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1 week ago |
kut.org | Chelsey Zhu
One night a week, a gay dance club in downtown Austin transforms into a lecture hall. There’s still flashing lights. Bone-shaking bass. Drinks flowing from the bar. Then a six-foot-tall drag queen with a hot pink wig and thigh-high boots steps onto a stage — holding a lecture stick. On the screen are two words: “LegiSLAYtion & Liberation.”That’s the name of the event Austin drag queen Brigitte Bandit hosts at Oilcan Harry’s on West Fourth Street.
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2 weeks ago |
kut.org | Becky Fogel |Chelsey Zhu
Austin ISD is considering whether to close Dobie Middle School in Northeast Austin because of low accountability ratings from the state, the district's superintendent said Friday. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) gives school districts and campuses grades largely based on student performance on the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness, or STAAR.
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1 month ago |
kut.org | Chelsey Zhu
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for the I-35 corridor from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday. The warning is for "critical fire weather conditions" caused by low humidity and strong winds. The warning includes Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bexar and Comal counties. Wind gusts could reach up to 30 mph, and temperatures will be in the upper 80s to low 90s, according to NWS.
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1 month ago |
l8r.it | Chelsey Zhu
The National Weather Service has issued a red flag warning for the I-35 corridor from 4 to 9 p.m. on Wednesday. The warning is for "critical fire weather conditions" caused by low humidity and strong winds. The warning includes Travis, Williamson, Hays, Bexar and Comal counties. Here's a map of the affected area. Wind gusts could reach up to 30 mph, and temperatures will be in the upper 80s to low 90s, according to NWS.
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1 month ago |
kut.org | Chelsey Zhu
After a brief interlude out-of-state, Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic concert is coming back to Austin this year. The event will take place at the Germania Insurance Amphitheater inside the Circuit of the Americas on July 4. The lineup includes Bob Dylan, The Avett Brothers, The Mavericks, Asleep at the Wheel and Tami Neilson. Nelson’s first 4th of July Picnic happened in Dripping Springs in 1973, according to the Bullock Texas State History Museum.
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