Holiday Edition of Weekly Roundup

Holiday Roundup: Events in Austin
December 17-December 31

Monday 17
Tuesday 18

• "New Works: Michael Menchaca" exhibit opens @ Gatehouse Gallery of Laguna Gloria
• "ShapeShifting" exhibit opens @ Driscoll Villa of Laguna Gloria
• 6pm Conspirare's Big Sing @ St. Martin's Lutheran Church
• 8pm CCMC Singing @ The Trail of Lights

Wednesday 19

• 7:30pm The Nutcracker @ The Long Center
• 8pm The Manhattan Transfer @ Bass Concert Hall

Thursday 20

• 5pm Third Thursday @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 7:30pm The Nutcracker @ The Long Center

Friday 21

• 7:30pm The Nutcracker @ The Long Center
• 9pm The End of the World Party @ The Vortex

Saturday 22

• "Future-Perfect-In-Past Tense" exhibit ends @ gray duck gallery
• "Angie Renfro: Solo Show" ends @ Wally Workman Gallery
• 2pm The Nutcracker @ The Long Center
• 7:30pm The Nutcracker @ The Long Center
• Chorus Austin: On a Winter's Eve @ Northwest Hills United Methodist Church

Sunday 23

• Last Chance: "The Santaland Diaries" @ Zach Theatre
• 2pm The Nutcracker @ The Long Center

Monday 24

• Last Chance to Visit: Austin Creative Alliance Booth @ Armadillo Christmas Bazaar

Tuesday 25
Wednesday 26
Thursday 27
Friday 28

• 11am Holiday Family Days: What's Old is New Again @ The Blanton Museum of Art

Saturday 29

• 11am Holiday Family Days: What's Old is New Again @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 8pm "The Music of The Beach Boys with Papa Doo Run Run" @ Palmer Events Center

Sunday 30

• Last Day to See "White Christmas" @ Zach Theatre
• 8pm "The Music of The Beach Boys with Papa Doo Run Run" @ Palmer Events Center

Monday 31

• Moving Sale @ Art on 5th ends
• "Day Dream Suite Suite" exhibit ends @ Flatbed Press

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Weekly Roundup

This week's artsy happenings

Worn out from Austin City Limits? Take it easy with one or more of these relaxing events:

Sunday 14

• Last day to see "Core" @ grayDUCK
• 3pm Public Tour: Into the Sacred City @ Blanton Museum

Monday 15

• Frights & Spooks opens @ Film on 5th (on display until Oct. 31)
• 7:15pm Annual Preservation Speaker Night @ The Paramount Theatre

Tuesday 16

Wednesday 17

• Ragtime opens @ Zach Theatre (runs through Nov. 18)
• 7pm Rooftop Architecture Film Series @ The Jones Center
• 7pm Michael Chabon's Life & Work @ Harry Ransom Center

Thursday 18

• Austin Film Festival Begins!
• 12:30pm Public Tour: The Rules of Basketball @ Blanton Museum
• 5pm Art & Activities at Blanton's Third Thursday @ Blanton Museum
• 8:30pm Public Tour: Into the Sacred City @ Blanton Museum

Friday 19

• 8pm Washington Garcia, piano @ Dell Hall

Saturday 20

• Last day to see "Selections" @ Davis Gallery
• 8pm Rachmaninoff's All Night-Vigil @ St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
• 8pm Washington Garcia, piano @ Dell Hall

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Weekly Roundup

Welcome October!
Weekly Art Events in Austin
September 30 - October 6

Sunday 30

• 3pm Signature Conspirare @ St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
• 3pm Public Tour: Into the Sacred City @ Blanton Museum 

Monday 1

• 7pm Lecture: Geoff Dyer @ Harry Ransom Center

Tuesday 2
Wednesday 3

• 12pm Poetry on the Plaza: Actors from the London Stage @ Harry Ransom Center
• 8:30am "Design Waller Creek: A Competition" City Hall Presentation

Thursday 4

• 12:30pm Public Tour: The Rules of Basketball @ Blanton Museum
• 7pm Curator's Tour of "I Have Seen the Future: Norman Belle Geddes Designs America" @ Harry Ransom Center

Friday 5

• 1pm Out of Place: Tibet, Travel, and Buddhism in the Early Twentieth Century @ Blanton Museum
• 8pm Taming of the Shrew by Ballet Austin @ The Long Center

Saturday 6

• AIA 26th Annual Austin Homes Tour
• Last Chance! to see an exhibit of art by a New York art dealer @ Art on 5th
• 6pm Opening Reception: "Eliza Thomas: Light on Water" @ Wally Workman Gallery
• 7pm Visiting Lecture Series: Yasufumi Nakamori @ Arthouse Community Room
• 8pm Taming of the Shrew by Ballet Austin @ The Long Center
• 8pm La Follia: Viola Intentions: Music for Violas da Gamba @ First Presbyterian Church

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Weekly Roundup

Artsy Events during the week of August 12 - 18

HIGHLIGHT: Austin Fashion Week! Check out the line up of events here.

Sunday 12

• Last chance to experience LIFT Projects @ Jones Center
• Last chance to see the Barrett Collection @ Laguna Gloria
• Last chance to see The Human Touch @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• Solo Series Call for Entries ends today for Women and Their Work
• 2pm Elisabet Ney Museum Soloist Series featuring Alison Brause @ Elisabet Ney Museum galleries
• 3pm Public Tour @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 7:30pm "Concerts in the Park" @ Hartman Concert Park

Monday 13
Tuesday 14
Wednesday 15
Thursday 16

• 12:30pm Public Tour @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 5pm Third Thursday @ The Blanton Museum of Art

Friday 17
Saturday 18

• 3pm "The Intergalactic Nemesis Book One: Target Earth" @ The Paramount Theatre
• 3pm Public Tour @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 7:30pm "The Intergalactic Nemesis Book Two: Robot Planet Rising" @ The Paramount Theatre

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#MuseumOlympics

This goes beyond the scope of the 512, but you can easily access all of this from your own living room (so I'm not breaking any locality rules!).

Twitter is currently abuzz with Olympics news and the #Olympics hashtag is getting more use than the London pubs right about now.  However, there is another type of Olympics taking place on the Twittersphere called.... #MuseumOlympics.  Museums and curators around the country are in the midst of tweeting contenders for the Olympics based on their collections.  Thus far they've been highlighting some ab-tastic pieces and adding a lighthearted spirit to their tweets.

For example:

Tweeted via The Morgan Library 

You can also encounter some playful museum banter:

Tweets via Ruben Museum of Art, Penn Museum, & Philadelphia Museum of Art

It's worth perusing the #MuseumOlympics hashtag - they just started using it in earnest today & will continue to do so for the next week.  You can also join in the conversation & suggest your own ideas from the museums' collections.

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Weekly Roudup

Art Events in Austin
July 29 - August 4
Warning: it appears to be the dog days of summer - not a whole lot this week

Sunday 29

• 3pm Public Tour: The Human Touch @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 7:30pm "Concerts in the Park" @ Hartman Concert Park

Monday 30
Tuesday 31
Wednesday 1
Thursday 2

• Bernie Taupin: "Beyond Words" opens @ Russel Collection
• 10am Art-Making Activities for Families @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 10:30am Story Time Tour @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 1pm Kids' Choice Tour @ The Blanton Museum of Art

Friday 3

• International Art Show opens @ Art on 5th
• 10am Art-Making Activities for Families @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 10:30am Story Time Tour @ The Blanton Museum of Art
• 7pm Hiroshima @ One World Theatre
• 9:30pm Hiroshima @ One World Theatre

Saturday 4

• Hybrid Forms opens @ The Jones Center 
• Possible Objects opens @ Davis Gallery

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