For the last few years, the good people at St. Edwards University and Zilker Theatre Productions have quietly been running a very nifty little summer program for high school students called Summer Stock Austin. The program is essentially its own theatre company; high school students perform and work side-by-side with experienced college students in an environment that's staffed and supervised by seasoned professionals. The outcome, after several weeks of intensive work and training, is two... more ›

M O N D A Y [ 1 4 ] music · Dios (Malos), Pilotdrift and Steeltrain at Stubb's music · The Lemurs and Tarantula A.D. at the Parish Room film · Spiderhouse Cafe screens "Walmart: The High Cost of Low Price" (RSVP, Free, 10pm) (Thanks, Kate!) shopping · Austin Museum of Art's Tax-Free Day music · Piebald, Hot Rod Circuit, Hit the Light and Valient Thorr at Emo's music · Nic Armstrong and the... more ›

Starting tonight, Zilker Theatre Productions is putting on Irving Berlin's Annie Get Your Gun at the Zilker Hillside Theater. This is the 47th production in their annual Zilker Summer Musical series, which happens to be the longest running outdoor production of its type in the country. And from the looks of it, they go all out with this FREE production - intricate set designs, elaborate Western costumes, a huge cast and well-choreographed musical numbers. They'll be performing Thursday-Sundays at 8pm until August 13. On rainy days, performances will still go on if the rain stops by 6pm. more ›