Sherlock Holmes

Longhorn lockpicking is back! We are now meeting at Batch Craft Beer & Kolaches (@BatchATX), for more variety.
Come by to practice your lockpicking, learn a new skill, or just hang out with some awesome people!
No tools required! Welcome to all skill levels!

***Zone One* by Colson Whitehead** (2011) Mark Spitz, a civilian sweeper assigned to reclaim Manhattan after a catastrophic pandemic, spends his days moving block by block through the remaining infected zones, clearing out the last remnants of the outbreak so society can attempt to begin again. As he navigates abandoned streets, stalled skyscrapers, and the echoes of his former life, the work becomes both routine and reckoning. Over the course of several days, memories surface and the fragile boundary between what was lost and what remains begins to blur, revealing how difficult it is to rebuild a world that refuses to stay buried. **Colson Whitehead** is an acclaimed American author known for blending literary craft with sharp social insight across genres. His work often reimagines history and speculative scenarios to explore race, memory, power, and American identity, earning him multiple major awards, including two Pulitzer Prizes. He’s widely admired for taking familiar forms and quietly bending them into something stranger, smarter, and more unsettling. **Themes to Keep in Mind While Reading (Non-Spoiler)** 1. **Memory as Survival** How do memories shape the way characters experience the present, and when do they help survival versus quietly undermine it? 2. **Routine After Catastrophe** What does the return of routines and procedures suggest about how people adapt to life after the world has fundamentally changed? 3. **Rebuilding vs. Repeating** Does the effort to rebuild point toward meaningful change, or does it risk recreating the same structures and assumptions that existed before? **Before the event …** * **Read the book. 🤩** * **Keep your RSVP up-to-date.** If you can't make it out, update your RSVP at least 24 hours beforehand. Attendance will be taken and "No Show"s marked. **At the event …** * **We’re a friendly welcoming bunch and we love new folks!** 😍 * **Please purchase something (even if just a soda) while you’re at the restaurant.** They’re running a business but being super awesome by giving us a space to meet for free. Also, please tip our servers. We’re a big bunch to wrangle. ***2026 Austin Horror Book Club Selections*** *[Click here to see this year's books!](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iGygwFn0yfyAgDl8-HpNjNcdhhNJn6H0AnmpFBVwywo/edit?usp=sharing)*

**Please join us for our next workshop to \*\*Activate Your Body’s Natural Healing Abilities & Elevate Your Well-Being\*\*** **Join us for a transformational self-healing experience that blends four powerful modalities to relieve stress, release emotional blockages, and elevate your energy. This event is designed to help you reconnect with your body's innate wisdom, recharge your cells, and expand your consciousness.** **When: Sunday, February 22nd from 3:00pm - 5:00pm** **Location:** **Flow Wellness ATX** 12401 Hymeadow Dr #1B Austin, TX 78750 **Cost: $65/per person** Registration link: [https://l.bttr.to/8O8Zv](https://l.bttr.to/8O8Zv) ✨ What to Expect: \*\* **Guided Somatic Breathwork** – Tap into the power of your breath to release stuck energy, reduce stress, and activate deep self-healing. Breathwork is a powerful tool for emotional release, clarity, and self-discovery. \*\* **Reiki Energy Healing** – Experience the gentle yet powerful energy of Reiki to clear blockages, balance your energy centers, and restore harmony within. Reiki helps realign your energy and promote deep relaxation. \*\* **Sound Healing Journey** – Allow the vibrations of crystal singing bowls to calm your nervous system, release tension, and elevate your consciousness through frequency. \*\* **Spinal Flow** – A mini session of this powerful hands-on healing technique helps restore energy flow, ease physical discomfort, and reconnect you to the body's innate ability to heal and thrive. \*\* Why Attend? This experience is perfect for those seeking: ✅ Deep relaxation & stress relief ✅ Release from emotional & energetic blockages ✅ Mental clarity & resilience ✅ Physical rejuvenation & increased vitality ✅ A deeper connection with Self & the body's innate healing ability \*\* Limited spots available! Reserve your space and embark on a journey of self-discovery, renewal, and deep healing. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at 512-843-2168. We can't wait to hold space for your transformation! ✨ Your Hosts: Holly Bentley, [https://breathe-flow-heal.com/](https://breathe-flow-heal.com/) Belinda Morris, [https://soundhealingofaustin.com/](https://soundhealingofaustin.com/)

Hello, and thank you for checking out our Meetup group for Blood on the Clocktower! We play every other Saturday. Please join our Discord for more information and to make communication easier: https://discord.gg/RmkjXbWhNH Discord is where I will be posting reminders, helpful links, notifications if seats open up, and I'm usually available there if any questions come up. If it is your first time playing the game, please watch at least one of these videos to get an idea of what it's like. We do play with multiple editions of the game, but we always start with a warm-up round featuring the Trouble Brewing base-set of characters. It's not difficult to learn, and it helps to understand the basic game loop before attending so we can get right into the action. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVzZms1FTr4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TlW06GVF8I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sfa8_kNxsQ Thank you and we're looking forward to seeing you there! **Meetup Fees & Venmo** Please consider helping us cover our $300 annual Meetup subscription costs by donating a few $ to our group's [Venmo](https://i.imgur.com/k6rCdr7.png). Thank you!

SOLD OUTOpen play event at Apex. Cost is $15 plus tax to signup here is the link to signup with Apex Directly. You’ll need to download their pod play app for entry into the venue

We’re still working to get more people into these Meetups, but our goal is to give PlayYourCourt members a few social tennis outings each week in addition to your practice sessions and Challenge League matches. These Meetups are co-ed, super laid back, and all skill levels are welcome. Post your skill level and a suggested court in the comments section so we can round up as many players as we can for some tennis fun! Also, if you’re looking to meet new practice partners or play some matches and you aren’t already in the PlayYourCourt Community, you can go here to see what we’re all about and sign up: https://www.playyourcourt.com/tennis-community/round-rock-tx/meetup/ If you love tennis, we’d love to have you! Be sure and watch the quick video that explains how everything works. Happy hitting! - Scott

Come play pickleball and make new friends at Pickleland! 🏓 \*\*\* **Important: Please sign up on the Pickleland App ([iOS](https://pickleland.com/ios) \| [Android](https://pickleland.com/android)) or [website](https://play.pickleland.com) directly.** \*\*\* We divide our open play by levels! 😄 (All levels welcome!) If you've never played, come and learn the rules! We have other beginners join us every day. You don't need a paddle, we have some you can rent ($10)! If you are an avid player, come and find some nice and friendly competition. If this time doesn't work for you, we are open M-F 7am to 10pm, and Sat-Sun 8am-8pm. Find other times on the Pickleland App ([iOS](https://pickleland.com/ios) \| [Android](https://pickleland.com/android)) or [website](https://play.pickleland.com). The website and app will show the most accurate roster and sign up count! The perfect activity for couples, families or people coming in solo! Come mingle, get active, and make new friends! Follow [@picklelandatx](https://www.instagram.com/picklelandatx/) for more!

Join us for The Fisherman by John Langan. In upstate New York, in the woods around Woodstock, Dutchman's Creek flows out of the Ashokan Reservoir. Steep-banked, fast-moving, it offers the promise of fine fishing, and of something more, a possibility too fantastic to be true. When Abe and Dan, two widowers who have found solace in each other's company and a shared passion for fishing, hear rumors of the Creek, and what might be found there, the remedy to both their losses, they dismiss it as just another fish story. Soon, though, the men find themselves drawn into a tale as deep and old as the Reservoir. It's a tale of dark pacts, of long-buried secrets, and of a mysterious figure known as Der Fisher: the Fisherman. It will bring Abe and Dan face to face with all that they have lost, and with the price they must pay to regain it.

Join the Columbus AI community for our quarterly gathering — a casual, community-focused evening where everyone has a chance to share, learn, and connect. These open mic–style events give anyone in the community up to **5 minutes** to present a project, share a tool, pose a question, or offer a perspective on the evolving AI space. No slides required — just a welcoming space to exchange ideas and keep the local AI conversation moving. If you’d like to take the stage, message **Chris (the organizer)** with a **title and short description** of what you’d like to share. Whether you’re deep in the field or just getting curious, come connect with others building and exploring AI in Columbus. Sponsored by [Transform Labs](https://www.transformlabs.com/services)

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Sunday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at noon on Sundays. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 12:00 - quick intros. 12:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 1:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 1-1:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Sunday!

Join us as we get together to see SIRAT, an Oscar-nominated Best International Film from Spain that follows a father, accompanied by his son, goes looking for his missing daughter in North Africa. Here’s a description, trailer and our plan for this event: DESCRIPTION: A father, accompanied by his son arrive at a rave deep in the mountains of southern Morocco while searching for his daughter who vanished months ago at one of these endless, sleepless parties. As their search continues, the journey forces them to confront their own limits. The film is directed by Oliver Laxe and stars Sergi Lopez, Bruno Nunez Arjona and Richard Bellamy. TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ww-IXHXvS70 BUZZ & ACCLAIM: SIRAT has already won numerous awards, including 4 at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival, along with the Chicago, Montclair and Toronto International Film Festivals! It also earned a whopping 11 nominations at the 40th Goya Awards, including Best Film and Director, and was nominated for Best International Feature Film and Best Sound at this year’s Academy Awards. The film is earning a stellar 92% positive rating on Rotten Tomatoes which calls it “an unforgettable exercise in tension” and “a brutal reminder that the journey can be more important than the destination.” PLAN: We’ll plan for a 7pm-ish showing and will confirm/announce details as the date gets closer. Once showtime is confirmed, advance purchase (via GFC website preferred) is advised! Once you have your ticket, please list your seat number in the Comments section of this event. PARKING: Close, convenient parking is available in the nearby garage (located between 9th and 11th, just off High St). Bring your ticket with you and have it validated at the theater and for $2, you’re covered for the night! Look forward to seeing you there, Dan

Join us as we get together to see the period drama / classic monster movie, THE BRIDE! The film is written/directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale in a new take on the classic tale, The Bride of Frankenstein. We'll be seeing this one on Thurs, 3/5 one day ahead of the film's opening on Friday. Here’s a description, trailer and plan for this event: DESCRIPTION: In 1930s Chicago, Frankenstein's creature asks Dr. Euphronius to create a companion for him. They give life to a murdered woman as "the Bride," sparking romance, police interest and radical social change. It is written, directed and co-produced by Maggie Gyllenhaal and stars Jessie Buckley, Christian Bale, Peter Sarsgaard, Annette Bening, Jake Gyllenhaal and Penélope Cruz. TRAILER: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-qJkAXLfYM PARKING: Close, convenient parking is available in the nearby garage (located between 9th and 11th, just off High St). Bring your ticket with you and have it validated at the theater and for $2, you’re covered for the night! PLAN: Please purchase your ticket for the 7:00pm showing and we’ll meet inside the upstairs lobby between 6:40 and 6:50pm. Advance ticket purchase is advised (via Gateway website preferred). Once you have yours, please list your seat number in the Comments below! Pre-show bite at Cazuela’s next door at 5:30pm. Please arrive by 5:30pm and ask for the Movie Group! Look forward to seeing you there, Dan

We'll meet at The Capital One Café, 167 Easton Town Center, Space A-103. This is in the main mall where the Microsoft store used to be, on your left if you're standing at the bottom of the AMC Theater escalator. Join us on Saturday for an hour of uninterrupted wordmaking! • What we'll do Join us for an hour of writing! We’ve discovered that it’s strikingly helpful to write with other writers. See if it’s true for you at 10AM on Saturday mornings. Be it a book, blog, script, essay, dissertation, resume, melody, poem or just plain work stuff, you are invited to write it with us. No one will see what you've written or give you unsolicited advice. Instead of just thinking about writing, come and get some real writing done. SCHEDULE: 10:00 - SESSION 1: quick intros. 10:10 - timer starts: write for 1 hour. 11:10 - chat / take off / keep writing. OPTIONAL SOCIALIZING happens at 11A-11:30ish. Writing is very solitary. Connecting (and sometimes even commiserating) with other writers is a cool thing. BEING LATE IS OKAY: just show up and get settled, then check-in with me after the session. (I’ll be the person with the Shut Up & Write! sign.) If you were on time, please be willing to make room for the friendly latecomer. Happy writing and I look forward to seeing you! • What to bring Whatever you need to be able to write! Bring earbuds/earplugs if you want to block noise or the occasional conversation by other patrons. Electrical outlets are limited, so charge your devices before whenever possible. See you at The Café on Saturday!