FRIDAY [9] art • Grand Opening Party for DRAW, 150 artists strong at Gallery Lombardi (7pm - 10pm) comedy • Todd Barry, Matt Bearden at Emo's Lounge music • Deerhoof, Macromantics, Experimental Dental School at Emo's music • Primordial Undermind at End of an Ear (6pm, Free) music • The Everyday People CD Release Show with The Hero Factor, Live Oak Decline at The Parish Room music • Lucinda Williams, Heartless Bastards at Stubb's... more ›

Gallery Lombardi, vanguard art institution and perennial party host, makes its triumphant return to Austin this month. Hot on the heels of their well-received debut of Mobile Art Place last month (in collaboration with the event organizers at We Manage Stuff), Lombardi will inaugurate their new digs at West 7th and Rio Grande with an opening party tomorrow night. Their newest exhibit, "DRAW," is touted as a "tribute to the often-underrated but fundamental building-block of... more ›

The newest addition to the 2110 South Lamar block—already home to Birds Barbershop, Downstairs, 365 Ways, Roost, and Legendary Beads—is The Waxing Studio, which celebrates its grand opening this Thursday. Billing itself as the city's "first and only all-waxing salon," this new location and the original shop on William Cannon both offer an affordable variety of spa services. In conjunction with their Grand Opening party (wine, $1 eyebrow waxes for the first twenty guests, etc), we're giving away a free waxing courtesy of the folks at the Waxing Studio -- we're not sure which kind, but we'll let you know if you're our lucky winner.
Congrats, A.G.! The Waxing Studio Grand Opening Party
Thursday, February 1st
2110 South Lamar
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We realize we've been all over this since we first found out about it, but we live right next to these guys and we're thrilled about Birds Barbershop joining our neighborhood. They're throwing their mega opening all weekend long, starting with Mayor Will Wynn getting his hair did on Saturday morning. This will be followed up with a Grand Opening Hangover Party on Sunday night (because Monday's a holiday, obvs). DJs megaGATES and Chill Collins from We Explode! are doing turntable duty, and Tito's Vodka and Independence Brewery have generously supplied dionysian quantities of free booze. more ›

From North Loop to South Lamar, Room Service reigns in Austin as an old favorite with a new address. The original location is an experience to which you have to allot atleast an hour per visit. Its new little sister is located at 1701 S.Lamar and is celebrating its opening on Sunday, April 30th. What a way to spend a Sunday! Door prizes, popcorn, hotdogs, and music from the Telephone Company, The Carrots, and... more ›

The Austin Asian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow at the Drafthouse Downtown. The annual showcase runs through Sunday, and features over thirty full-length films, documentaries, and shorts. Countries represented in their schedule include Bhutan, China, North and South Korea, India, Pakistan, Vietnam, and more. A full-access pass to the festival costs $25 for AFS members, and $35 for the general public - those of you on a budget can still enjoy many of their programs, as well over a dozen screenings on the UT campus are free. more ›

::SATURDAY:: [film] Bush's Brain, dusk @ Jo's Coffee - sponsored by MoveOn.org [film?] Casting Call for "How to Eat Fried Worms," 10am-4pm @ Holliday Inn Town Lake [art] "Fever" Opening Party, 12-5pm @ Creative Research Laboratory ::ALL WEEKEND:: [theater] "Annie Get Your Gun," 8-ish @ Zilker Hillside Theater... more ›

FRIDAY [movie] "Metropolis" with a live soundtrack by DJ Nicknack, 7pm & 9:45 pm @ The Alamo Drafthouse Downtown [shop] The Real World Garage Sale, 1-6pm @ the alley behind the Real World house. [music] Prefuse 73, 9pm @ The Parish. SATURDAY [shop] The Real World Garage Sale, 10am-6pm @ the Real World house. [dancing] Rock the Casbah w/DJ Mel, 9:30pm @ The Parish. [musicshop] Opening Party for End of an Ear @ 2209... more ›

FRIDAY [fun] Austinist contributors Katie Spence & Reed Becker will be wandering around Austin's "financial district" wearing Ken Lay masks in support of the new documentary film, "Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room" - 2ish this afternoon [art] Tex-Mex Casserole Opening Party at Flux (new collaborative work from Dennis Hodges & Brandon Petree. 6-10) [music] Crack Pipes Record Release party at Beerland (with John Schooley & His One-man Band) [music] True Penny at El... more ›

We've been a really good Austinist this week and kept you updated on all the events of this weekend. But we thought we'd be really, good and remind you about all of them: more ›

We think the Honda Metropolitan is more attractive than the current batch of Vespas, but we suppose Vespas have a little more mod cachet. If you're currently wearing an off-white linen suit, you might be interested in attending the opening party of the new Vespa store tomorrow night. It's billed as a "grand" opening party, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. more ›