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  • Event by North Shoal Creek

    YOUR HELP IS NEEDED!: The North Shoal Creek Neighborhood Association’s Social Committee is holding a HOLIDAY BAKE & GIFT SALE this Friday and Saturday (Nov. 17 & 18), and needs volunteers to supply baked goods and small gift items. The money made from the event will be used to help fund NSCNA/Pillow events like NSCNA’s December Luminaria and Pillow’s recent Halloween Trunk or Treat event.

    When: Friday, 11/17 2:30-5:30pm
    Saturday, 11/18 10am—1pm
    Where: 3016 Crosscreek Drive

    For more info, please contact Kathy Rudd at (512)565-8007.
    Also, please call or text Kathy at the number above if you can either donate a baked good or volunteer for an hour or two to help sell goodies.

    *All donated baked goods are needed by Thursday evening!
    *Examples: truffles, candy, cookie bark, cookies, cupcakes, cake pops, Rice Krispie treats, muffins, tea breads, single serving cakes, gingerbread cookies, donuts, cookie bars, fudge, etc.

    Thank you all so much for your help and support!!!
    Hope to see you there!!!


  • repost from article in the September 2023 issue of NSCNA Neighborhood News

    Five years before the 1977 hit film Saturday Night Fever brought disco dancing into the mainstream, longtime North Shoal Creek business Playland Skate Center (8822 McCann Rd) opened their doors and offered a “modern” new experience for Austinites in 1973: two “football field size” roller rinks where you could skate to “top 40” music under strobe and black lights. By the end of the 1970s, with the 1979 films Roller Boogie and Skatetown U.S.A., the roller disco “fad” was a national sensation with multiple skating centers in Austin in addition to Playland including Hot Wheels (1606 Stassney Ln), Rollin Cross Texas (821 Brentwood St), and Skating Palace (525 Barton Springs Rd, next to Armadillo World Headquarters). Today, only Playland remains of Austin’s original roller discos, but the energetic spirit of the 1970s continues here today with DJ’ed skate nights and diverse crowds at all skill levels.

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  • IMPORTANT UPDATE: LESLIE POOL WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND. TWO OF HER STAFF WILL BE PRESENT TO ANSWER QUESTIONS. ONE OF THE STAFF ATTENDING WILL BE HER CHIEF OF STAFF, LOUISA BRINSMADE.


  • From Kathy Rudd, NSCNA Director:

    “Books and treats and games, oh my!!!

    Mark your calendars for October 26, 5:30-7pm; it’s time for Pillow Elementary’s Literacy Night and Community Trunk or Treat Event!

    Neighbors, grab your family and head to Pillow for some Fall fun with reading activities, the Bookfair, and a Trunk or Treat to wrap up the night!

    The night’s festivities will take place inside and outside the school; they are open to Pillow Panthers, and to all families, students and community members who wish to come celebrate.

    ***We are looking for Trunk or Treat volunteers to help with the following:

    -set up booths, games, or table activities outside the school

    -decorate a vehicle trunk (or tailgate), or a table with Halloween decorations and “trick or treat” candy/treats. We will have spaces reserved in the parking lot for participating vehicles.

    Please contact Nathan Allen with the Pillow PTA to sign up and help give our neighborhood a night to remember: rna0014@gmail.com.

    Thanks so much for your time and help.❤️

    Pillow Elementary School, Austin, TX