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Austin Saturday, April 14 Events
Spring Plant Sale & Gardening Festival
Get a refill for your garden. The best selection of native plants you’ll
find--almost 280 species. Artists and authors sign their works in the store both
days. Location: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Call 512-292-4100 for more
info. Event ID:4/15
Austin Fine Arts Festival
More than 200 national artists, top local restaurants, two music stages and
hands-on art activities for adults and children spill through downtown.
Location: Republic Square, Fifth and Guadalupe. Call 512-458-6073 for more info.
Event ID:4/15
Art After Dark
Art After Dark transforms the Austin Fine Arts Festival into an exquisite
visual, culinary and performing art experience. Enjoy the exclusive evening
celebrating 220 visual artists, live music on the Park Stage and culinary
creations from Austin's best restaurants. Location: Republic Square Park. Call
512-458-6073 for more info.
Wine & Wildflower Trail 2007
Enjoy the freshness of spring and the beauty of the Hill Country in bloom at
Texas Hills Vineyard’s celebration of the 2007 Wine & Wildflower trail. Take a
hayride through the vineyard and see the new growth on the vines while learning
about the winemaking process from planting to bottling. Location: Texas Hills
Vineyard. Event ID:4/22. Call 830-868-2321 for more info.
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.