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Valentine’s Day: Make brownie cookies
Make this heart-shaped brownie cookie for Valentine’s Day.
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Whether or not you are celebrating with associates or a major different, we have now Valentine’s Day concepts.
You will not discover fancy shmancy dinner offers on this checklist, or something that has to do with rose petals. As a substitute, we have rounded up a smorgasbord of date concepts that vary from studying to dancing to bingo.
Go see ‘The Colour Inside’ by James Turrell on the College of Texas
We have written about this set up earlier than and it is as a result of we will not get sufficient. “The Colour Inside,” situated on the third ground roof of the William C. Powers Jr. Scholar Exercise Middle on the college, is a room with an oval-shaped gap within the ceiling. A pre-programmed mild sequence goes off at dawn and sundown and guests can watch the lights change shade because the sky above the roof modifications shade, too.
Even with no mild sequence in the course of the day, the set up, at 2201 Speedway at twenty second Road, is hypnotic. The set up is free to go to however you have to make a reservation for sundown visits at turrell.utexas.edu. No reservation is required for those who go to earlier than sundown.
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Dance all evening at Sam’s City Level
Good for associates or for falling in love, Sam’s City Level, 2115 Allred Drive, is the highest no-frills, basic Austin spot on the town. Dwell music begins at 7 p.m. on Valentine Day’s with Al Dressen’s Tremendous Swing Revue. Western Constancy performs at 8:30 p.m. and Mike and the Burnalls take over at 10 p.m. Even for those who do not feel like dancing, head over to benefit from the music and play pool. Info: samstownpointatx.com.
Scream throughout Terror Tuesday at Alamo Drafthouse
Perhaps your Valentine’s Day vibe is a spooky one. If that is you, we advise getting a ticket to Alamo Drafthouse’s Terror Tuesday. V-Day simply so occurs to be on a Tuesday this yr, which suggests you watch “Audition” at 9:30 p.m. on the South Lamar Alamo Drafthouse, 1120 South Lamar Blvd. Tickets are $8. The theater describes the film as “some of the impactful and gut-wrenching J-horror movies ever made.” So, uh, good luck! Please do not inform us the way it goes, thanks!
Info: drafthouse.com.
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See some artwork on the Mexic-Arte Museum
Each February, the Mexic-Arte Museum, 419 Congress Ave., places on an exhibit that includes artwork created by center schoolers. “Completely Cool Completely Artwork” is an initiative placed on by town, providing free artwork courses to Austin teenagers. The exhibit this yr opens on Valentine’s Day and can function mediums together with portray, drawing, sculpture, printmaking and pictures. The museum is open till 6 p.m. on Tuesdays, so we suggest visiting earlier than you head to your Valentine’s Day dinner. Tickets are $7 for adults, and $4 for senior residents, energetic navy members, veterans and college students. Kids 12 and below are $1 and Mexic-Arte members can enter at no cost.
Info: mexic-artemuseum.org.
Think about getting literary at an area bookstore
OK, we love this one. It helps bookstores, includes creativity and consists of the ingredient of shock. Take your date, or pal, or whomever you are hanging out with, to a bookstore, set a finances and select a e-book for one another. Is not that so cute? You may then talk about your picks over a espresso or drink or dinner, actually no matter you are feeling. Bookstores to contemplate: BookPeople, Reverie Books, Monkeywrench Books, Black Pearl Books and BookWoman. This date thought additionally works you probably have an Austin Public Library card.
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Go to a pop-up live performance with Sofar Sounds
Get pleasure from an evening of music that you simply will not know a lot about till 36 hours earlier than it begins. Sofar Sounds, which has places throughout the U.S., hosts music pop-ups that sometimes function three acts and no headliner. The situation is a secret and all you may know beforehand is the neighborhood the place the present shall be. The Valentine’s Day occasion shall be within the St. Elmo space at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $23. Info: sofarsounds.com.
Get your chuckle on at East Austin Comedy Membership
East Austin Comedy Membership, 1303 East Fourth St., has exhibits at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. on Tuesdays, which is fortunate for us. Exhibits are $20 every and the membership has an open wine bar. You may BYOB, too, and movie show snacks can be found to buy. The membership is an intimate scene with velvet curtains, black partitions and dim mild, good for a Valentine’s Day date. To order a ticket, head to eastaustincomedy.com.
Play bingo downtown with drag queens Girl Grackle and Cupcake
Head over to fourth & co., 208 West Fourth St., on Valentine’s Day at no cost bingo with native drag stars Girl Grackle and Cupcake. Bingo runs 1 p.m. to three p.m. You should be 18 years outdated to attend this occasion. Girl Grackle and Cupcake will each carry out on the occasion, which incorporates drink and meals specials, a raffle benefitting Austin Delight and prizes. Info: austinpride.org.