This is a weekly blog listing fun and interesting things to do during the week in Austin. Please, as always, feel free to comment and leave your ideas and suggestions! ***Denotes places that usually draw a lesbian crowd!
MONDAY, Feb 8th:
Sports & Rec.:
UT Men’s Basketball vs. Kansas
WHEN – 8 pm
WHERE – Frank Erwin Center
Fundraising:
Rockin’ For Love
Some of our fave musicians – Ginger A. Thompson and Kalu James – will be performing to raise money for a family in need.
WHEN – 8 pm
WHERE – MOMO’S
Trivia:
Fado’s Trivia Night
WHEN – 7:30 pm
WHERE – Fado’s Irish Pub on 4th Street
Music:
John Mayer in Concert
WHEN – 7pm
WHERE – Frank Erwin Center
TUESDAY, Feb. 9th:
Trivia:
***Pub Trivia @ Joe’s Bar and Grill - Austin Gay & Lesbian Couples Meetup***
The Gay & Lesbian Couples Meetup group will have a team this week! Join this awesome Meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/austin-gay-lesbian-couples/
WHEN – 7:15 pm
WHERE – Mother Egan’s Irish Pub on West 6th Street
Opal Divine’s Trivia
WHEN – 8 pm
WHERE – Opal Divine’s South Congress
Sports & Rec:
***Capital City Front Runners’ Run***
Run, jog, walk, or skip! This Tuesday the crew will be having a 2010 goals meeting before the run. Dinner and networking always follows after…this time it’s Zocalo (6:45 pm)!
WHEN – 5:30 pm
WHERE – Underneath Mopac bridge on Lady Bird Lake Trail, by the water coolers
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 10th:
Movies:
Master Pancake Theater: Casablanca
WHEN – 10 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz
Music:
Spazmatics
80’s cover band!
WHEN - 9:30 pm
WHERE – Cedar Street Courtyard
Socializing:
***Hang Out Coffee Time***
Hang Out is one of the University of Texas’ LBGT social groups. They meet to have coffee and hang out every Wednesday night at 10 pm onward.
WHEN – 10 pm
WHERE – Cafe Medici on Guadalupe
THURSDAY, Feb. 11th:
Movies:
Moulin Rouge Sing-Along
WHEN – 7 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Love Bites: 80’s Power Ballad Sing-Along
WHEN – 10:30 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Sports & Rec:
***UT Softball vs. TWU***
WHEN – 6:30 pm
WHERE – Longhorn’s McCombs Field
***Capital City Front Runners’ Run***
Every Tues/Thurs. at 5:30 pm – Jog the Lady Bird Lake trail with the CCFR crew! Dinner and networking always follows after…this time it’s Buffet Palace(6:45 pm)!
WHEN – 5:30 pm
WHERE – Underneath Mopac bridge on Lady Bird Lake Trail, by the water coolers.
FRIDAY, Feb. 12th:
Sports & Rec.:
***UT Softball Kicks off the Time Warner Cable Texas Invitational***
First game is against DePaul at 5 pm. Former Longhorn and four-time All-American Cat Osterman, who is in her second season as an assistant coach at DePaul, brings her squad to the Forty Acres this weekend.
Next game is against North Carolina at 7:30 pm.
WHEN – 5 pm and 7:30 pm
WHERE – Longhorn’s McCombs Field
Music:
***The Therapy Sisters***
Austin’s “divas of dysfunction” are an all-female, all-lesbian folk band who perform every 2nd Friday at Patsy’s Cowgirl Cafe.
WHEN – 7:30 pm
WHERE – Patsy’s Cowgirl Cafe
Movies:
Master Pancake Theatre mocks TRANSFORMERS!
WHEN – 7 pm and 10 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Nightlife:
***Kings N Things***
Austin’s Premiere Drag King Troupe is having their annual Valentine’s show! Drag performances, dance moves, burlesque shows and more! $8 presale and $10 at the door. Online tickets can be purchased at http://doublethelove.eventbrite.com/
WHEN – 9 pm
WHERE – United States Art Authority, 2906 Fruth Strett – next to Spiderhouse
***XOXO Exclusive Valentine’s Party***
OUT in Austin is hosting an exclusive Valentine’s party for ladies who love ladies in Austin! Learn more details about the event, and buy you ticket HERE
WHEN – 8 pm to 2 am
WHERE - TBA
***Guerilla Queer Bar***
Wear pink or a shade of red!
WHEN – 6 pm
WHERE – TBA…stay tuned…we’ll put it up when we receive the email!
SATURDAY, Feb. 13th:
Music:
***Carolyn Wonderland and Lou Ann Barton***
Tickets are $15
WHEN - 7 pm
WHERE – Antone’s
Nightlife:
***Kings N Things***
Austin’s Premiere Drag King Troupe is having their annual Valentine’s show! Drag performances, dance moves, burlesque shows and more! $8 presale and $10 at the door. Online tickets can be purchased at http://doublethelove.eventbrite.com/
WHEN – 9 pm
WHERE – United States Art Authority, 2906 Fruth Strett – next to Spiderhouse
Socializing:
***Lesbian Coffee House Meetup – Group ART Craziness and Collage***
Break out your paints, markers, glue, hammers, nails, odd and ends you’ve been collecting…
WHEN – 3 pm
WHERE – Join to find out… http://www.meetup.com/AustinLesbianCoffeeHouse/
Sports & Rec:
***UT Softball vs. LSU***
Last scheduled game. Semifinals are later on in the day at 5 pm and 7:30 pm.
WHEN – 1:30 pm
WHERE – Longhorn’s McCombs Field
UT Men’s Basketball vs. Nebraska
WHEN – 3 pm
WHERE – Frank Erwin Center
***Capital City Front Runners’ Run***
Every Saturday at 10 am – Jog the Lady Bird Lake trail with the CCFR crew! Lunch and networking always follows after.. this time it’s Whole Foods!
WHEN – 10 am
WHERE – Underneath Mopac bridge on Lady Bird Lake Trail, by the water coolers.
Movies:
Master Pancake Theatre mocks TRANSFORMERS!
WHEN – 7 pm and 10 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Comedy:
***Margeaux Fontaine in “Laughing Matters”***
A live comedic musical review. Proceeds go to raise awareness and funds for OutYouth.
WHEN – 10 pm
WHERE – Emerald City @ Rusty Spurs
SUNDAY, Feb. 14th:
Sports & Rec.:
Austin Marathon
WHEN – 7 am
WHERE – Downtown Austin
***UT Softball Tournament Finals***
3rd place game @ 10 am. Championship game at 12:30 pm.
WHEN – 10 am and 12:30 pm
WHERE – Longhorn’s McCombs Field
Movies:
Desire Film Series organized by Austin Film Society
Every Sunday in February at 3 pm.
This week – “Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,” 1988. Written, produced, and directed by Pedro Almodóvar (Spain)
The four films in this series, like the works in the exhibition, capture different aspects of desire, from the comedic to the heartbreaking.
Cost: $3 for members, UT students, faculty, and staff; $5 for non-members.
WHEN – 3 pm
WHERE – Blanton Auditorium***AGLIFF Brunch: Criminal Lovers***
WHEN - 1 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Gone with the Wind Valentine’s Day Feast
WHEN – 6 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Love Bites: The Power Ballad
WHEN – 9:30 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown