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 Harmony Concert by Atash at Helm Fine Arts Center ($25/$15 Gen/Students, 8pm)

art • San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts debuts "ceramics ... on the edge," featuring three dozen large scale sculptural ceramics at Umlauf Sculpture Garden (5:30-8pm, Free)

books •Max Berry presents The Company at BookPeople (7:00pm)

dance •Dance Repertory Theatre grad students perform Ways to Get There, an evening of world premieres in new dance and "dance for the camera" at B Iden Payne Theatre (8pm)

dance •Dance Repertory Theatre presents Ways to Get There at B. Iden Payne Theatre (8pm)

film •Master Pancake Theatre skewers "Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film •"The Prisoner, Or: How I Planned To Kill Tony Blair" at Dobie Theatre

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: The Pies Of Texas Are Upon You at Central Market, 4001 N Lamar ($45, 10am-Noon)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: The Organic Approach at Shoreline Grill, 98 San Jacinto Blvd ($55, 10-11:30am)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Louisiana Lunchtime at Threadgill's World Headquarters ($40, Noon-2pm)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Reserve Tasting With Penfolds' Grange at Shoreline Grill, 98 San Jacinto Blvd ($95, 1:30-3pm)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Cigar Smoker And Bourbon Tasting at Cedar Street, 208 W 4th St ($55, 3:30-5pm)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Big Impact Reds at III Forks, 111 Lavaca Street ($55, 3:30-5pm)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Stars Across Texas at Hilton Austin, 500 East 4th Street ($125, 7:30-10pm)

music •Richard Buckner, Six Parts Seven, Friends of Dean Martinez at Emo's Lounge

music •The Dicks, Summer of Blood, Bastard Sons of Apocalypse at Emo's

music •Robert Earl Keen, Cross Canadian Ragweed at Stubb's

music •DJ Sue's Fuzz Club with the Carrots, the Dandy Lyons, the Ugly Beats and more at Beerland

music •Southern Culture on the Skids at The Continental Club (Midnight, $15)

music •The University of Texas Chamber Singers at Hogg Memorial Auditorium (8pm)

music •Buttercup, the Three Faces Of at Cactus Café (3 sets: acoustic, electric, cover tunes)

music •The Black and White Years, The Authors at The Mohawk

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 Park Theatre (8pm)

theatre •Yellow Tape Construction Company presents I Am Not Tartuffe at play! Theatre (8pm)

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 Park Theatre (8pm)

fashion • Vintage clothing swap at The Opera House (7pm, Free)

books •Spalding Gray: Stories Left To Tell with Shawn Colvin, Turk Pipkin, Jonathon Ames, Calvin Johnson, Reno & Carmelita Tropicana at The Paramount Theatre

books •Kim Harrison presents For a Few Demons More at BookPeople (7:00pm)

books •C.B. "Stubb" Stubblefield presents The Stubb's Bar-B-Q Cookbook Release Party at Intellectual Property (5:00pm)

books •The Work Party to benefit Inside Books (runs straight to 11:59pm on Sunday, April 1) at 300 Allen St., 78702 (6:00pm)

dance •Dance Repertory Theatre grad students perform Ways to Get There, an evening of world premieres in new dance and "dance for the camera" at B Iden Payne Theatre (8pm)

dance •Dance Repertory Theatre presents Ways to Get There at B. Iden Payne Theatre (8pm)

film •White & Nerdy: the Weird Al Singalong at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film •Terror Thursdays: "The Rise and Fall of Idi Amin" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: A Sauvignon Blanc Experience at Central Market, 4001 N Lamar ($55, 10am-Noon)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Savor The Hill Country Luncheons at Various Texas Hill Country Wineries ($55, 12-2:30pm)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Six Flags: Cheese In The Culinary Influences On Texas at Central Market, 4001 N Lamar ($55, 3-5pm)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Latin Sizzles at Texas Disposal Systems' Exotic Game Ranch ($75, 6-9pm)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: Texas Culinary Masters at The Driskill Hotel, 604 Brazos St ($150, 6:30-10pm)

food •Texas Hill Country Wine and Food Festival: A Wine Dinner With Simi Winery at Central Market, 4001 N Lamar ($70, 6:30-9pm)

music •Xiu Xiu, Sheawater, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone at Emo's

music •Proper Gander Benefit Show with Attack Formation, Cry Blood Apache, Bill Baird (Sound Team), Peter Stopschinski (Brown Whornet), Silver Pines at Emo's Lounge

music •Josh Hoge, Andy Davis, Nathan Angelo at Stubb's

music •The Score at Beerland

music •Southern Culture on the Skids at The Continental Club (Midnight, $15)

music •Nick Kraus, Pezz Perez, Little Aurora, Dreadful Sorry at Trophys

music •Best Love in Town at Lambert's

music •Fiction, Many Birthdays at Carousel Lounge

music •Watching the Moon, Ben Craven & Friends, Learning Secrets at Whisky Bar

Photo by Wylie Maercklein of Yellow Tape Construction Co's I Am Not Tartuffe

MONDAY [26]

film • "The Grand Duel" Spaghetti Western Feast at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film • "The Cool Ones" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

food • Merry Edwards Wine Dinner at Hudson's on the Bend, 3500 RM 620 N ($160, 7:30pm)

music • Alpha Rev at Waterloo Records (5pm, Free)

music • A&D=Rock Night at Beauty Bar

THURSDAY [22]

music •Third Coast Festival Listening Room, hosted by David Brown (KUT) at Cactus Café (7pm)

books •Melissa Kirsch presents The Girl's Guide to Absolutely Everything at BookPeople (7:00pm)

music •The Charms, Gentlemen's Social Club, The Deadly Companions at Emo's

music •Jack Rabid and the Slims, American Business Machines (Mass), Abby Birds, The Steed at Trophy's

music •Weird Weeds, The Dead Science, The Parenthetical Science, Hello Lovers at The Mohawk

film •Alejandro Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film •Now That's What I Call a Singalong: "Pop Royalty" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film •Terror Thursday: "The Alien Factor" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

theatre •Yellow Tape Construction Co's "I Am Not Tartuffe" at play! Theatre (8pm)

MONDAY [19]

film • Alejandro Jodorowsky's "El Topo" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

music • Melissa Ferrick, Coles Whalen at Stubb's

film • "8-Bit": A film about art & video games at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

TUESDAY [20]

books • O. Henry Prize Winning Short Story Adaptations at Harry Ransom Center (7:00pm)

food • Central Market Cooking Class: Chef Justin Raiford - Flavors of Spring at Central Market Cooking School, 4001 N Lamar ($50, 6:30-9pm)

music • Norma Jean, The Chariot, A Life Once Lost, The Handshake Murders at La Zona Rosa

lecture • KLRU Spark Series: Tim Flannery & Elizabeth Kolbert discuss Global Warming at The Paramount Theatre

film • "Transformers" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film • Alejandro Jodorowsky's "The Holy Mountain" at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film • AFS Essential: "James Journey to Jerusalem" at Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

FRIDAY [16]

art • Artist's Reception: Joan Winter: From Marfa to Sudari at Flatbed Press and Gallery (6-8pm)

art • Flatstock 12 Poster Convention at Austin Convention Center (11am-6pm)

books • Jack Pendarvis preseents The Mysterious Secret of the Valuable Treasure at BookPeople (3:00pm)

books • John Sellers presents Perfect From Now On at BookPeople (7:00pm)

sxsw • SXSW Film Festival at Everywhere

sxsw • SXSW Music Festival at Everywhere

theatre • Austin Shakespeare Festival performs Tennessee Williams' Glass Menagerie at Austin Playhouse at Penn Field (8pm)

theatre • Yellow Tape Construction Co's I Am Not Tartuffe at play! Theatre (8pm, $14)

theatre • The Boys Next Door at The City Theatre

theatre • Hamlet at The Vortex (8pm, Name Your Own Price)

wine • Friday Night Fights at Grape Vine Market at Grape Vine Market, 7938 Great Northern Blvd (Free, 5-8pm)

Believe it or not, there's still a bunch of activities going on around town this week other than SXSW. This week's IST List won't include our usual bevy of music and film events; for those, we recommend that you check out our Interactive Guide to SXSW Parties and the Other Side Guide, respectively.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to share your SXSW photos with the Austinist community, simply tag 'em "sxswaustinist" -- we'll be featuring a selection of these throughout the week.

TUESDAY [13]

film •World premiere of UT Professor Andrew Shea's film, "Forfeit" at Dobie Theatre (7:30pm)

film •Free screening of "Invisible Children" at 7000 Woodhue Drive (7:30pm-9pm)

food •Central Market Cooking Class: Austin Music on the Menu with musician Trish Murphy at Central Market Cooking School, 4001 N. Lamar ($45, 6:30-9pm)

party •Cocktails & Tunes at Feathers Boutique, Prototype Vintage, Friends of Sound Records (3-7pm)

sxsw •SXSW Interactive at Austin Convention Center

sxsw •SXSW Film Festival at Everywhere

books •Joe Lansdale presents Lost Echoes at BookPeople (7:00pm)

Photo from Forfeit.

Believe it or not, there's a bunch of activities going on around town this week other than SXSW. This week's IST List won't include our usual bevy of music and film events; for those, we recommend that you check out our Interactive Guide to SXSW Parties and the Other Side Guide, respectively.

We'd also like to welcome LAist editor Tony Pierce and Gothamist arts editor Jen Carlson, both of whom will be joining us as guest correspondents and sharing their experiences with the festival.

Meanwhile, if you'd like to share your SXSW photos with the Austinist community, simply tag 'em "sxswaustinist" -- we'll be featuring a selection of these throughout the week.

MONDAY [12]

books • Anastasia Goodstein presents Totally Wired: What Teens and Tweens are Really Doing at BookWoman (7:00pm)

film • Looking at Jazz: America’s Art Form presents "Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billy Holiday" at Austin Public Library - Howson Branch (Free, 7pm)

food • Central Market Cooking Class: Austin Music on the Menu (Cuba) with musician and Cuban Cook Johnny Goudie at Central Market Cooking School, 4001 N. Lamar ($45, 6:30-9pm)

food • Beer and Cheese Pairing Class at North by Northwest Restaurant and Brewery, 10010 Capital of TX Hwy. N ($35, 7pm)

rodeo • Star of Texas Rodeo at 9100 Decker Lake Road (All Week)

sxsw • SXSW Interactive at Austin Convention Center

sxsw • SXSW Film Festival at Everywhere

Photo from rodeoaustin.com. IST List compiled by Allen Y Chen, Sam Armstrong, Adam Rice, and Shannon Roberts

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

music • ANS, Total Abuse, Here Comes Trouble, Teeners at Beerland

music • Amplified Heat, Magnet School, Dizzy Pilot, That's Mister To You at Trophy's

music • The Politics, Sputnik Monroe, A Featherweight Burden at The Mohawk

music • Etta Vendetta's Eyeful Tower Burlesque Show at Scoot Inn

musical • The Lion King at UT PAC Bass Concert Hall (8pm)

sxsw • SXSW Interactive at Austin Convention Center

sxsw, film • SXSW Film Screenings at Various Theatres Around Town

wine • Friday Night Fights at Grape Vine Market at Grape Vine Market, 7938 Great Northern Blvd (Free, 5-8pm)

THURSDAY [8]

film • Super Happy fun Monkey Bash 5 at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film • Now That's What I Call a Singalong: Pop Royalty at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film • Terror Thursday: The Beast Must Die at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

art • Opening Reception for "In My Stairwell" by Mark Seliger at Fielding Lecht Gallery (6-9pm)

art • Artistic License: Matthew Day Jackson at The Blanton (6-7pm)

art • Public Tour: The Geometry of Hope at The Blanton (12:30-1pm)

books • Violet Crown Radio Players present William Faulkner's A Rose for Emily at Harry Ransom Center (7:00pm)

books • Neal Pollack presents Alternadad at BookPeople (7:00pm)

books • Rachel Trezise, winner of the Dylan Thomas Prize, reads from Fresh Apples at Calhoun Hall, Room 100 (7:00pm)

music • Brujeria, Cephalic, Carnage, The Krumbums, Pinhed at Emo's

music • Four Tet, Steve Reid at The Parish Room

music • G Love & Special Sauce at Stubb's

music • Nathan Hamilton CD Release Show with The Weary Boys at Continental Club

music • Tom Banjo, Ethan Azarian at Cactus Café (Free)

music • Hao Chiang Chiang at Trophy's

music • Official Matt Hubbard Day, with Matt Hubbard, Summer Wardrobe, The Afterparty at The Mohawk

music • Lonesome Dave Fischer, Troy Campbell at Scoot Inn

music • Christine Albert, Chicken Strut at Lamberts BBQ

musical • The Lion King at UT PAC Bass Concert Hall (8pm)

MONDAY [5]

art • Opening Reception for Sarah Canright and Melissa W. Miller: Measured Strokes at The Sarofim School of Fine Arts, Fine Arts Gallery (6-7:30pm)

benefit/music • Heather Love Fest Benefit with Dan Dyer & Friends, John Pointer, Govinda, DJ Chicken George, BIGFACE, DJ Mahealani, DJ Chris, DJ Trey Lopez,DJ Orian, Performance by the Super Sonic Soul Squad, Complimentary Appetizers and TONS of Raffle and Silent Auction Prizes at Saba, Cedar Street, and Malaga ($25 Advance, $30 Door, 6pm-2am)

film • Squeegee Your Third Eye at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film • The Legendary Joe Meek at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

food and wine • Mama Mia Night at Cork and Co. at Cork and Co., 308 Congress Ave ($13, 5-9pm)

music • Explosions in the Sky at Emo's (Sold Out)

music • Eluvium at Waterloo Records (5pm, Free)

music • KVET Presents Antone's Listening Room at Antone's

music • JT Van Zandt and Friends at Scoot Inn

music • Hot as Shits, IKillCars, The Daily Beat at Hole in the Wall

Photo by Steve Hopson, taken at the Texas State Arts Festival last weekend.

FRIDAY [2]

theatre • Improv rap group Aww Shit (Chris Trew, Cody Dearing, Eric Seufert) compose freestyle rap songs and improvise scenes based off of them at this week's Cage Match at Coldtowne Theater (11:30pm)

art • Opening Reception for The Llamerret Show at Darkroom Gallery (7pm)

art • Texas Biennial Opening Reception at Okay Mountain & Site 1808 (7-10pm, 301 Chicon Unit E at Third and Chicon)

art • B Scene: A Night in Brazil at The Blanton (6-11 PM)

books • Alex Espinoza presents Still Water Saints at BookPeople (7:00pm)

film • Master Pancake Theatre: Titanic at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

music • Maria Taylor, Mike Booher & Catherine Davis, The Lovely Sparrows at Emo's Lounge

music • Future Clouds and Radar CD Release with Shane Bartell at The Parish Room

music • Golden Boys, The Strange Boys, The Carrots, Follow That Bird at Beerland

music • South Austin Jug Band and The Infamous String Dusters at Cactus Café

music • Sleeping in the Aviary, Fault Line For You, The Winchester Twin at Trophy's

music • The Dirty Hearts, Red Monroe, Secret Weapons at The Mohawk

music • John Prine at The Paramount Theatre

music • American '20s Music Series with Glovertango, Guy Forsyth and Asylum Street Spankers at Continental Club (9:00pm)

theatre • The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade at Oscar Brockett Theatre (8pm)

theatre • Turn of the Screw at McCullough Theatre (8pm)

Photo by euthman on flickr

THURSDAY [1]

party • Learning Secrets hosts Optimo's JD Twitch (Glasgow, UK) at Whisky Bar (10pm-2am, $5)

art • Public Tour: The Geometry of Hope: Montevideo in the 1930s at The Blanton (7:00 - 8:00 PM)

art • Curator's Tour: The Geometry of Hope at The Blanton (12:30-1pm)

art • Texas Biennial Opening Reception at Dougherty Arts Center (7-10pm)

art • Art Fix: Enjoy an introduction to Latin American wines with Seth Pollard, Central Market's wine director. Includes a wine tasting; participants must be 21 or older. at The Blanton (6 PM, FREE)

art • Opening Reception for TAKE TWO: Christa Mares / Matt Rebholz at Gallery 3 at the Co-Op (5-7pm)

books • John Rodden presents Every Intellectual's Big Brother at Intellectual Property (6:00pm)

books • Shelly Rosenberg presents My Horses, My Healers at BookPeople (7:00pm)

film • Austin Film Festival screens Pirate Radio USA at Alamo Drafthouse Lake Creek

film • Beats Per Minute, the 48 Hour Music Video Competition at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film • Now Thats What I Call a Singalong: Pop Royalty at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

film • Terror Thursday: The Wraith at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown

music • Green River Ordinance at Stubb's

music • Brandon Rhyder with The Bart Crow Band, Austin Collins at The Parish Room

music • Before the Music Dies w/ Doyle Bramhall II at Waterloo Records (Free, 5pm)

music • ME TV Emerging Artists Series at Antone's

music • Spoonfed Tribe & Green Mountain Grass (Special Burlesque Show) at Flamingo Cantina

music • Kazki and the Electric Children, AUX, Bloodshot Pyramid, Late Fees at Trophy's

music • By The End of Tonight at The Mohawk

music • Some Say Leland and Lonesome Heroes at The Peacock (9pm)

party • Great Society Fund hosts a party for grant recipient Sharla Megilligan, with Paul Banks, Dollar Dan & Change, and the Onion Creek Crawdaddies at Dominican Joe (6pm-10pm)

theatre • The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat As Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade at Oscar Brockett Theatre (8pm)