Monthly Archives: April 2011

April 29, 2011

BBoy City – Austin 4/29/2011


Celebrating its 13th year, B-Boy City is one of the largest and longest-running hip hop festivals in the southern U.S. Bringing together dancers, emcees, djs and more from all over the world, the three-day festivities offer dance battles, a night dedicated to hip hop film, a buy-or-sell trade show, an art & photo gallery and live stage performances.

Fri 4.29, 6pm-2am
preliminaries/qualifications/tradeshow
Mohawk at 9th & Red River

$20 admission (+$20 for digital cameras)
Sat 4.30, 5pm-2am
finals & main event
Republic Live at 301 West 5th St
$20 admission (+$20 for digital cameras)

Sun 5.1, 6-10pm
City Park Jam & BBQ
outdoors, Oltorf & South First St
bboycity.com

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April 27, 2011

Barley Swine

If you like the offerings of the Odd Duck Farm to Trailer food truck on South Lamar, you’ll love the fare at Barley Swine, a restaurant recently opened by Odd Duck’s manager Bryce Gilmore (formerly of local favorites Wink and Moonshine). A self-described “intimate communal dining space” in South Austin, Barley Swine offers a rustic menu with ever-evolving seasonal ingredients, beers and wines. With items like fried Brussels sprouts, jerk rubbed pork belly, and bacon-wrapped rabbit, we’re more than intrigued.

2024 South Lamar Blvd.
M-F 6-11 pm, Sat 5 pm-midnight
http://barleyswine.com

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April 25, 2011

Pecha Kucha Austin 4/27/2011

Pecha Kucha is a controlled creative convergence where architects, artists, musician, performers, idea activists and designers meet to showcase their work in a unique, high-energy format. Japanese for “chit-chat,” Pecha Kucha is the brainchild of Klein-Dytham Architecture of Tokyo; wired.com explains the events as a combination of “business meeting and poetry slam to transform corporate cliché into surprisingly compelling beat-the-clock performance art.” Since 2003, Pecha Kucha has spread to close to 300 cities across the world, including Austin.

Austin Pecha Kucha Presenters of 4/7/2011 include:

1. Bieli Liu (Fine Artist)
2. Adrian Quesada (Musician)
3. Johnny Walker (Artist and Curator of the “Play Me” Piano project)
4. Tiffany Harelik (Trailer Park Diarist)
5. George O. Jackson (Photographer)
6. Michael Yates (Furniture Designer)
7. Jori Lodes (Burlesque Dancer)
8. Dana Friis-Hansen (Art Connoisseur)
9. Southpaw Jones (Musician)
10. Hancock Brothers (Graphic Designers)

Wednesday, April 25th 2011
7:30pm – 10:30pm

Seaholm Power Plant
214 West Avenue, Austin, TX 78701
http://www.pecha-kucha.org/night/austin/

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April 25, 2011

Pecan Street Festival – Spring 2011


Photo Credit – Peter Tsai (austinphotobook.com)

Austin sure does love its outdoor festivals… so much so that it holds one of its longest-running open-air events not once, but twice a year. The Pecan Street Festival has two iterations — fall and spring – and this year’s spring version is right around the corner. Paying homage to the fact that downtown’s numbered streets were once named for types of trees, the arts & crafts extravaganza takes over the 24-block stretch of 6th Street between Brazos Street and IH35 as it used to be called “Pecan Street.” The free family event has been taking place for 33 years and shows no signs of slowing down with its musical entertainment, artisan booths, craft displays, and local food and drinks galore.

May 7th – Saturday noon-9 pm
May 8th – Sunday noon-7 pm
http://www.oldpecanstreetfestival.com

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April 22, 2011

Piano Art Exhibit – “Play Me, I’m Yours” in Austin, TX 2011


Photo Credit – Peter Tsai (austinphotobook.com)

Never a place to shy away from great tunes, the “live music capital of the world” welcomes a quirky project called “Play Me I’m Yours” to town for the entire month of April. Sponsored by Art Alliance Austin, created by articst Luke Jerram and curated by Austin artist Johnny Walker, the experience places pianos in public places throughout town and invites passersby to sit down and play a tune. Even if you’ve never touched a piano in your life, there’s no pressure to knock out a master performance; it’s all in fun, and if you stick around long enough to see who else gives it a try, you never know who might take a seat at the piano and fill the streets with a concerto of epic proportions.

April 1 – May 1
For a list of locations, go to http://www.playmeaustin.com

Ukemi – Trap Door (live @ Play Me I\'m Yours / Art Alliance Exhibit)

Here are photos we took through Instagram of the pianos we came across.

@ Pfluger Bridge Garden

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