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Photos of The Electric Gong display, part of the Play it by Ear exhibit, at the Austin Children's Museum on January 18, 2008.

If you missed out on the initial deadline to participate in this year's inaugural Maker Faire Austin festival, you're in luck! The event organizers have set a new deadline of Thursday, September 6, thereby affording you a comfortable two and a half weeks to come up with your very own zany creation. For an idea of what to expect, the MAKE blog highlights some of the inventions recently previewed at Austin Children's Museum, including hyperbolic...

The best reason to attend the 2nd Street District birthday bash next Thursday is not the live entertainment, or the cupcakes, champagne or gelato. No, no. It’s the grand prize giveaway: an "ultimate shopping experience" style spree worth over $2,000. All stores in the area will be giving away freebies or providing some sort of cool discount. Meanwhile, shoppers can register for the style spree once at each store for the 10 p.m. drawing. Other...

Founded in 1986, The Austin Children’s Choir presently boasts over one hundred members from 45 different schools. Comprised of four singing groups based on the students’ skill and age, the choir performs unique concerts throughout the year while also making special appearances as needed. This weekend, the Choir performs an interpretation of Homer’s The Odyssey: No Childsplay, headed by Artistic Director Kathleen Turner, composed by Graham Reynolds, and translated by Beverly Bardsley. Reynolds’ vast...

Following the huge outpouring of positive response from their winter wonderland experience of a year ago, Whole Foods is bringing back their ice rink this holiday season. We told you about the Rockefeller Center-esque set-up last year, and this year it will be more of the same. Ten dollars gets you on the ice for a 45-minute session between 10 a.m. and 9 p.m. The rink will be open from November 22nd through January 5th. In addition to ice skating, the area will also feature holiday music and a variety of cold-weather concessions like coffee and hot chocolate.

In a few years, Second Street may look a lot more like Times Square, with the new glass-clad TRL ACL studios looking out over the proletariat. Stratus Properties is planning to develop Block 21 (just north of City Hall). The building will include the new home for KLRU's "Austin City Limits," which will function as a live venue between tapings.

Around 7 a.m. this morning, a 12-year-old boy was hit by a truck as he tried to cross North I-35 near the 8900 block, apparently in an attempt to take a shortcut across the freeway to reach a bus stop. He has been taken to Austin Children's Hospital with potentially life-threatening injuries. The child's name has not been released, and charges will likely not be filed against the driver. From the Statesman Blotter: Investigators...

2nd Street District is throwing a collective block party this week to celebrate their first anniversary. From June 15 through Father's Day weekend, they're hosting a bunch of birthday festivities, with proceeds raised from instore "donation jars" going to the nearby Austin Children's Museum. Thursday, June 15, 6-10pm Block Party with music on the sidewalks from DJ Chicken George, in-store events, and drink and dinner specials all evening long. Octane: Live music, food and beverages...

The flying golf ball man at the Austin Children's Museum.

From tonight through July 23, the Austin Chamber Music Center hosts its annual ACMC Festival, with near-daily concerts featuring works by Beethoven, Ravel, Schubert, Brahms, and plenty more.