Do512 Family - What to do in Austin with Kids

Do512 Family - What to do in Austin with Kids

Tree Talk Winter Walk at Wildflower Center

Learn about, play on, and celebrate Texas trees at a free event this weekend that includes fun events for the whole family. It’s all happening at the Tree Talk Winter Walk event at the Texas Arboretum at Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center on Saturday, Jan. 25 from 9 am to 5 pm. Kids can climb trees with professional arborists, build a fort with tree limbs and branches, go on a tree scavenger hunt and more while adults learn tree care tips and purchase native woody species for planting.

Parent and Child Music Class with Neal Kassanoff

Parent & Child Music Class now enrolling. Ten-week session with local musician, Neal Kassanoff. Parents with infants and older kids are encouraged to sign up. The ten-week sessions begins on January 24 at 9:30 am. Space in each 45 minute class is limited to 10 to 12 children. The cost for the session is $150–that’s $15 per class, which is awesome.

East Austin College Prep Open House

There is a school in East Austin that you may not be familiar with. East Austin College Prep is dedicated to sending 100 percent of its students to college, and it’s a free public school with open enrollment for any child in Travis County! Say whaaat? Exactly. If you’re as curious as we are, you can check out their upcoming Open House events! 

Austin Gorilla Run

Time to channel your inner primate and join the pack for the Austin Gorilla Run this Saturday, Jan. 25 at 9 am at Mueller Browning Hangar. In the perfect marriage of all that is Austin – fitness and weirdness – this race is the chance to run a 5K with friends while, yes, wearing a gorilla suit (that you keep!). The race benefits mountain gorillas and ends with a beastly party with a free beer! More information, pricing and registration here.

Bad Parents at FronteraFest

Looking to catch a FronteraFest show that helps you feel like a better parent? Look no further than Bad Parents, a comedy written by local playwright, Max Langert, and based in part on the Listen to Your Mother essays of Ava Love Hanna (Contributing Writer for Do512 Family) and Tristan Mercado. The play is about five adults at a kid’s 5th birthday party who worry that they’re bad parents. They might have a point.

Integrity Academy Presents: Community Events at Casa de Luz

Integrity Academy wants to teach adults, and they’re doing this by holding community events at the beautiful Casa de Luz at reduced rates, donation-based rates, or for free! Classes that ask for donations are collecting the money for scholarship funds for Integrity Academy. Here is what they are offering in the following months.

Harlem Globetrotters 2014 “Fans Rule” World Tour – Giveaway

Looking for a little kid-friendly basketball action? Lucky for you, the Harlem Globetrotters are coming to town! It’s not often you can bring your kids to a game and tell them with 100% certainty who will win, but here’s your chance (Sorry, Washington Generals!).