David J. Rodriguez
austin, tx
- Gender: Male
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- Member since: 2007-01-19 00:00:00
- Last log-in: 2007-11-16 00:00:00
- Events: 15
Events:
ColdTowne
Where: ColdTowne Theater
Date: 2007-08-04 20:00:00
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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
The Pictures
Where: The Speakeasy
Date: 2007-08-24 21:30:00
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The Pictures play millennium rock and soul music.
Katherine Bash : Broken Symmetries Opening Reception
Where: Women & Their Work
Date: 2007-08-09 18:00:00
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On exhibit through September 15, 2007 Women & Their Work presents new work by Texas artist Katherine Bash who is currently working in London. Bash views the making of art through the lens of science and combines the role of artist and investigator. She observes patterns in the natural world and links them to philosophical, linguistic, and scientific theories. Broken Symmetries is informed by her years of research manifested in photographs, drawings and text. Bash’s photographs are at once arresting and beautiful, altering the viewer’s perspective in order to expand their perception of the world. Her work seamlessly crosses disciplines; her photographs are poetic, drawings scientific and writings visually stimulating. All disciplines work together to explore the relationships between the natural world, geometric symmetries, and symmetries of thought. Katherine Bash received her MFA in Design in 2004 and her BA in Biology in 1997 from the University of Texas at Austin. Her work has been exhibited across Texas and the southwest. She has traveled extensively in pursuit of her scientific and artistic endeavors. Bash is currently working toward her PhD at the Bartlett School of Architecture in London. While in London she is collaborating with renowned vision neuroscientist, Dr. Beau Lotto, whose research interests include complex systems, vision science, and art. Free to all
Public camp for High School improvisers
Where: Zachary Scott Theater Center
Date: 2007-07-30 00:00:00
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A full week of improv comedy training for teens. I'll be teaching these along with a couple of my excellent teacher friends. I am organizing High School Leagues for the 07-08 school year. These camps at ZACH are helping to get the HS'ers ready to go!! Contact Zach Perfoming Arts School for info, www.zachscott.com
The Derailers
Where: Broken Spoke
Date: 2007-09-15 21:00:00
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The Derailers are an Austin, Texas, band that plays straight-forward honky tonk in the tradition of Merle Haggard and Buck Owens.
My Name is Albert Ayler
Where: Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
Date: 2007-11-21 21:45:00
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MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER Directed by Kasper Collin ”One of the most starkly beautiful and moving documentaries ever made about a jazz musician.” --Jazz Times (USA) MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER (Sweden, 2005, 79 min) Alamo Drafthouse in association with Epistrophy Arts is pleased to present MY NAME IS ALBERT AYLER, a new documentary about the prophetic free jazz saxophonist Ayler, who today is seen as one of the most important innovators in jazz. Ayler was obsessed with his radical music and by the thought that people one day would understand it, as he said in his own words “If people don't like it now, they will.” In 1962 he recorded his first album in Sweden. Eight years later he was found dead in New York's East River, aged 34. The documentary follows the trail of Albert from his native town of Cleveland by way of Sweden to New York, meeting family, friends and colleagues who help tell the story of his life and music. Albert himself guides us with his voice and music. Seven years in the making, the film includes newly discovered footage of Ayler and his band. Accolades on the film from its release in UK this year: “An extraordinary portrait of an extraordinary musician...Something of a triumph ... manages to bring its austere subject alive, turning Ayler's short, turbulent life into a compelling narrative. ... shows that, underneath the brash, proto-punk tone of Ayler's saxophone, there was a real heart.” --SIGHT & SOUND “Heartbreaking as it is, this film is a rarity and not to be missed.” --ALL ABOUT JAZZ (USA) “During his cruelly short lifetime, tenor saxophonist Albert Ayler, who died at the age of 34 in 1970, often claimed that his tumultuous, spiritual form of free jazz would be understood by audiences only after he died. ... A loving and elegantly crafted documentary that charts the saxophonist's commitment to his art ... His music, which this film will make you wish to run out and hear, is the sound of a pack of lions unleashed.” --DAILY TELEGRAPH ”An excellent documentary film... about artistic integrity in the face of poverty, and of commitment to a musical vision.” --THE GUARDIAN “a tender and slightly unsettling love letter to iconic avant-garde saxophonist Albert Ayler” --TIME OUT (CRITIC'S CHOICE) “Collin's film is a haunting mesh of old cine footage, paint-stripping live performances and interviews with surviving friends and family. A strange shot of a semi-naked Ayler, staring silently into the camera, threads through the film, as if the subject is daring you to dismiss him...” --THE SUNDAY TIMES A loving and elegantly crafted documentary that charts the saxophonist's commitment to his art ... His music, which this film will make you wish to run out and hear, is the sound of a pack of lions unleashed.” --DAILY TELEGRAPH (Sukhdev Sandhu) “By turns illuminating and heartbreaking ... completely alters the way you hear and feel the music.” --THE WIRE MAGAZINE www.mynameisalbertayler.com
Brothers and Sisters
Where: The Parish Room (Formerly the Mercury)
Date: 2008-01-19 21:00:00
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Get ready to rock 'n' roll back in time! Teen idols Frankie Avalon, Fabian and Bobby Rydell are back with all their greatest hits.
Viewpoint Lecture Series: Katy Siegel and Wade Saunders 3
Where: The University of Texas at Austin, College of Fine Arts, ART
Date: 2008-04-17 16:00:00
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The Department of Art and Art History is pleased to announce that Viewpoint 2008 will be presented for the seventeenth consecutive year. This year's invitees, Katy Siegel of New York City and Wade Saunders of Paris, will presen various programs consisting of public lectures, seminars, and studio critiques This is the third and final guest lecture in the series. ART 1.102
Brad Tucker: Performance
Where: Art Palace
Date: 2008-02-16 19:00:00
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In conjunction with Opportunity Knocks, Art Palace will be hosting the following two programs, free and open to the public: PERFORMANCE Saturday, February 16th Bad Trucker 7 pm sharp
Ceremony
Where: Emo's
Date: 2008-06-22 22:00:00
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Ceremony plays hardcore rock that's an aggresive answer to all things fake. Life Long Tragedy features Scott, Jery, RJ, Cody and Jason.
Centro-Matic
Where: The Parish Room (At Jazz)
Date: 2008-05-31 20:00:00
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Centro-matic's music has turned the band into working-class heroes of the Texas underground. Guitarist/ vocalist Will Johnson, bassist Mark Hedman, vocalist/ keyboard player Scott Danborn and drummer Matt Pence are the members of Centro-matic. Over a constant and grueling regimen of American and European touring with bands like Ben Kweller, the Promise Ring, Burning Airlines, the Pernice Brothers, Varnaline and Jay Bennett, Johnson and his team have built a rabid international fan base and a reputation as one of the hardest-working rock bands in the country.