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Jan 27, 2012
Today's Events
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Weekend Music Happenings – 1/27-1/30
Theophilus London - Rock the Vote ACL 2011 Afterparty
East Side’s newest concert venue, Beauty Ballroom, celebrates its grand opening this weekend with a full line up of high energy shows. Kick off ...
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The Magikhana Show Tonight ~ $5
The French Legation Museum is honored to welcome internationally renowned performers Arsene Dupin, Bertil Fredstron, Kelsey Strauch, Magical Mystical Michael, and Owl Morrison in The Magikhana S ...
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Celebrate Australia Day at Central Market
Central Market North Lamar offers free live music on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. Grab a bite to eat from Central Market Cafe, let the kids play on the neighboring playscape, and enj ...
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The Gourds w/ The Preservation @ Antone’s
Looking for a good time, free of slow ballads about tearful goodbyes that usually exemplify the country music genre? Look no further, because Austin Texas’ The Gourds are rolling back into town, an ...
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Health Starts Here Food Fight Supper Club
Friday, January 27th6:30 PM | $30 After narrowing down our top contenders from Whole Foods Market’s Flagship store, we will have three chefs presenting their own appetizer, entrée and dessert for ...
Today's Film - Special Screenings
Today at the University of Texas
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Hamilton Book Award nomination period ends Feb. 1
Friday, Jan. 27, midnight, Flawn Academic Center (FAC) 426. The vice president for research is soliciting nominations for the 2012 Professor Robert W. Hamilton Book Author Awards, sponsored by the U ...
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Pop songs about abortion are musicologist's topic
Friday, Jan. 27, noon, Garrison Hall (GAR) 1.102. The Graduate Symposium on Gender, History, and Sexuality is honored to host a multi-media presentation by Professor Karl Hagstrom Miller, associate ...
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"Wicked" returns to Bass Concert Hall stage
Friday, Jan. 27, 2 p.m., Bass Concert Hall (PAC). Long before that girl from Kansas arrives in Munchkinland, two girls meet in the land of Oz. "Wicked" tells the story of the Wicked Witch of ...
Today's Music in the Clubs
Restaurant - Events, News and Reviews
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Hopfields
The secret is out on Hyde Park’s newest hotspot, Hopfields. Despite opening only a few short months, Hopfields was bustling during a recent Friday night visit. It takes a minute to figure out how one is to go about getting situated at the entirely self-service pub. Upon entering, one is taken wit ...
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2012 Austin Food & Wine Festival Line-Up & Ticket News
At long last, the highly anticipated line up and ticket prices have been announced for this April’s inaugural Austin Food and Wine Festival. The festival will take place April 27-29 and tickets will be on sale starting January 24 at 12:00 PM sharp. As mentioned here, C3 Presents partnered with F ...
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Violet Crown Theatre
One of my favorite ways to cap off a long weekend or unwind on a cold, rainy day is a night at the movies. Most nights this means a trip to Alamo Drafthouse, but I recently cheated on my failsafe way to spend a Sunday night with downtown’s Violet Crown Theatre. As predicted by its 2nd Street Dist ...
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Saturday Brunch @ Papi Tino’s
Saturdays are now significantly more delicious as Papi Tino’s has added an extra day of brunch. Nurse yourself back to feeling like a weekend warrior with $2 tacos and $5 drink specials from 11am- 4pm this Saturday, January 14. Naturally, Papi Tino’s doesn’t just serve an old plain Jane taco ...
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Dish/Deal of the Day: Taco Tuesday @ Quality Seafood
A new year has officially begun, which means one thing: resolutions. Today’s Dish of the Day is a perfect solution to abiding by all those promises to eat healthy, save money, and so on. As mentioned here, Taco Tuesdays at Quality Seafood are a college student’s dream, but after rediscovering t ...
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Barley Swine
Happy One Year Anniversary to Barley Swine! Although Austin bid a fond farewell to the Odd Duck Farm to Trailer that started it all, there is much for Bryce Gilmore and crew to celebrate. From serving an almost nightly full house to Owner/Chef Bryce Gilmore being named a 2011 Best New Chefs in Am ...
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Kids Eat Free at Gatti's Pizza on Wednesdays
Kids 12 and under can eat free every Wednesday at Gatti’s Pizza (buffet locations), Gattitown and Gattiland. One free kid's buffet per adult buffet purchased at regular price. Drinks are not included.
This was posted on the Gatti's Pizza Facebook page on December 21, 201 ...
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Kids Eat Free at Carino's This Week (Coupon)
Today through Christmas Eve, you can get one free kid's meal per adult entrée purchased at Carino's, using this coupon. The coupon is valid Wednesday, December 21, 2011 - Saturday, December 24, 2011. You can get up to six free kid's meals, with the purchase of six adult ent ...
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Taco Shack
With holiday parties a plenty, chances are you will be feeling the residual after affects of last night’s eggnog one of these mornings. As any true Austinite knows, the best cure for a hang around is a breakfast taco with a side of Advil. Generally I am a Tacodeli kind of girl, but a recent foray ...
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Drink of the Day, Holiday Edition: Four Seasons Lobby Bar
Today’s drink of the day is a Poinsettia Champagne cocktail as featured on the Four Season’s holiday drink menu.The Poinsettia cocktail is a blend of champagne, Paula’s Texas orange and cranberry juice. Other special holiday beverages on the menu include German Mulled Wine, the Peppermint Pat ...
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December Foodie Happenings
Austin’s favorite coffee purveyor, Cuvee Coffee, is now the official coffee provider to Barley Swine, Home Slice, and La Condesa.
Olivia owner and Chef James Holmes new restaurant, Lucy’s Fried Chicken, opens Friday, December 16 in a space just off of South Congress. Buzz for the long awaited ...
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East End Wines Holiday Wine Guide 2011
Since opening in 2010, East End Wines has quickly garnered a reputation as one of the best wine retailers in Austin. Owned by Matt Miller and Sam Hovland, East End Wines houses a remarkable inventory of unique, hard to find wines, many at even more impressive price points. With this distinction in ...
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Foreign and Domestic
A recent revisit to Foreign and Domestic only further demonstrated what a delightfully exceptional restaurant it is. After falling head over heels initially, subsequent visits to Foreign and Domestic have routinely and consistently left me hungry for more, but ...