• Swing Dance - Thursday - March 11
    Austin Swing Syndicate Weekly Swing Dance, Ballroom DeeJays: David Kaplan 8 - 10 pm, Keith Shapiro 10 - 11 pm, Matt Jones 11 pm - Midnight; No Side Room Tonight, but there will be an 8:15 pm Balboa Class with Laura and Matt; ALL AT TEXAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS Jitterbug Vipers, 8 - 10 pm, JOVITA'S Hot Club of CowTown, 10 pm, Marshall Ford (CD Release) Midnight, CONTINENTAL CLUB EastSide Dandies, featuring John Doyle and Westen Borghesi, 9:30 pm - 2:00 am, EASTSIDE SHOWROOM (1100 E ...
  • 'The Flaming Idiots' at Zach's Kleberg Stage, Thu, Mar 11 8:00p
    "An experience bubbling with humor...footloose, fanciful and free-spirited!!" -The New York Times Just when you thought The Flaming Idiots days of jugglin', jokin', throwin', swallowin', leapin' and conquerin' Broadway were over, Austin brings them back! The Flaming Idiots are returning to ZACH's stage for the sort of theatre circus hilarity that brought them to international acclaim and got them kicked out of Williamson County. Prepare to be amazed as you ...
  • Reminder: Badge Pickup Opens Thursday, March 11, at 3pm
    We have added lots of new elements to this year's SXSW Interactive Festival. And one of the most important additions to the lineup is expanded registration hours/badge pickup on Thursday, March 11. For 2010, check-in will begin at 3pm (and extend until 10pm). If you don't have a chance to pick up your badge on Thursday, March 11, then registration opens on Friday, March 12, at 9am. The first official programming for the 2010 SXSW Interactive Festival begins with a Book Reading in the Day Stage ...
  • Let the madness begin: SXSW 2010
    It appears the SXSW media frenzy has come earlier than usual this year. It’s just less than a month out, but the twitter/blogger/media buzz is already loud and, well, buzzing. So I’ve come to your rescue, this is life in austin readers, and put together the beginnings of a spreadsheet: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Asjskwdlt0podDk4V2R6T1VScHNGa05kQ0hyd2Y4d3c&hl=en I will be updating it as more and more free parties are announced. Like all my posts, I’m only listing parties ...
  • SXSW ineractive pre party
    Thursday March 11th at Ruta Maya Come out for a sxsw interactive pre party!! Lux Divon - http://luxdivon.com/ Bali Yaaah - http://www.myspace.com/baliyaaah Bernard Noir - http://www.myspace.com/bernardnoir Visuals will be done by Paul Baker come out for an evening of live electronic music mixed with traditional instruments. cosmic saxophone, big basses, guitars, drum machines, synths, computers, mind blowing visuals!!! show starts 9:00 pm come out early and don't miss a beat ...
  • SXSW Eats: Parties where food is the headliner
    (Updated with Chartreuse beignet breakfast with the Tipsy Texans on Friday, WordPress barbecue on Sunday and Daily Juice boat party on Tuesday.) You can’t throw a stick during the 10 days of the South by Southwest Music, Film and Technology conferences without hitting a party that’s offering free food. But an interesting phenomenon has been happening in the past few years: Parties where food is the headliner, not just a trick to get people in the door. (If you’re looking to subsist on ...
  • SXSW 2010: Austinist's List Of Day Shows, Afterparties, and More
    Lineup, details and RSVP info on all official and unofficial SXSW week events can be found on this dedicated party page. Keep up with Austinist's ongoing coverage of all things SXSW via our twitter account, @sxswist, and all posts tagged 'sxswist'. Have a tip? Send it in to sxswist@austinist.com. Last Update: Thursday, February 11th = Austinist editors' recommendations. Friday, March 12th: SXSW Film Opening Party at Austin Convention Center 10pm / Official Lipstick Pages Spring F ...
  • Desire Caught By The Tail by Pablo Picasso, staged reading by Listrunk at Salvage Vanguard Theatre, March 11
    Found on-line: LISTRUNK, a brand spankin' new collective of visual and performing artists, invites you to digest our first public offering: a salon reading of Pablo Picasso's stage play Desire Caught by the Tail complete with Picasso-inspired illustrations, a talk about Picasso's life in Paris during World War II, and refreshments. MARCH 11 at 8:30 p.m. Salvage Vanguard Theatre, 2803 Manor Road, Austin $5 suggested donation Call 409-365-7306 for reservations and pay at the door ...
  • Toxic Assets by Steve Tomlinson at the Off Center, March 11-13
    Received directly: Fusebox Festival presents Toxic Assets by Austin's acclaimed monologist Steven Tomlinson directed by Christina J. Moore March 11-13, 8 p.m. at the Off Center, 2211 Hidalgo (Mapquest map) Thursday pay what you can Friday sliding scale $15-50 Saturday reserved for Friends of Fusebox--donors of $1000 or more All proceeds benefit Fusebox Festival 2010 Tickets can be bought at the door or on-line In his new play Toxic Assets, Steven Tomlinson (Managed Care ...
  • PEE WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE Quote-Along! (Alamo Downtown)
    PEEEEE WEEEEEEEEE!!!! There is only one truth in this life: PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE is the FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE. If anyone tells you different, they're just trying to start trouble. Watch the most entertaining man who has ever roamed the earth embark on a cross-country quest to reclaim his kidnapped best friend: a bicycle. Along the way, ol' P.W. will encounter tough-as-nails bikers, giant dinosaurs, wild animals, ninjas, chubby billionaires, escaped convicts, buckin' broncos, tone ...
  • localiter finally launches!
    Thursday 8-10pm at Kung Fu Saloon, my friend’s company will launch! It’s like Groupon or Living Social BUT totally Austin-centric. “Austin is so much more than weird and wired; we are also well-connected as a city and we tap into this by incorporating local businesses into every aspect of our promotions,” says Localiter founder Kristina Garza. “The website, for example, will have flip video interviews for each daily promotion so that users can catch a glimpse of the actual ins and ou ...
  • So Percussion performs music by Steve Reich
    Thursday, March 11, 8 p.m., McCullough Theatre. So Percussion will present a new piece for two vibraphones and two marimbas written by composer Steve Reich, promising a melodic and totally unique musical experience.
  • "A Crude Awakening": Film documents our addiction to oil
    Thursday, March 11, 7 p.m., GOL 3.120. This week's Sustainable Development Film Series installation is "A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash," which explores the uncomfortable realities of a world that is addicted to a nonrenewable resource, and at the same time, unaware of the looming "peak oil" crisis. Come for the film and stay for a brief discussion afterward to learn more about the pressing issue of our dependence on dwindling fossil fuel resources and what this mea ...
  • Sina Najafi and Arthouse's Free Visiting Lecturer Series
    Arthouse Arthouse Visiting Lecturer Series: Sina Najafi Thursday, March 11 George Washington Carver Museum (1165 Angelina Street) 7pm, free [info]On Thursday, New York based Sina Najafi, the editor-in-chief of Cabinet Magazine, will be in town as part of the on-going Visiting Lecturer Series presented by Arthouse. The series began last fall as a way to bring world renowned figures in contemporary art to Austin to benefit our visuals artists and art community. In conjunction with the fr ...
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream, Chaotic Theatre Company, February 26 - March 7
    This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream was not chaotic at all, despite the name of presenting company. It was a straight-up, by-the-rules staging of Shakespeare's most popular piece. That doesn't mean that it was tidy or even, though. Director Michael Floyd and the Chaotic Theatre band had some assorted neat ideas but little vision to tie them together. Warm-up and intermission music was by the two guitars, drum and woman singer of a combo named 11 Cent Confidence, looking a ...