Make a unicorn, attend a ballet, and celebrate Earth Day. Mark your calendar for these fun events and more this month.
April 12 – Make a unicorn
Artists and unicorn lovers are invited to the Westbank Library to “celebrate Unicorn Day with the joy of magical thinking with unicorn sand art.” Participants will pour layers of colorful sand into a unicorn-shaped bottle, which will help them create their own unique unicorn.
4:30 p.m.
Free.
Westbank Library, 1309 Westbank Drive, Austin.
512-327-3045.
westbanklibrary.com
April 16 – Experience a ballet
The city of Lakeway Arts Committee presents excerpts from “Coppelia.” The story follows an inventor and the life-like doll he creates that gets mistaken for a human girl.
4 p.m.
Free.
Lakeway Activity Center, 105 Cross Creek, Lakeway.
512-261-1010.
www.lakeway-tx.gov/64/activity-center
April 22 – Celebrate Earth Day
Community members are invited to the Lakeway Garden Club and Lake Travis Community Library event for Earth Day. Attendees are invited to drop by and learn about gardening in Lakeway including native plants, vegetable gardening, deer resistant flowers, container gardens and water-wise planting. Special Earth Day activities for kids will also be available and light refreshments will be provided.
Noon-2 p.m.
Free.
1938 Lohmans Crossing, Austin.
512-263-2885.
www.lakewaygardenclub.com
April 22 through 30 – Enjoy a children’s concert
Attendees are invited to the TexARTS Theater in April to enjoy a performance from the DreamWorks animated motion picture “Madagascar: A Musical Adventure Jr.” The musical is family-friendly and will have various showtimes on several different days.
2 p.m., 6 p.m. (April 22, 29); 2 p.m. (April 23, 30).
$17. 2300
Lohmans Spur, Ste. 160, Lakeway.
512-852-9079.
www.tex-arts.org
April 28 through 29 – Get happy and sing along
The Lakeway Sing Along group will present its 22nd annual spring show “Come On, Get Happy.” A group of over 70 music lovers will perform at the Lakeway Activity Center and will entertain the audience with “fun numbers, exotic costumes and the very talented Sing Along Show Band.” Dinner will be included with the ticket purchase.
Doors open at 6 p.m.
$40.
105 Cross Creek, Lakeway.
512-261-1010.
www.lakeway-tx.gov
