The Long Center celebrated their 10th anniversary with a concert by two of our favorites bands: Asleep at the Wheel and The Avett Brothers.
Long Center’s 10th Anniversary Concert
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Austin Music Awards: 2018
The 36th annual Austin Music Awards ceremony was held at the ACL-Moody Theater last week. The evening’s hosts were KUTX DJs Laurie Gallardo and Rick McNulty. Charlie Sexton was again tapped to be the musical director and as usual, he led an excellent show. Proceeds from the event benefited the Sims Foundation, a local non-profit which provides mental health and addiction recovery services to musicians and their families.
Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin
After several years of construction, Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin is opening to the public this weekend. This white, free-standing building is next to the Blanton Museum of Art on the southern edge of the University of Texas campus. Artist Ellsworth Kelly had imagined this meditative space “as a place of calm and light.” Although Kelly died in 2015, the museum says that he was involved in the planning process for this project.
BorderǀPromise
On Sunday afternoon, I stopped by the Elizabet Ney Museum on East 44th Street to see an outdoor exhibit called BorderǀPromise. In the field behind the museum, artists from San Antonio were creating what they called a “border bandage.” In their words: “Our goal is to help heal the wounds that divisive rhetoric has caused along our borders by offering many visual perspectives from across Texas.” This afternoon event was part of the month-long Print Austin festival.
Yippee Ki Yay
Yippee Ki Yay is the name of the new outdoor art installation in the north end of Pease Park (near 24th Street). Created by artist Patrick Dougherty, these unique structures are part of his ongoing Stickwork project. The Austin installation was sponsored by the non-profit Pease Park Conservancy. Continue reading
Fareground
Fareground is a new food hall in the center of downtown Austin. The indoor atrium and outdoor plaza at the One Eleven Congress office building has been under construction for over a year. The grand opening was finally held last weekend.
MLK March: 2018
Austin’s annual MLK March began at the Martin Luther King, Jr. statue on the University of Texas campus. Since the weather was a bit chilly, my friends and I decided to join up with the march at the Texas State Capitol. We arrived early, so we walked around the back of the building and watched as the marchers arrived at the Capitol grounds around 10:15 AM.
Alejandro’s January Concert: 2018
Alejandro Escovedo likes to celebrate his January birthday with concerts at the ACL-Moody Theater. And Bill and I like to attend these concerts. Each show has been unique: a tribute to Leonard Cohen, the Austin music scene, and Alejandro’s own music including a hurricane sequence. All have been very entertaining.
Gingerbread Village at the Four Seasons: 2017
The annual Gingerbread Village is on display through December 28th in the lobby of the Four Seasons Austin. This year’s theme is Austinopoly, a local interpretation of the classic game, Monopoly. The gingerbread houses and game tokens can be sponsored, with proceeds benefitting the Seton Infusion Center at the Dell Seton Medical Center.
Creek Show: 2017
In my humble opinion, the 4th annual Creek Show was the best one so far. Sponsored by the Waller Creek Conservancy, this outdoor art exhibition draws attention to the possibilities of Waller Creek, which runs through the eastern side of downtown from 15th Street to Lady Bird Lake. This always-popular event was open for nine evenings this year. The walkways were crowded when Bill and I visited on the next-to-last evening.