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 15th:

Trivia:
Fado’s Trivia Night
WHEN – 7:30 pm
WHERE – Fado’s Irish Pub on 4th Street 

TUESDAY, Feb. 16th:

Nightlife:
***Fat Tuesday Masquerade Ball***
Benefiting AIDS Services of Austin 
WHEN – 9 pm to 2 am
WHERE – Rusty Spurs 

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 – Joe’s Bar and Grill

Opal Divine’s Trivia
WHEN – 8 pm
WHERE – Opal Divine’s South Congress

Sports & Rec:
***UT Softball vs. Centenary College***
WHEN – 6:30 pm
WHERE –  Longhorn’s McCombs Field

***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 Galaxy Cafe  (6:45 pm)!
WHEN – 5:30 pm
WHERE – Underneath Mopac bridge on Lady Bird Lake Trail, by the water coolers

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 17th:

Movies:
***Avatar***
Lesbian Coffee House Meetup
WHEN – 7 pm
WHERE – To find out where, join http://www.meetup.com/AustinLesbianCoffeeHouse/

Music:
***Robin Smith***
WHEN – 9:15
WHERE – Momo’s

Spazmatics
80’s cover band!
WHEN - 9:30 pm
WHERE – Cedar Street Courtyard

Sports & Rec.:
***UT Women’s Basketball vs. Kansas***
WHEN – 7 pm
WHERE – Frank Erwin Center

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. 18th:

Nightlife:
***Lesbian Night at The Madison – White Party***
From the fine ladies who bring you SIN, come dressed in white and ready to party!
WHEN: TBD
WHERE: The Madison (www.themadisonaustin.com)

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:

***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, Feb. 19th:

Socializing:
***Gay Professionals Friday Happy Hour Meetup***
WHEN – 5pm
WHERE – Join to find out… www.meetup.com/austingayprofessionals/

Movies:
Master Pancake Theatre mocks TRANSFORMERS!
WHEN – 7 pm and 10 pm
WHERE – Alamo Drafthouse Ritz downtown

SATURDAY, Feb. 20th:

Socializing:
***Viva! Las Vegas***
A Monte Carlo fundraiser benefiting AIDS Service of Austin! www.asaaustin.org
WHEN – 8 pm 
WHERE – Austin Music Hall

***Baile: The Dance***
This month Allgo, the statewide organization for queer people of color, turns 25! Come celebrate at this annual fundraiser with music, food, dancing, drinks and a silent auction. Tickets $25 (pre-sale) or $35 at the door. www.allgo.org
WHEN – 8 pm – Midnight
WHERE – Mexican American Cultural Center 

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 Zocalo!
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

Performance:

***Lesbian Comediennes Vicki Shaw & Jennie McNulty***
Get your tickets to see these funny ladies at www.brownpapertickets.com
WHEN – 8 pm
WHERE – MCC Austin

***Metahuman: Transsexual Hip Hop Artist***
Metahuman mixes politics with the visceral love of flow to create a unique sound that blends old-school rap metaphors with radical queer politics. 
WHEN: 8pm
WHERE: Monkey Wrench Books 

SUNDAY, Feb. 21st:

Nightlife:
***Goldstar ATX Lesbian Takeover!***
Get ready to take over another dive bar – it’s goin to the gays!
WHEN – 6 pm
WHERE – The Red Shed on South Congress

Socializing:

***Not Your Momma’s Book Club*** 
February’s Monhtly Meetup is all about the book: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson
WHEN: 11am
WHERE: To find out where, join at http://redbookclub.meetup.com/1085/

***Gay Spirituality Meetup Group*** 
This session focuses on “Transformative Storytelling”
WHEN: 3pm
WHERE: To find out where, join at http://www.meetup.com/Gay-Spirituality-Meetup-Group/

***Lesbian Mom’s Meetup Group*** 
WHEN: 4pm
WHERE: To find out where, join at http://www.meetup.com/lesbianmoms-36/

Movies:
Desire Film Series organized by Austin Film Society
Every Sunday in February at 3 pm. 
This week – “She’s Gotta Have It” 1986. Written, produced, directed, and edited by Spike Lee (USA)
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