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The English Beat/ ReverbNation The English Beat with Bad Manners and Chris Murray Thursday, September 2 Emos (603 Red River St) Door: $18, Advance: $16 [info] | [tickets] No matter how old you were when The English Beat were formed (hint: same year London Calling was released by The Clash), the infectious reggae pop ska sound they still produce today is sure to bring a smile to your face and a bounce to your knees. Originally known as simply The Beat in their home country of England, the ...

Austin Swing Syndicate Back to School Dance, featuring live music from the Mission City Rhythm Cats; 8 pm - Midnight, AT TEXAS FEDERATION OF WOMEN'S CLUBS EastSide Dandies, featuring John Doyle and Westen Borghesi, 10:00 pm - 1:00 am, EASTSIDE SHOWROOM (1100 East 6th St at the corner of Medina, limited dance space) Mr. Fabulous and His Big Band, 7 - 10 pm, THE BELMONT Continental Graffiti, 10 pm - 1 am, THE GALLERY (upstairs at Continental Club)

With the audience seated intimately around a circular swimming pool, Ovid's beautiful myths about miraculous transformations are brought to exuberant and inventive life in the water by ZACH's ensemble of Austin actors in a visually stunning production. The transformational power of love, the inevitability of change, and the human ability to adapt are all explored in this humorous, moving and heart-felt adaptation of our shared cultural myths.

I Witness Thursdays - Saturdays, 20 August - 4 September 2010 Blue Theatre (916 Springdale Ave) 8 pm, $15 [info] | [tickets] When one thinks of meditation, often the image that comes to mind is someone sitting in the lotus position with their eyes closed. However, meditation can take many forms. In some Eastern traditions movement can be a form of meditation. Tutto Theatre Company's new dance and spoken word show, I Witness is, in many ways, a meditation on the concepts of awareness, r ...

(from the KGSR web site) Join KGSR every Thursday for 25 consecutive weeks for one of Austin's longest running free concert series. There’s no cover charge, $3 Ziegenbock Longnecks, and all the great food and great vibes that Austin’s come to expect from the Shady Grove on Barton Springs Road. The live music begins at 8pm. Additional parking is available at the Bicycle Sports Shop right down the street at 517 S. Lamar Blvd. Shady Grove, 1624 Barton Springs, Austin, TX 78704 7-10pm

First Thursday is a popular monthly event that takes place along South Congress Avenue, generally from Barton Springs Road to Elizabeth Street. It is basically like one big block party, and it is perfect for all ages. On the first Thursday of each month, all of the stores along South Congress that normally close early stay open late (most stay open until 10 p.m., but some later). Some of the stores have special sales and give out free drinks on these nights. Some of the restaurants and bars hav ...

If you’ve ever lived in a city that doesn’t have as extensive of a biking population as Austin does, chances are the heart palpitations you experienced as they whizzed through traffic on Lamar were worse than the time you drank 15 cups of coffee in a ten minute time period and then did a handstand. Eventually, the nerves subside and it seems that not only are most people comfortable with the bicyclists but at some point opt in for two wheeling themselves around at some point. Welcome home. ...

Thursday, Sept. 2, 2 p.m., PCL 1.124. Learn how to search the library catalog to find books, CDs, DVDs, journals, reports, dissertations, theses and even more in all the campus libraries. Learn how to renew and recall items online, save searches and use the "my account" features of the catalog.

Thursday, Sept. 2, 8 p.m., Bass Concert Hall. "Too good to be true!" raves the New York Post for "Jersey Boys," the 2006 Tony Award-winning Best Musical about Rock and Roll Hall of Famers the Four Seasons: Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito and Nick Massi. This is the story of how four blue-collar kids became one of the most successful bands in pop music history. They wrote their own songs, invented their own sound and sold 175 million records worldwide - all before th ...

Thursday, Sept. 2, 7 p.m., GOL 3.120. Join us for a free screening of "Food, Inc." - this semester's first film in the Sustainable Development Film Series. This shocking documentary exposes many little-known details about where we get our nourishment, and how this unsustainable food system is affecting our society's health, our children, our environment and our pocketbooks. Come to learn more about these issues, as well as alternative food systems and what you can do to suppo ...

Thursday, Sept. 2, 8 p.m., MEZ BO 306. From the director of "The Last Kiss," "The Pursuit of Happyness" and "Seven Pounds," the Department of French and Italian presents Gabriele Muccino's "Baciami ancora" (Kiss Me Again, 2010). In Italian with English subtitles.

Grandma Hates Technology Thursday September 2 Salvage Vanguard Theatre (2803 Manor Road) $12, 8 pm [info] | [tickets] The Out of Bounds Comedy Festival is bringing down the unique improv duo Grandma Hates Technology. While improv duos are fairly ubiquitous, Grandma Hates Technology, a father and his teenage daughter, is a more unusual combination than most. Grandma Hates Technology will be performing two shows in this year's festival. Austinist asked Mike Weiss -- the father -- about h ...

Troublemaker Studios, the Austin Film Society and The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema are excited to announce an explosive sneak preview of MACHETE directed by Robert Rodriguez and Ethan Maniquis, with Danny Trejo and Michelle Rodriguez leading an all-star cast, on Thursday, September 2 at 8 PM at The Paramount Theater (713 Congress Avenue). All tickets include admission to the official explosion-filled after-party at Austin Studios (1901 E 51st Street). About the film: 
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In this week's Arts Minute, street magicians unite for a free festival and a comedy showcase that's "Out of Bounds."