You may have heard that Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS) is expanding. AUS Expansion & Development Program projects seek small, local, or diverse businesses to help the airport grow. Learn more at the second of three info sessions; the third will be Sept. 20.

AEDP Session

Austin LGBT Chamber of Commerce talks Pride parade weekend and plays Big Queer Trivia during this virtual meeting.

Austin LGBT Chamber Livestream Show!

The city's Economic Development Department offers a free webinar with an overview of opening a small business or reevaluating an existing business during it growth.

BizAid Business Orientation

The city's Economic Development Dept. puts on a webinar about healthy conflict resolution in co-ops.

How to Cooperate Even When You Disagree

The city's Heritage Preservation Grant program promotes tourism through historic preservation projects and activities designed to be inclusive. Learn about eligibility, application guidelines, and more at this informative seminar.

Heritage Preservation Grant Awareness Workshop

Learn all about achieving financial health from budgeting to wealth building from Key Financial Coaching's certified master financial coach Angelina Adame-Gignac.

Financial Wellness Webinar

A new Texas law helps parents who have had their custody terminated by CPS, including formerly incarcerated parents, regain the rights to their children. Local legal and advocacy organizations are hosting free legal clinics to help parents determine their eligibility for the new reunification process.

Family Reunification Legal Clinic

Choosing a pediatrician for your child is one of the most important decisions you can make as a parent. Meet your child’s new pediatrician at one of Baylor Scott & White's virtual meet-and-greet events. To make an appointment, call 844/279-3627 or RSVP online.

Pediatric Meet & Greet

Help the city achieve its goal of reaching zero waste by 2040 by joining Austin Resource Recovery's Zero Waste Block Leader Program, which connects green-minded community advocates and neighbors to help educate and increase participation in the city’s recycling, composting, and other programs.

Zero Waste Block Leader Orientation

The city's Economic Development Department offers a free webinar with an overview of opening a small business or reevaluating an existing business during its growth.

Persistent back pain is one of the top reasons people visit a chiropractor or the emergency room. If you're suffering from back pain, join a free virtual seminar to learn how to get back to doing what makes you happy.

Healthspeak Education Series: Understanding Back Pain

MBE/WBE certification is your small business' No. 1 resource to doing business with the city of Austin. Join and find out more. UPDATE: Sept. & Oct. sessions now full.

Minority and Women-Owned Business Pre-Certification Workshop

MBE/WBE certification is your small business' No. 1 resource to doing business with the city of Austin. Join and find out more.

Sing yer ass off with the queerest karaoke night in town - from your own living room! Provide your own song to belt out over Zoom, and enjoy everyone else's lovely voices.

Lizzy Caroloke: Virtual Edition

The Austin ISD board invites the community to a public forum to hear from Matias Segura, lone finalist for permanent AISD superintendent.

AISD Superintendent Public Forum

No matter where you are, ITT has you covered with free virtual classes from cardio and kickboxing to yoga and Zumba. Check out the calendar online for the full range of options and make a date for fitness.

Virtual Fitness Classes With It's Time Texas

Do you own a small business or have entrepreneurial dreams? The city's Small Business Division is here to help! Find resources and a selection of instructional webinars on the city's site, with many free classes and some with a small fee.

Small Business Division Webinars

New year, new literary ventures: Open up your mind at this virtual book club held by our very own Austin Public Library – focused on, in their words, “all things strange, surreal, unconventional and unexpected.”  This month’s selection, Space Opera by Catherynne M. Valente, combines speculative sci-fi with international song showdown Eurovision to create the universal Galactivision. Described as “part gladiatorial contest, part beauty pageant, part concert extravaganza, and part, a very large, but very subtle part, continuation of the wars of the past,” the competition gets rocked when humans finally step onstage.– James Scott

Get Weird Book Club

Join Austin Queer Asians at this monthly virtual space for queer and trans Việt and Việt allies to meditate, read and share dharma, and "practice and awaken the inner gifts of joy and solidity to embrace our suffering."

Queer & Trans Việt and Việt Allies Sangha

Meet over Zoom to discuss plans, volunteering, and more for Queerbomb 2024.

Queerbomb General Meetings

Rainbow Connections ATX, the LGBTQ arm of senior- and disability-focused non-profit Family Eldercare, hosts a safe discussion space for past, present, and future caregivers.

LGBTQIA+ Caregiver Support Group

Are you helping your local community, park, reserve, sanctuary or urban park apply as an International Dark Sky Place? Or are you starting to think about it? Gather to connect with others doing the same thing and be coached by DarkSky Texas volunteers who have experience with IDSP applications.