? No. 19 Sports Award Finalist + Chop Chop Makes Noodles, Not Hate

Hey, all people! It is me, Gabriela Couvillion, your host of the Each day. Preserve studying for an important issues happening on the town…

First, at present’s climate:

Some rain and a thunderstorm. Excessive: 81 Low: 60.

Listed below are the highest tales in Austin at present:

1. Ivan Melendez, No. 19 on Texas Baseball’s crew, was just lately chosen as “a semifinalist for the USA Baseball Golden Spikes Award and the NCBWA Dick Howser Trophy.” Melendez “is the Division I chief in house runs, and ranks second in batting common and runs batted in.” He additionally “tied this system document with 28 house runs this season and has been named the Massive 12 Participant of the Week a league document 5 occasions.” On Wednesday, June 8, all finalists will probably be introduced and the vote for the winner will happen. “The forty fourth Golden Spikes Award” winner will probably be introduced “on Friday, June 24, on ESPN.” (TexasSports.com)
2. Sadly, “violence in opposition to the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) neighborhood which erupted during the last a number of years continues to occur” at present. To encourage “constructive connections to Asian American tradition by meals,” Chop Chop, in partnership with different Asian eating places, is collaborating within the “Make Noodles, Not Hate” marketing campaign. The occasion, which “highlights noodle dishes as one thing that unites us all, no matter delicacies,” will donate $3,000 value of merchandise “to the Central Texas Meals Financial institution.” Chop Chop, “based in Austin by Eugen Lin and Steve Har,” options “revolutionary frozen road noodle merchandise” bought at “native shops.” For extra info go to: (FOX 7 Austin)
3. Lately ZACH Theatre representatives introduced the solid of “The Sound of Music” musical, enjoying from June 15-July 24″ on the venue positioned at 202 South Lamar. Tickets for the occasion will begin at $25 per particular person and will probably be bought at ZACH’s field workplace. For extra info, please name 512-476-0541, ext. 1 or go to zachtheatre.org, and for occasion particulars go to: (Broadway World)
4. This 12 months Foley & Lardner LLP, positioned at 600 Congress Ave., 3000 One American Middle, is celebrating its twentieth anniversary. The Austin workplace was opened in 2002 by Kim Yelkin, workplace managing accomplice, who “has spent the previous 20 years cultivating useful relationships with colleagues, purchasers, and the Texas state authorities.” For extra info on the corporate, please go to: (Foley & Lardner LLP)
5. In March of this 12 months, the documentary “Dangerous Axe” by “filmmaker David Siev” premiered at South Lamar’s Alamo Drafthouse Cinema throughout South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin. Since then, it has gained a number of awards, and continues to take action “at movie festivals across the nation.” So as to add to the joy, “the movie is anticipated to debut in theaters and on video-on-demand providers later this 12 months.” For extra on the documentary and filmmakers, go to: (Huron Each day Tribune)

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— Gabriela Couvillion

About me: I am an lively mother of two grown sons and lifelong San Antonio resident. I acquired a BA in Spanish from the College of Texas at San Antonio, and in my free time I immerse myself in artistic writing. Thanks for studying Patch, and be happy to succeed in out you probably have any information and happenings you suppose might attraction to our readers!