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Austin Thursday, March 8 Events
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.