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Austin Saturday, March 10 Events
The Artist's Market
The Artist's Market will be open every Saturday in January on the deck at Mother
Egan's Irish Pub at 715 West 6th Street. The Artist's Market is a festive
outdoor art fair that features a variety of work by local artists and craftsmen
including paintings, photography, sculpture, pottery, jewelry, stained glass,
clothing, candles and much more. Location: 709 W. Sixth St. Call 512-535-5761
for more info.
Heart of Texas Regatta
The Austin Rowing Club brings in more than 1,000 competitors from around the
country. Many top college programs compete as well. Location: Town Lake. Call
512-472-0726 for more info. Event ID:3/11
South by Southwest
Talented, filmmakers, musicians and multi-media artists from around the world
gather to showcase music, film and interactive. Austin Convention Center and
more than 50 venues. Call 512-467-7979 or visit
http://www.sxsw.com for more
info. Event ID:3/18
Rodeo Austin
Austin goes cowboy as PCRA competitors hit the arena and area students exhibit
prize livestock. Headline entertainment rocks the arena after the rodeo events
and includes Kevin Fowler, Trace Adkins, Taylor Hicks, Miranda Lambert,
Foreigner and Kenny Rogers. Location: Travis County Exposition Center. Call
512-919-3000 for more info. Event ID:3/24
Tapestry Dance Company: The Souls of Our Feet
This fast paced collection of footwork restages the best of rhythm tap
masterpieces from Fred Astaire and Eleanor Powell to The Nicholas Brothers as
well as contemporary works of living masters. Led by the live jazz music of the
Eddy Hobizal Jazz Trio, this one-of-a-kind concert brings swingin’ jazz and 18
feet keeping time to the pulse of this wonderful and indigenous American artform;
a celebration of rhythm at its best. Location: UT's McCullough Theatre. Call
512-477-6060 for more info. Event ID:3/11
The Glass Menagerie
The Austin Shakespeare Festival is thrilled to present the great American
classic The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams. Location: The Austin
Playhouse, 3601 S. Congress Ave., Building C. Call 512-454-2273 for more info
Event ID:3/18
Disney's THE LION KING
Experience the phenomenon of Disney’s THE LION KING. Marvel at the breathtaking
spectacle of animals brought to life by award-winning director Julie Taymor,
whose visual images for this show you’ll remember forever. Location: Bass
Concert Hall. Call 512-471-1444 for tickets. Event ID: 3/25.
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
Present Laughter
This semi-autobiographical, madcap farce is one of Noel Coward's finest and
funniest comedies. Stylishly attired and devastatingly charismatic, Garry
Essendine is a famous, self-dramatizing actor who never met a mirror he didn't
like. He teeters reluctantly towards middle age, while everyone who encounters
him is completely infatuated with him. Location: Zachary Scott Theatre. Call
512-476-0541 for more info. Event ID: 3/11.
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.