We are thrilled to announce our next read, When Driving Is Not An Option by @nondriver.bsky.social! Anna will join our discussion next week (virtually), Oct. 3. Books are provided to all who want to join us thanks to our friends at CNU of Central Texas. DM us to get your copy in advance!

THIS THURSDAY! Join us, @aura-atx.org, & @texansforhousing.bsky.social, 7 PM at Café Crème, to hear @sarabronin.bsky.social about discuss her book, Key to the City: How Zoning Shapes Our World. RSVP here — free to attend, but book purchase with ticket available: thelittlegayshop.com/products/urb...

TONIGHT! Part 2 of Key to the City! 6:30 PM at Café Crème Downtown.

Starting @sarabronin.bsky.social's Key to the City! Two regular meetings PLUS an event with the author on Thursday, 9/18 in collab with @aura-atx.org + @texansforhousing.bsky.social — all at Café Crème Downtown. Get books at The Little Gay Shop (1902 E 12th St). RSVP with book purchase below.

It’s our final week on Happy City! Chapter 11–end this Friday. All welcome, even if you haven’t read the book. 📖

Today!

Chapters 6 and 7 for this Friday! See you downtown. 😎

Making this city happy one meeting at a time 😎☀️

Moving on in Happy City with Ch. 4–5 this week! Remember, we’re meeting at Café Crème Downtown at the Austin Public Library. 📖

🚨🚨 new meeting location 🚨🚨 We’re going to beat the heat and meet at Café Crème’s new Austin Public Library location this Friday, 6:30 PM! 📍710 W. Cesar Chavez St

We're on our next book! Join us this week for our first meeting on Charles Montgomery's Happy City — now available for pickup at First Light Books!

It's our final meeting on Lefebvre's The Urban Revolution! Feel free to come no matter where you're at in the readings. We're learning together. ❤️

Second-to-last meeting on Lefebvre this week! Ch. 7–8 this Friday, usual time and place.

Back in the saddle this Friday for Chapters 5 and 6 of The Urban Revolution!

No meeting today. Back at it next Friday, through Chapter 6 of The Urban Revolution.

On to Chapter 3 of The Urban Revolution this week! Meeting 6:30 PM this Friday, 27 June 2025, at First Light Books.

On to Chapter 2 this Friday! Much shorter reading this week. Only 22 pages. 🤓

New read starting this week! Copies of The Urban Revolution are available for pickup at First Light Books — ask for them at the checkout counter. Meeting Friday, 6:30 PM at First Light (the usual) on the foreword and Chapter 1.

We're celebrating a wrap on Abundance this Friday! Join us for the Deep Eddy Trinity: 6:30 PM swim at Deep Eddy Pool, dinner after at Pool Burger, and drinks after that at Deep Eddy Cabaret. Welcome to any and all — even if you haven't read or finished the book. 🤠

Back to meeting this week! Reading through Ch. 4 this week for a meeting on Friday. 6:30 PM at First Light Books.

We're taking the week off. We'll convene again on 5/30 to talk about chapters 2–4.

We're reading, hiking, and biking this weekend! Join us for our regular meeting Friday, 16 May 2025, 6:30 PM at First Light, then our bike and hike Sunday morning. Details: 18 May 2025 Cyclists meet 10:30 AM at Praxis Coffee on Linden Peds meet 11:30 AM at Colorado River Trailhead on Levander Lp

She's an icon, she's a legend, and she IS the moment! Join us in reading #Abundance by @ezraklein.bsky.social and @dkthomp.bsky.social — starting Friday! Discussion schedule below.

We are so grateful to @christopherbrown.bsky.social for thinking and writing about these places we share — and sharing that writing with the world and with our community. Also, of course, immense gratitude to this community of readers. Y’all make this place special.

Join us at First Light Books this Friday at 7 PM for a discussion with author Christopher Brown on his book, A Natural History of Empty Lots! Books are available to purchase online in advance (link below) or on-site. thethirdplace.is/event/christ...

See y'all tomorrow for our second and second-to-last discussion on A Natural History of Empty Lots. We'll talk Part 2 and what we want to ask the author about when he joins us NEXT WEEK!

We're so excited to begin Christopher Brown's A Natural History of Empty Lots. This week, we'll discuss Part 1. And mark your calendars! Chris will join us for a special event on May 9, 2025. We'll post more details soon! Books available for purchase from our wonderful partner, First Light Books!

Final week on Wes Marshall's Killed by a Traffic Engineer! We're wrapping with chapters 81-88. Note that we're meeting at Patrizi's (2307 Manor Rd) so we can eat while we chat. Come hungry!

Tomorrow's our second-to-last week on Wes Marshall's Killed By a Traffic Engineer! We're talking Chapters 72–80. 6:30 PM at First Light Books.

***UPDATE: Meeting moved to HYDE PARK BAR AND GRILL***

This Friday, chapters 63–71 of Wes Marshall's Killed by a Traffic Engineer. NEW LOCATION FOR THIS WEEK ONLY (due to weather forecast): Curra's Hyde Park, 4215 Duval St, Austin, TX 78751.

On to the next! Chapters 33-47 of Killed by a Traffic Engineer this Friday.

Meeting tomorrow (3/14) to talk about Ch. 21-32 of Killed by a Traffic Engineer! 6:P30 PM at First Light Books, as always.

We're talking chapters 10–20 of Killed by a Traffic Engineer this Friday 🫡

We're discussing the first section of Wes Marshall's book, Killed by a Traffic Engineer, tonight! Reading plan for the remainder in thread.

Location update: Hyde Park Bar & Grill!

Next up, we're reading James Baldwin's The Fire Next Time! We'll meet for a discussion on 21 February 2025, 6:30 PM at First Light Books. Books are available now for pickup.

#atxurbanists, I've built a starter pack! Please use it to pad out your follows and invite new friends! Also LMK if you are an Austin urbanist not on here, even if urbanism isn't your main bleat area!

We're wrapping up this classic on Friday. Join us at 6:30 PM at First Light Books in Hyde Park to talk all things Death and Life!

We're meeting TODAY to discuss part three of Jane Jacobs's seminal work, The Death and Life of Great American Cities. See y'all at 6:30 PM **inside** First Light Books!

We're back! Happy New Year and happy reading! Hope y'all dug into some of this classic over the break. We'll start by discussing parts 1 and 2 this Friday, 10 January 2025, at 6:30 PM inside (!) First Light Books. Complete discussion schedule also attached! ♥️

TONIGHT we are screening the documentary Citizen Jane, sharing a meal, and kicking off our winter reading of The Death and Life of Great American Cities. Hope to see y'all at the Future Front House this evening!

Chapters 7–9 of When We Walk By this week! We're talking work and wealth, healthcare, and mental health. As always, Friday, 6:30 PM at First Light Books.

Chapters 4–6 for this week's meeting! As a reminder, you can find a 1–2 page synopsis at the end of each chapter — and you're always welcome, even if you didn't finish the readings. ♥️

Urban Austin Reads is a book club of, by, and for anyone who loves Austin. We cultivate informed activism by engaging with diverse readings on issues facing our community so that we can build a more inclusive, just, and vibrant city. We're so glad to be here on Bluesky! 🦋