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Austin Friday, March 6 Events
B Scene at the Blanton. Stop by this hip monthly art party and explore the ongoing exhibit, “Birth of the Cool: California Art, Design and Culture at Midcentury” (Feb.24-May 17). “Birth of the Cool” examines the broad cultural zeitgeist of “cool” that influenced the visual, graphic and decorative arts, furniture, music and film produced in California in the 1950s and early 1960s
Sculpture Society Exhibit Debuts at Wildflower Center. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center debuts nature-inspired sculptures by Texas artists in its gardens. The exhibit contains 38 sculptures in ceramic, copper, wood and other media by members of the Texas Society of Sculptors. The sculptures range from fanciful peacocks and female sirens to realistic images of a horned toad, human faces and other subjects. Event ID: 5/31
Conspirare’s 17th annual season presents Vespers of Sergei Rachmaninoff. Conspirare’s 17th annual season presents Vespers of Sergei Rachmaninoff. This 15-section work is certainly the highpoint of Russian church music, and stands among the greatest musical works of any genre. The chamber choir will expand to 38 singers, with added weight in the bass section, in the tradition of the Russian basso profundo. Location: The Long Center for the Performing Arts. Event ID: 3/3
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.