Public Star Parties - Wednesday Nights in Summer

Wednesday Night Public Viewing
Summer Session Schedule

June 13 to August 8

9:00 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.

Every Wednesday night while UT is in session the astronomy department sponsors free public star parties on the top roof of Robert Lee Moore Hall, which is located at the southeast corner of Dean Keeton (formerly 26th street) and Speedway. Once you reach RLM, take the elevators to the 17th floor and then follow the signs to the stairs up to the telescope. Click here for map to RLM and nearby parking garages. (Garage rate information is available here.) Please review the rules for accessing the RLM roof and telescope dome before your visit.

All ages are welcome, but we ask that younger children be under adult supervision at all times. Viewing times change throughout the year so please check this page for current times before planning your visit. Please call 512-232-4265 for weather cancellation information. This line is updated approximately 30-45 minutes before the scheduled start time. (If you get an old message from an earlier date, that means the line has not been updated for the current date yet.)

If you are interested in bringing a small group of 15 or fewer, you may come to a public viewing night without prior arrangements or reservations. If you plan on bringing a group of more than 15, please notify Lara Eakins at least two weeks in advance to avoid having too many groups show up on the same evening. Please note: we do not do private events for groups or individuals.

Public viewing nights occur throughout the year while the unversity is in session. Typically spring semester viewing runs from late January to early May, summer sessions viewing runs from early-to-mid June to mid-August, and fall semster viewing runs from early September to early December. The other telescope on campus is located at Painter Hall and is open on Fridays and Saturdays.

How to Train Your Dragon - 6/21/2018

Free movies in the park. Schedule available at https://austinparks.org/movies-in-the-park/ Next showing: How to Train Your Dragon!

Directions to Patterson Park

Austin Public Library Summer Reading Programs

It's that time again! The Austin Public Library is your free ticket to a summer full of reading and loads of fun activities this June through August. You can also win prizes for reading!

YOUTH SUMMER READING PROGRAM

TEEN SUMMER READING PROGRAM

ADULT SUMMER READING PROGRAM

Join the Summer Reading Program. It's as easy as 1, 2, 3!

1. Pick up a reading log at the Library or download and print one.
2. For every 20 minutes you read, color in a section. Color sections by number to display a hidden picture!
3. Return your completed log to any of the Austin Public Library's 21 locations between July and August, 2018.

For more information APL's Summer Reading Program call 512-974-7400,

Ask a Librarian or use #AustinSRP.

Juneteenth Celebration - 6/16/2018

Join the Carver Museum in celebrating JUNETEENTH on Saturday, June 16th from 12-4 p.m. Live music, crafts and activities for kids, food, a marketplace with vendors, character interpretations, and more!

Juneteenth, also known as Freedom Day, is a holiday that commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas on June 19th, 1865, and more generally the emancipation of African-American slaves throughout the Confederate South.

https://www.austintexas.gov/event/juneteenth-celebration-1

Austin Symphony Hartman Foundation "Concerts in the Park" at the Long Center

• Austin Symphony Hartman Foundation “Concerts in the Park”

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• Free For Everyone!
• June 3-August 26, 2018 7:30 PM

Kids frolicking, couples lounging on blankets, old friends in their trusty folding chairs, lone bicyclists and pedestrians who have been distracted from their destinations—all united by the sound of music. The Hartman Foundation “Concerts in the Park,” presented by the Austin Symphony Orchestra, brings together ardent enthusiasts and unwitting attendees alike just as similar events did in town centers years ago.

In its 16th summer season, these free ensemble concerts take place in the Hartman Concert Park in front of the Long Center City Terrace and run on Sunday evenings from June 3rd through August 26th (except July 8th) at 7:30 p.m. A gift from the Hartman Family Foundation, these concerts are presented to the Austin community in thanks for its continued, generous support. Each Sunday a different ensemble of the Austin Symphony will be featured at the new Hartman Park, located on the grounds of the Long Center for the Performing Arts, performing music from jazz and light classical to pops selections and film scores. Concertgoers are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and blanket and make it a group outing.

2018 Schedule

June 10 – Woodwinds
June 17 – Brass 
June 24 – Big Band
July 1 - Strings
July 8 – No concert
August 12 – Woodwinds 
July 15 – Woodwinds 
July 22 – Brass
July 29 – Big Band
August 5 - Strings
August 19 – Brass
August 26 – Big Band

For more information, go to the website for the Austin Symphony Orchestra.

Buford the Book Bus - 6/13/2018

Austin ISD's Buford the Book Bus 

Free books to students Pre-K to 12th grade

Metz Elementary School, 84 Robert Martinez Jr St.

10-11:30 a.m.

06/13/18