Experience twelve trombonists positioned around the lagoon playing meditative music written by Canadian composer and sound theorist R. Murray Schafer. Music for Wilderness Lake is piece of environmental music explores the natural soundscape present at sunset and sunrise. They will be playing alongside Orly Genger’s beautiful outdoor sculptural work.
Join the French Legation for Family Fun Summer Saturdays for guided tours and special kid-friendly programs, starting this weekend on Saturday, June 21.
Live music and movies under the stars – it’s the return of Sound and Cinema at the Long Center, starting this week with a showing of The Three Amigos and music by Crooks on Wednesday, June 18.
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center will be hosting Nature Nights every Thursday from 5 – 8 pm (except July 3) until July 24. Nature Nights are fun and interactive explorations of nature at one of the most lovely and kid-friendly places in the city. This program is great fun and makes for an awesome learning experience for kids of all ages. This week celebrates Fossils!
When you have a tiny train enthusiast in the back seat of the car, getting stopped at a railroad crossing when a train passes can feel like winning the lottery. But some days, you want a more guaranteed train sighting. Here are ten spots around Austin, in no particular order, where you can almost always see a train.
Alamo Drafthouse and the Austin Parks Foundation present “Monty Python and the Holy Grail” at Republic Square Park for their final installment of Movies in the Park on Thursday, June 12 at 8:30 pm.
Inflatable water rides, an outdoor concert and a big screen movie under the stars – just a taste of what you can enjoy at the first annual Splashfest, Saturday June 14 at Windy Point Park on Lake Travis.
For a whopping 50 cents per child families can expereince local musicians, storytellers, dancers, magicians, mimes and craftspeople. Kids can try their hands at art projects under the Art Tent, experience Ballet Folklorico and Latin Jazz, talk to members of the symphony, and hear them play their instruments.
For a whopping 50 cents per child families can expereince local musicians, storytellers, dancers, magicians, mimes and craftspeople. 50 cents? What year is it anyway? Kids can try their hands at art projects under the Art Tent, experience Ballet Folklorico and Latin Jazz, talk to members of the symphony, and hear them play their instruments.
Get ready for unbelieveabubble fun at the 3rd Annual Bubblepalooza on Saturday, June 14.
You can also win giveaways throughout the entire summer just by uploading and tagging (#AustinSummerFun) a photo of your child(ren) doing something from the Summer Fun Checklist on Instragram. This week, Do512Family is happy to be giving away a $25 gift card that can be used at Galaxy Cafe, Zocalo Cafe or Top Notch Burgers! A winner will be chosen on Friday morning so be sure to get those Summer Fun photos tagged by midight on Thursday, June 12, 2014. For complete rules, click here.
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