2025 · Kelsey Bradshaw
👀 Hi! The Austin Convention Center is completely gone, y’all. I can’t stop staring at this aerial photo of where the building used to be!
What's CITY Talking About
👏 HOPE Outdoor Gallery Is Back
HOPE Outdoor Gallery has reopened in its new space near the airport. The interactive graffiti park sits on a 17-acre site that includes a 6,000-square-foot gallery, a cafe, and a shop where you can buy spray paint. [KUT]
✅ Austin’s Got a New Budget. What Got Cut?
When Austinites rejected Proposition Q on Election Day, they sent city council back to the drawing board to create a new budget — which the city adopted in what seemed like record time. Some city contractors saw their funding shrink. [City Cast Austin 🎧]
📰 Austinite Deported While Flying Home for Thanksgiving
Any Lucia Lopez Belloza, a 19-year-old college student, was deported to Honduras after being detained at a Boston airport while trying to fly home to Austin for Thanksgiving. Lopez Belloza does not have a criminal record, and her family was told in 2017 that they had no deportation orders. [Austin American-Statesman]
☕ Are These the Best Coffee Shops in Town?
Austin’s coffee scene is robust and always changing. This best list includes spots like Mercado Sin Nombre and Flitch Coffee. [Eater Austin]
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What To Do
Tuesday, Dec. 2
- 🏃 Elf Pub Run at Paramount Theatre | Downtown Austin
- 🫶 GivingTuesday | Austin
- 🛍️ UMLAUF After Dark: Holiday Market at Umlauf Sculpture Garden + Museum | Zilker
- 🧷 Deck the Diapers at Austin Diaper Bank | North Austin
- 🎥 “Misery” at Hyperreal Film Club | East Austin
- 🎶 Greg Freeman at 29th Street Ballroom | Central Austin
- 📚 Book Club at Lazarus | North Loop
Wednesday, Dec. 3
- 🎥 “The Holiday” at Paramount Theatre | Downtown Austin
- 🧷 Deck the Diapers at Austin Diaper Bank | North Austin
- 🎶 Ozzy Osbourne Tribute Show Benefiting Parkinson’s Foundation at Hotel Vegas | East Austin
- 🍿 “The Muppet Christmas Carol” at Hyperreal Film Club | East Austin
- 🎸 The Aces — Gold Star Baby Tour at Empire Control Room & Garage | Downtown Austin
- 🎤 In Conversation: Raul De Lara and Julie Le at The Moody Rooftop at the Jones Center | Downtown Austin
👋 Bye! I’m off to get out my winter clothes that have been stored under my bed because it’s (finally) going to be chilly allllll week!
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