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Dec 31-Feb 12 Sounding Together: 100 years of Austin Symphony

810 Guadalupe St
Grace McEvoy
512-974-7396
http://www.austinhistorycenter.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEAugust 11, 2011Contact: Kanya Lyons (512) 974-7379Sounding Together: 100 Years of the Austin Symphony @ Austin History CenterIn April of 1911 the Austin Symphony Orchestra played its first public concert at the Hancock Opera House. To celebrate the Austin Symphony Orchestras Centennial year, the Austin History Center presents a new exhibit Sounding Together: 100 Years of the Austin Symphony. The exhibit will be on display in the Grand Hallway and Lobby of the Austin History Center, 810 Guadalupe Street, from September 13, 2011 to February 12, 2012. Historic photographs, documents and artifacts trace the history of the Austin Symphony Orchestra from its beginnings as an informal group of Austin classical music enthusiasts to its present status as a leading professional symphony orchestra. Come view the cello played by Carl Widen in the inaugural performance in 1911 and learn about how the fire fighters at Fire Station No. 4 on Blanco St. felt about the ASO practicing on the second floor. Sounding Together: 100 Years of the Austin Symphony is free and open to the public.To mark the opening of the exhibit the Austin History Center and the Austin Symphony Orchestra Society, Inc will co-host a musical event at the Wooldridge Square Park, 900 Guadalupe St. (across the street from the Austin History Center) on October 2, 2011 from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Austin Symphony Brass Quintet will perform from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and is made possible by the generosity of the Austin Symphony Orchestra and the City of Austin Parks and Recreation Department.For more information please call 512-974-7480 or www.austinhistorycenter.org.Image CaptionsAbove Right Austin Symphony Orchestra rehearsing in the Blanco Street Firehouse, ca. 1940s. Image # PICA 21987, Austin History Center, Austin Public LibraryAbove Center: Austin Symphony Orchestra, ca. 1950s. Image # PICA 20141, Austin History Center, Austin Public Library###Have problems, questions, or comments?Ask a Librarian! Get the answers you need!APL Privacy StatementFunded in whole or in part by a Loan Star Libraries Grant authorized by the Texas Legislature and awarded by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission to the Austin Public Library.Austin City Connection - The Official Web site of the City of AustinContact Us: Send Email or 512-974-7400.Legal Notices Privacy Statement 1995 City of Austin, Texas. All Rights Reserved.P.O. Box 1088, Austin, TX 78767 (512) 974-2000

Feb 2-Feb 3 UT Energy Forum

8:00 AM - 5:30 PM

Etter-Harbin Alumni Center 2110 San Jacinto Boulevard Austin, TX 78712

512-232-7077
http://www.utenergyforum.com/about

This two-day forum titled "Fostering Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Energy" is a student-led event bringing together leading University researchers and professors, industry leaders, policymakers, entrepreneurs and students to explore todays most pressing energy challenges.

Feb 4 Sixth Annual Jos Chili Cold Blood Chili Cook-Off, Proceeds to Benefit Lila Tenenbown Recovery Fund, Saturday Feb. 4, 2012

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Jos parking lot on South Congress Ave. located at 1300 S. Congress Ave. Austin, Texas 78704.
liz@giantnoise.com
(512) 382-9017
www.joscoffee.com

Jos Hot Coffee Good Food hosts the 6th Annual Chili Cold Blood Chili Cook-Off, Two Steppin Competition and Benefit sponsored by Shiner and all proceeds benefit the Lila Tenenbown Recovery Fund.

Featured bands performing include Lil Capn Travis, Chili Cold Blood, Chaparral and Woodsboss. Free two-stepping lessons at 11 am, dance contest at 12 pm, live music and chili tasting from 11 to 3. Winners announced at 3 pm for 1st and 2nd Place Chili, Peoples Choice Award and Best Showmanship, with prizes including free nights at Hotel San Jose and Hotel Havana, bar tabs at the Hotel San Jose lounge, cases of Shiner beer, Central Market gift baskets, trophies and more. The event will also include a bake sale by Katy Cupcakes and a silent auction. Chili tasting tickets are $20 each and are available at the event. The event is sponsored by Shiner, The Flatwater Foundation, Central Market, Royal Blue Grocery, Frank Hot Dogs Cold Beer and SIMS Foundation.ABOUT THE CHARITY The 6th Annual Chili Cookoff is one that is especially important to all of us at Hotel San Jose and Jos Coffee. This years benefactor is our dear friend and former coworker Lila Tenenbown, who was diagnosed with breast cancer this year at age 32. Lila is one of those unique humans that leave a wonderful and lasting impression on all who meet her, and the circle of people she has touched runs through just about every vein of the City of Austin. Lila has dedicated her life to serving others her work at the SIMS Foundation has helped to provide mental health and addiction recovery services for Austin-area musicians and their families, and Lila is the first person to offer a hand in helping others in need through her charitable work. All proceeds of the Chili Cookoff will benefit the Lila Tenenbown Recovery Fund. We Love Lila So Much.

Feb 4 12th Street East End Black Heritage Festival

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM

1800 Pennsylvania Ave
Simone Pollard
512-947-9066
http://ujamaa-austin.org

This the the Ujamaa Community Foundation of Austin's annual Black History Celebration on Saturday, February 4, 2012; 10:00am-5:00pm at 1800 Pennsylvania Ave.; in the parking lot.Enjoy vendors, a community awards ceremony, community circles, food, fun, entertainment, and our featured band; Bad Micky Ficky.For information call (512) 947-9066.

Feb 4 Talking Art with Sterling Allen and J. Parker Valentine

2:00 PM

Arthouse at the Jones Center, 700 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701
Rachel Adams
512-453-5312 ext. 106
http://www.arthousetexas.org

Talking Art is a forum for visitors to engage more deeply with exhibitions by attending and participating in gallery talks led by exhibiting artists and other experts in contemporary art and culture. Join artists Sterling Allen and J. Parker Valentine, from Evidence of Houdinis Return, for a talk about notions of abstraction related to their works in the exhibition, on view through March 4.

Feb 4 35 Annual Carnaval Brasilerio

8:00 PM

Palmer Events Center
Penny Moulder

http://www.sambaparty.com

35 years as Austin's best party! This homegrown party is now the world's largest indoor Brazilian Carnaval Celebration!!!! Join 6,000 of your closest friends for a great night of music and dancing!! The costumes get more creative every year...join us!!

Feb 5 Generous Art Studio Sale Featuring Emily Moores

3:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Texas French Bread 2900 Rio Grande St. Austin, TX 78705
Jennifer Chenoweth
512-482-0747
http://www.GenerousArt.org

Generous Art is hosting a studio sale on February 5, 2012 to present the work of Emily Moores. Emily is a recent graduate from the Cleveland Institute of Art where she majored in Painting with an emphasis in Visual Culture and Theory. Emily has exhibited her works at the Dougherty Art Center, Pump Project Art Gallery, Morgan Conservatory, Zygote Press, and The Cleveland Foundation. She lives in Austin, works at Whole Foods, and is a member of the Women Printmakers Association. The studio sale will help Emily raise money to attend a residency at the Vermont Studio Center in March. Keeping in line with Generous Arts mission, 40 percent of the proceeds from the sale will also benefit a charity of the buyers choice.Emilys artwork is abstract and esoteric, with graceful consideration of space. Her drawings and prints can be viewed at GenerousArt.org from January 21 through February 12. Guests may purchase art online before the event or wait to see the art live on February 5. All of the artwork presented at the show will be between 5"-24" on paper, $60 - $350 and framed and unframed.

Feb 9 Film: Spiral Jetty (1970, NR)

7:00 PM

Austin Museum of Art - Laguna Gloria
Andrea Mellard
512-458-8191
http://www.amoa.org

Artist Lauren Fensterstock draws inspiration from diverse artistic engagements with landscape, including 1970s Earthworks. Delve deeper into the land art movement with the poetic and process-mined film Spiral Jetty (1970), a portrait of Robert Smithson.

Feb 9-Feb 11 John Leguizamo Live

8:00 PM

713 Congress Avenue

512-474-1221
https://tickets.austintheatre.org/public/loader.asp?target=show.asp?shcode=163

One of the nations funniest comics, Emmy Award winner John Leguizamo hits the road for his 2012 Ghetto Klown tour directly from hit engagements In New York, Los Angeles and London. He will be appearing at The Paramount Theatre from Thursday, February 9 through Saturday, February 11.The Ghetto Klown tour tells the next chapter in Johns popular personal story and follows in the uninhibited tradition of his hit HBO specials "Spic-O-Rama" and "Freak," "Mambo Mouth" and the Broadway show "Sexaholixa Love Story."John is best known as Sid in all three "Ice Age" films, and for his more than fifty movie appearances from Baz Luhrmanns "Romeo + Juliet" and "Moulin Rouge!," "To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar," "Carlitos Way," and "Executive Decision," and on television on "ER," "Miami Vice," and on the Nickelodeon series "The Brothers Garcia."

Feb 10 The Austin Symphony Presents: Natalie Cole

8:00 PM - 9:30 PM

701 West Riverside Drive Austin, TX 78704-1269
(512) 476-6064
(512) 476-6064
http://www.austinsymphony.org/events

This nine-time Grammy Award-winning artist will perform for one night only with the Austin Symphony. Hear this legendary singer perform some of her hits, such as, "This Will Be (An Everlasting Love)," Inseparable," "Our Love," "Ive Got Love On My Mind," "Pink Cadillac," "Miss You Like Crazy," and many more!

Friday, February 10, 2012
Michael & Susan Dell Hall, 8 p.m.