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Austin Thursday, April 12 Events
Austin International Poetry Festival
AIPF draws poets from every continent for its April festivities, and is the
largest non- juried poetry festival in the United States. Location: Various
venues. Event ID:4/15
The American Twenties
The exhibition explores race, religion, capitalism, love and modernism in the
decade immediately following World War I through contemporary literature and
art. Location: Harry Ransom Center. Call 512-471-8944 for more info. Event
ID:7/29
Power to the People: The Electrification of Rural Texas
Walk into a world before television, computers, the i-pod, even refrigerators
and running water. The exhibit, Power to the People: The Electrification of
Rural Texas, is a unique story of one of the most dramatic events in Texas
history. Rural Texas in the 1930s was still in the dark as electric lines hadn’t
penetrated the beautiful, but rugged Texas Hill Country. Location: LBJ Library
and Museum. Open Daily 9-5 (except Christmas) Free Admission. id:5.2.07
Bat Watching
The 1.5 million Mexican free-tailed bats that live beneath the Congress Avenue
Bridge take flight in a mass exodus each night at dusk. Located at Congress Ave.
& Cesar Chavez St. Austin, TX 78704.