The Bastrop Opera House team will premiere “Puffs—or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic” on May 22, bringing a “Harry Potter”-inspired parody to downtown Bastrop.

In a nutshell: Directed by Kelsey Layton, officials described it as a "fast-paced, clever and heartfelt parody for anyone who ever felt like the sidekick."

The adults-only show runs Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Doors open at the downtown venue half an hour before showtime.

Before you go: Construction to expand and renovate the historic Bastrop Opera House is underway. Click here to read more.

• May 22-June 7
• $30 (admission)
• Bastrop Opera House, 711 Spring St., Bastrop

Bastrop residents could soon have more shipping and business services options along the growing SH 71 corridor this summer.

The gist: Plans for Bastrop’s first PostalAnnex were filed May 1. The filing states it will be located within the Burleson Crossing East shopping center, with an expected completion date of July 1.

What they offer: PostalAnnex locations typically offer shipping via UPS, FedEx, DHL and USPS, as well as private mailbox rental, notary services and printing.

• Burleson Crossing East, 663 SH 71 W., Ste. 111, Bastrop

Check out the latest transportation projects across the Austin metro. 

Upcoming projects
Bee Cave Road AI traffic signals
Project: West Lake Hills will install nine artificial intelligence traffic signals along Bee Cave Road to try and improve traffic efficiency along the corridor.
Update: City Council moved forward with funding the traffic signals April 22.

• Timeline: TBD
• Cost: $360,000
• Funding source: city tax revenue proceeds, general fund

• Timeline: August 2024-summer 2027
• Cost: $52.4 million
• Funding source: Williamson County 2019 road bond

The Texas Supreme Court on May 15 denied Gov. Greg Abbott’s request to remove state Rep. Gene Wu from office after the Houston Democrat led his colleagues in a walkout to protest congressional redistricting last summer.

The details: In the court’s majority opinion, Chief Justice Jimmy Blacklock ruled that because Wu and other House Democrats “voluntarily returned” to the Capitol two weeks after their August departure, it was not necessary for the court to get involved.

The court also rejected a petition by Attorney General Ken Paxton to expel Wu and 12 other Democrats over the walkout, consolidating the two requests in one ruling.

What they're saying: Wu celebrated the ruling in a May 15 statement, saying that "the Constitution does not let a governor erase voters’ choices when their choices are inconvenient to him."

Abbott's office argued the governor's August lawsuit helped end the walkout and said the state was prepared to fight future quorum breaks: "If Democrats abandon their offices again, the governor will bring them right back to the Texas Supreme Court."