FRIDAY [30] music • The Skeletons at South Austin Speedshop (7pm) fashion/music • Couture de Amore with fashions by Loves, Mariessa; Stiletto Gold; Sea and Enemies; Amy Kline (Jewelry), and Clap!Clap!, Golden Bear, Haunting Oboe Music, The Valentines at The Parish Room ($10) music • Video/CD release for "The Projeckt" at Latitude 30 music • Bluebonnet Blues Festival, benefitting Historic Main Street Association of Marble Falls, at Marble Falls music • 3rd Annual Global...
The Weekend IST List
The Weekend IST List
THURSDAY [29] theatre •Yellow Tape Construction Company presents I Am Not Tartuffe at play! Theatre (8pm) theatre •The City Theatre Company presents The Boys Next Door at The City Theatre (8pm) theatre •Ohio Trip, a "slide show adventure" by Elizabeth Cobbe at Women & Their Work Gallery (7:30pm) theatre •The Vortex presents Hamlet at The Vortex (8pm) theatre •Hyde Park Theatre presents Zell Miller III's My Child, My Child, My Alien Child at Hyde...
The Daily IST
WEDNESDAY [28] film •AFS presents "Grindhouse" at The Paramount Theatre books •Larry Speck presents Technology, Sustainability, and Cultural Identity at BookPeople (7:00pm) books •Mayor's Book Club, First Discussion of Around the Bloc by Stephanie Elizondo Griest at International Center of Austin (7:00pm) film •Third Coast Night screens "Sacco & Vanzetti" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film •"Transformers: The Movie" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film •Weird Wednesdays: "Erotic Adventures of Superknight" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film...
The Daily IST
TUESDAY [27] film •AFS Essential Series "Climates" at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar books •Laura Van Prooyen presents Inblot and Altar at BookWoman (7:00pm) books •Robert Utley presents Lone Star Lawmen at BookPeople (7:00pm) film •"8-Bit": a film about art & video games at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown film •"Where's the Beef?" best commercials of the 80s at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown music •Yellow Fever, Basic, Popup at Emo's music •O'2L at Stubb's music •Dale Watson at...
The Weekend IST List: April 28-30
FRIDAY 28 [music] Ghostland Observatory, Glass Family, Clap! Clap! and Crash Gallery at Emo's (info) [music] White Ghost Shivers (CD Release Ball) with The Small Stars at The Parish Room (info) [music] Texas Sapphires at Waterloo Records (Free, 5pm) (info) [music] Joe Satriani at The Paramount Theatre (8pm) (info) [music] Southern Culture on the Skids at Continental Club (Through Sunday!, 11:30pm) (info) [music] My Education and Cue at Blue Theatre ($6) (info) [music/food] ATX Fest,...
Better Than Kiss Alive III, For Reals
Double Wide and Live is the latest release from the venerable champions of rock-a-hillbilly, Southern Culture on the Skids (SCOTS). This one-disc captures the raucous, sister-kissin' vibe that SCOTS shows are known for, sans the tossed fried chicken and/or flung banana pudding.
Let's Go Out to Dinner and See a Movie
Although we know you like to boogey and we know you like to booze, sometimes a nice night at the movies and a big tub of buttered popcorn makes is perfect recipe for a relaxing weekend evening, especially with all this rain. With that said, there are a few new movies being released in Austin theatres this weekend and a host of first-runs worth checking out if you have not already taken our advice....

