W Series In Austin + Rock Band Moves Show From Frank Erwin Center

Good day, neighbors! Meagan Falcon is taking some well-deserved time off. Dan Hampton here with a fresh edition of the Austin Daily to keep you up to date.

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First, today's weather:

Clear throughout the day. High: 86 Low: 60.

Here are the top stories today in Austin:

1. The W Series unveiled its revised 2021 race calendar Thursday, in partnership with Formula 1, and a season-ending double-header at the Circuit of the Americas in Austin. The announcement comes as the series dropped its planned round in Mexico. (W Series)
2. Tame Impala, an Australian psych rock outfit, relocated its planned Nov. 7 concert from the Frank Erwin Center in Austin to the Germania Insurance Amphitheater at the Circuit of the Americas in Del Valle. (Austin American-Statesman)
3. The Austin subsurb of Round Rock was named one of the best places to live in 2021 by Money. (Money)
4. Austin officials are warning of harmful algae detected in Barton Creek at Sculpture Falls (KEYE TV CBS Austin)
5. Austin ISD parents are sueing the district over COVID-19 policies (KXAN.com)

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Today in Austin:

• Spicewood Blues Connection (7:00 PM)
• Austin Ice Bats Home Game (Season Opener) (7:30 PM)
• Austin HS Varsity Football vs Bowie High School (7:30 PM)
• Grease Sing-A-Long (8:00 PM)
• The Dead Coats + North By North + Christine Renner + Miss Guilty at Empire Control Room 10/24 (8:00 PM)
• "Aliens" at Doc's Drive in Theatre (10:00 PM)

Austin Patch Notebook

• KUT Austin: "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Thursday released the preliminary findings of an investigation into February's deadly winter storm and blackouts. Texas was, by far, the state hit hardest by the crisis, a fact FERC commissione..." (Facebook)
• Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum: "#OTD September 23, 1976: Two of our favorite first ladies looking their 1970's best at the LBJ Presidential Library. Pictured here: Lady Bird Johnson and Rosalynn Carter pose for photographer Frank Wolfe. #OldSchool" (Facebook)
• KUT Austin: "Masks will be required when COVID-19 transmission is at its highest levels, and they will become optional as community spread slows." (Facebook)
• Austin ISD: "This meeting is also available live at https://www.austinisd.org/aisdtv, Channel 22 on Spectrum (Time Warner Cable), Grande, Google Fiber TV, and AT&T U-verse (Ch. 99). Learn more at our website: https://www.austinisd.org/board/meetings" (Facebook)
• The University of Texas at Austin: "Eight artifacts, unearthed from the stone rubble of a 19th-century Texas farmstead, will soon be displayed in the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, challenging conceptions of what life was like for form..." (Facebook)

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— Dan Hampton

About me: Hi! My name is Dan Hampton and I'm the program manager for Patch's Community Publisher Initiative. Formerly a local editor on Long Island covering Port Washington, Wantagh-Seaford, Levittown, Glen Cove, Plainview, Syosset, New Hyde Park, Hicksville, Great Neck, Oyster Bay and Mineola. I am the former wire editor on Patch's national team and a former news associate at The Associated Press. I graduated with a journalism degree from Temple University in Philadelphia. Send tips and/or photos of your dog to dan.hampton@patch.com.

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