Monday | April 14
Love and a 45 Record Player Party
Here’s an old Monday night standby: You bring some records, you spin three songs, some hipsters judge you, and you order a Mayan mocha because it’s the best coffee drink on the planet. Then you work up the cojones to spin again. Hint: If you have to explain to people that it’s “ironic,” it’s probably not. Give up the ghost.
8pm | FREE
Rio Rita
1308 E 6th St • Austin, TX 78702
Tuesday | April 15
Itemize your mom File your taxes
Envision this action-packed night: Checking and double-checking your tax return. Sprinting to the post office before it’s too late. Waiting in line behind some smelly dude who’s just there to buy stamps or something. Wishing you had just dropped them in the mailbox yesterday. Building time machine to go back to yesterday. Realizing time machine is just two tin cans, some gum, and the fender of an old BMW.
File your taxes, everyone. The post offices on 6104 Old Fredericksburg Rd (Oak Hill), 3575 Far West Blvd, and 7310 Manchaca Rd are open until 7 daily.
7pm | Pay or be audited
Wednesday | April 16
National Karaoke League
The National Karaoke League was formed here in Austin this year by Whitney Francis and Chris Larkin, who call themselves “karaoke nerds.” The first division opened up with 41 members, and it’s growing strong with new leagues popping up in other cities. Tonight at the Bennigan’s on Barton Springs Rd you can see what they’re all about. From the NKL:
Join us each week to watch the passionate, talented, and sometimes just plain silly competitors in the National Karaoke League–Austin Division! In this comeptitive karaoke “league”, teams square off each week for audience approval across three rounds of fierce competition. Audience members get to vote for their favs and participate in between-round competitions such as “Karaoke Roulette” and “Rock Lobster Trivia” for their chance to win free stuff. This is not your average night at the karaoke bar, and it is not an event to be missed!
Note: You must be 21 or older to compete. Check out the NKL’s rules here.
8pm | FREE
Bennigan’s
301 Barton Springs Rd • Austin, TX 78705
Thursday | April 17
Lord of the Dance
The internationally acclaimed Irish dance fest Lord of the Dance has come to the Frank Erwin Center. If you’ve never seen Lord of the Dance before, prepare yourself for dancing Irishmen, battles, and a love story.
From the press release:
The story is based upon mythical Irish folklore as Don Dorcha, Lord of Darkness, challenges the ethereal lord of light, the Lord of the Dance. Battle lines are drawn, passions ignite and a love story fueled by the dramatic leaps and turns of dancers’ bodies begins to build against a backdrop of Celtic rhythm. The action is played out over 21 scenes on a grand scale of precision dancing, dramatic music, colorful costumes and state-of-the-art staging and lighting.
Get tickets here.
7:30pm | $25, $40, or $50
Frank Erwin Center
1701 Red River • Austin, TX 78701
Friday | April 18
KVRX benefit show
UT’s student radio station is celebrating 20 years of taste-making and playing none of the hits, all of the time. Helping them will be bands Troublesome Trio, iKillCars, Mermaid Blonde, Matt Dayton, Silent Land Time Machine, Maneja Beto, Dimitri’s Ascent, Ghosthustler, Fizzy Dino Pop, and Cry Blood Apache. If you don’t recognize any of these names, you should. Go check out some of the best up-and-coming and veteran acts in Austin. Sure beats the pants off whoever is playing at Threadgill’s.
6:30pm | $7; free beer with ID
Rhizome Collective
300 Allen St • Austin, TX
Saturday | April 19
Earth Day Farmers Market
Earth Day was first globally enacted in 1970. This year’s Earth Day in Austin will be hosted by the Austin Farmers Market at Republic Square Park. It will feature all kinds of fun stuff – local produce vendors, face painting, story telling, yoga, and live music. Presenters include Austin Green Art and Wheatsville Co-op. Along with free admission you’ll also have a free place to park.
9–6pm | FREE
Republic Square Park
4th and Guadalupe • Austin, TX 78701
Sunday | April 20
Assassins
Assassins premiered Off-Broadway on December 18, 1990. The play is a musical that explores the psyches of assassins or would-be assassins in America. The play points out that both the assassins and the famous leaders they target are both products of identical cultural forces. It’s not a play for the provincial thinker.
2pm | $10–$16
University of Texas – B. Iden Payne Theatre
23rd and San Jacinto • Austin, TX 78712
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