This Sunday, come to one of one of Austin’s most comfortably worn-in bars to see four promising local artists strut their stuff. The Pillow Queens, Canopy (or CCANOPYY), Spirit of Space and Jacob Borshard will all play The Hole in the Wall starting around 9, with no cover. ...

Image from MySpace Ear to the UndergroundSunday, December 9Salvage Vanguard Theatre ()$5, 8pm-12am, BYOB[info] This Sunday, The Church of the Friendly Ghost and the Misc. Music label are banding together to bring new, mind-expanding music to the Salvage Vanguard Theatre. The event, called Ear to the Underground, begins at 8:00 p.m. and ends at 12:00 p.m. Four bands will be performing; Damage Pants and Aliens from Austin, and Make Your Own Maps with the painful-sounding......

Photo by Thomas McConnell on aaim.org AAIM Interreligious Thanksgiving ServiceSunday, November 18Congregation Beth Israel (3901 Shoal Creek Blvd.)service starts at 4pm, reception at 5pm[info]This Sunday, Austin Area Interreligious Ministries will hold their 23rd annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service. Austinites of diverse faith backgrounds join together for this service every year. This interfaith service is unique and sometimes surprising, and the call to worship is always a moving experience. Please note that the location for the service......

Pump Up the Volume was so much more than a proto-Jock Jams house anthem by M/A/R/R/S. It was the youthful, telegenic angst of 1990, distilled and splashed against an awesome soundtrack. It was a young and (remember?) hot Christian Slater playing a high-school pirate radio DJ named Happy Harry Hard-On. It was Samantha Mathis playing a way ballsier and like, more articulate precursor to Angela Chase. And, like any teen dramedy worth its salt, it......

Well kids, it's time for another installment of the COTFG series over at the Salvage Vanguard theater. This Sunday, as visual displays grace the entire evening, the crowd will be given a special treat: a film presentation by Miss 16mm, Yellow Crystal Star from Tallahasee, and Steve Marsh's RadarCave (among other things). Do something different: go support our truly experimental local artists and musicians. Yellow Crystal Star Radar Cave Loren Dent Necessity Quebron Lori 16mm......

You have probably never heard of Larry Weir, but if you grew up in the 80's you have most likely seen or heard his handiwork. This Sunday, he and his brother/writing partner Tom Weir will visit Austin to host a serendipitous screening of the 80's cult cheese classic Teen Witch as part of the Alamo Drafthouse Celebrity Guest Signature Series. Apparently, an Alamo staffer had been bugging the management to play the movie for years......

Unlike the recently discussed Westlake mothers driving with one hand and sipping wine with the other, the Austin Wine Festival is making it possible for you to combine the thrill of Texas roads with the taste of wine, all in a safely automobile-free environment. This Sunday night, watch The Wine Roads of Texas, a documentary from KLRU and Wes Marshall that tells the story of Texas wineries in an engaging and informative manner. Beginning in......

Austin's post-drone heroes My Education have stayed very busy the last year, issuing Moody Dipper, a CD with original and remixed work courtesy friends like Teith (Trevor from Pelican) and Red Sparowes, recording their upcoming 12" release of Arvo Part's "Spiegel im Spiegel" with Dalek, and they've been diligently working on a new full-length in their home studio. This Sunday, the band will undertake a live soundtracking of F.W. Murnau's 1927 classic silent film,......

This Sunday, March 18th, the Austin Film Festival and 'Specially for Children will present a free sneak screening of New Line Cinema's family sci-fi film, The Last Mimzy. The screening (which will take place at the Regal Arbor Cinema as part of the AFF's Target Family Film Series) will help raise funds for a film-themed infusion room for teenagers with cancer and blood disorders at the Children's Ambulatory Blood and Cancer Center. Based on the......

This Sunday, the SXSW Film Festival will host the world premiere of Jennifer Venditti's much buzzed-about documentary Billy The Kid. The film follows Billy Price, a fifteen-year-old boy who overcomes obstacles with courage and wisdom to spare. This one looks really interesting—apparently, Venditti is a casting agent who's famous for her "street scouting", where she travels around finding real people (as opposed to, you know, actors) for advertising, fashion and film roles. She encountered Price......

Mikail Davenport cycles towards Kingsville, Texas during the 2005 Capitol Ride. Photo by John Cates. This Sunday, Mikail Davenport, a 58-year old native Texan, will set out for the ride of his life, cycling over 900 miles across our state. In a month. Without using his legs. Davenport contracted polio at age two, and in his early teens underwent a long series of reconstructive surgeries. The same debilitating muscular disease that afflicted Franklin D.......

*The views expressed in The Laurie Show are those of the author and do not represent Austinist as a whole.* -ed. note My friend and fellow music lover John Gross, one of the proprietors of the fabulous music promotion vehicle known as Party Ends, reminded me about a fantastic weekend fundraiser that will surely entertain with great music…and great beer. Party Ends has teamed up with the good folks of Independence Brewing Co. to......

This Sunday two local interfaith events will take place. The first and largest gathering of the two is the Annual Interreligious Thanksgiving Service. This service is sponsored by Austin Area Interreligious Ministries and has been held for 22 years now. It is an amazing opportunity to see all the diverse faiths of our city represented under one roof. Our favorite part of the service is the call to worship, which has in the past......

Because we feel like you don’t have enough Canadian music in your life, we’d like to propose to you yet another opportunity to get your Canuck on . This Sunday night at Emo’s, Vancouver denizens Ladyhawk will bring some genuine, riff-heavy Canadian goods and prove, once again, that Neil Young’s influence knows no limits. Ladyhawk play the kind of guitar rock that Canada would be famous for, if only the border extended far enough south......

Fútbol in the United States has had its share of peaks and valleys. From the heyday of the North American Soccer League (NASL) to the quarter final run of the national team in the 2002 FIFA World Cup , there have been quite a few success stories in a country that is supposedly averse to the sport. Austin, too, has had its share of hits and misses. The Austin Lone Stars, Austin Lightning, and the......

We've been putting off going to great Austin museums for very lame reasons, some of which include beer, gravity and the occasional fact that we just don't feel like paying for it. This Sunday, we will no longer have the last excuse, because museums are free for the ninth annual Austin Museum Day. To encourage a city-wide rediscovery of Austin museums, there will be local exhibits and activities at 29 participating institutions which are listed......

From the moment we woke up, something was different. Our fingers delicately tip-toed across our bedside table; we nimbly caressed our oddly rhythmic alarm into silence. Gone was our everyday stumbling stupor as we arose from the bed like a bird on a spring. ‘Twas replaced with physical ease – how nice – as we spun and we twirled, dipping and diving, shuffling gracefully to our morning…pee. (Ahhh.) This is no week in theatre,......

Perhaps you've always been too intimidated by the imposing adobe facade and high-end boutiques that surround the Jackson Ruiz hair salon to actually go in and let them touch your head. What's more, you're sure you couldn't afford an appointment, anyway. Well, here's your chance to get that salon-grade clip and help out disadvantaged children in your area. This Sunday, the good folks at JR are asking for a minimum donation of only $35......

This Sunday night is the world premiere of Hef and the Magnificent Mansion from Atomicpunk Productions and Anshawn Entertainment. Somewhere in between Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and a bad ass Playboy party at Hef's killer casa du love, this musical comedy follows Charlie as he tries to find the "golden centerfolds". Check out the trailer here. Dig it. The party starts at 7pm, the show starts at 8pm, and if you wear......

This Sunday evening, Austin joins the rest of the world for the 23rd International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Service, the world's largest and oldest annual grassroots HIV/AIDS event designed to honor the memory of those lost, show support for those those living with HIV/AIDS, and encourage community involvement in the fight against the disease. Now participating for the seventh year, Austin's memorial service will start with Mayor Will Wynn lighting the first candle and reading a......

Gallery Dv8, the outdoor "guerrilla gallery" curated by former Mojo's owner Wade Beesley, strives to represent "raw, innovative artists whose works often don't get recognized or appreciated by traditional galleries." Every so often Beesley turns his backyard into a giant art party/exhibition with live music. This Sunday, DV8 holds court yet again, this time turning their focus to works of a more urgent matter. The exhibition is entitled "Caution: Police State -- Politically Inspired Art......

(image borrowed from 3M 2005 photo gallery) We like to think of ourselves as a healthy bunch. We've been anticipating The 3M Half Marathon (and relay) for a couple months now. Training diligently. Eating right. Sleeping right. Cutting back on the beer consumption. ( Well, maybe not as much as we should have...but we read somewhere that beer actually replaces certain phytochemicals lost while running-so we considered them as part of our training regimen.)......

This Sunday marks the 33rd anniversary of Roe Vs. Wade, the landmark abortion ruling that has, yet again, come under attack by various scheming types. In commemoration, our friend is putting together a special screening of "The Abortion Diaries" by Penny Lane and "Teen Mami," a short documentary by Austinite Laura Donnelly featuring interviews with various women who were teenage mothers with unplanned pregnancies. Excerpted from the "Diaries" website: "The Abortion Diaries" is a......

This Sunday, December 4th, from 4pm - 10pm, Lovejoy's (604 Neches St) is holding its 12th annual (and final) toy drive to benefit Operation Blue Santa. Stop by with a new, unwrapped children's toy, and Lovejoy's will provide you with a beer on the house! Operation Blue Santa delivers food and toys each holiday season to familes in need in the Austin area. If you are interested in volunteering your time, you can get......

F R I D A Y · World Leader Pretend are back in town, kicking the night off with an in-store appearance at Waterloo Records (3pm5pm) and following that with a show at Stubb's (9pm). Opening for them are none other than our new favorite English lads, Nic Armstrong and the Thieves, who'll be trying out all-new material for their forthcoming album. Those of you who were at the Parish this week know why we......