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12/04/2025

✨Mozart's Festival of Lights 2025 ✨ truly exceeded all expectations this year! With an entirely new showcase of live entertainment, AR Media attended VIP/Media Night, as well as a few additional trips back to the Festival to experience some new additions that were added since.

From the Mozart's Express and a stunning lakeside lights display on Lake Austin, we also stepped into the Enchanted Forest (NEW!), and enjoyed a powerful holiday vocal performance by McKenna Michels 🎙️ and her Holiday Band.

Her latest single just dropped also!

The evening also included exploring the cozy floating igloos and witnessing both a dangerous tightrope walk above the venue, and the jaw-dropping Nutcracker Fire-Battle 🔥 show! (BOTH NEW!!)

This was a very thoughtfully produced holiday showcase set against the beautiful backdrop of Lake Austin.

It is absolutely worth the $3 ticket for you and your family to experience, so grab your tickets!

Grab your hot chocolate ☕and enjoy the spectacle! 🎄

Thank you to Mozart's Coffee Roasters for the hospitality and media preview!

12/03/2025

☕✨ MERRY & BRIGHT ALERT! Mozart's Festival of Lights is BACK, but this isn't your grandma's holiday light show—it's a whole new vibe! ✨☕

Forget those tired, same-old photo ops. This year, is serving up a completely refreshed, family-friendly spectacle that will blow your gingerbread socks off!

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🎄 The Nutcracker, Reimagined (with FLAMETHROWERS!)

Our absolute favorite new must-see?

🔹 A jaw-dropping, live performance of the Nutcracker! Get ready for a theatrical showcase right on Lake Austin.

🔹The epic clash between the Nutcracker and the Rat King is narrated by the powerhouse voice of 🎤 and her Holiday Band. She just dropped her newest single too!

👉 And yes, you heard right: the viral pyrotechnics are real: there's a flamethrower-powered battle 🔥!

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🪟 The Lake Austin Experience

🔸Ditch the shore for a seriously chill, next-level view.

🔸Jump aboard ⛴️ for a relaxing 45-minute cruise on Lake Austin. See the lights from a completely different angle!

🔸 Choose your ride: individual seats, a Donut Boat 🍩 for your crew, party pontoons, or even a double-decker! (You might just spot Willie Nelson out there 🤠)

Prices: $30/adult | $20/child 💲

🎬 They’re even playing your fav. holiday films ON THE WATER (Die Hard, A Charlie Brown Christmas, Muppets Christmas Carol, etc.).

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🔥 Must-Try Deal: Snag a Donut Boat for your party (max 10 people) and get Bottomless Hot Chocolate ♨️ + a blanket for $300!

🍦Tasty Treats: The Holiday Village / Mozart's Express

🔹European chocolate strawberry cups 🍫 🍓
🔹Bavarian pretzels 🥨
🔹Hot Chocolate ☕ (Virgin & Spiked)
🔹Churros, Gingerbread cookies, and more! 🍦

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🎤 Pro Tip for GA Ticket Holders ($3):
Want the VIP treatment? Reserve an upper deck table ($45) for the absolute best view and join the wonderful McKenna Michels near the stage. Your kids (and you!) will love the interactive experience.

📍 3825 Lake Austin Blvd | Austin | 78703

💜💜 Shoutout to , Lauren, & Ken for having AR Media for the sneak peek AND the subsequent regular visits.

11/18/2025

We were down to clown and had a blast celebrating at Carnival O' Pizza 🍕 on Saturday celebrating 20 years of Home Slice serving up its beloved homemade, hand-tossed NY slices right here in Austin!

From dunk tanks and sad clowns to ring toss, live music, pizza eating contests, flash tattoos, and so much more, Home Slice Pizza is our #1 pizza shop in the city of Austin.

Congrats to the entire team, and incredible work from Missy Davis and Sara Ronder!

S/o to sponsors

11/07/2025

TONIGHT at 7PM, Austin's visionary art gallery, ArtUs Co, officially opens the doors to its Hall of Mysteries experience!

🫟 Hall of Mysteries 🫟 is both a mirror 🪞 and a map 🗺️. It reflects our inner landscape while pointing toward the hidden order that shapes the outer world.

Within these walls, we invite you to

SLOW DOWN 🐌
CONTEMPLATE 💭 and
REMEMBER 🧠 the mystery that has always lived within you 🫵

Each work in the show serves as a portal ✨, guiding the viewer inward and upward at once.

Through the marriage of opposites such as light and shadow ☯️, masculine and feminine, death and rebirth, we seek to rediscover unity beneath apparent division 🔮

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We're excited to partner with ArtUs Co 🎨 as it showcases the brilliant contemplative visions of 👥 Juan & Rosemary Allen Villegas

And a SPECIAL shout-out to Asivado Vasilissa and our very own Cassie Bilyeu who will be reading tarot all evening 🃏

We also want to express our sincere gratitude to Tribeza and Austin Chronicle ♥️🤍 for helping us share this experience that is unlike your average traditional art gallery exhibition.

📍 11/7 | VIP Opening Party ⭐ ($20) [7-11pm]

📍 11/8-11/30 | FREE ADMISSION (12-6pm]

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11/06/2025

TOMORROW, enter into the Hall of Mysteries with ArtUs Co for their VIP Opening Party. The gallery will run from 11/7 to 11/30, with FREE ADMISSION (except for 11/7 Opening Night).

Please let us know if you would like to attend :)

~AR Media

11/05/2025

If you've felt the energy of Austin, you've experienced Ion Art ().

For 37 years, Ion Art has been the creative lightning rod of Austin, forging light into legend. Now, they’re unleashing 100+ colossal neon sculptures in the Texas Hill Country, in partnership with for SURREAL LUCK 2025!

✨ Grab your tickets and join us THIS FRIDAY at the VIP Opening Party.

🟣 Feel the Wonder: Walk through a cosmic, art-filled landscape where every turn is a vibrant shock of color and a surrender to the surreal.

🟠 Seize the Exclusive: Experience the music, the culinary moments, and the unmatched atmosphere of Luck, Texas—a place only truly alive for two weeks.

⚪ Claim Your Legacy: Every single piece of neon art, a physical piece of this disruptive creative movement, is FOR SALE. Don't just witness the art; own the light.

This is your invitation to venture outside the expected. Anything can happen when you're in Luck. Dare to be electrified.



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11/04/2025

Forget what you think you know about reality. There is a hidden language—a wisdom embedded not just in the stars, but in your own forgotten memory. The Hall of Mysteries 🔮, a brand new visionary art showcase from ArtUs Co 🎨, is more than an exhibit; it is an invitation.

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An invitation to awaken the symbols that speak through dream, through myth, through nature itself. Every painting is a portal... a mirror and a map, showing you the secret architecture that links the Earth, the cosmos, and the consciousness locked inside you.

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Slow down. Look closer. The mystery you seek has always been waiting right here.

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We are proud to partner with and support our newest client, ArtUs Co, for their upcoming contemplative exhibit, HALL OF MYSTERIES. The show kicks off on Friday 11/7 for the Opening Party (7pm-11pm) at The Arboretum.

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11/04/2025

"You hold the key to ancient wisdom, but you've forgotten how to turn it. Welcome to the Hall of Mysteries. This exhibition is built on the language of symbols, the one you knew before you learned to speak.

We explore the pattern, the polarity, and the transformation that shapes existence itself. Each canvas here serves a single purpose: to guide you inward and upward at once. They are drawn from the oldest philosophies—the secrets of the alchemists.

For a brief time, invites you to stand in this mirror, to stop, to contemplate, and to finally remember the mystery that has always lived within you."

​It's an honor to celebrate the heart of Austin art with ! ❤️

Since taking over the ownership in 2023, ArtUs Co owners Juan & Rosemary Villegas have poured their souls into this new show: "Hall of Mysteries." It's a surreal, deep dive into their combined creative vision. ​Come see the art, meet the duo, and be part of the community that keeps Austin arts thriving.

Admission is FREE after the Opening Night! 11/7-11/30

10/25/2025

💙 If you've ever felt the shadow of su***de—whether it touched your own life, your family, or your friends—you know the silence can be deafening.

AFSP Central Texas Chapter and their volunteers don't hide behind titles; it's a personal promise to fight that silence alongside the most dedicated community I know.

TODAY at St. Edward's University, we will gather 2,000+ souls to transform grief into forward motion. This is where stories are shared, where tears are met with hugs, and where hope becomes utterly tangible.

The American Foundation for Su***de Prevention (AFSP) Central Texas Chapter's goal to surpass $225,000 isn't about the number itself; it's about the lifesaving programs those dollars fund—the research, the education, the support lines.

This mission is best embodied by our chapter's amazing Board & Walk Chair, Ashley Wolf ♾️ Her 'Team Hope Walks Here' is walking for every person who felt they couldn't take another step alone. They are walking for connection, understanding, and radical change.

Austinites, we need your help to make this promise real. Show up. Donate. Just be present. 🔮

Every single step matters. Every dollar says, "You are not alone."

You can join Ashley's team or contribute right now:

👉 https://lnkd.in/gEJD9XNk

Let's walk together and remind everyone that hope is not a whisper; it's a community.

Please support the American Foundation for Su***de Prevention to help save lives and bring hope to those affected by su***de. Donate or register to walk!

09/02/2025

📱 Texting Texas residents just got a lot riskier. Is your marketing up to date with the new Texas SB140 law?

Starting September 1, 2025, Texas Senate Bill 140 expands telemarketing laws to include all SMS marketing texts, MMS, and graphic messages sent to Texans.

🟪 What is SB140?

🔸 The law also gives consumers the right to sue companies directly for violations, with the possibility of triple damages and multiple lawsuits for repeated offenses. SB140 significantly raises compliance and legal risks for anyone texting Texans, no matter where they’re based.

🟪 Key Requirements 🔑

🔸 Unless you fall under an exemption, any business, whether local or global, must register with Texas Secretary of State AND

1. pay a $200 fee 💰 AND
2. post a $10,000 USD surety bond 💲 that is used towards damages IF your business loses in litigation.

📃 Businesses must get clear consent, provide easy opt-outs, and limit marketing texts to between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. on Sunday

🟪 What You Should Do 🫵

🔸Register if you send marketing texts to Texans
🔸Check for proper consent | respect opt-outs, and follow Texas SMS texting hour rules ⏰💤
🔸Get expert help to ensure your marketing stays compliant and protects your brand.

AR Media is here to assist you with your SB140 compliance assessments to ensure your brand and marketing strategies are ready to continue operating without disruption. You can contact us by emailing [email protected] or visiting our website at armediaconsult.com.

06/05/2024

Our favorite part about attending conferences like by CoinDesk is having three LONG days to catch up with our friends and media colleagues that we've known for years - many of whom we've never actually met in-person...UNTIL NOW.

There's no greater feeling.

Photo Credit: AR Media Consulting
Date: 05/27/24 to 05/31/24
Location: Austin, TX

06/05/2024

Thank you to the Ontario Government and Baker McKenzie for having us and hosting an incredible happy hour networking event during the third annual by CoinDesk.

It was a HOT one this year.

Photo Credit: AR Media Consulting
Date: 05/29/24
Location: Austin, TX