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Monday, April 6 

Your Daily Guide

🫨 Hello, I’m freaking out! University of Texas at Austin researchers found armadillo fossils the size of lions in an underwater cave in Comal County! Can you imagine?!

What Austin's Talking About

Woodland Faerie Trail Registration Is Open

Been itching to do something creative? Sign up to make a small home for fairies! Registration is now open for this year’s Woodland Faerie Trail at Zilker Botanical Garden. [Zilker Botanical Garden]

Check out photos from last year’s trail!

Austin City Council May Be Giving Up on I-35 Caps

Austin City Council could be cooling on building caps and stitches over Interstate 35, after months of planning and discussion over funding. So what will I-35 look like if there’s nothing above the sunken highway lanes? [City Cast Austin 🎧]

UT Department Consolidation Plan Sped Up

A plan to consolidate seven College of Liberal Arts departments at UT will begin in the fall, instead of September 2027. Affected departments include ethnic and gender studies. [KUT]

Restaurant of the Year Nominees Are Out

CultureMap Austin has nominated 10 local eateries ahead of its awards ceremony on Thursday, when one nominee will be crowned Restaurant of the Year. [CultureMap Austin]

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Where Is This?

A construction pit.

Isn’t this pit so wild to look at? (Kelsey Bradshaw/City Cast Austin)

Congratulations to Arlyn O. for guessing last week’s “Where Is This?” correctly! This photo was taken at the construction site where the Austin Convention Center used to be. Arlyn O. even guessed where I took this photo from: Fairmont Hotel!

This week’s photo has nothing to do with construction:

A statue of a man wearing a hat and holding a guitar.

Hint: 🎶 🎸 🤠 (Eva Ruth Moravec/City Cast Austin)

Do you know where this photo was taken? Click the button below to submit your guess and be featured in next Monday’s newsletter!

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