Events - 8 Nov 15

Manos de Cristo, local nonprofit benefiting low-income individuals in the Austin area, is now accepting orders for their annual tamale fundraiser. All proceeds will benefit the organization’s dental, basic needs, and education programs that serve over 23,846 adults, children and seniors in the community.

The tamales offered by Manos de Cristo are gluten-free and come in pork, jalapeño pork, chicken, non-vegetarian bean and vegetarian varieties at $13 per dozen. Manos de Cristo welcomes large group orders, as they are perfect for holiday parties, family gatherings and everyday meals. To place an order online, visit www.manosdecristo.org/tamales. All major credit cards are accepted.

Tamales pick-up set for Friday, December 4 from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m.in the Manos de Cristo Education wing located at 4911 Harmon Avenue, Austin, TX 78751.

13^th Annual Travis Heights Art Trail Austin, TX

NOVEMBER 7-8 2015 SAT-SUN 11AM-5PM

There’s nothing else like it…

This is a grassroots art show, created by and for the artists of Austin. Each year, this city gem showcases some of the city’s longest practicing artists as they open up their homes and studios to the public. The Trail has become an area tradition, with thousands of fans walking along the beautiful and historic streets of the Travis Heights neighborhood.

This two day interactive art, music and literary event is a collaborative effort, that engages

community businesses, schools, visual and performing artists and the public in an enriching

cultural experience.

The Travis Heights Elementary School Arts Program is one of the highlights of the show. Parents and children from the school display and sell “kid” art as a way to fundraise for the school art program. Plans are in place to add other school art programs as well.

New in 2015!

A literary house at the Fairview on Newning Ave. featuring local authors with book readings and signings

A music house on Travis Heights Blvd. featuring Fullmore Junior High music students

Art Cars with a mini car parade and cars featured at various houses

website! Map, Artists, Sponsors and Info: http://www.travisheightsarttrail.org

13^th Annual Travis Heights Art Trail Austin, TX

NOVEMBER 7-8 2015 sAT-sUN 11AM-5PM

There’s nothing else like it…

This is a grassroots art show, created by and for the artists of Austin. Each year, this city gem showcases some of the city’s longest practicing artists as they open up their homes and studios to the public. The Trail has become an area tradition, with thousands of fans walking along the beautiful and historic streets of the Travis Heights neighborhood.

This two day interactive art, music and literary event is a collaborative effort, that engages

community businesses, schools, visual and performing artists and the public in an enriching

cultural experience.

The Travis Heights Elementary School Arts Program is one of the highlights of the show. Parents and children from the school display and sell “kid” art as a way to fundraise for the school art program. Plans are in place to add other school art programs as well.

New in 2015!  

A literary house at the Fairview on Newning Ave. featuring local authors with book readings and signings

A music house on Travis Heights Blvd. featuring Fullmore Junior High music students

Art Cars with a mini car parade and cars featured at various houses

website!  Map, Artists, Sponsors and Info at http://travisheightsarttrail.org/

Famous for its Triumphal March and soaring arias, Guiseppe Verdi’s “Aida” is an intimate story of a love triangle between enemies during the times of war between Egypt and Ethiopia. Graced with some of Verdi’s greatest music, it’s a tour de force of choral scenes, dance, massive sets, and vocal power. Issachah Savage and Karen Slack will make their Austin Opera debuts in this beloved story of ill-fated love and betrayal. Stage director Brian Deedrick, former Artistic Director of the Edmonton Opera, will bring Verdi’s spectacular opera to life with powerful vocals, themes of patriotism and betrayal, and sets dominated by a looming Sphinx-like stone face that changes from blood-red at sunset to a ghostly shadow peering from the gloom of the final duet.

The key to the staying power of “Aida” for more than 140 years since its premier has been the human story under it all. At the heart of this opera is the story of an Ethiopian slave and secret princess Aida, her powerful Egyptian mistress, Princess Amneris, and their shared love for the ambitious soldier Ramades. Their love story, wrapped in complex themes of loyalty, longing, nation and regret, is told in four acts using some of the most intricate and complicated music that Verdi ever wrote, with voices blending like ribbons of sound.

Aida features the Austin Opera Chorus and the Austin Opera Orchestra. It is an Opera in four acts with intermissions after Act II and Act III, and is sung in Italian with English translations projected above the stage.

Saturday, November 7, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, November 12, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, November 15, 3 p.m.

Tickets are $15–$200 and can be purchased at http://austinopera.org/event/aida/.

Art Alliance Austin is delighted to announce its first annual ARTBASH 2015 taking place Saturday, Nov. 7 at The Belmont located at 305 W 6th St., Austin, Texas 78701. The event will take place from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Modeled after NYC’s CREATIVETIME Fall Ball series, this event will bring together Austin’s diverse art community and patrons, bringing art to life through interactions and experiences unlike anything Austin has seen before. Each room of the venue will be transformed by site-specific installations, performance, music, food and audience engagements. The evening will be capped with a crazy fun dance party led by a team of SXSW DJs. This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Other sponsors include Tito’s Handmade Vodka, Preacher, Austin Beerworks and SXSW. The event’s Host Committee is chaired by Valerie Cason. Tickets are $85 per person, which include four drink tickets. For $250, guests can also attend an exclusive dinner from 6 to 9 p.m., which will include a curated dinner and drinks, plus a general admission ticket for the remainder of the event. Tickets are on sale and can be purchased at www.artallianceaustin.org.

To curate this exciting event, Art Alliance Austin is working with Andrea Hyland and Seth Orion Schwaiger, two highly revered artists and curators based within Austin. Each has extensive experience curating exhibitions, events and collections from New York to Los Angeles to Glasgow.

“This celebration will give you an opportunity to explore and experience contemporary art,” said Andrea Hyland, Co-Curator of ARTBASH. “We decided to use dreams as the primary point of departure for deciding on which art and artists to include. The goal is to develop an event that pushes boundaries, has surrealist tones, and evokes personal and emotive experiences. We’re creating an immersive series of events with ARTBASH that showcase a blend of established and emerging artists, representing a wide-variety of creative disciplines within the visual arts.”

“We’re very excited to introduce ARTBASH to the Austin scene,” said Asa Hursh, Executive Director of Art Alliance Austin. “It’s a single night exhibition and event that will become a fixture on the social calendar. Some of Austin’s most-talked-about artists will be premiering new work.”

“Culture takes many forms, but the stale stuffy side of art can hog that label,” said Seth Orion Schwaiger, Co-Curator of ARTBASH. “Join us for ARTBASH and enjoy visual art, performances, music and dance, all free from the weight of their usual formality.”

For 28 years, AIDS Walk Austin has been working within the community to create awareness about HIV/AIDS, fight stigma, and raise much-needed funds for care services and prevention programs. The end of HIV starts here – right in our own backyards!

A great experience for families, work teams, and canine pals, join the fight and walk on November 8 and make a difference in Austin!

AIDS Walk Austin will be filled with food trucks, street vendors, music, people of all ages and tons of fun. A perfect event for anyone and everyone!

Register online at http://aidsa.convio.net/site/PageNavigator/walk/walk_home, or look online to find more information on where, when, and what exactly AIDS Walk Austin is all about.

13^th Annual Travis Heights Art Trail Austin, TX

NOVEMBER 7-8 2015 sAT-sUN 11AM-5PM

There’s nothing else like it…

This is a grassroots art show, created by and for the artists of Austin. Each year, this city gem showcases some of the city’s longest practicing artists as they open up their homes and studios to the public. The Trail has become an area tradition, with thousands of fans walking along the beautiful and historic streets of the Travis Heights neighborhood.

This two day interactive art, music and literary event is a collaborative effort, that engages

community businesses, schools, visual and performing artists and the public in an enriching

cultural experience.

The Travis Heights Elementary School Arts Program is one of the highlights of the show. Parents and children from the school display and sell “kid” art as a way to fundraise for the school art program. Plans are in place to add other school art programs as well.

New in 2015!  

A literary house at the Fairview on Newning Ave. featuring local authors with book readings and signings

A music house on Travis Heights Blvd. featuring Fullmore Junior High music students

Art Cars with a mini car parade and cars featured at various houses

website!  Map, Artists, Sponsors and Info at http://travisheightsarttrail.org/

AIDS Walk Austin, an annual event produced by AIDS Services of Austin since 1987, benefits 10 AIDS Service Organizations in Central Texas.