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Events and Happenings in Austin during the Annual Meeting
Based on the popular theme “Keep Austin Weird,” which highlights unique and quirky features of Austin, INFORMS will let you know about fun things to do and see while visiting Austin. Check back frequently, we will be updating the page regularly with new activities.
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Gypsy Picnic Trailer Food Festival
November 6
This one-day event will gather the cream of the trailer crop in one convenient location, allowing attendees to easily sample from dozens of trailers. The Gypsy Picnic is also a cook-off for the trailer chefs. The Gypsy Picnic Trailer Cook-off panel of expert judges will conduct blind tastings to select the very best in a variety of categories. The public gets their chance to weigh in with an overall Fan Favorite and other awards. We'll also be serving up great live tunes all day from the music stage. Admission to Gypsy Picnic is free to the public, and we anticipate about 10,000 attendees over the course of the day.
Click here for details. http://tastytouring.com/2010/09/nov-6-austin-trailer-food-festival |
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22nd Annual Lone Star Vegetarian Chili Cook-Off
November 7, 11:30am to 5pm
Chili Teams from all over Texas will delight you with an amazing array of delicious, healthy, meatless chilis as they compete for best chili and best booth!
http://www.veggiechilicookoff.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=70:2010-lone-star-vegetarian-chili-cook-off-text-version&catid=34:general-info |
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Stubb's/Star Bar BBQ & Booze Night
November 9
Stubb’s BBQ and Star Bar have joined forces to create one fantastic night. Stubb’s will be setting up open pit BBQ on the back patio at Star Bar, we will be offering live music from some of Austin’s best musicians. Great Texas BBQ, tasty libations and free local music! Each and every Tuesday.
http://www.stubbsaustin.com/index.php |
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Tipsy Tech: The History and Practice of Cocktail Mixology
November 9
Register here for week Nine: "Aperitifs & Digestives" and learn how to make negronis, pastis, rusty nails, and Pimm's Cup. https://tipsytech.worldsecuresystems.com/BookingRetrieve.aspx?ID=5201 |
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Best Best-Kept Secret: Love Puppies Brownies
Ongoing
Sold at the South Austin Trailer Park & Eatery, Love Puppies Brownies are rich enough to stand in for that taco you were eyeing at neighbor Torchy's Tacos. These brownies are made "by local people who love puppies." But don't worry, puppies aren't allowed in the kitchen.
http://www.lovepuppiesbrownies.com/
http://www.torchystacos.com/ |
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The Salt Lick BBQ
Ongoing
http://www.saltlickbbq.com/index.html |
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Hula Hut
Ongoing
A new twist on Mexican food with the inception of Hula Hut. Uniquely situated on the banks of beautiful Lake Austin, this tropical Texas paradise is just minutes from downtown and features a unique mix of Mexican and Polynesian cuisine, otherwise know as "Mexonesian."
http://www.hulahut.com/ |
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FUNFUNFUN Fest
November 5-7
Fun Fun Fun Fest made its first appearance on a cold Austin Friday evening at Waterloo Park in 2006. It was a unique approach to festival booking...filling stages with what is bubbling from the underground, what sounds great, and what is making an impact, regardless of what Pollstar or the mainstream media said was cool. What started out as a show for a few touring acts and local favorites became a movement, and a festival that fans and bands alike realized needed to be experienced year after year. Click here to see acts and ticket info.
http://funfunfunfest.com |
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La Traviata
November 6, 6pm
Long Center for the Performing Arts. In Italian with English Subtitles. Bring your hankie and ride the roller coaster of Violetta and Alfredo's romance.
http://www.austinlyricopera.org/productions.asp |
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Lyle Lovett & His Large Band
November 10 at 8 pm
One of the great all-time American singer/songwriters, Lyle Lovett is currently on tour with his Large Band supporting his most recent studio album, Natural Forces at the Paramount Theatre.
https://tickets.austintheatre.org/public/show_events_list.asp |
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David Allen Coe
Novemeber 11 at 9pm
David Allen Coe at Aces Lounge
http://davidallancoe-zvents.eventbrite.com/ |
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The Bellamy Brothers
November 11, 8pm and 10pm
The Bellamy Brothers at Antone's. Show times 8pm and 10pm.
http://www.antones.net/event/17903 |
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Lecture Demonstration by Kalaimamani Priyadarsini Govind
November 11, 7pm
Indian Classical Music Circle of Austin presents a "Lecture Demonstration by Kalaimamani Priyadarsini Govind" at 7pm http://www.icmca.org/ |
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Parachute w/Hot Chelle Rae & Brendan James
November 8
Parachute w/Hot Chelle Rae & Brendan James at Stubb's Bar-B-Q Mixing full-throttle rock with dollops of blue-eyed soul, vintage R&B and melodic pop radio anthems in-the-making, Parachute has arrived. http://stubbs.frontgatetickets.com/choose.php?lid=47444 |
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Ray Lamontagne & The Levon Helm Band
November 12
At University of Texas at Austin: Bass Concert Hall
http://events.austin360.com/austin-tx/events/show/132900345-ray-lamontagne-the-levon-helm-band |
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Live From the Plaza
November 12
One of Austin's best kept secrets just got better! The fall season of Live From the Plaza, outdoor concert series will conclude on November 12 with an additional evening performance. The concert series will feature a variety of Austin music performers that range from blues to latin and from jazz to alternative. All concerts are free to the public. http://www.ci.austin.tx.us/music/calendar.htm |
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Joshua Radin at La Zona Rosa
November 13
Radin took a stab at songwriting and played one of his earliest compositions, “Winter,” for his friend Zach Braff. The burgeoning actor/director took an immediate liking to the song, and “Winter” soon found its way onto Braff’s hit television show Scrubs in early 2004.
http://www.lazonarosa.com/2010/08/joshua-radin-wgood-old-war-kelly-james/ |
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Celebrity Autobiography at The Long Center
November 10-14
The wickedly hysterical Celebrity Autobiography, created by Eugene Pack, features a first-rate comedic ensemble performing from the actual memoirs of a wide range of celebrities. Audiences inevitably ask, "Did they actually write that?" We say, "you can't make this stuff up!" "The funniest show in town, hands down." -NY Post http://www.thelongcenter.org/celebrity_autobiography.aspx |
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Pie Social at the Austin Museum of Art
November 11
Inspired by Romare Bearden’s images of community, come together with old and new friends alike to share one of life’s sweetest treats while enjoying live music. Carol Dawson will get the conversation started with stories about pie socials. http://www.amoa.org/site/Calendar/979169775?view=Detail&id=107903 |
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Cronkite: Eyewitness to a Century
Ongoing: Daily 9-5, Free Admission
Cronkite: Eyewitness to a Century at LBJ Library and Musuem Open Daily 9-5 Free Admission http://www.cronkiteexhibit.com/ |
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Museum of Ephemerata
Ongoing: Thursdays (4-7 pm) and Saturdays (1-4pm)
Welcome to the Museum of Ephemerata, where you have been all along. And welcome to the impermanent collection, a world populated with miraculous traces, singular events, hypnogogica, petrifications, and taxidermied beasts: a still life where only eddies of dust express movement.
http://mnae.org |
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Cathedral of Junk
Ongoing, by appointment
Vince Hannemann began building the Cathedral in 1988, when he was in his mid-twenties. He's added to it steadily ever since, and he estimates that it now contains over 60 tons of junk. "People ask me all the time, 'What made you want to do this?' Like it had some sort of profound meaning. I just did it because I liked it. And when I stop liking it I'll take it down."
http://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/7816 |
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Annual Art From the Streets Show and Sale Get Art, Give Hope!
November 6, 12-5pm
18th Art From the Streets is a yearly art show and sale where homeless artists sell their work created in our weekly classes. All proceeds go directly to the artists. At our new location, you'll find a beautiful variety of artwork starting at $35. A $3 suggested donation helps defray the cost of supplies and materials.
http://www.artfromthestreets.org/ |
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Settlement Home Garage Sale
November 5-7
This gargantuan annual garage sale is hosted by the Settlement Home for Children, a nonprofit that helps care for troubled children and their families. It costs $5 to enter Friday, but the other days are free. The garage sale is divided into large sections, and you can find works of art, used furniture, clothing, jewelry, holiday decorations, and just about everything else under the sun. The prices are dirt cheap and the cause is hard to beat. Click here for details.
http://www.settlementhome.org/GarageSale.asp |
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Austin Celtic Festival
November 7, 12-7:30pm
The largest gathering of Celts returns for its 14th year in Austin. Featuring 4 stages of international and regional Irish and Scottish bands, dance, storytelling, sheep herding, Highland Games, and much more. A festival for the whole family on the shores of Lady Bird Lake!
http://www.austincelticfestival.com |
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Roman Polanski Short Films w/Live Music by Sza/Za
November 7, 7pm at Alamo Drafthouse Downtown at the Ritz
Between 1958 and 1962, the acclaimed Polish-French director and Academy Award winner, Roman Polanski made a series of short films, most at the renowned Lodz Film School. From playful film making exercises: “Murder” and “Teeth Smile” (1957), through the metaphorical “Break Up the Dance” (1957) and “Mammals” (1962) to his award winning graduation film, “Two Men and the Wardrobe” (San Francisco International Film Festival, Brussels EXPO 1958) -- the films reveal Polanski’s surreal and dark style, his masterful storytelling ability, and the restless search for the truth about the human nature, however crooked and evil it would turn out to be.
http://www.originalalamo.com/Show.aspx?id=7833
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Dollar Mania at Dart Bowl
November 8, 9-12 pm
$1 Games, Shoes, Nachos, Hotdogs, & Sodas
http://www.dartbowl.com/ |
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Texas Football vs. Oklahoma State
November 13
Texas Football vs. Oklahoma State, UT at Austin
http://www.mackbrown-texasfootball.com/ |
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Yoga and Coffee
Ongoing
Yoga and Coffee at Ruta Maya. Buy a coffee and get a free yoga class!
http://rutamaya.net/free-yoga.html |
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