Food: Rude Mechs Oyster Club Accepting New Members
Once A Month, September-April
Various (All over town)
$200 individual, $300 couple
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Currently accepting registrations for its third season, the Oyster Club is a social club/service providing exclusive entrance to monthly cultural activities across town (the website promises “backstage access, private tours, secret after-parties, and once-in-a-lifetime spectacles.”). If those of us with high IQs head to Mensa, those of us with a high wit head to the Oyster Club, as “off-beat art” and cultural oddities make up the majority of the outings. Along the way you’ll tour cultural gems, see some off-the-wall performance art, and, of course, eat some really tasty food brought to you by the kindly folks at Edible Austin Magazine. Meeting only in the months that include the letter “r” (September to April), the Oyster Club serves up eight servings of culture and fun, all without the risk of contamination from any lingering spilled oil (are oil spill jokes still in?)
The Oyster Club is put on by Rude Mechanicals, an excellent local acting company. Whether or not the Rude Mechs are the kind of thing that tickles your fancy, the Oyster Club is a chance to explore all that Austin has to offer without having to do the dirty work of actually finding the event yourself. There’s still time to sign up at their website, as the first event goes down this Sunday at The Plant at Kyle, where, as you knew they would be, oysters will be served by none other than Todd Duplechan from TRIO and Shane Stark from Paggi House. There will also be booze from Tipsy Texan mixologist David Alan and beers from Saint Arnold Brewing Company. Registration doesn’t get you a special signet ring or mystery laden initiation rite, but you do get access to a members only Facebook page!
