This Saturday, The Mohawk is hosting a benefit for Girls Rock Austin and the Girls Rock Camp Alliance, featuring oddly punctuated, mostly female rockers Ume., Follow that Bird!, Code Rainbow!, and the venerable Pink Nasty. ...

Patsy’s Cowgirl Café, 5001 E Ben White Blvd, proudly announces the lucky return of the Rosie Flores Trio on Friday the 13th. Six months ago Rosie was told she would not be able to play guitar due to arthritis. After several gigs in California, she's back in town and Patsy's owner and Esther's Follies alum Shannon Sedwick is asking Austinistes to come out and show Rosie their support. Rosie, who has been known to say,......

*The views expressed in The Laurie Show are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole.* -ed. note Greetings from Froggy McGee, writing to you while recovering in sick bay. I'm happy to report that the Bay Area tour I went on with the brilliant and talented crew of the Broken Clock Cabaret, featuring the rowdy and ravenous No Salvation Army Band, was an absolute success! Unfortunately, the crazy schedule and......

FRIDAY [20] dance • Requiem at Intel Shell (8pm, $20-$30) party/gay • Q Monthly Magazine release party at Oilcan Harry's (5-9pm) art • Chris Campbell: Surface/Depth Reception at Gallery 3 at the Co-Op (5-7pm) art • "The Stones": Art of Ronnie Wood Reception at ART on 5th (6-8pm) drag/party/various • International Drag King Extravaganza 8 at Venues Around Austin music • Oakley Hall, Brothers & Sisters, Li'l Cap'n Travis, Pink Nasty at Emo's music......

MONDAY [16] film • Matador at Arbor (1:10pm & 6:50pm) ® film • Law of Desire at Arbor (4:10pm & 9:30pm) ® film • Strangers with Candy at Alamo Downtown (7pm) film • Notre Musique at Texas Union (7:30pm) ® film • The Goonies at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • Slums of Beverly Hills at Café Mundi (8pm, Free) film • Dr. Strangelove at The Space (8pm, Free) ® film • Super Troopers......

According to friends of ours in the know, it’s all about the penetration, baby. Bring your appetite, moist toilettes and Metamucil to the Travis County Farmers’ Market this Sunday, 'cause the Central Texas Barbeque Association is hosting its 2nd Annual Texas Barbeque Festival. The event features barbeque from some of the best meat purveyors in Central Texas, along with music from Rosie Flores, Twangzilla and Billy Bacon. There’ll be plenty of ribs, chicken, turkey. And......

FRIDAY [7] [music] Cruiserweight, Driver Friendly, Kissinger, Radio Pioneer at Emo's (link) [music] Low at The Parish (link) [music] The Mercers at Stubb's (link) [music] Mr. & Mrs. Mays, Faceless Werewolves and Pocket Symphonies at Hole in the Wall ($3) (link) [music] Dark Star Orchestra at La Zona Rosa (Through Sat) (link) [art] A slew of public art makers and thinkers get together to discuss "Public Art: The Good, the Bad, and the Temporary" at......

*(Giveaway Alert: Email us (editors@austinist.com) with the names of two of your favorite Alejandro Escovedo songs and be entered to win two tickets to By the Hand of the Father.*) By the Hand of the Father, the critically acclaimed original work written by Theresa Chavez, Oscar Garza, Eric Gutierrez and Rose Portillo, returns home to Austin this weekend. The performance, featuring music by the legendary Alejandro Escovedo (whom you already know we love), dramatizes......