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Austin Sunday, October 29 Events
Texas Clay Festival
Respected potters and sculptors from around Texas display, sell their wares, and
demonstrate a variety of techniques. Hands-on activities are available for
children. Location: Gruene Historic District. Call 830-629-7975 for more info.
Austin Record Convention
The Austin Record Convention is the largest sale of recorded music in the USA.
Ranging from the 78s of the 1930s to the latest compact discs of today, over one
million 78s, 45s, LPs, CDs, cassettes, posters and collectibles are for sale.
Location: Crockett Event Center. Call 512-288-7288 for more info. Event
ID:10/29.
Classic Beauty
Ballet Austin illuminates the stage with the third act of The Sleeping Beauty,
one of Tchaikovsky’s masterpieces. The third act of this regal ballet,
choreographed by Marius Petipa, is filled with fairytale characters such as
Little Red Riding Hood, Puss ‘n Boots, Cinderella and The Bluebirds of Happiness
who attend the jubilant wedding celebration of Princess Aurora to Prince
Florimund. Time: 8 p.m. Location: Bass Concert Hall. Call 512-476-2163 fore more
info. Event ID:10/29
Texas Book Festival
Hear readings and attend signing with some of your favorite authors; visit the
children’s chapter tent; and enjoy live music and poetry readings. Location:
Texas State Capitol. Call 512-477-4055 for more info. Event ID:10/29
The Rocky Horror Show
Dr. Frank N. Furter, the sweet transvestite whose spike heels ignite the party
nightly with hilarious abandon, seizes center stage in ZACH's production that
was named the Best Musical in Austin. Location: Zachary Scott Theater. Event ID:
11/5.
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.