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If You Love Architecture, You Must Attend This Talk Featuring Sara Zewde Image
If You Love Architecture, You Must Attend This...
AIA Austin is pleased to present Design Talks with Sara Zewde this Thursday, February 13th! Studio Zewde is a design firm practicing landscape architecture, urbanism, and public art. The studio is devoted to exploring the "aesthetics of being," and creating enduring places where people belong.
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Experience the Harlem Renaissance During an Explosive Performance on V-Day Image
Experience the Harlem Renaissance During an...
Austin Influential Group will present The Opulence Ball: Harlem Heat, an extravaganza of movement, sound, and visual splendor in support of Austin Pets Alive on Friday, February 14th. Highlighting the Harlem Renaissance, with an enthusiastic nod to the Afro-Latin influences of Cuba, the night...
Presidents Day
Also knows as Washington's Birthday, Presidents Day is celebrated on the third Monday of February. Washington's Birthday was originally implemented by the federal government of the United States in 1880 in the District of Columbia and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices. As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, February 22. On January 1, 1971, the federal holiday was shifted to the third Monday in February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. In the late 1980s, with a push from advertisers, the term...