Nov 12-Jan 15 The Art of Dr. Seuss
Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress
(512) 495-9224, amoa.org

Uniquely "Seussian." That's the only way to characterize the playful, enduring art of Theodor Seuss Geisel, aka Dr. Seuss. You'll see the entire breadth of the artistic vision of this iconic American during The Art of Dr. Seuss.

Seven decades of work are filled with deft illustrations, modeled sculpture, oil
paintings, advertisements, World War II political cartoons, and illustrations from Geisels most famous ventures - forty-four children's books filled with inventive characters and clever humor.

Throughout his career Geisel single-handedly forged a new genre of art somewhere between the Surrealist movement and the inspired nonsense of a child's doodles.

The Art of Dr. Seuss celebrates the life of this American genius.

The exhibition also features a selection of illustrations from The Lorax, lent by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum at the University of Texas.

On Saturday, November 12, enjoy Family Saturdays at AMOA-Downtown and make a "Seussian Chappeau." Once you've enjoyed the exhibits, visit the community room to create your own Seuss inspired hat! Assorted materials will be available so you can strut your stuff in an original work of art. Drop in and create - Families: $7; Member's Families: $5.

Nov 12 Paul Rodriguez in Two Languages
Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress
(512) 472-5470, austintheatre.org

For nearly two decades, comedian, actor, director, writer and producer, Paul Rodiguez, has enthralled audiences with cutting-edge humor and his irreverent wit. This seasoned stand-up comedian has performed in front of one million concert-goers - a track record that has built a solid fan base.

Famous as the star of the Original Latin Kings of Comedy, Rodriguez's bold takes on ethnic stereotypes draws comparisons to Lenny Bruce, Cheech Marin and George Carlin.

Choose between his English show or Spanish show. Showtimes: 7:30 p.m. (English) & 10:00 p.m.(Spanish).

Nov 11 Paradigm Dance
McCullough Theatre, 23rd & Robert Dedman
(512) 471-1444, utpac.org

Look up "paradigm" in the dictionary, and you'll find "outstanding clear or typical example or archetype." Look at Paradigm on stage and you'll find masters who vividly illustrate the eloquence that years of experience bring to dance expression. Showtime: 8:00 p.m.

Nov 11 The Co-Conspirator Fundraiser
Scottish Rite Theatre, 207 West 18th Street
(512) 891-7703, kdhdance.com

You're in for one exquisite evening of dance, live music, art, gorgeous food and lots of surprises during The Co-Conspirator Fundraiser benefiting the Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company. Silent auction, door prizes and tons of fun await. Individual tickets are $30, table of 8 are $300.

Nov 11-12 Amazing Vincent Mantsoe
Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress
(512) 472-5470, austintheatre.org

Dance Umbrella presents Vincent Mantsoe, a performer Dance Magazine hails as "an artist of fierce uniqueness. He combines entertainment, history, and spirituality with an earth-shaking expressiveness that audiences find irresistible."

Nov 11 "The Secret Life of ...Elizabeth Christian"
The Hideout Theatre & Coffee House, 617 Congress
(512) 443-3688, inthemoment.com

Join PR Guru Elizabeth Christian as she makes her stage debut. In the Moment productions brings Elizabeth's stories to life in the Live Improv Theatre Show "The Secret Life of ...Elizabeth Christian. The show starts at 8:00 p.m. Tickets are only sold at the door beginning at 7:15 p.m. and are $12 (checks or cash).

Nov 11-Nov 12 Waffle Fest 2005 Improv Festival
The Hideout Theatre & Coffee House, 617 Congress
(512) 443-3688, hideouttheatre.com

Get syruped up for The 4th annual Waffle Fest - a two-day improv comedy festival featuring the best of the Austin Improv scene. Each show includes all you can eat waffles - no kidding! Waffle Fest has been a huge success with happy comedy watchers downing over 5000 fresh baked waffles and 40 hours of improv comedy. Now that's some yummy fun!

Nov 13 Mammoth Follies
Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress
(512) 472-5470, austintheatre.org

Explore the wonders of pre-historic times in an frolicking review of original songs, witty jokes, and earth-smashing dances performed by giant dinosaur puppets. Mammoth Follies dramatizes history and scientific facts (as well as some myths) about the great age of the dinosaur. Entertaining educational spectacle. Showtimes: 2:00 and 4:30 p.m.

Nov 13 Dave Chappelle in Concert
Theatre at the Frank Erwin Center, 1701 Red River
(512) 471-7744, uterwincenter.com

Chappelle's comedy is nothing short of a pop culture phenomenon. His Comedy Central show, appropriately titled Chappelle's Show, showcased his comic genius to audiences across the nation. Famous celebrities, world leaders and everyday people aren't safe from Chappelle's comic gaze. This mind-popping laugh parade gets underway at 8:00 p.m.

Nov 13 Miss Hollywood + King Neptune
B. Iden Payne Theater, 23rd & Robert Dedman
(512) 471-1444, utpac.org

The University of Texas Department of Theatre and Dance presents the world premiere of the latest masterpiece by Pulitzer prize-winning playwright and UT alumnus, Robert Schenkkan. The Marriage of Miss Hollywood and Neptune is a "screwball" comedy a la Kaufman and Hart, set against the backdrop of early Hollywood and classic Los Angeles political corruption. This sly silliness stars a huge cast of talented UT students, nearly 40 in all! Go to utpac.org, or 512-477-6060 or (800) 687-6010 for details and tickets.

Nov 16-17 In Cold Blood
Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress
(512) 472-5470, austintheatre.org

Almost 40 years before Capote, the new indie film starring Philip Seymour Hoffman, director Brooks cast Robert Blake (former child star/TV's "Baretta"/acquitted murder suspect) and Scott Wilson as Perry Smith and Richard Hickock, whose arrest and conviction for the brutal murder of a family in Kansas attracted the attention of the very urban Capote. Tickets on sale day-of-show only at The Paramount Theatre Box Office.

Throughout November Edgy Political Satire
Esther's Follies, 525 East 6h Street
(512) 320-0553, esthersfollies.com

Nothing and no one escape unscathed. From the Texas Governor's Race, Tom Delay's brush with the law, to George Bush's crony Karl Rove dodging special prosecutor's bullets, you'll roll in the aisles when you're not gasping and wondering how in the world did they do that. Showtimes: Thursdays at 8:00 p.m., Fridays and Saturdays - 8:00 & 10:00 p.m.

Still On Stage Downtown...

To 11/12: Keepin' It Weird. Zachary Scott, zachscott.com
To 11/20: OZ, Doughtery Arts Center, secondyouth.com
Ongoing: Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon 3D; Pulse: a STOMP Odyssey, Texas the Big Picture, Fighter Pilot, IMAX® Theatre and The Star of Destiny in the Texas Spirit Theater, thestoryoftexas.com

Nov 10 Miracles of Music
Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress
(512) 472-5470, austintheatre.org

Patty Griffin, Emmylou Harris, Buddy Miller and other big-hearted musicians are donating their time and talents to present Miracles of Music. This special benefit concert supports the miracles performed by the Miracle Foundation, dedicated to aiding orphaned children in India, and Mobile Loaves & Fishes, which helps feed and cloth the homeless in Austin and San Antonio and others in need, including those affected by Hurricane Katrina. For more information about these organizations, please go to mobileloavesandfishes.org and miraclefoundation.org.

Nov 10 Bowfire
Hogg Auditorium, 21st & University
(512) 471-1444, utpac.org

The Texas Union Cactus Café and UT Performing Arts Center co-present a one-of-a-kind performance that features an "All Star Show" of the finest fiddle and violin virtuosos ever assembled on one stage. This total string experience takes the audience on a musical journey that moves seamlessly from Jazz, Classical, Bluegrass, Celtic, Rock, to Gypsy, World, and Texas Swing, mixing in incredible step and tap dancing and a beautiful voice. This international hit hits the UT Performing Arts Center's Hogg Auditorium stage at 8:00 p.m.

Nov 10 Frank Gohlke Looks at Adams
Harry Ransom Center, 21st & Guadalupe
(512) 471-8944, hrc.utexas.edu

For the 2005 Amon Carter Lecture, Frank Gohlke, a leader in American landscape photography, talks about his images and the work of Ansel Adams.

Nov 12 Preview The Green Dress Arthouse
Arthouse at the Jones Center, 700 Congress
(512) 453-5312, arthousetexas.org

A preview screening of The Green Dress by Austin filmmaker and UT professor, Cauleen Smith will mesmerize you. This multi-media exhibit functions as a single-channel film as well as a six-monitor installation that includes a still photography component distributed on postcards.

Nov 12 AMODA Digital Showcase 35
Copa, 3rd and Congress
amoda.org

The Austin Museum of Digital Art finishes its Showcase Series for 2005 this Saturday with electronically generated + visuals. Headlining is Andreas Tilliander of Stockholm, Sweden who has packed dance floors. Three Texas musicians will also be performing everything from cyber-pop to rhythmic textures and Italo-disco accompanied by digital visuals that make for truly multi-media experience.

Nov 12 Japanese Language Classes
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2494, austinkids.org

Learn the basics of Japanese language in this series of themed classes. November's themes are "Life in Japan" and "Shopping." Explore Japan's diverse land with a focus on the city of Tokyo. These 1:30-2:30 p.m. classes are for ages 6-9 years with adult companion. Requires registration. Classes are FREE! Call 472-2499 to sign up.

Nov 12 Winter White Gala
F8 Fine Art Gallery, 1137 W. 6th
(512) 480-0242, f8fineart.com

Step into a dreamy realm of billowy lightness, where mysterious figures gaze from every wall, light, sounds flirtatiously dance, wine flows freely, floral scents linger and tempting food beckons from every corner. This will be your Winter White Gala - an extraordinary evening to benefit the Austin Museum of Art. International painter (and Austinite) Ray Donley, renowned for his edgy, psychological, Baroque portraits, presents his largest exhibition to date. Austin's premier restaurants Jeffrey's, Mars, and Wink are cooking up something special. Don your most dazzling winter white and join us for this spectacular event.


Nov 12-Dec 3 Asian Art Exhibition
Lotus Asian Art & Antique Gallery, 1201 B. W. 6th
(512) 474-1700, lotusasianart.com

By popular demand, Lotus Asian Art & Antique Gallery presents an exhibition of Cecilia Ling's fine art photography. Cecilia Ling has focused on encouraging cross cultural activities and promoting harmony around the world.

Nov 12-Dec 31 The Fourth Season
f8 Fine Art Gallery, 1137 W. 6th
(512) 480-0242, f8fineart.com

Shape shifting with a touch psychosis fill The Fourth Season. Phantom portraits by international painter (and Austinite), Ray Donley, possess a dignified madness, while Seattle-based fine art photographer Rosanne Olson captures creatures in a dance of transformation. Artists' Reception: Thursday, December 1, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Image seen: "Untitled No. 437" by Ray Donley

Nov 12-Jan 15 A Tom Lea Retrospective
Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress
(512) 495-9224, amoa.org

A painter, muralist, illustrator, and author, Tom Lea depicts in both images and words, the austere beauty of the American Southwest and its stalwart inhabitants. Light from the Sky: A Tom Lea Retrospective, 1907-2001 features a full range of El Paso native's portfolio. In addition to paintings and works on paper, the exhibition will include photographic reproductions of some of the artist's murals, copies of Life Magazine showing his work, and Lea's sketchbooks and novels, all of which acquaint viewers with the totality of a remarkable life and career.

Nov 16 Stay Inside & Outside the Lines
Gallery Lombardi, 910 W. 3rd Street
(512) 257-7109, in-your-space.com

Take a gander of In Your Space's fall art showcase, Stay Inside the Lines,
Stay Outside the Lines, a collection of acrylic paintings on plaster by artist
Danny Phillips. 7:00-11:00 p.m.

Nov 16 Olson Lecture
Harry Ransom Center, 21st & Guadalupe
(512) 471-8944, hrc.utexas.edu

Don Olson, Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Texas State University, presents "The Moonrise Photographs of Ansel Adams."

Still On Display Downtown...

To 11/10: 2005 Texas Prize Finalists, Arthouse at the Jones Center, arthousetexas.org
To 11/11: Inter-Glacial, Women & Their Work, womenandtheirwork.org
To 11/14: Perspectives, f8 Fine Art Gallery, f8fineart.com
To 11/26: Will Klemm New Work, Wally Workman Gallery, wallyworkman.com
To 11/29: Recuerde (Remember), La Pena Gallery, lapena-austin.org
To 12/1: The Blue Paintings, d berman gallery, dbermangallery.com
To 12/31: Ansel Adams: A Legacy, Harry Ransom Center, hrc.utexas.edu
To 1/2: Jerry Uelsmann & Maggie Taylor, Oswald Gallery, oswaldgallery.com
To 1/27: Japan & Nature, Austin Children's Museum, austinkids.org
To 2/06: Courtesy, Service, Protection, Texas Capitol Visitors Center, TexasCapitolVisitorsCenter.com

Nov 12 Austin Farmers' Market Birthday Party
Republic Square, 4th & Guadalupe
(512) 236-0074, austinfarmersmarket.org

Come say "Happy Birthday" to The Austin Farmers' Market. Celebrating three years of market, there will be free birthday cake from the bakers at the market, a petting pen of farm animals and children's activities. A chef's demo of delicious market fall produce and meats is slated, as well as live music. And don't forget the "pocket market" on Wednesdays, 4:00 - 7:00 p.m. at Plaza Saltillo.

Nov 13 Leadership Brunch/Fashion Show
2:00 PM - 6:00 p.m.
Huston-Tillotson University University, 900 Chicon Chapel
(512) 505-3074, htu.edu

Former Austin Mayor Kirk Watson; Estrada Cleaners owner, Fidel Estrada; former Philadelphia Eagles football player, Lawrence M. Sampleton, Jr.; and Chief Executive Officer and President of the Capital City African American Chamber of Commerce, Greg Marshall, are just a few of the names scheduled to participate in Huston-Tillotson University's Leadership Brunch and Fashion Show, benefiting the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and Huston-Tillotson University. The community is invited to the event which features local entertainment, door prizes and the afternoon brunch. Clothes will be provided by Men's Wearhouse and the Men's Clotherie.

Nov 17 Emerging Trends in Real Estate
Four Seasons Hotel, 98 San Jacinto Boulevard
(512) 494-8301, uli.org

What will be the big story in 2006? The Urban Land Institute's most popular forum of the year will explore the local, national and global real estate outlooks. Emerging Trends in Real Estate, is a trend and forecast publication with a 27-year history, and is the most highly regarded and widely read forecast report in the real estate industry. Emerging Trends in Real Estate 2006, undertaken jointly by ULI and PricewaterhouseCoopers, provides an outlook on U.S. investment and development trends, real estate finance and capital markets, property sectors, metropolitan areas, and other real estate issues. The last day to register online is November 11.

Nov 11 Veterans Day Parade
Congress Avenue
nov11.org

On Friday, Nov 11th there will be parade on Congress Avenue to honor veterans of the United States' Armed Forces. The Austin Police Department has issued the following notice with regard to road closures.

• The parade will form on the Congress Ave. Bridge with closure of the bridge starting at 6:30 a.m. This closure will put a heavy strain on the construction areas of Barton Springs and Riverside Dr., west of Congress Ave. It would be suggested that travel on westbound Riverside Dr. between IH-35 and Congress be avoided if possible.
  

• Congress Ave. from Cesar Chavez to 11th St will close shortly before 9:00 a.m. (the barricade contractor may have to close some streets earlier to ensure a complete safe zone for the parade).Officers assigned to outer barricades will attempt to allow vehiclesto enter parking garages from the side streets, as safety conditionsallow.

• The parade will start at 9:15 a.m. and be totally on the StateCapitol grounds by 11:00 a.m.

Those persons working or traveling through the Downtown and Riverside Dr. areas, should expect delays and detours.

Nov 12 Austin Farmers Market
Republic Square, 4th & Guadalupe
austinfarmersmarket.org

W. Fourth Street will be closed between Guadalupe and San Antonio Street from 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.

Nov 10-16 DOWNTOWN
klru.org

Catch DOWNTOWN on KLRU - Channel 18/Cable Channel 9

This week's episode: Lights, Camera, Touchdown!

Hollywood, Austin-style! Downtown and Austin is becoming one of the best places for the film industry. Follow a locations manager on the job and visit with Director Richard Linklater for an inside look. Soon you'll be able to shop 'til you drop in downtown. Experience the vision of the Second Street Retail District and downtown's Retail Renaissance from the Visionaries themselves. You don't need a ticket to experience the thrill of a live UT football game, just good friends and a good tailgate.

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Nov 16 Arts & Entertainment/Marketing Committee Meeting
8:30 a.m.
211 E. 7th Street, 7th Floor Conference Room
Committee Chair: Nancy Burns
Note Date Change from Tuesday to Wednesday.