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Austin Tuesday, November 7 Events
Austin Jewish Book Fair
The Austin Jewish Book Fair celebrates its 23rd year with a broad range of
nationally recognized authors, including world-renowned author of Night, Elie
Wiesel. The Book Fair features lectures by notable political authors, book
discussions with distinguished rabbis, the Book Lover's Luncheon, Kid's Day, A
Night with Chicks and Flicks, Austin Local Authors Night and more. Location:
Jewish Community Campus, 7300 Hart Ln. Call 512-735-8076 for more info. Event
ID:11/12
Christmas at the Caswell House
In addition to daily tours of the beautifully decorated historic landmark, the
Caswell House offers three-course luncheons in the classic tea room. A gift and
gourmet bake shop featuring holiday décor, clothing and jewelry encompasses the
first floor and basement of the house. Location: Caswell House, 1404 West Ave.
Admissions: $5. Call 512-472-0779 for more info. Event ID:11/12
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
Requiem
This performance takes place on the concrete columns and over the edges of the
floors of the five-story structure. The dancers and climbers ascend and descend
through the use of ropes, cloth, bungee cords, and other aerial techniques to
reach heights of up to 80 feet. Location: Intel Building, 400 W. San Antonio.
Call 512-736-9700 for more info.
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
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.
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.