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| What Austin's Talking About |
| Officials Consider License Plate Readers After Shooting Spree | Austin officials said license plate readers would have been helpful as police searched for three people suspected of carrying out at least 10 shootings over the weekend. Austin Police Chief Lisa Davis said officials should discuss using the readers again. [KXAN] | | | 2 Austin Taquerias Make Best List | Comadre Panadería and Paprika ATX made Texas Monthly’s list of the 25 best “new(ish)” taquerias in the state. [Texas Monthly] | | | A Border Wall in Big Bend Is Back on the Table | A $1.7 billion federal contract for a “border wall in Big Bend Texas” was awarded this month, just a week after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said no wall would be built in Big Bend National Park. The Trump Administration also waived environmental protections for the area to make way for construction. [The Texas Tribune] | | 1972 Pub Must Relocate | 1972 Pub, the state’s first women’s sports bar, is looking for a new location as the city acquires the building the bar is currently in to make way for Austin’s light rail project. [1972 Pub] |
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| 5 New Exhibits in Austin To See This Summer |
|  | "Big Drip" by Laura Lit at Laguna Gloria. (Photo by Alex Boeschenstein) |
| The official start of summer is less than a week away, and I’m always keeping a running list of things to do for when I tire of swimming at Barton Springs Pool. Luckily, lots of new art, history, and science exhibits are open all summer long. | | Keep this list handy: | | | I actually can’t wait for this one to open next week! This exhibit explores all things bats and premieres on May 24 at the Texas Science & Natural History Museum on the University of Texas at Austin campus. The exhibit has lifelike bat models and explains how Austin became a bat city. | | See the LBJ Presidential Library’s Glow Up | OK, this one isn’t technically a new exhibit, but the LBJ Presidential Library debuted an updated version of its permanent exhibit earlier this year that’s worth a visit to the museum at UT. The exhibit now includes more historical context and a better understanding of Lyndon B. Johnson’s presidency. | | | This exhibition is open now through Aug. 9 at Mexic-Arte Museum downtown, and it’s too colorful to miss. Garments inspired by la Virgen de Guadalupe are on display along with other textile works. The pieces are stunning! | | ‘Texas Festivals’ at Bullock Texas State History Museum | We know Austin breeds festivals at a somewhat alarming rate, but did you know about the wonderfully weird events hosted around the state like Elgin’s Hogeye Festival and Luling’s Watermelon Thump? “Texas Festivals” at Bullock Texas State History Museum downtown showcases 27 festivals across the state and how they create community. The exhibit is open through Sept. 27. | | | Laguna Gloria has some new, funky sculptures to peruse. “HOST: Laura Lit” features plump, squiggly, and brightly colored sculptures located throughout the Tarrytown museum. The sculptures are on view through Jan. 17, 2027. |
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🥒 When is it too much pickle? Smoothie King has debuted a pickle smoothie in collaboration with Grillo’s Pickles. I love pickles as much as the next person — but a smoothie?! |
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