February virtual events from local organizations include an online lecture series hosted by the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas and the annual fundraiser for the Austin History Center Association.
Feb. 4 and 11‘Focus on the Future’ webinar hosted by UT’s McCombs School of Business
The annual discussion series spotlighting industry and talking to experts in their fields goes virtual this year. Topics for the series hosted by McCombs School interim Dean Lillian Mills include health care Feb. 4 and technology and innovation Feb. 11. Noon. Free. 512-471-5921. www.mccombs.utexas.edu
Feb. 5
Austin History Center’s Angelina Eberly Celebration The Austin History Center Association presents its annual fundraiser, which is moving online this year. The virtual event features the play “All Aboard! The Train Arrives in Austin,” written by local playwright Paullette MacDougal, which dramatizes the arrival of the first train in Austin in 1871. The annual event is named for Eberly, an innkeeper who fired a cannon shot in 1842 to start off the “Archives War,” alerting residents that rangers sent by president Sam Houston were taking official archives in an effort to move the capital from Austin to Houston. Noon. $75-$100.512-270-0132. www.austinhistory.net
