Texas Book Festival is excited to announce Kids on Congress, an avenue at the annual Festival on October 27 and 28 packed with a variety of kids events and entertainment. Children’s book and author highlights include Kazu Kibuishi, Matt de la Peña and Christian Robinson, and Mary Pope Osborne. This year’s children’s author lineup also includes Jacqueline Woodson,…
Penfold Theatre Company presents a live, murder mystery dinner experience, The Most Fateful Tragedy of the Brushy Creek Lovers: an Investigation Spiritual, for Valentine’s Day weekend only, February 16-18, at the Rabb House in Round Rock.
In the latter years of the 19th century, tragedy struck the banks of Brushy Creek. The locals will give you mixed…
For the fourth year in a row, Pollyanna Theatre is remounting their highly acclaimed production for children and families about Civil Rights, Liberty! Equality! And Fireworks! by Gregory S. Perrin. The performance is free to the public on Saturday, February 17th at 2:00 pm at the LBJ Library Auditorium located at 2313 Red River Street. The play is best suited for children grades…
For young children, Halloween night is one of the best of the year. But trick-or-treating can be dangerous if kids and parents aren’t careful. Families can visit participating stores at Round Rock Premium Outlets and collect treats for a fun and safe trick-or-treating experience on October 31.
Calling all ghouls and goblins! Costumed children under 12 are invited to join…
JIGSAW is bringing back the iconic blood drive to save more lives than ever and Lionsgate is partnering with We Are Blood, the sole local source of blood for a ten-county area in Central Texas since 1952.
Donate blood at the donation center on 4300 N. Lamar Blvd on October 20th from 8am-5pm and receive a free ticket (while supplies…
Have you heard about The Hive? It’s a really cool place in Austin opening on October 23rd. A co-working, child care, coffee & beer kind of place. Sounds like a dream for remote workers & parents who need to get away.
Here are some more details about The Hive you need to know:
How it works
Open Seating: We also have a beautiful…
Come on out with your 2-legged and 4-legged companions for a fun filled day at the 10th Annual Dogtoberfest Austin at The Domain! The annual fundraiser supports local dog-rescue organizations. In 2016, over 6,000 people and their canine companions attended the event.
Dogtoberfest Austin includes more than 50 pet-related vendor booths, a silent auction, a canine costume contest, wiener dog…
SYFY and Alamo Drafthouse are partnering to present the SYFY25 Screening Series, a fun-filled retrospective of genre classics to celebrate the network’s upcoming 25th anniversary.
As part of that screening series, they’ve put together another amazing screening event: EVIL DEAD 2. In the woods. With America’s finest leading chin, Bruce Campbell, in attendance.
EVIL DEAD 2 is celebrating its 30 birthday,…
In honor of two epic films screening this Memorial Day weekend, Alamo Drafthouse Austin is pleased to announced the return of a much-requested favorite: Alamo Drafthouse Boat Parties.
On Saturday, May 27th, abandon all hopes of boredom for all ye brave enough to join the crew of the Alamo Drafthouse for the return of the greatest parrrrrrrrrty the high seas…
NEA Chairman Jane Chu and Blue Star Families CEO Kathy Roth-Douquet announced the eighth annual launch of Blue Star Museums, a collaboration among the National Endowment for the Arts, Blue Star Families, the Department of Defense, and more than 2,000 museums across America to offer free admission to the nation’s active duty military personnel, including National Guard and Reserve…
Central Texas’ most well-known children’s theatre company, Pollyanna Theatre, a resident company of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, presents the world premiere of Playing Possum: A Trickster Tale from Mexico by Holly Hepp-Galvan. This new play, best suited for children ages 5-9, opens May 12 – 21 at the Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701…
The Long Center for the Performing Arts is pleased to announce that Shopkins Live!, the first live theatrical production based on the phenomenally successful Shopkins toy brand will come to Dell Hall on October 21. The first national tour was jointly announced today by Gilles Paquin, President and CEO of Koba Entertainment, and Nicole Hardiman, Senior Licensing Manager at…