The Weekend IST List: January 20-22

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[music] Attack Formation at The Parlor
[music] Faceless Werewolves, For Those Who Know, The Ugly Beats, Tran Tram play the Benefit for Austin GI Rights at Emo's
[music] Just Guns CD release show with northKorean, Stories From the Frontier, Sad Accordions, and Infant of Prague at Beerland (7pm)
[theatre] "Two Into War" at the Play! Theatre ($5-$20, 8pm) (link)
[theatre] "House and Garden" at Austin Playhouse ($20-25, 8pm) (link)
[theatre] Frontera Fest Long Fringe at Blue Theatre (Pay-what-you-can to $10, 8pm) (link)
[film] "Napoleon Explosive: The Chinese Napoleon Dynamite!" - "The film was subtitled in Chinese, and then for some inexplicable reason, translated from Chinese back in to English for one of the most random and bizarre film transcripts ever seen. Formerly a family friendly PG, Napoleon Explosive is now bursting with F-Bombs." At the Drafthouse Village. (Through Saturday, Midnight) (link)
[film] "Brokeback Mountain" comes to the Drafthouse South Lamar (link)
[books] David Rosen presents The Healing Spirit of Haiku at Bookpeople (7pm) (link)
[music] Students from the Paul Green School of Rock Music Austin perform Pink Floyd's The Wall at RedRum ($10) (link)

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[music] Ghostland Observatory CD Release Dance-Party with Lomita, Clap! Clap!, and DJ Erin at The Ritz ($10, 10pm, 21+) (link)
[music] Centro-matic, Micah P. Hinson, and Pleasant Grove at Emo's
[music] Black Angels, AM Syndicate, and My Education at The Parish Room
[music] The Lemurs at End of an Ear (Free, 6pm)
[music] Austin Indie Alliance's Showcase with Verneshot, Stealing Silence, Redefining the Moment, June Sets Fire, 85 Decibels, and Smile and Nod at the Velvet Spade (link)
[music] Shim Shams, Girls in a Coma, Cooties, and Murdocks at Trophy's
[music] Afternoon show with Assacre, Hug, La Mancha, These Things Make Us Louder, Rubber Robot, and Hypnotoad at Snake Eyes Vinyl (Free, 2pm)
[theatre] "Urinetown: The Musical" at Zach Scott Theatre (8pm) (link)
[theatre] "Dark Goddess" at Vortex Repertory Company (8pm) (link)
[videoke] I Luv Video presents Videoke at the Drafthouse Village (link)
[film] "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" at the Drafthouse Village (midnight) (link)
[burlesque] Red Light Burlesque Troupe presents a tribute to Comic Book Vixens - such pulse-quickening pulp icons as Poison Ivy, Black Canary, Lady Death, Catwoman and of course Wonder Woman. At the Drafthouse Downtown. (8:30pm, 10:30pm) (link)
[art] "Janis: the Art of Janis Joplin" exhibit at Art on 5th, birthday reception with Curator Tour and Q&A with Laura Joplin (Free, 2-4pm)
[art] Arthouse at the Jones Center presents "The Gospel of Lead: Dario Robleto and Jeremy Blake" (Free, 3pm)
[art] Wally Workman Gallery's opening reception, featuring new works by Carol Marine & Gordon Fowler (6-8 pm)
[tickets] Tickets to see Nine Inch Nails at the Frank Erwin Center on Friday, March 24, go on sale at 10am. (link)
[festival] The Texas Asian Chamber of Commerce (TACC) hosts its 10th Annual Asian Lunar New Year Gala at the Hilton Austin Hotel with Chef Martin Yan as the evening's keynote speaker and Dr. Oscar Gonzalez ($85) (link)

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[film] Roe v. Wade Anniversary Screening of "The Abortion Diaries" and "Teen Mami" at MonkeyWrench Books (7:30pm) (link)
[film] New Movie Releases! (link)
[singalong] "Trapped in the Closet," the R. Kelly Singalong, at the Drafthouse Downtown (9:45pm) (link)
[film] Werner Herzog's "Wheel of Time" at the Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) (link)