If you’re looking for a camp where your kids can get rowdy (but safe) in the great outdoors, then you need to check out the Expedition School. Located in East Austin next to Fiesta Gardens, the camp not only provides the opportunity for kids to kayak, canoe and SUP, but kids will also learn important lessons like how to protect the environment, along with safety instruction and medical training like CPR and basic first aid.
Zilker Theatre Productions present its 56th Annual Zilker Summer Musical – Oklahoma! Catch it this Friday, July 11 at 8:30 pm at the Zilker Hillside Theater for free (though donations are greatly appreciated)! The production will then run through the weekend and continue every Thursday – Sunday evening until Saturday, Aug. 16.
The only thing cuter than cats are little elementary school kids reading to cats. The sauce on top of all that awesome is the kids’ exposure to the no-kill shalter environment and their chance to do some meaningful summer reading at the Town Lake Animal Center’s Feline Leukemia Cat Sanctuary.
Khotso Khabele, founder of the Khabele School, and Michael Strong, a long time educator who promotes social entrepreneurship and the importance of Socratic discussions, have teamed up to bring a new type of school to Austin. The Khabele + Strong Incubator will open for grades 6 – 12 for the 2014 – 2015 school year at Casa de Luz. The incubator will help kids ace their SAT’s while they complete Advanced Placement courses and hone in on what makes them amazing!
Happy 3-day weekend and 4th of July, y’all! This weekend you can see plenty of fireworks, play with tiny animals, take a train ride through Hill Country or see a live-action graphic novel. Here are our Top 10 Austin Family events…
Recently, the Austin Zoo was granted custody of three orphaned black bear cubs found in Oregon. We got a sneak peek of them before their first public appearance on Friday, July 4.
Dell Diamond is hosting a Red, White and Blue Weekend for the Round Rock Express home games happening Friday, July 4, Saturday, July 5 and Sunday, July 6.
For a one-time payment of $50, you can rent all the movies you can watch between now and the end of August.This deal is available at both of the I Luv Video locations, on Guadalupe and on Airport Blvd.
The Intergalactic Nemesis – Robot Planet Rising & Target Earth returns to Austin this week to the The Long Center. This fun, live-graphic novel performance will have two different shows that will catch you up on The Intergalactic Nemesis saga, before the world premiere of their newest “issue” hits the stage in September 2014.
Do512 Family is all about what to do in Austin with kids. We love to be out and about in Austin and are always looking for fun things to do with the family.
