The moving trends

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• Phoenix, AZ
• Denver, CO

• Houston
• Dallas/Fort Worth (Oh hey, DALtoday + FTWtoday)
• San Antonio (Oh hey, SATXtoday)

Home sweet home

• Austin 101 | Everything you need to know about starting life in City — from registering your car to setting up your utilities.
• Cost of Living in Austin | Budget for life in our city.
• Local sports teams | Score info about our home teams so you know who to root for.
• Austin’s most iconic landmarks | Soon, these spots will feel familiar.
• The unwritten rules of Austin | Now that you’re a local, these “rules” will become a way of life.

• Absolute Beginning Modern Dance for Adults | Monday, Sept. 9 | 10-11 a.m. | Ballet Austin’s Butler Center for Dance & Fitness | $110 | Express yourself by learning the art of modern dance in this four-class package for folks with little or no experience.
• The Book Club Was Better: “Pride & Prejudice” | Monday, Sept. 9 | 7 p.m. | BookPeople | Free | The Jane Austen classic will be up for discussion.

• “Holy Mountain” | Tuesday, Sept. 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Hyperreal Film Club | $8+ | Relive history with this surrealist film — the first ever screened by the film club — that follow’s a group’s journey to enlightenment.
• Childish Gambino | Tuesday, Sept. 10 | 8 p.m. | The Moody Center | $60+ | “The New World” tour will bring along Willow to the stage as a special guest.

• Nerd Night with Trivia512 | Wednesday, Sept. 11 | 6-11 p.m. | Cabana Club | Free | Find out who’s the biggest brainiac at east Austin’s new poolside bar.

• “Napoleon Dynamite” Live | Thursday, Sept. 12 | 7 p.m. | The Paramount Theatre | $35+ | This screening with Napoleon, Pedro, and uncle Rico — aka Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, and Jon Gries — will include a Q&A, comedy improv, game show, and audience participation.

• ACL Music Festival | Friday, Oct. 4-Sunday, Oct. 13 | Times vary | Zilker Park | $380+ | Get ready for the return of Austin’s signature music festival.

• It was a good weekend for Longhorn fans. Texas took home a 31-12 road win against the Michigan Wolverines on Saturday, in a game that saw quarterback Quinn Ewers throw for 246 yards. Get the highlights. (KXAN)

• After just over a year in business, Downtown bar Estelle’s permanently shut down. The locale announced the closure on Instagram, saying it will not reopen but “will dearly miss you all.”

• $10.5 million. That’s how much funding the city of Austin received from the U.S. Department of Transportation to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety measures. The funds will go toward Austin’s Vision Zero program, which aims to end all fatalities on Austin roads. (Community Impact)

• IBM will take over 320,000 sqft of office space currently held by Meta in the The Domain. IBM will make the move in 2026, while Meta is additionally looking to sublease 600,000 sqft of space in Sixth and Guadalupe. (Community Impact)

• Don’t cry a river — Austin and most of the Hill Country have left drought status behind thanks to an influx of rain over the last few weeks. Drought status has actually improved for most of Texas and temperatures in the Capital City aren’t forecast to surpass the low 90s all week. (KVUE)

• Is the Astros recent loss to the Reds panic-worthy? Get the biggest stories every day from the local experts of the Houston Astros with Locked On’s daily podcasts.
  

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What is a homecoming mum?

A long-held tradition