Austin Cave Festival

Austin Cave Festival

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Date: 02/22 | Time: 10 AM – 3 PM CST | Location: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center

The Austin Cave Festival is a FREE, family-friendly day of hands-on exploration & learning how to help protect Austin’s water resources.

This free, family-friendly event will feature hands-on activities, cave tours, live music, and more. Visitors will have the opportunity to explore a cave and see how water makes its way to the aquifer and Barton Springs. Additionally, they learn about animals that call Austin’s caves home, try on caving gear, and learn how to protect and conserve Austin’s water resources.

Austin Cave Festival is hosted by the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, the Barton Springs Edwards Aquifer Conservation District, and the City of Austin (Austin Parks and Recreation Department; Austin Water Wildland Conservation Division and Watershed Protection Department).

In addition to caving, there will be lots of indoor and outdoor activities to choose from, so the event will be held rain or shine!

The event will not have pre-registration for cave tours. Registration will be handled onsite, on a first-come, first-served basis. Although the number of spots available for cave tours is limited, there will be many other activities.

For more information on the Austin Cave Festival, click here.

Season Launch Party 23rd Cine Las Americas IFF

Season Launch Party 23rd Cine Las Americas IFF

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Date: 02/21 | Time: 7 PM – 10 PM CST | Location: Santa Cruz Theater

Season Launch Party 23rd Cine Las Americas IFF

The 23rd Cine Las Americas International Film Festival is in just a few months (May 6th-10th), so we are throwing a party with membership discounts, drinks, giveaways, and more at the Santa Cruz Theater!

Beverages will be provided by Braavos Distributing Co.

Come mingle with board members, staff, volunteers, and the Cine Las Americas community. Take advantage of this exclusive one-night only opportunity to buy memberships and badges with a 10% DISCOUNT! The event is FREE and open to the public (21+), so BRING ALL YOUR AMIG@S!!!

**One-Night Only Specials for Attendees**
– 10% discount on ALL Cine Las Americas memberships & badge purchases!
– Free drinks and raffle giveaways!
– Music and visuals by Chido Machine
– Food provided by Arepa Dealers ATX (a portion of the proceeds will benefit the festival)

Secure your BADGES to the FESTIVAL to receive exclusive benefits:
– Preferential seating for every screening (subject to badge policies and regulations).
– Invitations to “badge and invite only” special events during the festival.
– All badges come with annual membership and support Cine Las Americas programs all year!

For more information on the Season Launch Party 23rd Cine Las Americas IFF, click here.

QuiltCon 2020 - Modern Quilt Guild Show

QuiltCon 2020

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Date: 02/20 – 02/23 | Time: 4 PM CST | Location: Austin Convention Center

QuiltCon 2020 – Modern Quilt Guild Show

QuiltCon is the international conference and quilt show by and for The Modern Quilt Guild. The biggest modern quilting event of its kind, QuiltCon features top modern quilting instructors and will attract attendees from around the world. It includes a juried modern quilt show with cash prizes, vendors, lectures, workshops form top modern quilters, and more. This will be the sixth time QuiltCon has been held.

Each year, thousands of attendees come to see over nearly 600 modern quilts on display, including 400 juried in from MQG members around the world. The conference features four days of workshops and lectures led by leading designers and quilters, and the show floor has dozens of vendors and exhibitors for days of shopping and fun.

For more information on QuiltCon 2020, click here.

ECCO - East Coast Chamber Orchestra

ECCO – East Coast Chamber Orchestra

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Date: 02/19 | Time: 7:30 PM – 9:30 PM CST | Location: Bates Recital Hall

Texas Performing Arts welcomes one of the most exceptional ensembles of today’s generation, the East Coast Chamber Orchestra!

In 2001, a group of colleagues and friends from leading conservatories and festivals across the country envisioned the creation of a democratically run, self-conducted chamber orchestra that would thrive on the pure joy and camaraderie of classical music-making. The result is East Coast Chamber Orchestra (ECCO).

ECCO is a dynamic collective that combines the strength and power of a great orchestra with the personal involvement and sensitivity of superb chamber music.

ECCO is comprised of soloists, chamber musicians, members of major American orchestras, and Grammy Award-winners, including many musicians who have ties to the prestigious Marlboro Music Festival.

For more information, click here.

Love Stories: Casablanca

Love Stories: Casablanca

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Date: Feb. 14, 15, 18 | Time: 7 PM
| Location: AFS Cinema

Love Stories: Casablanca. Directed by Michael Curtiz, A Hal B. Wallis Production.

It really is a perfect film. In the French colonial outpost of Casablanca, miles away from the guns of WWII, an American nightclub owner (Humphrey Bogart) sees an old flame (Ingrid Bergman) again, but the forces that are driving the world apart threaten to extinguish the fire.

Pricing

General Public
$11.25 evening / $9 matinee

$3 discounts for AFS MAKE & WATCH members. Free for LOVE & Premiere.

For more information, click here.

Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood Live: Neighbor Day

Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: Neighbor Day

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Date: 02/17 | Time: 2 PM and 5:30 PM | Location: Dell Hall

Long Center presents Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: Neighbor Day, Monday, February 17 in Dell Hall.

“Won’t you ride along with me?”

Following the hugely successful “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: King for a Day” tour that traveled to more than 50 neighborhoods in 2019, Daniel Tiger and all his friends from the beloved Emmy Award-winning PBS KIDS television series are hopping back aboard Trolley for Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood Live: Neighbor Day.

This time, Daniel Tiger and his family, along with O the Owl, Miss Elaina, Katerina Kittycat, Prince Wednesday, and more familiar friends will take audiences on an interactive adventure to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe, sharing stories of friendship, helping others and celebrating new experiences. The live show features new songs and fan-favorites series, including the beloved “Won’t You Be My Neighbor?” The live theatrical production is filled with music, dancing, and wonderful surprises that will warm the hearts of preschoolers, parents, and grandparents alike.

For more information, click here.

Austin Marathon Half Marathon and 5K

Austin Marathon Half Marathon and 5K

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Date: 02/16 | Time: 7:00 AM to 2:30 PM | Location: Downtown, Austin 

The 29th Anniversary of The Ascension Seton Austin Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K will fill Austin’s streets on Feb 16, 2020.

The weekend-long event begins with over 75,000 visitors to the Health & Fitness Expo, followed by 17,000 runners on race morning, concluding with Austin style Finish Line Festival complete with 100,000 spectators, Live Coverage to over 1,000,000 viewers, and a rocking band and beer garden.

Runners are treated to experience Austin at its best. They race along open roads that pass iconic landmarks such as UT Tower, The I Love You Mural and Lady Bird Lake. Runners enjoy miles of Austin unique neighborhoods such as South Congress and Hyde Park and are greeted by cheering crowds. As they close in on the finish line in front of the Texas State Capitol on historic Congress Ave the action is captured by Live coverage and displayed on jumbotrons in the festival.

The Austin Marathon has grown to be the 25th largest marathon in the USA since its start in 1992. This iconic race attracts top endurance athletes from around the globe. The team and charity program attracts many tech companies and industry leaders that call Austin home.

It’s namesake hometown Austin, TX is the nation’s fastest-growing city, with nearly 150 people moving to the city every day. Austin is the #1 economy in the U.S., the #1 in millennial home buyers, and the greenest and fittest city in Texas. We also boast the most live music venues per capita, making us the Live Music Capital of the World! Rock On!

At The Austin Marathon, we strive to improve the lives of those around us through meaningful events and partnerships. This goes beyond the participants and reaches into the realms of spectators, passersby, the community as a whole, and other companies and community partners.

For more information on the Austin Marathon, Half Marathon, and 5K, click here.

Baby Day | Austin

Baby Day | Austin

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Date: 02/15 | Time: 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM CST | Location: Thinkery

Baby Day is the only statewide celebration of the first three years of life, a day acknowledging and celebrating this incredible period!

About this Event

On Saturday, February 15th, Baby Day will host specialized activities that promote bonding and delight and foster early brain development at locations across the state of Texas for families and caretakers with very young children

Baby Day | Austin activities are tailored for infants and toddlers from ages 0-3 and range from infant yoga to music classes to dancing, curated art, story time and more.

Baby Day is included with paid Standard Admission

Baby Bloomers Program Rates Apply from 9-10am:
• Standard rate: $6 per person (including ages 0-23 months)
• Member rate: $4 per person (including 0-23 months)

Standard Museum Admission Rates Apply:
• Ages 0 – 23 Months : Free beginning at 10am
• Ages 2 + : $14

For more information on Baby Day | Austin, click here.

LeAnn Rimes: Lovers & Love Songs

LeAnn Rimes: Lovers & Love Songs

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Date: 02/14 | Time: 7 PM | Location: Gruene Hall

Valentine’s Day weekend with one of the greatest love song singers in the world! LeAnn Rimes: Lovers & Love Songs …If you ain’t got a lover, come find one!

LeAnn Rimes is one of the most successful entertainers with a career spanning more than two decades. With forty-four million albums sold, two GRAMMY Awards, three Academy of Country Music Awards and 12 Billboard Music Awards, she has made her mark in the world of music.

Unstoppable from the age of 11, LeAnn was the youngest person to ever win a GRAMMY Award and was the first country artist to win the GRAMMY Best New Artist. She had her first national hit at age 13 with the 1996 release of Blue, which remained at the No. 1 spot on Billboard’s country albums chart for more than three months. She has had 42 singles on Billboard’s Hot Country Songs Chart and her version of “How Do I Live” is the second-longest charting song in the history of the Billboard Hot 100 chart; the smash hit “Can’t Fight the Moonlight” topped the charts in 11 countries. She had a hand in penning every song on her 2007’s release Family, which received two GRAMMY nominations.

Her last album with Curb Records, Spitfire, was released in June 2013 and was immediately a critics darling, debuting at number nine on Billboard’s Top Country Album chart and number four on iTunes. An album of greatest hits dance remixes, Dance Like You Don’t Give A ….Greatest Hits Remixes, released the summer of 2014 and went to #1 on the iTunes Dance chart. LeAnn Rimes’ latest album, Remnants, was released in February 2017.

For more information on LeAnn Rimes: Lovers & Love Songs, click here.

Valentine Dance

Annual Valentine Dance

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Date: 02/13 | Time: 8:15 PM – 12 AM CST | Location: Austin Swing Syndicate

Welcome to the Austin Swing Syndicate’s annual Valentine Dance!

This night of superb live music kicks off Austin’s internationally-known Swing event, Hot Rhythm Holiday 2020. Bring your significant other, your lovable friends, family members, and—or just—your lovely self!

*BUY TICKETS AT THE DOOR*
NON-MEMBERS: $10 — MEMBERS: $7
2312 SAN GABRIEL ST

SCHEDULE:
8:15-9 PM Intro lesson (for the new feet!)
9:15-10 Jonathan Ng and the Stray Hearts
10-10:15 BAND BREAK
10:15-11 Jonathan Ng and the Stray Hearts
11-11:15 BAND BREAK
11:15-12 Jonathan Ng and the Stray Hearts

Things to look forward to:

1. Jonathan Ng and the Stray Hearts (comin’ atcha all the way from Seattle!)
2. Complimentary, world-famous, Round Rock Doughnuts 😍
3. A chance to dance with people from all over the world! Because Hot Rhythm Holiday begins the day after the Valentine’s Dance, we receive attendees from different states and even countries!

Join us for a night of celebrating our love of music, dancing, and free doughnuts! 😉

For more information on the Annual Valentine Dance, click here.