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Justice made a pre SXSW stop at Stubb's on a freezing cold Monday night, playing tracks off their bass resistant, a-typical French house album "†" to a sold out crowd intent on keeping warm by living the dream: D.A.N.C.E.

Snapshots from Sunday's Zilker Kite Festival

Photos courtesy Nash Cook.

Photos by Steve Hopson.

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Photos from last night's Texas Democratic Party debate watching party at the Hyatt, with post debate appearance by Senator Clinton and Senator Obama. All photos by Romain Nayalkar for Austinist.com.

Photos from last night's historic CNN/Univision Debate between Senator Barack Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton. All photos by Steve Hopson for Austinist.com.

Hopefully you didn't skip your daily jog on the trail today so you could rush home and make dip for your debate viewing party. If you did, you missed the opportunity to share your famous french onion recipe with (temporary Austinite) Senator Obama while he got in a gingerly stroll.

Austinist photographer Steve Hopson previewed the UT Rec Center, site of tomorrow night's debate.

Last Saturday, actor Will Ferrell made a quick stop in Austin during a press tour for his new film Semi-Pro. He also attended a sneak preview of the film and did a Q&A session at the Alamo Drafthouse, where attendees were required to dress in 70's basketball attire for admission - you can see the Drafthouse "team photo" here. Austinist's Tom Thornton and Gordon And The Whale's Chase Whale spoke briefly to Ferrell during the media day.

Photos courtesy Nash Cook

Photos of some of the items to be shown at Fashion Freakout at The United States Art Authority (next to Spiderhouse) on Saturday, February 16th.

Besides the wonderful events above, follow the jump for information on more weekend shows!

Photos courtesy Nash Cook

On Saturday, Matt Bearden hosted Misprint magazine's 2nd annual Beard & Mustache competition at Club Deville. Horse + Donkey provided the tunes and DJ Andy (The Mouth) handled the beats. As usual, a fiercely good-looking crowd devoted to all things facial hair showed up and rocked the house.

Local protesters turned up outside Austin's branch of the Church of Scientology as part of yesterday's worldwide anti-Scientology protests.

Photos courtesy Nash Cook

Rogue Wave plays to a sold out audience at The Parish in Austin, Texas.

Also this weekend, the Zachary Scott Theatre Center kicks off its 75th Anniversary Season with George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess. This special production is inspired by the city of New Orleans as well as the music of Ray Charles, Nina Simone, and Louis Armstrong, among others. The show runs for two weeks at the Austin Music Hall and you can purchase tickets here.

Photos of The Electric Gong display, part of the Play it by Ear exhibit, at the Austin Children's Museum on January 18, 2008.

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Photos by Nash Cook

Photos from this year's First Night Austin, which took place last Monday. The family-friendly New Year's Eve festival relies on volunteers and local performers. To find out how you can help with next year's festivities, visit their website.

New Year's Eve at Mohawk, photographed by Nash Cook: Brazos, Pink Nasty, White Denim and Black Joe Lewis.

Besides the wonderful events highlighted by the flyers above, there are a few other shows on New Year's Eve in Austin worth noting:

Photos from the Sock Monkey Nativity holiday display around the corner of 37th street taken by Brian Berzer.

Photos from this weekend's inaugural Santa Speedo Run, which took place during the Trail of Lights 5K. Check out triman's blog recap for more about this festive fundraiser for Out Youth.

Photos from opening night of the Trail of Lights in Zilker Park. Visit the city's Trail of Lights events page to find out about the various festivities taking place this year. Photos courtesy of Keith Gaddis. If you can't view the Flash slideshow above, an alternate version appears after the jump....