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November 27, 2007

Santa Speedo Run Balances Naughty with Nice — Just Pray You Don't Lose a Nipple

Photo courtesy austinsantaspeedorun.com Santa Speedo Run at Trail of Lights 5kSaturday, December 8Zilker Park6pm[info]During next weekend's Trail of Lights 5k Run, Zilker Park's festive arrangement of lighted scenes won't be the only eye candy on display. Some steely individuals will get together to participate in Austin's first annual Santa Speedo Run, wearing, as you might have guessed, nothing but the trademark Lycra swim briefs. It's all in the name of good fun, while (informally) fundraising......

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December 17, 2005

The Weekend IST List: December 16-18

F R I D A Y [16] [theatre] Rude Mechs present Pale Idiot by Kirk Lynn at The Off Centre (Through Sat, $12, 8pm) [Austinist Review] [theatre] Langston Hughes' "Black Nativity" at Austin Playhouse on Penn Field (Through Sat, $20, 7:30pm) [theatre] "When Pigs Fly" at Arts on Real (8pm) [theatre] Shrewd Productions presents "Xmas Unwrapped! A Holiday Burlesque" at Hyde Park Theatre (Through Sat, 10pm) [theatre] "A Christmas Carol" at The State Theatre......

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Tags: A Christmas Carol, A Holiday Burlesque, All Day, alldayidrive, Ansel Adams, anseladams, art, Arts, arts, Auditorium Shores, Austin, Austin Playhouse, Austinist, babies, Bill Hicks, Brokeback Mountain, Cactus Cafe, Central Market, Central Market North, Christmas, Christmas Carol, Club, comedy, comments, David, David Mamet, downtown, Downtown, Drafthouse Downtown, Elks Lodge, elkslodge, Emo's, Events, events, Experimental Aircraft, film, Film, fitness, fun, Google, guns, Handsome Charlies, Happy Bullets, Harry Ransom Center, holiday, Holiday, holidays, Hyde Park, Hyde Park Theatre, kids, Kirk Lynn, Langston Hughes, live music, Magic Surprise, movies, music, One Mississippi, Pale Idiot, Palmer Events Center, Paris, Penn, Penn Field, politics, Ransom Center, Review, Rude Mechs, Run, Santaland Diaries, Sarah, saturday, shopping, Shrewd Productions, State Theatre, The Black, The IST List, The Santaland Diaries, The State, The Steps, The Victory Grill, Theatre, thedirtydog, theoffcentre, Through Sunday, throughsat, timegospel, Victory Grill, whenpigsfly, Xmas Unwrapped, Zach Scott, Zach Scott Theatre

December 12, 2005

The Weekly IST List: December 12th - 18th

M O N D A Y [12] [music] UT Ethnomusicology Dept Ensembles at Momo's (8pm) [music] David Newbould at Flipnotics (8pm) [music] Singer-Songwriter Night at Longbranch Inn [music] Elizabeth McQueen at Theadgill's (8pm) [music] Listening party for Ludacris' new album, Disturbing Tha Peace at Nasty's (8pm) [music/shopping] Armadillo Christmas Bazaar with the Eggmen at Austin Music Hall (Check website for dates/hours) [party] Friends of the Spade Christmas Party at Velvet Spade (11pm) [film/food] "Narnia"......

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December 5, 2005

The Weekly IST List: December 5th-11th

M O N D A Y [5] music · MF Doom, Count Bass D, John Robinson at La Zona Rosa music · Saves the Day, Senses Fall, Emmanuel, Early November at Emo's film · "Shaun Of The Dead" spinoffs at The Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) [link] T U E S D A Y [6] music · Red Leaves at CRL Art Gallery film · AFS screens "The Singing Blacksmith" at The Drafthouse Downtown (7pm) [link]......

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December 2, 2005

Weekend Round-Up

Note: While going downtown this weekend, please don't forget the new rules regarding the TRS parking lot at 11th St. and Red River! : : FRIDAY : : [film] New movies @ your local theater! [party] SOS Holiday Party, 6-11pm @ Mercury Hall - $10 [music] Peel, Fire vs. Extinguisher and Junius @ Beerland [music] Hurts to Purr CD release party, 7pm @ Momo's - $10 [in-store] The Black Angels, Sound of Confusion, Rescue......

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Tags: A Christmas Carol, Alamo Drafthouse, Alamo Drafthouse Downtown, Angels, angels, Art, art, Ashera Project, Best of, best of, Black Angels, books, Books, CD, Christmas, Christmas Carol, comedy, David, DJs, downtown, Downtown, Drafthouse Downtown, Emo's, film, Fine Arts, fire, Fire, Fitness+Outdoors, Flamingo Cantina, fun, Fun, Fun Run, holiday, Holiday, Holiday Sing, holidaysing, Jana Hunter, Jazz, Joe Nick Patoski, Jones Center, jonescenter, Mercury Hall, mercuryhall, Moulin Rouge, movies, Music, music, New Orleans, Nightlife, parking, Recommendations, Red River, Release Party, Rob Nash, Run, Ruta Maya, Santa, Singalong, Soup, Soupie Cookbook, Special, Storie Productions, Stubb's, Texas, The All, The Black, The Black Angels, The Parish, The Wolf, theater, thewolf, Travis, Travis County, Travis County Expo Center, Vortex Rep, vortexrep, Zilker Park

November 28, 2005

The Weekly IST List: November 28th - December 4th

M O N D A Y [ 2 8 ] film · End of an Ear hosts a free screening of Lee Ranaldo and Leah Singer's "Drift" at the Alamo South Lamar (Free, 10pm) [link] music · The Kingsbury Manx, The Standard and The Heavenly States at Emo's film · KOOP Radio's Monthly Film Benefit at MonkeyWrench Books - Gillo Pontecorvo's “The Battle of Algiers”, about the French occupation of 1950s Algeria. (Inc. Beer and......

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November 23, 2005

Thanksgiving Television

Our Thanksgiving usually consists of a huge Thanksgiving lunch (with the Detroit game in the background) and then vegging out in front of the TV that evening. There are a bevy of holiday (and non-holiday) goodies on tomorrow. Here are a few things to watch out for: -"Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade" - 9am, KXAN (NBC). -Miracle on 34th Street - The 1947 original with "the real Santa Claus" (or so Dad tells us every......

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