During the 1960s, Miss Hester also returned to Austin to appear in concert with Gordon Lightfoot, Joan Baez, Godfrey Cambridge, several of Rod Kennedy's KHFI-FM Summer Music Festivals, and for ...

The mural is located at 506 Cambridge Street in Allston. During the event, Rixy said she chose to name the piece “Rita’s Spotlight” to reflect how she wants viewers to see Hester.

A memorial mural of Rita Hester, who was murdered in 1998, was seen on a wall at 506 Cambridge St. in Allston, near where she lived. Her death inspired the creation of Transgender Day of Remembrance.