Georgetown Palace Theater
January 8-February 7, 2010

Featuring our 2007 Cast of NUNSENSE!
The sequel to the international hit musical NUNSENSE takes place approximately six weeks after the first “benefit performance.” (It could easily be subtitled “the rest of the story.”) The same five nuns are back on stage at Mt. Saint Helen’s School for what is billed as a “Thank You Program” for their supporters. Since their first time out was such a success, they have decided that they should stick to their successful variety show formula. This time they are forced to work around the set dressing of “The Mikado”!

Austin Lyric Opera @ The Long Center
January 30-February 7, 2010

Like the star for which the piece is named, Emmanuel Chabrier’s The Star is a musical sparkler of an operetta. Its light, diverting tunes and witty, bantering dialogue represent the very essence of “opéra bouffe,” a mid-19th-century genre created by Offenbach that was meant to entertain. The humor of the spoken text and the musical numbers is both broad and sharply sly. The use of parody and satire – especially in the numbers that poke fun at class mores and manners alternates with outrageous slapstick. You might say that The Star is a Gallic counterpart to those delightful operettas being played during the same era on the other side of the English Channel, penned by a duo named Gilbert and Sullivan. But its finely-spun melodies and sensual, lighter-than-air orchestration place it in a class well above similar comic works.

Intimate Concert Friday
January 22 at 7:30 PM
At the home of Jill & Rick Salwen
Reception following the concert!
Tickets: $45 Reservations required.

Synchronism Saturday
January 23 at 7:30 PM
First Unitarian Church, 4700 Grover Avenue
Tickets: $25/$10 Student

Celebrations abound continually for the three iconic figures of classical music whose names begin with B (Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms), but the Austin Chamber Music Center treads unchartered territory celebrating, ‘pirate-style’, the three R’s of classical chamber music: Rachmaninov, Ravel and Rossini. Violinist Teresa Ling and cellist Gregory Sauer join ACMC artistic director and pianist, Michelle Schumann for this tour de force concert.

PROGRAM
Rossini-Paganini Variations on One String: Moses Fantasie
Ravel Piano Trio in A minor
Rachmaninov Trio Elegiaque No. 2 in D minor

Saturday, January 23, get to the First Unitarian Church early to catch a special performance by Austin Chamber Music Academy students; they start at 7:15 PM.

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Kay & Friends Pops Benefit Concert

Saturday, January 30
TWO SHOWS ONLY at 3:00 & 7:30 PM
At the home of Diane Land & Steve Adler
Reception following each concert!
Tickets: $45 Reservations required.

Experience what has become an annual institution at Austin Chamber Music Center with the spirited Kay And Friends. Tap your toes to irresistible music of all popular genres while supporting the educational and outreach programs of the Austin Chamber Music Center.

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Upcoming shows and appearances:

Thursday, January 28, 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., Jeff Lofton Trio at Ruth’s Chris Steak House (bar/lounge),
107 W. 6th St., www.ruthschris-austin.com

Friday, February 5, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Jeff Lofton Trio, Satellite Bistro and Bar, 5900 Slaughter Lane, www.satellitebistro.com

Thursday, February 11, 8:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m., Jeff Lofton Trio at Ruth’s Chris Steak House (bar/lounge),
107 W. 6th St., www.ruthschris-austin.com

NEW SIDE PROJECT DEBUT!
Thursday, March 4, debut show Jeff Lofton’s Electric Thang, jazz-funk fusion Miles-ian extravaganza, 9:30 p.m., Ghost Room, 304 W. 4th, $5
Saturday, March 13, 9:00 p.m., Jeff Lofton’s 1950s Miles Davis Tribute, One World Theatre, 7701 Bees Cave Road. Tickets are $20 in advance from www.oneworldtheatre.org, or $25.00 at the door. One World Theatre also offers a pre-concert dinner for $35.00 starting at 7:30 p.m.

Friday, March 19, 7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m., Satellite Bistro and Bar, 5900 Slaughter Lane, www.satellitebistro.com

Sun Apr 25, 3:00 p.m., Jeff Lofton Quartet, Jam 4 Justice – Crime Victims First event at The Backyard, 13101 W Hwy 71

The Celtic Cultural Center of Texas is proud to announce that our St. Patrick’s Day Festival will
take place this year at a great new location:

Visit our website to read about this fab new location with plenty of parking and get a glimpse of the lineup that is starting to form!
The web site is still under construction but you can the first view at stpatricksdayaustin.com

Meet the Artist – Alexandra Nechita

Meet the Artist
January 23 6-8pm
January 24th 1-3pm

Special Children’s Event: Saturday January 23 11am – Noon

Preview Appointments Begin January 15, please call to make an appointment (512) 478-4440

To RSVP: Click the dates above to send us an e-mail or call (512) 478-4440

Along Came Kinky…Texas Jewboy for Governor by David Hartstein
February 3rd, 2010
7 PM

They Eyes of Me by Keith Maitland
February 24th, 2010
7 PM

Screen Door Film is pleased to announce a collaboration with The University of Texas Documentary Center to host our 2010 Texas Cinema Series.

Beginning on February 3rd, 2010, Screen Door Film events will take place on the UT campus in the state-of-the-art screening room, Studio 4D, located inside the CMB building at the corner of Guadalupe and Dean Keaton (26th Street.) This is the same “black box” building that currently houses the Austin City Limits studio, as well as KLRU TV and KUT 90.5 FM.

Much like their successful film series held at St. Edward’s in 2009, the 2010 program will feature a diverse feature film, followed by an analysis of the film through a panel discussion with filmmakers, scholars and other notable experts. As always, all screenings and panels are open and free to the public.

Their first film on Wednesday, February 3rd will be David Hartstein’s documentary Along Came Kinky…Texas Jewboy for Governor. Along Came Kinky chronicles singing Jewish cowboy Kinky Friedman’s 2006 independent gubernatorial campaign in Texas. See the outspoken Kinky and his army of grassroots volunteers combat voter apathy in the Lone Star State while his campaign staff strategizes for an unprecedented four-way race, raising awareness and money for their unlikely but incredibly sharp candidate.

And they are following that up on February 24th with Keith Maitland’s documentary about the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, The Eyes of Me.

Screen Door Film would like to thank Sharon Strover, Nancy Schiesari and Ellen Spiro with the University of Texas for making this collaboration possible.

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