City Cast Austin
👀 Austin’s top artist
May 19, 2026 · Kelsey Bradshaw
🎶 This is so fun! According to Spotify data, Austin’s all-time most-listened-to artist is Taylor Swift, with Drake and Bad Bunny trailing behind her. You will never guess what the city’s top song is, though! 👀
What's CITY Talking About
Officials Consider License Plate Readers After Shooting Spree
Austin officials said license plate readers would have been helpful as police searched for three people suspected of carrying out at least 10 shootings over the weekend. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said officials should discuss using the readers again. [KXAN]
- Three people were arrested in connection with the shootings. One has been identified as 17-year-old Cristian Mondragon. [Austin American-Statesman]
2 Austin Taquerias Make Best List
Comadre Panadería and Paprika ATX made Texas Monthly’s list of the 25 best “new(ish)” taquerias in the state. [Texas Monthly]
- In other taco news, Cuantos Tacos is opening a brick-and-mortar restaurant next year in North Austin. [Austin Business Journal 🔒]
A Border Wall in Big Bend Is Back on the Table
A $1.7 billion federal contract for a “border wall in Big Bend Texas” was awarded this month, just a week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said no wall would be built in Big Bend National Park. The Trump Administration also waived environmental protections for the area to make way for construction. [The Texas Tribune]
1972 Pub Must Relocate
1972 Pub, the state’s first women’s sports bar, is looking for a new location as the city acquires the building the bar is currently in to make way for Austin’s light rail project. [1972 Pub]
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What To Do
Tuesday, May 19
- 🎶 Tuesday Twilights Feat. Live Jukebox Trio at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- ✍️ Write with Spike: Writing Workshops with Spike Gillespie at Austin Public Library Hampton Branch at Oak Hill
- 🧑🌾 Dig It! Gardening in Texas at Austin Public Library Howson Branch
- 📗 Sarah Wang: “New Skin” at First Lights Book Shop
- ❓ Queer Trivia: “Shrek” 25th Anniversary at Cheer Up Charlies
Wednesday, May 20
- ❓“Summer House” Trivia at Bouldin Acres
- 🦠 Homeschool Day: Citizen Science at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
- 🖼️ Literary Arts Fest Night at the Jones Center
- 🎶 Big Loud Texas Live! at ACL Live at 3TEN
- 📚 Special Author Storytime: Snow Zheng at BookPeople
- 🎥 “Space Jam: A New Legacy” at Hyperreal Film Club
Thursday, May 21
- ❓ “The Office” Trivia at 1972 Pub
- 💃 Celebrate AANHPI: Bollywood Dance at Austin Public Library John Gillum Branch
- 🪩 Adult KPOP Night at Austin Public Library Milwood Branch
- 🎶 The Drop-In at the Long Center
- 💬 ATXplained Live at Bass Concert Hall
- 🐇 Tiny Tails to You Petting Zoo! at BookPeople
🥒 When is it too much pickle? Smoothie King has debuted a pickle smoothie in collaboration with Grillo’s Pickles. I love pickles as much as the next person — but a smoothie?!
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