The Weekly IST List: April 17-23
MONDAY [17]
[music] The High Flyers at Continental Club (10pm) (link)
[lecture] Josh Rushing, future host of a show on Al Jazeera International and "accidental media star" in "Control Room," speaks at UT LBJ Auditorium (7pm) (link)
[art] Opening Reception for Michael Schliefke's newest works, "What If We Could Get It All Back?" at bolm Studios (6pm-11pm) (link)
[film] Oscar-Nominated Documentary shorts at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link)
[film] Anime Movie Monday at Ventana del Sol (7:30pm) (link)
[film] Amazing Gace: Jeff Buckley at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm) (link)
[film] The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things at Alamo South (9pm) (link)
[books] Jonathan Safran Foer (Everything is Illuminated) at Barnes & Noble at 10000 Research Blvd (7pm) (link)
[film/drinking] FuseBox Happy Hour at Blue Theater (6pm, $5, FREE beer and wine) (link)
TUESDAY [18]
[music] Fruit Bats, Amandine, Sam Jayne (of Love is Laughter) at Emo's (link)
[music] Matt Nathanson w/ The Lovely Sparrows at Stubb's (link)
[music] Neko Case with The High Dials at La Zona Rosa (link)
[books] Troy Hendra presents Messiah of Morris Avenue at Bookpeople (7pm) (link)
[film] Readings From Voices of a People's History of the United States at Monkeywrench Books (8pm) (link)
[film] Donnie Darko at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm) (link)
[film] AFS Essential: Pavement Butterfly at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link)
[film] Sinsations Adult Botiuqe presents The Notorious Bettie Page at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm) (link)
WEDNESDAY [19]
[music] Monster Squad, Sober Daze, AK47s (the action cancelled) at Emo's (link)
[music] Downtown Grapeshot Jazz Band & Holland Hopson at The Parish (9pm) (link)
[music] "Kacy & Karl's Big Break Benefit with Under Radio with Johnny Goudie, Billy Harvey, Kacy Crowley, K-Tel Hit Machine, Jon Dee Graham" at Continental Club ($15, 9pm) (link)
[music] Glen Maxey Fundraiser, hosted by Democracy for Texas. at Ruta Maya ($10, 7pm) (link)
[film] SOS Alliance presents “Roy Bedicheck’s Vanishing Frontier”, the first in a new series of films highlighting the history of the environmental movement. at Zilker Hillside Theatre (Free, 8:30pm) (link)
[food/beer] Austin Newcomers Happy Hour Volume 2! at Little Woodrow's (All Welcome, 6-8pm) (link)
[books] Austin International Poetry Festival Reading at Bookpeople (7:30pm) (link)
[film] Cine Las Americas Film Festival at Various Locations (Various Times) (link)
[film] Third Coast Night: La Tragedia de Macario at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link)
[film] Cambridge Filmmaker Night at Nueva Onda (8:30pm, Free) (link)
[film] Combover: The Movie at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm) (link)
[film] Weird Wednesdays: Psycho from Texas at Republic Square Park (11:45, Free) (link)
THURSDAY [20]
[music] The Sword, Torche, Asg, Golden Axe at Emo's (link)
[music] Caroline Casey, Two-Timin' Three, Shaun Young at Beerland (link)
[music] Tonewheel Collective at Beerland (Free, 7pm) (link)
[poetry] Austin International Poetry Festival at Ruta Maya (Through Saturday, 5pm) (link)
[art] Opening Reception for Jimmy Jalapeeno's "No One Place" at d berman Gallery (6-8pm) (link)
[music] Kinetic's 10th Anniversary Show at Antone's ($5, 9pm) (link)
[music] 19th Annual Old Settler's Music Festival at Salt Lick BBQ Pavilion (Through 23rd, All Day) (link)
[420] "420 Party" with lots of, uhh, munchies at Ararat Restaurant (7pm) (link)
[art] Opening Reception for Jeff Scott's "Elvis: The Personal Archives and Between Midnight" at Gallery Soco (6-9pm) (link)
[art/party] Women and Their Work's Sixth Annual "Making Waves" Spring fundraise, with synchronized swimming by the H2Hos, catering by P&K Grocery, and Tito's Vodka at Tuttle House at 608 Baylor ($100) (link)
[film] Heroic Grace 2: The New One Armed Swordsman at Alamo Downtown (7pm) (link)
[film] Rolling Roadshow: East of Eden at The Glenn at the Backyard (8:30pm) (link)
[film] Express Yourself: The Madonna Sing-along at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm) (link)
[film] The Notorious Bettie Page with performance by Red Light Burlesque at Alamo South (11:45pm) (link)
[film] Terror Thursday: Andy Warhol's Dracula at Alamo Downtown (11:45pm, Free) (link)
[theatre] FLIGHT 916 at Blue Theater (8pm, $15, showing as part of the FuseBox festival) (link)
[theatre] In2 The West at Austin Community College (8pm, call 223-3352 for tickets and more info) (link)
FRIDAY [21]
[music] Those Peabodys, Grand Champeen, Birds of Avalon (ex-Cherry Valence)/ man eaters of tsavo at Emo's (link)
[music] The Radiators at The Parish (link)
[music] Blue October w/ People In Planes and Bril at Stubb's (link)
[music] The Shells CD Release at End of an Ear (Free, 6pm) (link)
[lecture] The Texas Observer presents David Sirota, author of Hostile Takeover: How Big Money and Corruption Have Conquered Our Government - And How We Can Take it Back, with Molly Ivins and Lloyd Doggett at The Old School ($10 Donation, 6:30pm-9:30pm, 1604 East 11th) (link)
[outdoors] Day of Caring at Around Town (All Day) (link)
[books] Literacy Austin BookFest 2006 at Ballet Austin (Through 29th, Check site for details, 501 West 3rd) (link)
[art] BLUSH art show at Iron Gate Studios (7-11pm) (link)
[books] Cristina Henriguez presents Come Together, Fall Apart at Bookpeople (7pm) (link)
[film] The Sinus Show: Top Gun at Alamo Downtown (7pm & 9:45pm) (link)
[film] The Notorious Bettie Page with performance by Red Light Burlesque at Alamo South (9:45pm & 11:55pm) (link)
[theatre] Decameron Day 7: Revenge at Off Center (8pm, $15) (link)
SATURDAY [22]
[outdoors/music] Rock the Block - a day of public art and music in a vacant city block -- Roky Erickson, Alejandro Escovedo, David Garza, Art Installations at Block 21 (link)
[danceparty] Kickpleat & Progress Coffee Dance Party - bands, beer, DJ Mel, goodie bags at Progress Coffee (9pm-2am) (link)
[music] Voxtrot/ Irving/ Shells, Tacks The Boy Disaster (out/late) at Emo's (link)
[music] Real Heroes, The Score, The Hot Rails (inside/late) at Emo's (link)
[music] Oliver Future W/ Pudge Zeppelin at The Parish (link)
[music] Benevento Russo Duo w/ Eliot Lipp at Stubb's (link)
[music] Ringo Deathstarr (9:00) Horse + Donkey (10:00) Red Leaves (11:00) The Manikin (12:00) at Hole in the Wall (link)
[music] Mistress Stephanie and her Melodic Cat, Cat Scientist, Pong at Continental Club (9:30pm) (link)
[music] Latin Jazz Dance Night with Tumbateo at Ruta Maya ($5, 9pm) (link)
[music] The Mockery Birds at Flamingo Cantina (link)
[art/film] Arthouse and Austin Film Festival present the Austin Student Film Expo at Arthouse (6pm) (link)
[outdoors] Austin Parks Foundation's It's My Park Day at Various Outdoor Spaces (link)
[outdoors] Earth Day 06! Check out the Green Gates installations at Various Outdoor Spaces (link)
[music] The Duke Ellington Orchestra at Riverbend Centre ($20-$56, 7pm) (link)
[outdoors] Annual SafePlace Walk for safe families & safe streets at Waterloo Park (10am-2pm) (link)
[outdoors] The Heart O' Texas Orchid Society tells you all need to know about raising the fickle flowers at Zilker Botanical Gardens (9am-5pm) (link)
[GLBT] Lesbian Couples Supper Club at (Email for details) (link)
[party] Rare Magazine's Live Music and Fashion Show to benefit Austin Music Foundation with What Made Milwaukee Famous, Flametrick Subs, Satan’s Cheerleaders and 54 Seconds, plus a TON of boutiques and salons at Tambaleo ($12/door, 5:45pm) (link)
[art] Opening Reception and book signing for Bill Wittliff's "La Vida Brinca" at Stephen L Clark Gallery (6-9pm) (link)
[art] Katherine Brimberry teaches a class on Solar-Plate Printmaking at Flatbed Press (link)
[books] Austin International Poetry Festival Reading, Part II at Bookpeople (1pm) (link)
[books] David Sirota presents Hostile Takeover : How Big Money and Corruption Conquered Our Government--and How We Take It Back, sponsored by the Texas Observer at Progressive Populist Cacus (4pm) (link)
[theatre] Static at Woodward Hotel (5pm and 8pm, $20-$50) (link)
[performance art] Floodlines at Outside (Site specific -- exact time and location TBA, $15) (link)
SUNDAY [23]
[music] spank rock, Prince Klassen, Tran Tram at Emo's (link)
[outdoors] "Taichi-athon" at Zilker Park (10am-4pm) (link)
[books] Patrick McDonnell presents Art at Bookpeople (3pm) (link)
[film] Thunderhills: Long Shots on a Short Track at Alamo Downtown (1:30pm) (link)
[film] The Music Lovers with the PK Waddle Symphony at Alamo Downtown (6pm) (link)
[film] Express Yourself: The Madonna Sing-along at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm) (link)
*Select entries from KUT Events
*IST List compiled by Allen Y Chen, Matthew Odam, and Jonathon Morgan
