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Austin Saturday, August 5 Events
Big Bugs
David Rogers’ Big Bugs exhibit includes eight enormous sculptures of insects—a
1,200-pound praying mantis, a 7-foot assassin bug and the biggest spider you
will ever see. Location: Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Call 512-292-4200
for more info.
Bad Dates
Theresa Rebeck, co-author of Omnium-Gatherum, strikes comic gold with this
adventure of a 40-year-old Austinite single mom reentering the dating scene in
the Big Apple from behind an avalanche of designer shoes. From Cholesterol Man
to Bug Guy, it's a bumpy ride of Mr. Wrongs. But, what's with the big secret
hidden in the shoebox and why is the Romanian mob furious? Location: Zachary
Scott Theatre. Call 512-476-0541 for more info.
Zilker Summer Musical – "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"
This free outdoor musical production depicts the classic story of newlyweds who
tame the groom's six rowdy bachelor brothers in the wild Oregon backwoods. The
Zilker Musical is the longest running outdoor production of its type in the US.
Location: Zilker Hillside Theatre. Call 512-479-9491 for more details.
Splash Party Movie Nights
Every summer Saturday night, catch a flick and take a swim—at the same time.
Settle down for free movies in the spring-fed pool or on the lawn. Location:
Deep Eddy Pool. Call 512-472-8546 for more details.
Cronkite Moon Rock exhibit
Veteran newsman Walter Cronkite’s moon rock will be on display at UT’s Texas
Memorial Museum. The moon rock awarded to Cronkite is part of the 842 pounds of
samples brought back to Earth during the six Apollo lunar expeditions from 1969
to 1972. Location: Texas Memorial Museum. Call 512-232-5654 for more details.
Austin Symphony Concerts in the Park
Each Sunday, a different ensemble will be featured under the gazebo, performing
arrangements by composers from Mozart to Ellington to Rodgers & Hammerstein.
Concert goers are encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and blanket and make it a
family affair. Location: Wooldridge Park, Ninth and Guadalupe Sts. Call
512-476-6064 for more details.
Over + Over: Passion for Process
Ordinary materials—from paper cups and pencil stubs to tires, twist ties and
playing cards—are transformed by a dozen artists into extraordinary art. As the
digitized image on the plasma screen becomes the ubiquitous means of
communication, and the keyboard supplants the hand, a number of artists are
turning to traditional hobbies and craft expressions as foundations for their
art. Their manual work includes meticulous hand beading, sewing, quilting,
silhouette cutting, collaging and collecting. Informed by process art of the
1970s, and attached to the grid that has organized much of the art of the last
fifty years, these artists are reenacting some of the tenets of the Arts and
Crafts movement of a hundred years ago. Location: Austin Museum of Arts
Downtown. Call 512-495-9224 for more info.
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.