September 2018
Discounts For Service Industry, Every Night At Rusty Cannon
Come down to the Rusty Cannon, just off South 1st Street and Stassney. We've got all the sports you want, darts, shuffleboard, pool, and truly gourmet bar food served hot and fresh all day, made especially for real Austinites. Better yet, every night is service industry night at Rusty Cannon Pub! Come get some.
Find out more »Pop Up Event: Indeed Job Market
Indeed is bringing career services directly to job seekers with the Indeed Job Market airstream. This mobile job search services pop-up is a place to learn, network and get the support you need for your job search process. Attendees can enjoy one-on-one career coaching sessions, professional headshots, networking, complimentary refreshments, and enter to win prizes in the #IndeedJobMarket social media contest.
Find out more »Ah Sing Den’s Tiki Tuesday’s
Celebrate fall in Austin, tiki style! Stop by Ah Sing Den and sip some of our tropical cocktails such as the Wise Monkey with vanilla bean infused rum, pistachio orgeat, falernum, orange and lime. These cocktails are sure to let you escape to a tropical paradise during the fall months. The event will also feature $6 happy hour specials and the option to make any drink a flaming volcano bowl - perfect for sharing! Tiki Tuesday’s will start at 5…
Find out more »The UMLAUF Prize Exhibition: Slippery Clump by Shanie Tomassini
UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum presents The UMLAUF Prize Exhibition: Slippery Clump by Shanie Tomassini Sept. 6–Nov. 4 AUSTIN—The UMLAUF Sculpture Garden & Museum is proud to announce the 2018 UMLAUF Prize winner, French Canadian sculptor and multi-media artist Shanie Tomassini. Prize juror Sedrick Huckaby selected Tomassini, one of 12 outstanding candidates, to receive a full-scale UMLAUF exhibition of her work. Tomassini’s UMLAUF Prize exhibition Slippery Clump runs Sept. 6 through Nov. 4, featuring oversized sculptures, fountains, and negative-space forms…
Find out more »Olive Oil, Vinegar & Vodka-Featuring Local Maker Deep Eddy Vodka
Join us for our next collaboration class with local maker Deep Eddy Vodka! Ben Saey will be back to demonstrate each refreshing cocktail below! Ben has a strong passion to create beautiful cocktails from unique ingredients and has been doing so for many years. Throughout the evening you will try different cocktails featuring our oils and vinegars and the different flavors of Deep Eddy Vodka! Participants can also learn how each of the flavors are produced at the distillery. Ben…
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Geeks Who Drink Trivia
Calling all Trivia Gurus! Test your skills against other Austin players, and enjoy a tasty beverage or two. If you win, you and your team enjoy gift certificates to The Butterfly Bar!
Find out more »Girls Empowerment Network Town Hall
What’s a Girls Empowerment Network (GEN) Town Hall? It’s an event where GEN staff and leaders provide behind the scenes insight about the agency and answers questions from community members. The inaugural 2018 Town Hall will focus on: • GEN’s evolution and expansion • our revamped curriculum modules • updated language on how GEN explains its work (and how you can explain it to your friends, too!) • how the agency is funded and ensures sustainability • evaluation results highlighting how…
Find out more »Parkside Chef’s Table | Austin Women in Culinary
Join us for, Parkside Chef’s Table | Austin Women in Culinary. The all-inclusive dinner event will feature women in the culinary industry in Austin with cocktails kicking off the evening at 7:00pm followed by an all-female-chef curated dinner at 8:00pm. Enjoy five courses with passed appetizers, crafted cocktails, and wines to compliment the dishes. Participating chefs will each create a dish inspired by a strong woman in their life. Participating Chefs Include: Jennifer Nguyen (Parkside) Juliann Stoddart (Parkside Projects) Jo Chan (Eberly) Lindsay Flagg (South…
Find out more »Reality in Long Shots: A Hou Hsiao-hsien Retrospective
The Austin Asian American Film Festival and Austin Film Society present “Reality in Long Shots,” a retrospective of works by the pioneering Taiwanese writer-director Hou Hsiao-Hsien, at AFS Cinema from September 8-29, 2018. This retrospective is the largest of Director Hou’s works that Austin has seen since 2000, and is made possible by the Ministry of Culture – Taiwan’s Spotlight Taiwan grant, with assistance from the Taiwan Academy of Houston. Film fans will be particularly excited to see two films…
Find out more »House of Torment
The 2018 House of Torment season features three haunted attractions with new, terrifying storylines, all-new outdoor games, an expanded store with a Kreepsville 666 clothing line pop-up shop, a revamped food menu and enhanced safety features. House of Torment will also offer a full-service, haunted library-themed bar called Torment Tavern, including a “Platinum VIP” lounge and two new signature cocktails, Jekyll’s Old Bloody Fashion and Hyde’s Madness, served in lighted House of Torment souvenir cups, as well as a House of Torment pumpkin ale in partnership with 4th Tap Brewing.
Find out more »Bennie Wheels & “WALKIN’ THE LINE”
Bennie Wheels and "WALKIN' THE LINE" is the Ultimate Tribute to Johnny Cash, June Carter and The Tennessee Three, is the Nation's #1 and most authentic representation of The Man In Black in his "Folsom Prison" era prime! Seeing is believing, and when you go"Walkin' The Line" with Bennie Wheels, there's no doubt that Johnny Cash's spirit lives on! Tickets sold out fast last season, so get yours soon!
Find out more »Trivia Tuesday
Tuesdays are made for trivia! Grab the entourage for an evening with Nolan & Co as they challenge you to flip through your collective rolodex of fun facts. cold beer. warm food. bring your brains and WIN FREE STUFF! EVERY tuesday SNOW or SHINE!
Find out more »ISLAND at Stubb’s Indoors on 9/25
ISLAND is coming to Stubb's Indoors on September 25! Tickers go on-sale March 23, at 10am. Tickets: http://fgtix.to/2GeADYr Artist profile example: — ISLAND • Bnadcamp: island.bandcamp.com • Listen: "Stargazer" - island.bandcamp.com/track/stargazer-2 •Spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/1UqvcbBmsHw8rjIZe1WiZl • YouTube: youtube.com/channel/UCNcN1Ruaxqb7Y7ZCa5w2uTQ • Website: islandislandisland.com • Facebook: facebook.com/islandislandisland • Twitter: twitter.com/islandbanduk • Instagram: instagram.com/islandislandisland
Find out more »Grade Potential Tutoring Halloween Costume Recycling Drive
Help Under Privileged Children Have Fun this Halloween! Grade Potential Tutoring is currently organizing their annual Halloween Costume Recycling Drive! Grade Potential is gathering used (and new) costumes from the community that will then be distributed to local children in Foster Care, who otherwise would not enjoy wearing a costume this Halloween. “Many families in the community have old costumes that their children have either outgrown or will not wear again because they want to be something different this year…
Find out more »Comanche Motion: The Art of Eric Tippeconnic
Experience the dynamic nature of Comanche culture through the paintings of Comanche artist and historian Eric Tippeconnic. Filled with symbolism and meaning, Tippeconic's paintings are rich with history and the unbroken connection the Comanche people have with their roots. The artwork is juxtaposed with Comanche artifacts to provide historical context and underscore Tippeconnic's inspiration for the paintings. Engage with the symbolism and meaning in each painting through hands-on interactives for all ages, including a symbol scavenger hunt, a pattern-making activity…
Find out more »Wangechi Mutu: The End of eating Everything
Wangechi Mutu’s animated video The End of eating Everything features the singer Santigold as a post-apocalyptic being hovering in a darkened sky. Her bulbous, tumor-like body, covered in human limbs and machine parts, throbs and emits plumes of smoke as she greedily devours a flock of birds. Mutu’s monstrous creation suggests the destructive—and ultimately self-imposed—nature of our drive to consume. This video is shown in conjunction with the exhibition Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design, on view in our Butler Gallery from October 14,…
Find out more »Ed Ruscha: Archaeology and Romance
See works by celebrated American artist Ed Ruscha, including photographs and sketches related to his landmark artist’s books, such as Twentysix Gasoline Stations (1963), Various Small Fires and Milk (1964), Nine Swimming Pools and a Broken Glass (1968), and more. Discover Ruscha’s persistent engagement with the artifacts of American popular culture, the iconography of the road, and the manufactured romance of Hollywood. Open daily and late on Thursdays with tours every day at noon. Free 10 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday,…
Find out more »Framing Eugène Atget: Photography and Print Culture in Nineteenth-Century Paris
Eugène Atget trained his lens on the city and people of Paris for nearly four decades. The resulting photographic archive presents an enigmatic portrait of an evolving metropolis at the dawn of the twentieth century. This exhibition pairs over thirty photographs, printed from Atget’s glass plate negatives, with etchings, engravings, and lithographs by other artists to highlight photography’s role as a new medium of illustration in popular print media, architectural documentation, and the reproduction of artworks. Organized by Taylor Bradley,…
Find out more »THE SEPTEMBER WINE DOWN FINALE!
The grand finale of the 2018 Wine Down series is happening on Wednesday, September 26! Meet us at 3Ten at Austin City Limits Livefor the happiest of happy hours from 5-8pm. This Wine Down presented by Charles Smith Wines will feature music by Blackillac, a new project featuring Austin’s favorite emcees Zeale and Phranchyze and produced by Gary Clark, Jr. We’ll also have bites by La Condesa and a pop-up shop from Prize. AMF will be raffling off TWO great packages this time. Stop by our table a…
Find out more »Open Mic Night at Gourdough’s!
Come and keep your mid-week drive alive with music, laughs, friends, and donuts! Gourdough's Open Mic is coming at you every Wednesday!! Bring your instruments and come join in on the fun! Drink Specials: $4 Happy Meals! $4 Deep Eddy Vodka Distillery drinks! -All ages -Always FREE For more info [email protected]
Find out more »San José Soul Sides DJ Night
Join us for our weekly vinyl series in our Courtyard from 7:30pm-10:30pm. Our good friends from Breakaway Records will be our resident DJ's this evening playing everything from Soul, Latin, Psychedelic and Groovy Jazz. Come on down tonight!
Find out more »Once
Based on the 2007 Academy Award®-winning film, Once is an enchanting, modern love story about the complexities of relationships and the power of music to connect us all. Once tells the story of an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant drawn together by their shared love of music. Their unexpected friendship and collaboration evolves into a powerful but complicated romance, heightened by the raw emotion of the songs they create together. Winner of 8 Tony Awards® including Best Musical, this unique theatrical experience, with…
Find out more »Loverboy Comedy Improv @ ColdTowne Theater Every Wednesday
Loverboy uses real dating and relationship stories to inspire their fast-paced and exciting improv show. Each performance features a different guest storyteller that will delight the audience with their most shocking, cringe-worthy and downright hilarious tales of dating gone wrong (or right!)
Find out more »Dreadneck Wednesday
Dreadneck Wednesday at FLAMINGO CANTINA is the Mau Mau Chaplains' weekly reggae residency for the Austin massive. We refer to it as "reggae church". It's free. Put on your ites, green and gold and bring a likkle tribute for the band. We'll have cool Red Stripe on ice and Winston's Kitchen on hand with delicious Caribbean fare; Jah Bill on the ones and twos!
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