FRIDAY [15] juneteenth/parade • Alvin Patterson Battle of the Bands and Drumline Competition at Congress Avenue (2pm) books • Lama Surya Das presents Buddha is as Buddha Does at BookPeople (7:00pm) comedy • Billy D Washington with Doug Mellard at Cap City Comedy Club comedy • Punchline, open mic stand up comedy at ColdTowne Theater (10pm) dance • Constellation, a site-specific dance work from Sally Jacques at Pickle & Thornberry Federal Courthouses (9pm) dance......

THURSDAY [14] dance • Constellation, a site-specific dance work from Sally Jacques at Pickle & Thornberry Federal Courthouses (9pm) art • Guest Tour with Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa at Blanton Museum of Art, MLK at Congress (Thursdays are always free at the Blanton,12:30-1:30pm) art • Opening reception for "Just Been Fired," the mostly at Gallery Lombardi (7-10pm) art and books • Blanton Book Club at Blanton Museum of Art, MLK at Congress 6-7:30pm) books • Reginald......

MONDAY [11] film • Patton Oswalt live with "Ratatouille" sneak preview at Alamo Downtown film • Music Monday: "Harry Nilsson's Birthday Party" at Alamo Downtown food • Central Market Cooking School Class: Sushi 101 with Chef Timothy Thomas at Central Market Cooking School, 4001 N Lamar ($70, 6:30-9:30pm) music • Maserati, My Education, Lazar Wolf at Emo's music • Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, Cheer Accident, Oh, Beast at Emo's music • Manu Chao at Stubb's......

This Thursday, May 17th at 7pm, Austin fixture Owen Egerton will be celebrating the release of How Best to Avoid Dying, his brand new collection of short stories, at BookPeople. The book is also the latest release for local publisher Dalton Publishing. They're offering a free peep of the book's first story, "Spelling," here. While the book itself is worthy of celebration, so too is its author. Egerton is one of Austin's renaissance men.......

Let's take a look back at a week that raised this Zen koan: if Kevin Federline got into a wrestling ring with a wrestler, who would you root for? Austinist was in an entertainment state of mind as they covered the dickens out of the Austin Film Festival, depicted all the Big 12 football coaches as South Park characters, and interviewed Jose Gonzalez. Chicagoist talked about the passion as they bid adieu to Bell......

aGLIFF, or the Austin Gay and Lesbian International Film Festival, tonight hosts the latest in its 2006 Filmmaker Series, which presents works by up-and-coming queer filmmakers and donates any proceeds from ticket sales to support their future projects. Austin-based auteur Alpha's first effort, a documentary short piece entitled What Can 2 Girls Do Together?, debunked common misconceptions that straight males hold about lesbians and earned her a reputation as a guerrilla filmmaker. Since then, she's......

WEDNESDAY [9] [film] Weird Wednesday: Wild Pussycat at Alamo Downtown (11:55pm, Free) ® [film] By the People at Dobie (5pm) ® [film] Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia at Alamo Downtown (7pm) ® [film] Dirty Harry at Paramount Theatre (7pm) ® [film] Live and Let Die at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) [film] Rolling Roadshow: Monty Python & The Holy Grail at Central Market (8pm, Free) ® [film] Bullitt at Paramount Theatre (9:10pm) [film] Blanks......

MONDAY [7] [film] Anthony Kaun Hai - Special Bollywood Screenings at Tinseltown South (6:30pm & 9:45pm) [film] Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia at Alamo Downtown (7pm) ® [film] Magnolia at Austin Java (8pm, Free) ® [film] V for Vendetta at Café Mundi (8:30pm, Free) [film] Urgh! - A Music War at Alamo Downtown (9:45pm, $2) [film] War of the Words at Alamo South (10:10pm) TUESDAY [8] [film] By the People at Dobie (5pm)......

Today, the Paramount Theatre kicks off its annual Summer Film Series. This 30-year tradition showcases more than 60 classic films as you’ve probably never seen them before, including new prints, director’s cuts, the original “Batman” serial (unfortunately not starring Christian Bale, but still entirely watchable), and so much more! It’s a film connoiseur’s dream is what it is. You can purchase a FLIX-TIX book, which gives you 10 admissions for $45 (save $25!). Five......