{"id":2714,"date":"2018-09-13T19:18:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T00:18:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.home.ona\/newsroom18\/?p=256"},"modified":"2021-06-22T18:26:56","modified_gmt":"2021-06-22T22:26:56","slug":"experience-weird-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalists-org-develop.go-vip.co\/newsroom\/2018\/09\/13\/experience-weird-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience Weird Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"

You may hear the phrase ‘keeping Austin weird’ in your wanderings around this city. Austin is a city that prides itself on the quirky and unique, hosting everything from axe throwing to colorful art museums.<\/p>\n

Here are some places we recommend visiting to experience the weird heart of Austin when you venture outside of ONA.<\/p>\n

The Escape Game<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Flee your ordinary life in The Escape Game<\/strong> on Red River Street. The one-hour immersive experience allows participants use their wits to escape from one of five daring scenarios.\u00a0 Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Graffiti park at The Hope Gallery
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If you want to visit the graffiti park on Baylor Street, there\u2019s still time. Slated to close earlier this year, the park, officially the Hope Outdoor Gallery<\/strong>, will remain open through October when it will be relocated next year. Julian Thomas, pictured, said lively colors motivated him to visit the park. Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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The Hope Outdoor Gallery<\/strong> is expected to be moved to Carson Creek Ranch in southeast Austin sometime next year. Visitor Megan Principe said the grafitti park is a cool place for the community to come and just do whatever they want.\u00a0 Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Blanton Art Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Volunteer Mary Pettengill, right, introduces visitors to the Blanton Museum of Art<\/strong>, home to one of the largest collections of prints and drawings, contemporary American and Latin American art. Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Light streams through colored glass at the Blanton Museum of Art<\/strong> on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Laguna Gloria Sculpture Park\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A sculpture by Tom Sachs at the Contemporary Austin Museum<\/strong> at Laguna Gloria,\u00a0is part if the museum’s open-air art experience on Lake Austin. Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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A Tom Friedman sculpture in the Contemporary Austin Museum<\/strong> at Laguna Gloria offers what\u00a0 Amy Brauchle, a visitor relations specialist at the park, calls outdoor sculptures in beautiful scenes. Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Urban Axes<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Competitive ax tossing? Urban Axes<\/strong> has you covered. Visitors line up to toss the hatchets for sport and fun.\u00a0 Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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At Urban Axes<\/strong>, visitors vie for points by throwing 1.5-pound hatchets at a bullseye on wooden targets. Photo by Baidi Wang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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