The Weekly IST List: March 27-April 2

MONDAY [27]

[ music ] Jay Moeller's Birthday Blues Bash, with Ephraim Owens, Mike Barfield, Scott Nelson, Damien Llanes, James Bullard, and loads more at The Continental Club (9:30pm) (link)

[ music ] KOOP Radio Monday Benefit with Guy Forsyth, Wammo and Sick, and Southpaw Jones. Hosted by Owen Egerton (of Sinus) at Ruta Maya ($5, 8:30pm) (link)

[ art ] "Art is Imagination": Paintings of the American West at Blanton Museum of Art (Free, 6:30pm-8pm) (link)

[ music ] Audio Inversions performs Wynton Marsalis's "The Fiddler's Tale" at AMoA downtown (8pm) (link)

[ film ] Big Smash! Film Festival presents "TV Party" at Drafthouse Downtown ($1, Also Wednesday for regular price, 9:45pm) (link)

[ music/film ] "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" at Drafthouse South Lamar (Through Thursday, 10:15pm) (link)

TUESDAY [28]

[ music ] Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins at The Parish Room (link)

[ film ] Legendary Special Effects Genius Ray Harryhausen presents an exclusive screeing of 1933's "King Kong" at Drafthouse South Lamar (SOLD OUT, 7pm) (link)

[ music/film ] "O Brother, Where Are Thou" southern feast at Drafthouse South Lamar (7pm) (link)

WEDNESDAY [29]

[ music ] Bela Fleck and the Flecktones with Rhonda Vincent at Stubb's (link)

[ music ] Cry Blood Apache & Preserve the Sound at The Parlor (link)

[ music ] Asylum Street Spankers at Ruta Maya (8:30pm) (link)

[ music ] Death Cab for Cutie and Franz Ferdinand at The Backyard (link)

[ lecture ] KLRU's Engaging Speaker Series, "Spark," with Azar Nafisi at The Paramount Theatre (7:30pm) (link)

[ smut/film ] "Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio" at Drafthouse Downtown (Midnight) (link)

[ music/film ] Immortal Beloved with Live Beethoven Chamber Music at Drafthouse South Lamar (7pm) (link)

[ music/film ] Rolling Roadshow screens "School of Rock" at Republic Square Park (Free, 8pm) (link)

[ film ] Worlds Best Commercials! at Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) (link)

[ film ] AFS screens Kaveh Bahrami Moghaddam's "I Talk To God" at CMA building on UT campus (7:30pm) (link)

[ theatre ] "Exposed: Experiments in Love, Sex, Death, Art" Vortex (8pm, tickets on a sliding scale (link)

THURSDAY [30]

[ party ] Free afterparty for Dinosaur JR Show at Emo's (Wristband or Ticket Stub Req) (link)

[ music ] Dinosaur Jr. w/ Dead Meadow & Preistess at Stubb's (link)

[ music ] The Points & The Spinns at The Parlor (link)

[ music ] 2006 Lone Star Round Up! at The Continental Club (10pm) (link)

[ music ] Peru-A-Palooza St. Edwards Student Benefit with Driver Friendly, Trip 7 and Steven Clarke at ($5, 9pm) (link)

[ music ] The Lord Henry at Whisky Bar (10pm) (link)

[ music ] Lomita, Short Film and more at Flamingo Cantina (link)

[ lecture ] The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Lecture at The Paramount Theatre ($20/48, 7pm) (link)

[ film ] Mark Eisner screens "Pablo Neruda! Presente!" at Harry Ransom Center (7pm) (link)

[ music/film ] Journey Singalong with live music by Odyssey at Drafthouse Downtown (9:45pm) (link)

[ film ] Third Coast screens "Aristide & the Endless Revolution" at Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) (link)

[ beer ] Guinness Believer Tasting Event at Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (MUST RSVP, Free, 6:30pm-8:30pm) (link)

[ theatre ] "Durang/Durang" at Mary Mood Northern Theatre (8pm, $12/$10) (link)

[ theatre ] "Bad Dates" at Zach Scott Theatre (8pm, now re-opening with Jill Blackwood replacing the fallen Helen Merino) (link)

[ theatre ] "The Glory of Living" at Hyde Park Theatre (8pm, $15) (link)

FRIDAY [31]

[ music ] Reckless Kelly at La Zona Rosa (link)

[ music ] Peter & the Wolf, Navajo Radio and more at Emo's (Inside) (link)

[ music ] Ghostface Killah, Word Association, DJ Notion at Emo's (Outside) (link)

[ music ] The Glass Family w/ Quien es Boom (CD Release) & Brothers and Sisters at The Parish Room (link)

[ music ] Red Light Burlesque at The Continental Club (10:30pm) (link)

[ music ] Benefit for Austin Resource Center for the Homeless through Front Steps with DJ Linda and DJ Little Danny, John Schooley, New Glow and Rolls Royce at ($5, 9pm) (link)

[ music ] The Midgetmen celebrate their 4th Birthday! plus the Lemurs, Fall Collection, Just Guns and the Norm at Flamingo Cantina (link)

[ music ] Box Spring Hogs, Attack Formation, Cry Blood Apache and more at Beerland (7pm) (link)

[ music ] Waxploitation! DJs present "A Soul Happening" at Red's Scoot Inn (Free, 9:30pm) (link)

[ art/party ] Art Ball 10, with guests Christo and Jeanne-Claude, at AMoA Laguna Gloria (link)

[ books ] Deirdre Earls, RD, LD, presents "Your Healing Diet: Austin's Quick Guide to Reversing Chronic Disease Through Healing Foods" at Bookpeople (Free, 7pm) (link)

[ art ] S.O.S. Benefit & Artist Reception -- "Contemporary Landscapes: Texas and Beyond" at ART on 5th (6-8pm) (link)

[ theatre ] "Static" at The Woodward Inn (8pm, tickets start at $20) (link)

SATURDAY [1]

[ music ] Black Angels CD Release, Bellaparker, Strange Boys and Angelus at Emo's (Outside) (link)

[ music ] DJ Mel's Bday Bash -- ROCK THE CASBAH at The Parish Room (link)

[ music ] Kevin Max, 100 Years Storm, and Chris Taylor & the Bleeding Hearts Band at Stubb's (link)

[ music ] The Whispers at Austin Music Hall (link)

[ music ] Ringo Deathstarr at The Parlor (link)

[ art/festival ] Austin Fine Arts Alliance hosts "Art After Dark" at Republic Square Park ($55, 7pm) (link)

[ outdoors ] Austin Cactus and Succulent Society 2006 Spring Show and Sale! at Zilker Botanical Gardens (Through Sunday, Free, 10am-5pm) (link)

[ art ] Austin Fine Arts Festival at Republic Square Park (All Weekend, 11am-5pm) (link)

[ music/film ] Ronnie Lane Birthday Party with Ian McLagan Live! at Drafthouse South Lamar (7pm) (link)

[ food ] Austin Farmers’ Market at 2nd and Guadalupe (9am-1pm) (link)

[ art ] Opening reception for Hana Hillerova's "Superspace" at Women & Their Work (7-9pm) (link)

SUNDAY [2]

[ music ] The Sounds, Morningwood, and Action Action at Emo's (Outside) (link)

[ rollergirls ] TX Rollergirls' 2nd Bout of the Season at Playland Skate Center ($15, 6:30pm) (link)

[ outdoors ] Open House for "Save Austin's Cemeteries" at Oakwood Cemetery (Free, 10am-2pm) (link)

[ books ] Christopher Moore presents "Dirty Job" at Bookpeople (Free, 3pm) (link)

[ film ] "Trudell" at Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) (link)

[ film ] "The Real Bettie Page" at Drafthouse Downtown (9:45pm) (link)

[ film ] "Charlotte's Web" at The Paramount Theatre (2pm, 4:30pm) (link)

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By Allen Y Chen in Arts & Entertainment on March 27, 2006 7:00 AM 0 Comments

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allen

beerland never mentioned the show, but tonewheel's site as of last weekend listed one for 3/30. but you're right -- seems like they've updated their info.

HEY!

Tonewheel isn't tonight according to their website and Beerland's..next week. damn, guys, git yo shit right

The Midgetmen

The Midgetmen 4 Year Birthday Party lineup (from last to first) is:

The Midgetmen (electric), The Total Foxes (Jerm Pollet of Mr. Sinus Theatre's band), The Lemurs, Just Guns, The Midgetmen (unplugged)

Not sure who "Norm" is. Plus your link is going to Ruta Maya, not Flamingo.