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The Weekend IST List

THURSDAY [12]

music • The Carrots, The Interest Kills (LAST SHOW) at The Mohawk

music • ME TV's monthly Austin Music Foundation benefit series, "Emerging Artists," with The Dedringers, Nakia and His at Antone's (8pm, $5)

music • Alex Dupree and the Trapdoor Band, Jeff Klein, The Normans at Emo's

music • Twilight Broadcast CD Release Show with Loss Rayne, Goldcure at Stubb's

music • DJ Omari's Soul Party, with the Rock and Roll Adventure Kids at Beerland

music • Leon Fleisher at Bates Hall at UT

music • Sthil, Learning Secrets, Ben Craven & Friends at Whisky Bar

music • The Midgetmen at Red Eyed Fly

tech • Dorkbot at Cafe Mundi

music • Exit the Sun, Mumpsie, The Story Of, Lower 4th at Flamingo Cantina

music/outdoors • Erik Hokkanen at Barton Springs

art • Opening Reception: Joseph Phillips & Jared Theis at D Berman Gallery, 1701 Guadalupe St (6-8pm)

art • Public Tour: The Geometry of Hope: Paris in the 1960s at The Blanton Museum, MLK at Congress (7-8pm)

books • Loren Long and Phil Bildner present Barnstormers Game #1: Tales of the Travelin' Nine Series at BookPeople (10:00am)

books • Steven Saylor presents Rome at BookPeople (7:00pm)

film • The Prince Singalong at Alamo Downtown

film • Terror Thursdays: "What Waits Below" at Alamo Downtown

film • Jim Jarmusch Film Series: "Dead Man" at Alamo Village

film/GLBT/music • aGLIFF's 2nd Annual Spring Fundraiser, "Bloom," with food, music, and the chance to win a Mini Cooper at Big Red Sun ($25/30 Members/Non, $20 Raffle Tickets)

party • Yuri's Night celebration with The Space Elevators, Hyperbubble, Crawling with Kings, digital art, scientific exhibits, and more at Red 7 and Texas Union

party • First Anniversary Party with The Octopus Project, DJs Dana, Brian Tweedy, Prince Klassen at Beauty Bar (Free, Hosted Bar 9-10:30pm)

theatre • Different Stages presents Lettice and Lovage at The Vortex (8pm)

theatreSteel Magnolias at Austin Playhouse (8pm)

theatreThom Pain (based on nothing) at Hyde Park Theatre (8pm)

theatreJeffrey at Arts on Real (8pm)

theatreTake Me Out at Zach Scott Theatre (7:30)

theatrePirates of Penzance at The Paramount Theatre (8pm)

theatreAh, Wilderness! at St. Edwards' Mary Moody Northen Theatre (7:30pm)

theatre • "Pirates of Penzance" at The Paramount Theatre

theatre/dance/art/music • Cohen New Works Festival at UT Campus

FRIDAY [13]

fashion • RARE Magazine Spring Fling Fashion Show at The Belmont

art/music • Take That!, a show of new images by Lance McMahan, plus music by Amanda Jones, Connie Ball, & Teddy and Marge at The Opera House (7-10pm)

art • Hot and Cold: The Best of Canadian Contemporary Art at Art on 5th, 1501 W 5th (10am-6pm)

art • Opening Reception for abstract paintings and encaustics by Andrew Anderson and Aaron David Smith at Gallery Lombardi (7-10pm)

art installationStalemate of the Boozefox, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at MASS Gallery (10pm)

books • Austin International Poetry Festival at BookPeople (7:00pm)

books • Austin International Poetry Festival at BookWoman (7:30pm)

comedyPunchline, open mic stand up comedy at ColdTowne Theater (10pm)

comedy • Wanda Sykes and Keith Robinson at Cap City Comedy Club

film • Master Pancake Theatre does "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" at Alamo Downtown

film • The Singalong Formerly and Again Known as Prince at Alamo Village

film • Movies in the Park: "Happy Feet" at Fredericksburg (7pm)

film/discussion • Arin D. Hill Collective on Race, Gender, and Sexuality screens "NO!", a documentary that explores topics of rape, sexual violence, and homophobia in African American communities at CafĂ© Mundi (3pm)

food • Business Conference - Ingredients for Success: Opening a Restaurant at Palmer Events Center, 900 Barton Springs Road ($100, 8am-4pm)

improv • Double Barrel Improv with Junk, The Frank Mills at The Hideout (10pm)

music • Electric Six, Test Your Reflex, Night Kills the Day at Emo's

music • Bishop Allen, Zykos, DJs from End of an Ear at Emo's

music • Old 97's, The Small Stars at Stubb's

music • Skyrocket (formerly K-Tel Hit Machine) at Antone's

music • White Denim, Loxsly, The Glass Family at Continental Club

music • Pablo Ziegler and the Quintet for New Tango at Hogg Auditorium at UT

music • Karrie Hopper, Real Live Tigers, Kelli Shay Hicks, Secret Sideshow at The Mohawk

music • DJ Mel at Whisky Bar

music • Strange Boys, Cry Blood Apache at Scoot Inn

music • The Killers, Howling Bells at Frank Erwin Center

music • Dynah, The Wartime Social, Avenue for Affair, Casey McPherson at The Parish Room

music • Ashera-Blare-A fundraiser with The Heirs, The Others, Minderchucks, All in a Golden Afternoon at Club de Ville (8-Midnight, $7)

performance artFor Forms, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at The Blue Theater (7pm)

performance artI/O, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at Austin Studios, Stage 5 (9pm)

theatreWIRELESS-LESS, part of UT's Cohen New Works Festival at B. Iden Payne Theatre (UT campus) (8pm)

theatre • Different Stages presents Lettice and Lovage at The Vortex (8pm)

theatreSteel Magnolias at Austin Playhouse (8pm)

theatreThom Pain (based on nothing) at Hyde Park Theatre (8pm)

theatreJeffrey at Arts on Real (8pm)

theatreTake Me Out at Zach Scott Theatre (7:30)

theatrePirates of Penzance at The Paramount Theatre (8pm)

theatreAh, Wilderness! at St. Edwards' Mary Moody Northen Theatre (7:30pm)

theatre • "Pirates of Penzance" at The Paramount Theatre

theatre/dance/art/music • Cohen New Works Festival at UT Campus

SATURDAY [14]

80s dance party • DJ Mel's ROCK THE CASBAH with the Boom Chica Boom Go-Go Girls at The Parish Room (10pm-2am)

art • Hot and Cold: The Best of Canadian Contemporary Art at Art on 5th, 1501 W 5th (10am-6pm)

art • Austin Fine Arts Festival at Republic Square Park, 4th and Guadalupe ($8 adults, kids free, 10am-5pm)

art • Art After Dark at Republic Square Park, 4th and Guadalupe ($65, 7-10pm)

benefit • Safeplace Walk at Waterloo Park

books • Austin International Poetry Festival at BookPeople (1:00pm)

books • Bob Powers presents Happy Cruelty Day at BookPeople (7:00pm)

comedy • Wanda Sykes and Keith Robinson at Cap City Comedy Club

film • Master Pancake Theatre does "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" at Alamo Downtown

food • Austin Farmers Market at 4th and Guadalupe (9am-1pm)

food • Market Days at the Farm at Boggy Creek Farm, 3414 Lyons Road (9am-2pm)

food • Wine 101 at the Whole Foods Beer Kiosk at Whole Foods Market, 525 N Lamar (Noon-1pm)

music • Sebadoh, The Bent Moustache, 1986 at Emo's

music • The Boxing Lesson, White Denim, The Simple Pleasure, Tsar Bomba at Emo's Lounge

music • The Weird Weeds, Mark David Ashworth, Moshi Moshi I Am the Decider, The Plutonium Farmers at Emo's

music • STS9 at Stubb's

music • Shearwater's Jonathan Meiburg and Thor Harris at End of an Ear (4pm, Free)

music • Shane CD Release at End of an Ear (6pm, Free)

music • The Ugly Beats, Victims of Leisure, Alright Tonight at Beerland

music • The Drawing Board, The Story Of at The Mohawk

music • ZZ Top at The Backyard (Sold Out!)

music • Secret Weapons, Militant Babies, More TBA at Scoot Inn

music • IV Thieves, Young Heart Attack, DJ Frenchy at Hole in the Wall

music/food/dance • Juke Joint Stomp 2 with The Hex Dispensers, The Deadly Companions, Tom Vandenavond, John Schooley, The Pumpers, The Ape Shits, The Teeners at "A TBA Location 30 Miles from Austin" (3pm-?, $13)

performance artFor Forms, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at The Blue Theater (2pm)

performance artI/O, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at Austin Studios, Stage 5 (8pm)

photography/performance artLove Story, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at Else Madsen Gallery (6pm)

theatreWIRELESS-LESS, part of UT's Cohen New Works Festival at B. Iden Payne Theatre (UT campus) (11am)

theatre • Different Stages presents Lettice and Lovage at The Vortex (8pm)

theatreSteel Magnolias at Austin Playhouse (8pm)

theatreThom Pain (based on nothing) at Hyde Park Theatre (8pm)

theatreJeffrey at Arts on Real (8pm)

theatreTake Me Out at Zach Scott Theatre (7:30)

theatreBlue 60, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at The Blue Theater (10pm)

theatreAh, Wilderness! at St. Edwards' Mary Moody Northen Theatre (2pm)

theatre workshopPhil Soltanoff Workshop, part of Refraction Arts' Fusebox Festival at Anna Hiss Gym (UT campus) (10am)

theatre/dance/art/music • Cohen New Works Festival at UT Campus

SUNDAY [15]

art • Austin Fine Arts Festival at Republic Square Park, 4th and Guadalupe ($8 adults, kids free, 11am-6pm)

art • Hot and Cold: The Best of Canadian Contemporary Art at Art on 5th, 1501 W 5th (Noon-5pm)

books • The Hip Hop Collective Launch at Center For African American Studies (UT) (2:00pm)

books • Helena Viramontes presents Their Dogs Came With Them at BookPeople (5:00pm)

fashion • Grand Opening Party with the Weary Boys, Black Joe Lewis, the Lonesome Heroes at Pallenberg (207 East 53rd, 1pm)

film • "Amadeus" Director's Cut, with Live Mini-Symphony at Alamo Downtown

food • Beer 101 at the Whole Foods Beer Kiosk at Whole Foods Market, 525 N Lamar (Noon-1pm)

music • The Colour, Simon Dawes, Delta Spirit at Stubb's

music • Texas Rollergirls Quandruple Birthday Bash at Beerland

music • ZZ Top at The Backyard (Not Sold Out)

music • 25th Anniversary Show with Carolyn Wonderland, Ruthie Foster, Grupo Fantasma, Brothers & Sisters, Joe Ely, Zykos, Eisley, Omar & the Howlers at Waterloo Records (Tons of Free Parking, Noon-7pm)

performance artFor Forms, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at The Blue Theater (6pm)

performance artI/O, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at Austin Studios, Stage 5 (8pm)

photography/performance artLove Story, part of Refraction Arts' Fuse Box Festival at Else Madsen Gallery (2pm)

theatre • Different Stages presents Lettice and Lovage at The Vortex (7pm)

theatreSteel Magnolias at Austin Playhouse (5pm)

theatreTake Me Out at Zach Scott Theatre (2:30)

theatreAh, Wilderness! at St. Edwards' Mary Moody Northen Theatre (2pm)

theatre/dance/art/music • Cohen New Works Festival at UT Campus

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  • hlk

    The annual Mighty Texas Dog Walk starts tomorrow (Saturday) at 9am at the Toney Burger Center, as well!

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