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Austin Saturday, April 7 Events
SPAMARAMA
This potted pork party celebrates with events such as a SPAM cook-off and the
SPAMALYPICS. Location: Waterloo Park. Call 512-834-1827 for more info.
Urban Music Festival
The Urban Music Festival is an all-day, outdoor, family oriented event featuring
live music and social activities that will be held in the heart of Austin, along
the banks of Town Lake at Auditorium Shores. Location: Auditorium Shores. Call
512-314-5433 for more info. Event ID:4/7.
Ballet Austin's The Taming of the Shrew
Stephen Mill's light-hearted rendition of The Taming of the Shrew integrates
classical ballet and commedia dell’arte for a humorously clever interpretation
of Shakespeare’s timeless tale. Location: Bass Concert Hall. Call 512-476-2163
for more info. Event ID:4/8
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.