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Sept. 2, 2010
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Sept. 2: Unplugged @ The Grove w/ Paul Thorn
(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
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Event: First Thursday at Congress Avenue Bridge, Thu, Sep 2 6:00p
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 ...
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Perry-Castaneda library tour announced
Thursday, Sept. 2, 3 p.m., PCL lobby. This tour will cover the main service points in the Perry-Castaneda Library. We will tour key areas in the building including the study areas, the map room, the library stacks and the microform collection. Throughout the tour, you will be given the opportunity to ask any questions you have about the UT Libraries.
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Learn to search the library catalog and more in one-hour class
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.
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Free screening of "Food, Inc." announced
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 ...
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Department of French and Italian screens Muccino's latest film
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.