MONDAY [27]

[ music ] Jay Moeller's Birthday Blues Bash, with Ephraim Owens, Mike Barfield, Scott Nelson, Damien Llanes, James Bullard, and loads more at The Continental Club (9:30pm) (link)

[ music ] KOOP Radio Monday Benefit with Guy Forsyth, Wammo and Sick, and Southpaw Jones. Hosted by Owen Egerton (of Sinus) at Ruta Maya ($5, 8:30pm) (link)

[ art ] "Art is Imagination": Paintings of the American West at Blanton Museum of Art (Free, 6:30pm-8pm) (link)

[ music ] Audio Inversions performs Wynton Marsalis's "The Fiddler's Tale" at AMoA downtown (8pm) (link)

[ film ] Big Smash! Film Festival presents "TV Party" at Drafthouse Downtown ($1, Also Wednesday for regular price, 9:45pm) (link)

[ music/film ] "Metal: A Headbanger's Journey" at Drafthouse South Lamar (Through Thursday, 10:15pm) (link)

TUESDAY [28]

[ music ] Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins at The Parish Room (link)

[ film ] Legendary Special Effects Genius Ray Harryhausen presents an exclusive screeing of 1933's "King Kong" at Drafthouse South Lamar (SOLD OUT, 7pm) (link)

[ music/film ] "O Brother, Where Are Thou" southern feast at Drafthouse South Lamar (7pm) (link)

WEDNESDAY [29]

[ music ] Bela Fleck and the Flecktones with Rhonda Vincent at Stubb's (link)

[ music ] Cry Blood Apache & Preserve the Sound at The Parlor (link)

[ music ] Asylum Street Spankers at Ruta Maya (8:30pm) (link)

[ music ] Death Cab for Cutie and Franz Ferdinand at The Backyard (link)

[ lecture ] KLRU's Engaging Speaker Series, "Spark," with Azar Nafisi at The Paramount Theatre (7:30pm) (link)

[ smut/film ] "Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio" at Drafthouse Downtown (Midnight) (link)

[ music/film ] Immortal Beloved with Live Beethoven Chamber Music at Drafthouse South Lamar (7pm) (link)

[ music/film ] Rolling Roadshow screens "School of Rock" at Republic Square Park (Free, 8pm) (link)

[ film ] Worlds Best Commercials! at Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) (link)

[ film ] AFS screens Kaveh Bahrami Moghaddam's "I Talk To God" at CMA building on UT campus (7:30pm) (link)

[ theatre ] "Exposed: Experiments in Love, Sex, Death, Art" Vortex (8pm, tickets on a sliding scale (link)

THURSDAY [30]

[ party ] Free afterparty for Dinosaur JR Show at Emo's (Wristband or Ticket Stub Req) (link)

[ music ] Dinosaur Jr. w/ Dead Meadow & Preistess at Stubb's (link)

[ music ] The Points & The Spinns at The Parlor (link)

[ music ] 2006 Lone Star Round Up! at The Continental Club (10pm) (link)

[ music ] Peru-A-Palooza St. Edwards Student Benefit with Driver Friendly, Trip 7 and Steven Clarke at ($5, 9pm) (link)

[ music ] The Lord Henry at Whisky Bar (10pm) (link)

[ music ] Lomita, Short Film and more at Flamingo Cantina (link)

[ lecture ] The Christo and Jeanne-Claude Lecture at The Paramount Theatre ($20/48, 7pm) (link)

[ film ] Mark Eisner screens "Pablo Neruda! Presente!" at Harry Ransom Center (7pm) (link)

[ music/film ] Journey Singalong with live music by Odyssey at Drafthouse Downtown (9:45pm) (link)

[ film ] Third Coast screens "Aristide & the Endless Revolution" at Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) (link)

[ beer ] Guinness Believer Tasting Event at Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum (MUST RSVP, Free, 6:30pm-8:30pm) (link)

[ theatre ] "Durang/Durang" at Mary Mood Northern Theatre (8pm, $12/$10) (link)

[ theatre ] "Bad Dates" at Zach Scott Theatre (8pm, now re-opening with Jill Blackwood replacing the fallen Helen Merino) (link)

[ theatre ] "The Glory of Living" at Hyde Park Theatre (8pm, $15) (link)

FRIDAY [31]

[ music ] Reckless Kelly at La Zona Rosa (link)

[ music ] Peter & the Wolf, Navajo Radio and more at Emo's (Inside) (link)

[ music ] Ghostface Killah, Word Association, DJ Notion at Emo's (Outside) (link)

[ music ] The Glass Family w/ Quien es Boom (CD Release) & Brothers and Sisters at The Parish Room (link)

[ music ] Red Light Burlesque at The Continental Club (10:30pm) (link)

[ music ] Benefit for Austin Resource Center for the Homeless through Front Steps with DJ Linda and DJ Little Danny, John Schooley, New Glow and Rolls Royce at ($5, 9pm) (link)

[ music ] The Midgetmen celebrate their 4th Birthday! plus the Lemurs, Fall Collection, Just Guns and the Norm at Flamingo Cantina (link)

[ music ] Box Spring Hogs, Attack Formation, Cry Blood Apache and more at Beerland (7pm) (link)

[ music ] Waxploitation! DJs present "A Soul Happening" at Red's Scoot Inn (Free, 9:30pm) (link)

[ art/party ] Art Ball 10, with guests Christo and Jeanne-Claude, at AMoA Laguna Gloria (link)

[ books ] Deirdre Earls, RD, LD, presents "Your Healing Diet: Austin's Quick Guide to Reversing Chronic Disease Through Healing Foods" at Bookpeople (Free, 7pm) (link)

[ art ] S.O.S. Benefit & Artist Reception -- "Contemporary Landscapes: Texas and Beyond" at ART on 5th (6-8pm) (link)

[ theatre ] "Static" at The Woodward Inn (8pm, tickets start at $20) (link)

SATURDAY [1]

[ music ] Black Angels CD Release, Bellaparker, Strange Boys and Angelus at Emo's (Outside) (link)

[ music ] DJ Mel's Bday Bash -- ROCK THE CASBAH at The Parish Room (link)

[ music ] Kevin Max, 100 Years Storm, and Chris Taylor & the Bleeding Hearts Band at Stubb's (link)

[ music ] The Whispers at Austin Music Hall (link)

[ music ] Ringo Deathstarr at The Parlor (link)

[ art/festival ] Austin Fine Arts Alliance hosts "Art After Dark" at Republic Square Park ($55, 7pm) (link)

[ outdoors ] Austin Cactus and Succulent Society 2006 Spring Show and Sale! at Zilker Botanical Gardens (Through Sunday, Free, 10am-5pm) (link)

[ art ] Austin Fine Arts Festival at Republic Square Park (All Weekend, 11am-5pm) (link)

[ music/film ] Ronnie Lane Birthday Party with Ian McLagan Live! at Drafthouse South Lamar (7pm) (link)

[ food ] Austin Farmers’ Market at 2nd and Guadalupe (9am-1pm) (link)

[ art ] Opening reception for Hana Hillerova's "Superspace" at Women & Their Work (7-9pm) (link)

SUNDAY [2]

[ music ] The Sounds, Morningwood, and Action Action at Emo's (Outside) (link)

[ rollergirls ] TX Rollergirls' 2nd Bout of the Season at Playland Skate Center ($15, 6:30pm) (link)

[ outdoors ] Open House for "Save Austin's Cemeteries" at Oakwood Cemetery (Free, 10am-2pm) (link)

[ books ] Christopher Moore presents "Dirty Job" at Bookpeople (Free, 3pm) (link)

[ film ] "Trudell" at Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) (link)

[ film ] "The Real Bettie Page" at Drafthouse Downtown (9:45pm) (link)

[ film ] "Charlotte's Web" at The Paramount Theatre (2pm, 4:30pm) (link)