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Austin Saturday, December 2 Events
State Capitol Tree Lighting
The annual sing-a-long and State Capitol Tree Lighting occurs December 2 from
6-7 p.m. John Aielli, host of KUT's Eklektikos, leads the audience in
traditional carols. Participants are encouraged to place food donations at the
base of the tree to benefit the Capital Area Food Bank. Location: Texas State
Capitol.
Candlelight Christmas at Pioneer Farms
Musical performances, children’s shows and educational programs show how Texans
made merry 120 years ago. Location: Pioneer Farms. Call 512-837-1215 for more
info. Event ID:12/2
Austin Natural Health Expo
The Austin Health Freedom Expo, takes place December 1-3 with 50 prominent
speakers in 5 rooms introducing the latest developments in natural health. Visit
more than 100 exhibitors displaying the newest discoveries and products in
alternative medicine. Location: Palmer Events Center. Call 888-658-EXPO for more
info. Event ID:12/3
Wildflower Center’s Holiday Shopping Event
The Wildflower Center’s 16th Annual Holiday Shopping Event features local
artists and artisans selling watercolors, jewelry, photography, pottery and
herbal products as well as the unique gifts for all ages in the Wildflower
Center Store. Friday and Saturday are tax-free shopping days. Location: Lady
Bird Johnson Wildflower Center. Call 512-292-4100 for more info. Event ID:12/3
Austin Symphony "Young at Heart"
Pianist Anton Nel appears with the Austin Symphony to perform "Variations on a
Nursery Song" by Dohnanyi. Also featured is Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's
Guide to the Orchestra." Location: Bass Concert Hall. Call 512-476-6064 for more
info. Event ID: 12/2
Rockin' Christmas Party
Zach's award-winning cast will shake, rattle and roll down Santa Claus Lane with
new songs guaranteed to lift your spirits. A glossy, glitzy sleigh ride through
MoTown in YoTown for the holidays! Location: Zachary Scott Theatre. Call
512-476-0541 for more info. Event ID: 1/27/07.
The Santaland Diaries
The comedy tells the real-life story of Sedaris' tour of duty as the elf
Crumpet, and what it takes to juggle tots and tottering Santas during a
painfully festive time of the year. A laugh 'til you cry evening of merrily
subversive entertainment to delight adult audiences. Location: Zachary Scott
Theatre. Call 512-476-0541 for more info. Event ID: 1/27/07.
Radical NY!
The Austin Museum of Art presents a landmark exhibition illuminating two
transformative periods in New York City. New York is more than just a location,
it’s an attitude—and, that attitude forever changed the face of American art and
culture. Radical NY! is a two-part exhibition presenting The Downtown Show: The
New York Art Scene, 1974-1984 and Abstract Expressionism: 1940s-1960s opening
November 18, 2006 with works by over 200 groundbreaking artists including
Jean-Michel Basquiat, Willem de Kooning, Jackson Pollock, Cindy Sherman, and
hundreds of paintings, sculptures, drawings, videos, and photographs. Location:
Austin Museum of Art- Downtown. Hours: Tues. - Sat. 10 - 6, Thurs. 10 - 8, Sun.
Noon - 5, Closed Mondays and Holidays. Admission: $1 - $5 (Free for Members).
Call 512-495-9224 for more info. Event ID: 1/28/07
Way of the World
In a fantastically complicated plot, UT's MFA Actors play a kooky cast of
intertwined characters competing for profit and love in 1700 London. This
Restoration comedy perplexes, shocks, and amuses as it takes us into a world we
may find all too familiar. Location: UT PAC's Oscar G. Brockett Theatre. Call
512-477-6060 for more info. Event ID: 12/3
Miss Ima's Quilts
Miss Ima Hogg was a visionary collector, preservationist, and philanthropist. To
highlight her vision as a collector, this special exhibition will for the first
time bring together an extraordinary selection of Miss Ima's quilts that range
in date from the late 1700s to the early 1900s. Location: Bob Bullock Texas
State History Museum. Call 512-936-8746 for more info. Event ID: 1/7/07
Animal Secrets
Where does a chipmunk sleep? What does an eagle feel its young? Kids can answer
these questions and more by exploring the hidden habitats and secret lives of
forest animals. Children and adults use imaginative role-play and hands-on
activities to explore in the five naturalistic environments. Location: Austin
Children's Museum. Call 512-472-2499 for more info. Event ID: 1/6/07
Luca Cambiaso
Luca Cambiaso is known as the first great "modern" artist in Genoa. His works
inspired innovation and influence throughout Italy in the early 18th century.
This is the first exhibition of Cambiaso's work in 50 years and the first
presentation ever outside of Italy’s coastal Liguria area. Location: Blanton
Museum of Art. Call 512-471-7324 for more details. Event ID: 1/14/07
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.
Norman Mailer Takes On America
Drawing on the recently acquired Norman Mailer archive, the exhibition sets the
career of Norman Mailer in this cultural context and trace the central role he
has played in our awareness and understanding of what Morris Dickstein calls the
"shocks of history, politics, and contemporary life" that reshaped the last half
of the twentieth century and continue to unsettle the twenty-first. Location:
Harry Ransom Center. Call 512-471-8944 for more info. Event ID: 12/31.