To Jun 18 Robert DeNiro Collection Arrives 
Harry Ransom Center, 21st & Guadalupe
(512) 471-8949, utexas.edu
Actor, director and producer, Robert De Niro, has donated his collection of film-related materials to the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. This impressive collection includes scripts and books with handwritten notations, correspondence and notebooks DeNiro kept of his films. More than 3,000 costume items are also part of the new collection, including a a full body cast used in the 1994 production of "Frankenstein." Select items will be on view in the Ransom Center's lobby through June 18. Once processed, cataloged and housed, the collection will be available for research.
Jun 8 Three Dynamo Events at the Blanton 
Blanton Museum of Art, MLK & Congress
(512) 471-7324, blantonmuseum.org
You have three incredibly interesting reasons to visit the Blanton Museum of Art this Thursday. Here's why:
Blanton Book Club
6:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Immerse yourself in the life of a different artist each month. Sponsored by BookPeople, the Blanton Book Club makes connections between the subject, idea or theme to a work in the collection or special exhibition. This week will focus on the short stories and writings of Jorge Luis Borges in relation to Josefina Guilisasti's installation La vigila (The Vigel). The Book Club is held on the second Thursday of the month.
Six-Week Connoisseur
6:00 - 7:30 p.m.
Here's your chance to get a broad brush understanding of Western art. This engaging and informal course covers the history of western art for the novice art historian. Karen Pope, a professor of art history and popular lecturer, leads the course. Cost: $100 members/$125 non-member for the six-week series. To register please call (512) 471-9205. Space is limited! This week's topic is Prehistory and Antiquities.
Public Tour: Art is Political
7:00 p.m.
Admission is FREE all day on Thursdays this month so here's your chance to see this fantastic new museum and take in one of their public tours all for FREE.
Other public tours this week end
June 10 People's Choice 2:00 p.m.
June 11 America/Americas 2:00 p.m.
Learn more about all the really great public events at the Blanton by calling (512) 471-7324 or go to blantonmuseum.org.
Jun 8 Waking Life is Dreamy 
7:00 p.m.
Harry Ransom Center, 21st & Guadalupe
(512) 471-8944, hrc.utexas.edu
You will look at film and art in a whole new way after this screening. The dreamlike imagery of director Richard Linklater's Waking Life was captured through sophisticated software that allowed artists to digitally "paint" over footage of live actors. This screening is part of the Alternative Technologies Screening Series.
Jun 9-30 New Paintings by Jorge Puron 
La Pena, 227 Congress Avenue
Contact: David Gutierrez
(512) 477-6007, lapena-austin.org
An outstanding exhibit of New Paintings by the Piedras Negras, Mexico-born painter, Jorge Puron, opens on Friday with a reception starting at 6 p.m. The exhibit runs through June 30th, 2006.
Jun 10 Second Saturdays are for Families 
Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress
(512) 495-9224, amoa.org
Drop in and Create - 10:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. $7 per family; members $5. All programs are free with Museum admission unless otherwise noted. For more information, please go to amoa.org.
Jun 10 Start with the Arts - Session III: Colorful Kids
10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2499, austinkids.org
Purple, pink, green or blue - what's your favorite color? Your young children (recommended for ages 4-6) will learn about all the colors of the rainbow with fun activities and games. Parents and children will read a story and then engage in visual arts, drama, movement and music activities. Cost is $15 per couple, $12 members.
Still On Display Downtown...
To 6/10: Teri Jonas,Wally Workman Gallery, wallyworkmangallery.com
To 6/17: Sugarcoated, Women & Their Work, womenandtheirwork.org
To 7/1: Terra Firma, f8 Fine Art Gallery, f8fineart.com
To 7/8: The Enduring Spirit of Vietnam, Fielding Lecht Gallery, fieldinglecht.com
To 7/16: Los Hilos De Oaxaca, Mexic-Arte Museum, mexic-artemuseum.org
To 8/6: Over + Over: Passion for Process, Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 8/6: Again + Again: Cycles in Video and Light, Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 8/6: The Image Wrought, Harry Ransom Center, hrc.utexas.edu
To 8/6: Technologies of Writing, Harry Ransom Center, hrc.utexas.edu
To 9/4: Port and Playground: The Texas Gulf Coast, Texas Capitol Visitors Center, TexasCapitolVisitorsCenter.com
To 9/10: It STILL Ain't Braggin' If It's True, Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum, thestoryoftexas.com
To 11/21: Austin's Main Street Since 1839, Austin History Center, ahca.net
Also, Zach's over-the-top, roll-in-the-aisles Bad Dates is being held over by popular demand until June 28th. For showtimes and details, go to zachscott.com.
