Where: Dougherty Arts Center
Date: 2007-07-21 10:00:00
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Instructor: Kori Stephens From the very beginning, you will be working with clay. The focus is on craftsmanship, functional pottery, and great glazing practices. The structure is geared to give you experience with wheel throwing, pulling handles, measuring lids, and designing tiles. Feel free to specialize in one style and to work on your own projects! $160 / 8 classes
Where: ColdTowne Theater
Date: 2007-09-15 20:00:00
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Every week at Stool Pigeon, a different local celebrity stops by to share their favorite true-life stories that an All-Star cast of improvisers uses as material for completely improvised scenes. When we say All-Star we mean it -the cast of Stool Pigeon reads like a Who's Who list of the Austin Improv scene. Award-winning performers and sketch comedy writers, theater managers, festival producers and special guest touring improvisers join the regulars at ColdTowne for this special weekly show. Check ColdTowneTheater.com for this week's Pigeon! Stool Pigeon is sponsored by The Onion.
Where: The Hideout Theatre
Date: 2007-08-28 00:00:00
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Texas's premiere comedy festival.
Where: Women & Their Work
Date: 2007-08-02 19:00:00
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It's W & TW's last party of the summer, featuring live music by Jill Pangallo and Cari Palazzolo and a Craft Walk with crafty grab bags as prizes. Thu., Aug. 2, 7-10pm.
Where: Doubletree Hotel North , Austin
Date: 2007-08-10 00:00:00
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Panels, Art Show, Gaming, Charity, Writer's Workshop, Dealer's Room, and more! ArmadilloCon is a science fiction convention held annually in Austin, with several hundred attendees. The primary focus of ArmadilloCon is literary science fiction, but that's not all we do -- we also pay attention to art, animation, science, media, and gaming. Every year, dozens of professional writers, artists and editors attend the convention. Sometimes they come to make deals, but more often they come to have fun!
Where: BMC Software
Date: 2007-08-23 18:00:00
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Open Source, Social Media, and the Art of Community Speaker: William Hurley (aka “whurley”) Chief Architect, Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc. William Hurley is the Chief Architect of Open Source Strategy at BMC Software, Inc. Also known as "whurley", he is responsible for creating BMC's open source agenda and overseeing the company's participation in various free and open source software communities to advance the adoption and integration of BSM solutions. A technology visionary and holder of 11 important patents, whurley brings 16 years of experience in developing groundbreaking technology. He is the Chairman of the Open Management Consortium, a non-profit organization advancing the adoption, development, and integration of open source systems management. Named an IBM Master Inventor, whurley has received numerous awards including an IBM Pervasive Computing Award and Apple Computer Design Award. Location: Building 5 / BMC Software Executive Briefing Center, EBC-A and B. Please e-mail to let us know you're coming; we need to know how many people to prepare for -- thanks! RSVP: SOCIALMEDIACLUBAUSTIN@GMAIL.COM
Where: ColdTowne Theater
Date: 2007-06-30 20:00:00
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Every week at Stool Pigeon, a different local celebrity stops by to share their favorite true-life stories that an All-Star cast of improvisers uses as material for completely improvised scenes. When we say All-Star we mean it -the cast of Stool Pigeon reads like a Who's Who list of the Austin Improv scene. Award-winning performers and sketch comedy writers, theater managers, festival producers and special guest touring improvisers join the regulars at ColdTowne for this special weekly show. Check ColdTowneTheater.com for this week's Pigeon!
Where: ColdTowne Theater
Date: 2007-09-15 22:00:00
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ColdTowne has not only been to almost every single major comedy festival in North America, they also run Texas' fastest growing comedy training center and recently have been featured on The Onion. Catch them on their home turf every Saturday night at The ColdTowne Theater. ColdTowne w/ Special Guests Every Saturday at 10:00p "Austin's Favorite Comedy Group" - Austin Chronicle Readers Poll 2006 "Hardest Working Improv Group" - Austin Improv Collective Awards "Their shows are improv sex. They are passionate, awkward, hot, comical, sticky, shocking, loving, liquid, dangerous, electric and (sometimes) a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of life." - Sara Farr, local performer
Where: Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
Date: 2007-06-19 21:45:00
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Award-winning Austin comedy troupe ColdTowne has assembled an all-star cast of award-winning local comedians and videographers to bring forth their award-winning production, 3, 2, 1 Kill! to the award winning Alamo Drafthouse screen. If you're counting, that's exactly four awards. 3, 2, 1 Kill! mixes on-the-spot film making with live stage performances and musical accompaniment for a one-of-a-kind multi-media laugh riot. (Note: do not riot). Your suggestion drives the piece. Is it funny? Yes. Is it made up right then and there? Yes. Is it dangerous? Not really. Is it hard to pull off? Fuck yeah. Most movies take months to make. They get ten minutes.
Where: Emo's
Date: 2007-06-22 22:00:00
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horse plus donkey at Emo's with Glorium (reunion show), Faceless Werewolves, and Matt Oliver from Sound Team Part of Emo's 15 Year Anniversary week.
Where: Emo's
Date: 2008-02-27 22:00:00
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The Chinese Stars is a rock band from Rhode Island. When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth is a seven-piece gothic band from Austin, Texas.
Where: The Parish Room (Formerly the Mercury)
Date: 2008-04-21 20:00:00
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Tift Merritt's vocals have been said to have the passion of Lucinda Williams and the beauty of Emmylou Harris.