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Welcome to your guide to Austin’s Get Your Art On events and attractions. Just click your armadillos to follow them to fun. All events listed below are also listed individually under their genre throughout this site. Be sure to visit our wonderful sponsors at the bottom of this page who helped bring this city-wide celebration to you.

GET YOUR ART ON 2010 ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS
 

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 FILM EVENTS

 

 

Alamo Drafthouse
Downtown:
Action Pack Michael Jackson Sing-Along
Oct 14, 21, 28
Films of the Mexican Revolution: Viva Zapata
Oct 5
Terror Tuesdays
Oct 5, 12, 19, 26
Films of the Mexican Revolution: El Prisionero 13
Oct 12
G.I. JOE Stop Motion Film Festival
Oct 20
Master Pancake Theater: Twilight
Oct 8-9, 15-16
Movies in the Park, Presented by Fantastic Fest:
Poltergeist
Oct 14

Austin Film Festival
Austin Film Festival
Oct 21-28

Austin Museum of Art
A Great Day in Harlem
Oct 4

Bob Bullock State History Museum
Texas Spirit Theater:
Star of Destiny
Wild Texas Weather
Ongoing

IMAX Theatre:
Texas - The Big Picture
Legends of Flight 3D
Hubble 3D
The Alps
Arabia 3D
Ongoing

The Long Center for the Performing Arts
HD Screening of Love's Labours Lost
Oct 1

Austin Public Library - University Hills
Zombie Fest 3
Zombie Movies
Oct 2, 9, 16
Zombie Video Game Tournament
Oct 23
Zombie Fest Blowout
Oct 30

 

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THEATRE EVENTS

 

 

Austin Community College
"Mauritius" by Theresa Rebeck
Oct 8 - 17

Austin Playhouse
Alfred Hitchcock's "The 39 Steps"
Thru Oct 30

Black Swan Productions
"Hamlet" in Boggy Creek Cemetary
Thru Oct 21

The Baron's Men
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Oct 16

Bastrop Opera House
The Bald Soprano & The Lesson
Oct 8 - 16
Pruning the Family Tree
Oct 29 - Nov 13

Capital T Theatre
Hunter Gatherers
Oct 14 - Nov 6

City Theatre
The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later
Thru Oct 17

Esther's Follies
Austin's Legendary Comedy & Magic Show
Ongoing

Georgetown Palace Theatre
Cinderella
Thru Oct 31

Hyde Park Theatre
Vigil
Thru Oct 9

The Long Center for the Performing Arts
Jaston Williams' Cowboy Noises
Oct 6 - 17

One World Theatre at Riverbend
Benise, The Spanish Guitar
Oct 15
 

One World Theatre
"My Mother's Italian, My Father's Jewish, And I'm [STILL] in Therapy" with Steve Solomon
Oct 17

Paradox Players
Incorruptible
Oct 1 - 17

Paramount Theatre
Patton Oswalt
Oct 2
John Lithgow, "Stories By Heart"
Oct 12
Aziz Ansari: Dangerously Delicious
Oct 17
Garrison Keillor
Oct 19

 

Rubber Repertory / Salvage Vanguard Theatre
Biography of Phyisical Sensations
Oct 14 - 30

Sam Bass Community Theatre
Secondary Cause of Death
Thru Oct 16

Scottish Rite Theatre
Hamlet
Thru Oct 3

Southwestern University Sarofim School of Arts
The Man Who Came to Dinner
Oct 21 - 24

Tex-Arts
Always... Patsy Cline
Oct 15 - 31

Texas State University - San Marcos
Electra
Oct 5 - 10

Trouble Puppet Theatre Company
Frankenstein: The Trouble Puppet Show
Thru Oct 3

University of Texas Dept. Of Theatre & Dance
The Fantasticks
Oct 15-24

Vortex Repertory Theatre
Vampyress
Oct 15 - Nov 13
 

Way Off-Broadway Community Player
Noises Off
Thru Oct 16

Weird City Theatre
The Servant Girl Annihilator
Oct 28 - Nov 7

ZACH Theatre
Rent
Ongoing

 

 

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 LITERARY EVENTS

 

Austin Community College
Alurista: Chicano Poet & Activist
Oct 14

BookPeople
Visiting Authors
Ongoing
President Jimmy Carter: White House Diary
Oct 29

Carver Museum & Cultural Center
Folktales African-American Literary Society
Oct 15

The Independent 501 Studios
Austin Poetry Slam
Every Wednesday
The Encyclopedia Show Austin: Dinosaurs!
Oct 14

Harry Ransom Center
Poetry on the Plaza: Language of Photography
Oct 6
A Conversation with Charles R. Larson
Oct 14
David Foster Wallace's Life And Work at Texas Book Festival
Oct 16-17
Helmut & Alison Gernsheim's Lives and Work at Texas Book Festival
Oct 19

Ruta Maya Coffee House
Poetry Open Mic Night
Every Tuesday

Texas Book Festival
Various Authors and Figures
October 16-17

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 MUSIC EVENTS

 

 

 

Austin City Limits Music Festival
The Eagles, MIA, Muse, Phish, The Strokes, Flaming Lips, & more
October 18-20

Austin Classical Guitar Society
Pavel Steidi
Oct 9

Austin Music Hall
Jonsi
Oct 26

Austin Symphonic Band
Fall Concert in the Park
Oct 3

Austin Symphony Orchestra
Judith Ingolfsson, Violinist, Dell Hall
Oct 8-9
Cirque De La Symphony, Pops Series, Dell Hall
Oct 23

Chorus Austin
Mozart's Mass in C-Minor
NW Hills United Methodist
Oct 16
St. Matthew's Episcopal
Oct 17

Conspirare
Sing Freedom: African American Spirituals
St. Martin's Lutheran Church
Oct 1-2
St. Matthew's Episcopal Church
Oct 3

Esquina Tango
El Tule Live
Oct 16

Frank Erwin Center
World Vision "Make a Difference" Tour
Oct 7
Machete Music Tour 2010
Oct 27

La Follia Austin Baroque
Going for Baroque with Conspirare Children's Choir
St. Martin's Lutheran Church
October 16
First Presbyterian Church
October 17
 

La  Zona Rosa
Sara Bareilles
Oct 3
Robert Earl Keen
Oct 8
Eoto
Oct 16

The Long Center for the Performing Arts
Straight No Chaser
Oct 16
Frankie Vallie & The Four Seasons
Oct 17
Sufjan Stevens
Oct 19
Drumline Live
Oct 20

One World Theatre
Suzanne Vega
Oct 1
Billy Cobham
Oct 13
Brian Culbertson
Oct 14
Calfornia Guitar Trio
Oct 24
Little River Band
Oct 29

Paramount Theatre
Chris Isaak
Oct 13
Guy Clark
Oct 19

Pro Arts Collective
District Day Concert: Leela James
Oct 16

Revel
The Climb with Carmelo de Los Santos
Oct 23

Salon Concerts
Concert 1
Oct 10 & 12

Spotlight on Opera
The Song Cafe
Oct 23

Texas Early Music Project
Splendors of Naples: Gesualdo Through Pergolesi
Oct 29 & 31

Texas State University San Marcos
Guest Artist Series: Kithara Duo
Oct 17
Carolyn Welter
Oct 19
Texas State Faculty String Quartet
Oct 20
Aurelien Petillot
Oct 22
Young-Hyun Cho
Oct 30

University of Texas Butler School of Music
Jessen Series: David Small, Baritone
Oct 15

University of Texas Performing Arts
Jordi Savali, Herperion XXX & Tembembe
Oct 3
Academy of St. Martin in The Fields with Jonathan Biss, Piano
Oct 22
Luciana Souza Trio
Oct 25
Cyro Baptista: Villa-Lobos/Vira-Loucos
Oct 26

Victory Grill
Blue Monday Blues Jam
Every Monday

Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve
Krista Detor
Oct 16

 

 

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 FAMILY EVENTS

 

 

 

Andorc
Rocktoberfest 2010
Oct 16

Art on 5th
The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
Ongoing

Austin Children's Museum
Tinkerer's Workshop
Ongoing
En Mi Familia / In My Family
Onoing
Funstruction Zone
Ongoing
Storytime
Ongoing

Austin Museum of Art
Family Saturday
Oct 9

Austin Symphony Orchestra
Halloween Concert
Oct 24

Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum
Tango Alpha Charlie: Texas Aviation Celebration
Thru Jan 11

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
5th Annual Goblins in the Garden
October 24

One World Theater
Click Clack Moo
Oct 9

Paper Moon Repertory
The Adventures of Iris & Momo
Thru Oct 10

Salado Silver Spur Theatre
You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown
Thru Oct 23

Scottish Rite Chidren's Theatre
The Princess & The Pea
Thru Oct 31

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 COMEDY EVENTS

 

 

 

Gnap! Theater Projects
No Shame Theater Open Mic
Oct 1
Saturday Night Special!
Ongoing

Capital City Comedy Club
Kristen Key
Thru Oct 2
Daniel Kinno from the Bob & Tom Show
Oct 6-9
"Big Vell" Lavelle Crawford
Oct 14 -17
Matt Sadler, from KLBJ's Rock & Roll Half Time Show
Oct 20 - 23
Gary Gulman
Oct 27 - 30

Cafe Caffeine
People Saying Things Live!
Ongoing
ComedySportz Competitive Improv
Ongoing

ColdTowneTheater
CageMatch Competitive Improv
Ongoing
Midnight Society w/ The Frank Mills
Ongoing
Stool Pigeon
Ongoing

Texas Performing Arts
Daniel Tosh
Oct 1

The Hideout Theater
Maestro: Elimination-Style Improv
Ongoing
The Threefer
Ongoing

The New Movement
Block Party Comedy Mixtape
Ongoing
The Main Event
Ongoing

 

 

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  VISUAL ART EVENTS

 

Arthouse at the Jones Center
Reopening Celebration
Oct 22, (Public Opening Oct 24)

Cypriene Gallard: Cities of Gold Mirrors
Mequitta Ahuja: Automythography
Ryan Hennessee: The Spacious Present
Jason Middlebrook: More Art About Buildings & Food
Open Oct 27

Austin Art Space
Paul Borelli, Solo Exhibition
Thru Oct

Austin Center for Photography
An Evening with Bruce Davidson
Oct 27

Austin City Hall
The People Gallery Exhibition
Ongoing

Austin Details + Art
The Neon Show
Thru Oct 8
Essence: The Truth in the Portrait
Oct 14-30

Austin Museum of Art - Downtown
Process to Print: Graphic Works by Romare Bearden
Thru Nov 14

Austin Museum of Art - Laguna Gloria
La Dolce Vita Food & Wine Festival
Oct 14

Blanton Museum of Art
Anna Craycroft: Subject of Learning
Oct 17
Turner to Monet: Masterpieces from the Walters Art Museum
Oct 2 - Jan 2

Butridge Gallery, Dougherty Arts Center
Machines & Creaking Carts: Eve Whitaker
Oct 6-28

Emma Barientos Mexican American Cultural
El Pueblo de Las Nubes (Town of Clouds)
Thru Oct 30
Mexican American First: Trailblazers of Åustin and Travis County
Thru Oct 2
Tierra Y Su Gente: The Rio Grande Photograph Exhibit by Robert Runyan
Oct 23 - Jan 3

D. Berman Gallery
Joseph Phillips & Shawn Smith
Thru Oct 9
Malcom Bucknall
Oct 15 - Nov 27

Gallery Shoal Creek
Aleksander & Lyuba Titovets
Oct 22 - Nov 20

Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center
Texas Folk Life Yard Show
Thru Dec 5
Gourd Art
Oct 23

Mexic-Arte
Promises of Independence & Revolution: Artists Interpreting Mexico
Thru Nov 21
Viva La Vida Fest
Oct 23

Skillpoint Alliance
Art Across Americas Exhibition
Oct 9

St. Edward's University Fine Art Gallery
Solar Powered Paper Dolls: Carol Fleuckiger
Thru Oct 14
Consider the Source: Michael Kellner & Alexandra Robinson
Oct 27 - Nov 11

Southwestern University Fine Art Gallery
Central Texas Collects Ceramic Spectrum
Oct 18 - Nov 11

Texas Folklife
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Yard Show Based on Jill Nokes' Book
Thru Dec 5

Texas State University Gallery
10th Annual Alumni Invitational
Thru Oct 21
Mark Schatz: Signs of Life
Oct 26 - Nov 21
Spinode: Vincent Falsetta & Jessica Halonen
Oct 26 - Nov 21

Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
Umlauf: The Next Generation - Karl Madelon, Lynn and Arthur
Oct 28 - January 23

UT Visual Arts Center
Ry Roccklen: ZZZ's
Thru Dec 18
Sumi Ink Club Session
Thru Oct 16
Deconstruct & Reconstruct
Thru Oct 23
Glaciers: Magali Lara
Thru Oct 23
Unveiled
Thru Oct 16
Losing Faith: Landon O'Brien & T.J. Hunt
Oct 21 - Nov 18
John Kingerlee: A Painter's Passage
Oct 29 - Dec 18

Wally Workman Gallery
Honora Jacob: New Painting
Oct 2 - 30

West End Galleries Tour
Various Locations
Oct 7

Women & Their Work
Virginia Yount: Unsustainable Attainment
Oct 2 - November 11

Yard Dog
Jon Langford: Old Devils & Other New Paintings
 

 

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DANCE EVENTS

 

 

Ballet Afrique
Walk, Run, Hop, Leap: An Evening of New Works
Oct 21 - 23

Blue Lapis Light
One
Oct 3

Tapestry Dance Company
Voice of Rhythm
Oct 29 - 30

Texas Performing Arts
MOMIX: Botanica
Oct 28-29

 

 

 

Want to make, do, sing, play, film, dance, act, paint and create art? Get your Art on—hands on—here: 

Abrakadoodle Art Education for Children abrakadoodle.comTX03
Armstrong Community Music School austinlyricopera.orgacms.asp
Art & Soul Austin artandsoulclasses.com
Arthur Murray Dance Studio texdance.com
Asian American Cultural Center asianamericancc.com
Atelier 3-D atelier3-d.com
Austin Area Quilt Guild aaqg.org/html/workshops.php
Austin Art Garage austinartgarage.com
Austin Bellydance Association abda.org
Austin Children's Museum austinkids.org
Austin Children's Theater austinchildrenstheater.org
Austin Clown austinclown.com
Austin Dance India austindanceindia.com
Austin Figurative Gallery austinfigurative.com
Austin Film Society austinfilm.org
Austin Museum of Art amoa.org
Austin Parks & Rec. Department ci.austin.tx.us/events/city_calendar.cfm
Austin School of Film austinfilmschool.org
Austin Script Works scriptworks.org
Austin Shakespeare austinshakespeare.org
Austin Visual Arts Association avaaonline.org
Aztlan Dance Company aztlandance.com
Badgerdog Literary Publishing badgerdog.org
Ballet Austin balletaustin.org
Bead It beaditaustin.com
Blue Lapis Light bluelapislight.org
Blue Moon Glassworks www.austinbluemoon.com
Bollywood Shake bollywoodshake.com
BriteLites Studio thebizonline.com
Buzz Productions buzzproductions.weebly.com
Carver Museum and Cultural Center ci.austin.tx.uscarver
Center Stage Texas centerstagetexas.com
CK McFarland Film Acting at Alleywood Studios ckmcfarland.com
Clay Ways clayways.com
Clay Works clayworks.net
Co-Lab seangaulager.com/Co-Lab
Cold Towne coldtownetheater.com
Creative Side Jewelry creativeside.org
D'Ette & Co. Dancers dettedancers.com
Dance Discovery austin-dance.org
Dance Institute danceinstitute.com
Dance International dance-international.net
Dance Xplosion dancexplosionaustin.com
Dancers Workshop dancersworkshopaustin.com
Dougherty Arts School ci.austin.tx.us/dougherty
Esquina Tango Cultural Society of Austin esquinatangoaustin.com
Feats of Clay featsofclaypottery.com
Fiore Music Studio fioremusicstudio.com
Galaxy Dance Studio galaxydancestudio.com
GRRL Action grrlaction.org
KidsActing Studio kidsactingstudio.com
Lucila Dance Production luciladance.com
Marmalade Skies marmaladeskiesaustin.com
Merlin-Works Institute for Improvisation www.merlin-works.com
Mexic-Arte Museum www.mexic-artemuseum.org
Mexican American Cultural Center www.ci.austin.tx.us/macc
Mobile Film School www.mobilefilmschool.org
Move Your Tale www.moveyourtale.com
Paula Russell www.paula-russell.com
Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance and Cultural Center www.prfdance.org/
Reel Women www.reelwomen.org
Shirley McPhail School of Dance www.smsdance.com
Spank Dance www.spankdance.com
State Theatre School of Acting www.austintheatre.org
Stitch Lab www.stitchlab.biz
Tapestry Dance Company www.tapestry.org
TexARTS www.tex-arts.org
The Hideout www.hideouttheatre.com
The Institution Theatre www.theinstitutiontheater.com
The Knitting Nest www.theknittingnestaustin.com
The New Movement www.newmovementtheater.com
Theatrikids www.theatrikids.com
Totally Cool Totally Art www.ci.austin.tx.us/tcta
Vortex Repertory Company www.vortexrep.org
Writers' League of Texas www.writersleague.org
ZACH Theater www.zachtheatre.org/education