One of my best Austin memories with my daughter (and a large gang of her young cousins) is the beautiful spring evening we spent at the outdoor stage at Threadgill's downtown two years ago, watching a show by Austin high school student and rising rock star Jenny Wolfe and her band (also Austin high schoolers). The music was great fun; kids of all ages danced up a storm and ran around having a ball; and the grownups got to enjoy some grownup beverages, Southern comfort munchies, and conversation under the stars.
Fast forward two years and the talented Jenny Wolfe is still rockin. She's got a new CD out, "After School," available at Waterloo Records, iTunes, Amazon.com, etc. And she's performing another fun, family-friendly show at Threadgills's this Sunday, March 8, as part of a fantastic lineup. For just a $5 per person cover, you and your kids can enjoy:
3:30-4:30 p.m. The Mitch Jacobs Band
5-6 p.m. the legendary Rick Broussard (of Two Hoots and a Holler fame, for those of you who've been in Austin a good long while)
6:30-7:30 p.m. Jenny Wolfe
8-9:30 p.m. The Freddie Steady 5
Enjoy!
March 2009 Archives
This Saturday, a lineup of area kids' authors will give FREE readings at the Perry-Castaneda Library (PCL) on the UT campus. The event, entitled "Books for Kids," is an extension of Explore UT-"The Biggest Open House in Texas"- and is being hosted by the University of Texas Libraries.
Featured authors include
Brian Anderson (author of Commander Zack Proton), Jane Peddicord
(Night Wonders) and Liz Scanlon (A Sock is a Pocket for Your Toes).
Author Chris Barton will debut his first book, The Day-Glo Brothers, set to be released later this year. Readings will feature presentations
projected onto a large screen in the
Student Learning Commons in PCL.
Open to the public. For more info and a schedule of
"Books for Kids" readings, visit www.lib.utexas.edu/books4kids.html.
