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DECEMBER 2003
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 2 3 The McNay Art Radney Foster Museum in San plays the Cactus Antonio opens Cafe in Austin. "Tim Burton's Even though you The Nightmare told your mom Before the singer's Christmas," name a thousand featuring items times. she from the repeatedly asks ghoulish 3-D you how Rodney animated film. played last We're betting night. not a creature will stir. Interior of Jack's Tower, 1993 7 8 9 10 O companion, Gubernatorial An Evening With where art thou? candidate Kinky Groucho opens Get him or her Friedman at the McNair in the car to performs at Studio in Fort see Alison McGonigel's Worth. Attorney Krauss and Mucky Duck in General John Union Station Houston. Ashcroft's less play Laurie competant Auditorium underlings note tonight in audience members San Antonio. with Marxist leaning. 14 15 16 Don't be a Can You smell Lyle Lovett horse's the chestnuts (right) joins you-know-what. roasting? John Hiatt, Joe Get over to the Michael Martin Ely, and Guy Will Rogers Murphey (above Clark for a Memorial Center right) performs concert at Fort in Fort Worth his annual Worth's Bass for the last day cowboy Christmas Performance of the National concert at Fort Hall. Grandpa Cutting Horse Worth's Bass wakes up in the Association Performance back row and World Hall. wonders what Championship happened to Futurity. Michael Martin Murphey. 21 24 The Dallas If you need Cowboys play visions of the New York Christmases Giants today at past, catch the Texas Stadium. last night of the Dallas Theater Center's production of A Christmas Carol at the Kalita Humphreys Theater 28 29 31 Take your little Are you ready Not enough Sugar Plum Fairy to rumble? It's football for ya? to the Wortham Alamo Bowl time Head To the Sun Center to see at the Alamodome Bowl Stadium in the last night in San Antonio. El Paso for the of the Houston Sun Bowl. Ballet's production of The Nutcracker. THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY 5 6 Vicki Lawrence The Blind Boys and Mama: A of Alabama Two-Woman Show (below) bring comes to the their gospel Paramount holiday show Theatre in to the Empire Austin. The Theatre in San cross-dressing Antonio. Tuna Christmas actors are seen in the audience clutching their purses. 11 The Armadillo Christmas Bazaar begins today at the: Austin Music Hall. 18 19 20 Spike up your Birders get to-do list. The their kicks NCAA Women's spying on Volleyball black-bellied Championship whistling ducks starts today at during the Reunion Arena Audobon Society in Dallas. Birding Tour at the San Antonio Botanical Garden. 25 26 27 Itching to get out of the house? Check out the Hill Country Regional Christmas Lighting Tour tonight. (Or at the very least, go drive around the neighborhood.)
Austin
MUSIC/DANCE
Austin Symphony UT campus, Bass Concert Hall, 23rd & Robert Dedman Dr (512-476-6064 or 888-462-3787) At the Riverbend Centre, 4214 N. Capital of Texas Hwy: Dec 9 at 8: Handel: Messiah Kenny Sheppard, conductor, $10-$25 Dec 16 at 8. Christmas Sing-Along Carlton Dillard, conductor Free (hut must reserve ticket in advance). At the Palmer Events Center, S. 1st & Riverside: Dec 30 & 31 at 8: The Lettermen Peter Bay, conductor, $20 $35. (W+)
Cactus Cafe UT campus, the Texas Union 24th & Guadalupe (512-475-6515). Dec 3 at 8:30 Radney Foster: $16. Dec 4 at 8:30 The Gourds; $15. Dec 5 at 9: Butch Hancock: $12 Dec 6 at 7:30 & 10: Jackopierce; $22.50. Dec 8 at 8: Rosalie Sorrells: $10 Dec 10 at 8: Kinky Friedman; $20 Dec 11 at 8:30: Richard Buckner; $12, Dec 12 at 9: Jimmy LaFave: $15. Dec 13 at 9: Todd Snider: $17. (W+)
Dec 1: Damien Rice Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Ave (512-469-7469). The Irish troubadour brings his folk stylings to the Paramount's intimate stage. At 8. $25.50. (W+)
Dec 6 & 7: Capital City Men's Chorus University Baptist Church, 2130 Guadalupe (512-477-7464). This season's holiday show features excerpts from Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols Sat at 8. Sun at 4. $12. (W+)
Dec 6-21: Ballet Austin UT campus, Bass Concert Hall, 23rd & Robert Dedman Dr (512-477-6060 or 800-687-6010). The Nutcracker (choreography by Stephen Mills, music by Tchaikovsky). Fri at 6, Sat & Sun at 2 & 7:30 (except Dec 6 at 7:30 only). $17-$61. (W+)
Dec 11-14: Conspirare The Carillon, 2630 Exposition (512-476-5775). Grammy award winner Cynthia Clawson joins the choral group for its annual candlelit concert Craig Hella Johnson, conductor. Thur at 6, Fri at 8, Sat & Sun at 2:30 & 8. $40 & $100 (Thur only). Dec 13 performances at the First English Lutheran Church, 3001 Whitis Ave. (W)
Dec 12: Eliza Gilkyson St. David's Episcopal Church, 7th & Trinity (512-472-1196). Familiar songs from the singer-songwriter get new arrangements for this heavenly performance. At 8. $20 ($15 adv). (W+)
THEATER
Paramount Theatre 713 Congress Ave (512-469-7469). Dec 5 at 8: Vicki Lawrence and Mama: A Two-Woman Show; $22-$49 Dec 10 21 at 8 Rockin' Christmas Party; call for prices Dec 22 at 8: Michael Martin Murphey's Cowboy Christmas; $25-$39. Dec 26-Jan 4: A Tuna Christmas; $17-$42. (W+)
Zachary Scott Theatre 1510 Toomey Rd (512-476-0541). Thru Jan 4: The Flaming Idiots--Austin's own juggling, flame-throwing vaudevillian troupe. $33-$40. Thru Jan 4: Santaland Diaries--David Sedaris' NPR hit comedy $28-$35. Call for times. (W+)
MUSEUMS/GALLERIES
Austin Museum of Art-Downtown 823 Congress Ave (512-495-9224). Thru Feb 1: Terry Allen: Dugout--the West Texas native's latest series, which is based on the lives of his parents, a baseball player and a ragtime piano player, Open Tue, Wed, Fri & Sat 10-6; Thur 10-8; Sun noon-5. Gen adm $5 ($1 on Tue), senior citizens & students $4 ($1 on Tue), children 12 & under free. (W+)
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center UT campus, 21st & Guadalupe (512-471-8944). Items in the center's collection range from a Gutenberg Bible to the world's first photograph (taken in 1826). The center also houses some 36 million literary manuscripts including those by James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and Tennessee Williams. Thru Mar 7: Make It New: The Rise of Modernism--artifacts that represent the modernist movement of the first half of the twentieth century. Open Tue, Wed & Fri 10-5; Thur 10-7; Sat & Sun noon-5. Free. (W+)
Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum UT campus, 2313 Red River (512-721-0200). Items from Johnson's personal life and his presidency include photos and videos relating to the Kennedy assassination and the Vietnam War. Thru Dec 31: Light From the Age of Augustine--artifacts from the early Christian world. Thru Feb 16. Seasons Greetings Christmas From the White House--holiday cards and gifts from James Madison to George W Bush; also White House in Miniature--a one-of-a-kind, 60-foot-long scale model replica of the White House, Open daily 9-5. Free. (W+)
SPORTS
Austin Ice Bats Travis County Exposition Center, 7311 Decker Ln (512-927-7825). Dec 5: Laredo Bucks Dec 7 at 3 Wichita Thunder. Dec 11: Bossier-Shreveport Mudbugs, Dec 27: Oklahoma City Blazers: Dec 30: Odessa Jack-alopes. At 7:30 unless otherwise noted. $10-$30. (W+)
OTHER EVENTS
Armadillo Christmas Bazaar Austin Music Hall, 208 Nueces (512-447-1605). The 28th annual holiday market features items by more than 130 Austin artisans. There'll be live music courtesy of Terri Hendrix, Lloyd Maines, Ray Wylie Hubbard, Tish Hinojosa, South Austin Jug Band, Eliza Gilkyson, Shelley King Band, Toni Price, Reckless Kelly, Austin Lounge Lizards, Marcia Ball, Sarah Elizabeth Campbell, Rick Treviho, Jimmy LaFave, the Derailers, Ruthie Foster, WC Clark, and more. Dec 11-24 from 11 to 11. Mon-Fri $3 (after 7 $5), Sat & Sun $5. (W+)
Jim Lewis BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar (512-472-5050 or 800-853-9757). Austinite and author of The King is Dead joins moderator and Texas Monthly writer-at-large Mike Rhea at the monthly meeting of the Texas Monthly Book Group. Dec 10 at 7. Free. (W+)
Ted Kennedy Four Seasons Hotel Austin. 98 San Jacinto Bird (512-474-5073) The senator from Massachusetts is the keynote speaker at the Texas Civil Rights Project's 13th annual Bill of Rights Dinner Dec 12 at 6:30. $125. (W+)
POINTS OF INTEREST
The Capitol 11th & Congress Ave (512-463-0063). The statehouse, dedicated in 1888, was completely restored in 1994. Open Mon-Fri 7 a.m.-10 p.m., Sat & Sun 9-8. Free tours Mon-Fri 8:30-4:30, Sat 9:30-3:30, Sun noon-3:30 (call ahead for groups of 10 or more). (W+) The Capitol Visitors Center (11th & Brazes, 512-305-8400), located in the 1857 General Land Office Bldg., houses historical...
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