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Your Weekly IST List
Highlights for this week:
- The Royal Family bids adieu to the east side with a giant Halloween bash, featuring DJ sets by Stay Gold, a costume contest, and a whopping 75% off the entire store inventory
- The Blanton Museum of Art opens up afterhours on Friday for its monthly B scene, with art from the American West and music by the Unfortunate Heads and DJ Spooky Texas
- Fun Fun Fun Fest takes over Waterloo Park this weekend, with two days of nonstop indie rock, punk, and electronic music, complemented by several killer evening shows and afterparties—be sure to make it to the "special guest" appearances
- The Texas Book Festival returns to downtown Austin, featuring a tremendous variety of personalities that include Padma Lakshmi (host of Bravo's Top Chef), Lynne V. Cheney, Alex Ross (The New Yorker music critic), and David Talbot (founder of Salon.com).
- PostSecret founder Frank Warren tells all at UT
- The Octopus Club hosts the 12th annual Octo Tea Dance at The Oasis, a benefit bash for AIDS Services of Austin replete with great DJs, free food, a silent auction, and more
Check out these events and many more on our Weekly IST List.
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