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, Jan. 18th:
Trivia:
Fado’s Trivia Night
WHEN – 7:30 pm
WHERE – Fado’s Irish Pub on 4th Street
Homo Revolution:
***HRC Dinner Table Captain Sign up and Mixer***
Join us at the new ALOFT Hotel at the Domain to sign up as a Table Captain, purchase tickets for the2010 HRC Gala dinner, and mix & mingle with other Table Captains to share ideas on how to fill your tables for the 2010 dinner.
WHEN - 6 pm to 8 pm
WHERE – ALOFT Hotel
TUESDAY, Jan. 19th:
Movies:
***Hey Homo! presents Heavenly Creatures***
WHEN – 7 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Trivia:
***Mother Egan’s – Austin Gay & Lesbian Couples Meetup***
The Gay & Lesbian Couples Meetup group will have a team this week! They are in the FINALS!! 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***
Got the need for speed? At 5:30 pm the CCFR crew will be having a speed workout! Dinner and networking always follows after…this time it’s Wahoo’s (6:45 pm)!
WHEN – 5:30 pm
WHERE – Underneath Mopac bridge on Lady Bird Lake Trail, by the water coolers
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 20th:
Music:
***Ginger Leigh***
WHEN - 7pm
WHERE – Antone’s
Movies:
Master Pancake Theater – Star Trek: Kirk vs. Picard
WHEN – 10:30 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Alamo Iron Chef VI: A Street Car Named Desire
The Alamo chefs take on the chefs from Parkside Austin! Tickets are $80 – each audience member enjoys 4 dishes from each team (8 dishes in all!) paired with 4 wine courses. While dining sit back and watch the classic movie “A Street Car Named Desire,” then vote at the end of the show on which chef team you think deserves the title!
WHEN – 7 pm
WHERE - Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Sports & Rec:
***UT Women’s Basketball vs. Oklahoma State***
WHEN – 7 pm
WHERE - Frank Erwin Center
THURSDAY, Jan. 21st:
Socializing:
***Wymn to Wymn After Work Social Hour***
The Wymn to Wymn meetup group is getting together to let loose after a hard days works!
WHEN – 7 pm
WHERE – Sing up to find out…http://www.meetup.com/WymnToWymn-Meetup-Group/
Movies:
Action Pack presents the PULP FICTION Quote-Along
WHEN – 7 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Action Pack: 1999 Sing-Along
Holy crap. Not only did 1999 give birth to almost all of the pop music of the next ten years by giving us Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” and Backstreet Boys’ “I Want It That Way,” but the cheese element was in full effect with the Goo Goo Dolls, rap was awesome with “Back That Ass Up” AND Will Smith’s “Wild Wild West” AND Jay-Z’s “Can I Get A…”
WHEN – 10:40 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Sports & Rec:
***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 Whole Foods (6:45 pm)!
WHEN – 5:30 pm
WHERE – Underneath Mopac bridge on Lady Bird Lake Trail, by the water coolers.
FRIDAY, Jan. 22nd:
Socializing/Music:
***Red Alert at Cool River Cafe***
A couple of LGBT meetup groups are having their gatherings here tonight.. that means lots of women listening to an awesome 80′s coverband!
WHEN – 8:30 pm
WHERE - Cool River Cafe
Movies:
Master Pancake Theatre mocks Forrect Gump!
WHEN – 7 pm and 10 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Fundraising/Socializing:
***Comdedy, Fun Fundraiser at Emerald City for OutYouth***
OutYouth is celebrating 20 years of service to LGBTQ youth in the Central Texas area, and will be hosting the first of several events in 2010 to celebrate the occasion. Comedy, lots of fun and entertainment at Emerald City (next to Rusty Spur) on Jan. 22 will kick off the activities for the year of celebrations. Performers include: The Stone Family, Allie Rolison, Mocha Jean Herrup, and Lisa Geduldig. Tickets are $20 at the door.
WHEN – 9 pm
WHERE – Emerald City (Next to Rusty Spur)
SATURDAY, Jan. 23rd:
Homo Revolution:
***Equality Project Training***
The Equality Project is a public education program on policy issues and their effect on Texas citizens. The Project also trains participants to establish relationships with their state representatives and senators, and to advocate for policy changes with their elected officials. The Equality Project aims to engage the public in maintaining continuous conversations with their elected officials about matters of public policy that are directly impacting constituents’ lives. It is these conversations about real people’s lives that will ultimately motivate policy change to eliminate discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity/expression. LEARN more about LGBT family issues, workplace nondiscrimination, hate crimes, bullying and harassment, public accommodations, and other pertinent issues.
Attendance is free (lunch included), however advance registration is required. Register online now, or call 512.474.5475 for more information.
WHEN – 10 am – 2 pm
WHERE – Room E2.002 at the Texas State Capitol
Sports & Rec:
***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 Austin Java at City Hall!
WHEN – 10 am
WHERE – Underneath Mopac bridge on Lady Bird Lake Trail, by the water coolers.
***UT Women’s Basketball vs. Iowa State***
WHEN - 1 pm
WHERE – Frank Erwin Center
Movies:
Running the Sahara – Benefit Screening
In anticipation of the 3M Half-Marathon & Relay, we’re teaming up with the local heroes and heroines at Community in Schools to present this special “carbo load” brunch screening of the incredible documentary RUNNING THE SAHARA! Not only will you receive admission plus help support an important local program, but your $15 includes two carb loaded breakfast tacos (potato, egg & cheese tacos with or without chorizo), and one regular fountain soda or iced tea!
WHEN – 1 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
Master Pancake Theatre mocks Forrest Gump!
WHEN – 7 pm and 10 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown
SUNDAY, Jan. 24th:
Socializing:
***Austin Lesbian Moms Meetup***
Monthly meetup!
WHEN: 4 pm
WHERE: Join to find out…
***Austin Lesbian Coffee House Meetup – Ice Capades!***
The group is going ice skating!
WHEN – 12 pm
WHERE - Sign up to find out!