It's Art Week Austin, today through Sunday the 26th, with an extensive lineup of visual arts events at locations around town. This weekend, you can bring the kids to Art City Austin on the banks of Lady Bird Lake, Saturday and Sunday between 11 a.m. and 6 p.m.
Admission is $8 per adult, but kids under age 12 get in FREE. More than 200 artists, local and organic food producers, live music acts, and interactive art projects will all be part of this outdoor art fair. Check www.artallianceaustin.org for more info.
April 2009 Archives
It's one of Austin's strangest, best, most enduring traditions...and you can take the kids. The 46th Annual Eeyore's Birthday Party takes place Saturday, April 25th from 11 a.m. to dark at Pease Park.
FREE admission, and live music performances from noon to 7 p.m. with Mau Mau Chaplains, The Reddies, Graham Wilkinson, and Guidance. You can also expect Maypoles (for the young and young at heart), contests and prizes for kids of all ages, artists doing face-painting and temp tattoos, and many many bongos and other unplugged instruments.
Most important to the spirit of this occasion: WEAR A COSTUME! Any costume. Sillier the better.
Several nonprofit community groups will be selling hot and cold food (including vegetarian), sodas, juices, spring water, and Texas beer - with proceeds benefiting their local causes/programs.
Heads up: There will be NO parking at Pease Park! You need to take the bus, walk, or ride your bikes!
FREE admission, and live music performances from noon to 7 p.m. with Mau Mau Chaplains, The Reddies, Graham Wilkinson, and Guidance. You can also expect Maypoles (for the young and young at heart), contests and prizes for kids of all ages, artists doing face-painting and temp tattoos, and many many bongos and other unplugged instruments.
Most important to the spirit of this occasion: WEAR A COSTUME! Any costume. Sillier the better.
Several nonprofit community groups will be selling hot and cold food (including vegetarian), sodas, juices, spring water, and Texas beer - with proceeds benefiting their local causes/programs.
Heads up: There will be NO parking at Pease Park! You need to take the bus, walk, or ride your bikes!
Thursday - especially the first Thursday of the month - is a good day to head to the South Congress corridor of eats, shops, and galleries. Doors stay open late for shopping and special events/activities for all ages.
Our favorite First Thursday stop: Yard Dog folk art gallery, from which I bought my then long-distance NYC boyfriend/now husband a "first big gift" in 2002. We love, love, love the artists they represent, and with kids it's a great alternative intro to art appreciation.
Skip the First Thursday parking headaches by leaving your car at the FREE One Texas Center on Barton Springs Rd. to catch a ride on the FREE Dillo trolley - It runs every 10 minutes from 6:30 to 11 p.m. on First Thursdays. Your kids will probably find the trolley ride a destination unto itself, while you're also supporting public transportation in Austin!
