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The People’s Gallery

eve — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 21:34:55 +0000

The People’s Gallery at City Hall is a free, annual exhibition designed to showcase regional artists and to encourage public dialog, understanding, and enjoyment of visual art. Each year, visitors are asked to vote on their favorite pieces, and the winning piece is bought by the City of Austin and continues to be displayed.

Music: “Bad Street” by Twin Sister

City Terrace Concerts

eve — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 21:50:52 +0000

thelongcenter.org

Bring your picnic and your kids because several times a year, the Long Center offers free outdoor concerts. These amazing performances are open to the public and held out on the beautiful City Terrace, with its spectacular view of downtown Austin. Focusing on local talent, the Long Center featured Del Castillo on September 1, 2012. Grab a few lawn chairs because for Veteran’s Day on November 11, 2012, the Long Center will show its appreciation for our Veterans with a performance from the U.S. Army 36th Infantry Division Band.

Music by Del Castillo

Event Horizon

eve — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:39:29 +0000

http://www.womenandtheirwork.org

In this ever adapting digital world, technology and its hardware can quickly become antiquated. What happens to these digital artifacts when they can no longer be used for their originial purposes? Leticia Bajuyo has one answer – Art. For her installation Event Horizon, Bajuyo strung together thousands of donated, cast-off CDs to create two grandiose whirlpools pulling you down into the event horizon. But it doesn’t stop there, each vortex comes out the other side as a huge victrola horn ending with a theramin to create sounds pushing out and being pulled in on both sides. The salvaged, glistening discs not only reflect the viewer’s image, but also the memories shared of this almost forgotten medium. Event Horizon is site-specific to Women and Their Work gallery and is free and open to the public through August 30, 2012.

And That’s The Way It Is

eve — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 23:55:55 +0000

http://landmarks.utexas.edu/

Walter Cronkite left an indelible mark on the world of broadcast news. Today, journalists aren’t the only ones inspired by the anchor-legend. Ben Rubin’s public installation, And That’s The Way It Is, projects an interwoven grid of text onto the Communications A building. Rubin pieces together transcripts from Cronkite’s broadcasts with today’s news to create a tapestry of information. And That’s The Way It Is is presented by Landmarks, the public art program on The University of Texas at Austin campus, and is free and visible every evening in the Walter Cronkite Plaza.

Austin Samba School

eve — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:04:56 +0000

Once a year, Samba schools flood the streets of Rio de Janeiro with heart-pounding music and dazzling costumes. Fortunately, Austinites don’t need a vacation to experience the pure joy of Brazilian culture since we have the Austin Samba School. This group of over 100 volunteers, from all walks of life, spreads the alegria of authentic Brazilian drumming and dance to our community. The Austin Samba School holds free classes once a week, and the intense practice pays off when they perform a large-scale, themed production at Austin’s own Carnival Brasileiro.