Aug 30 Thursday Noonday Concert ? Piano Music
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Central Presbyterian Church, 200 E. Eighth Street
(512) 472-2445, centralpresbyterian.org

This week's Thursday Noonday Concert features Felicity Coltman on Piano.

Sep 4-Dec 30 Arthur Miller + Victorian Photography
Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities, 21st & Guadalupe
(512) 471-8944, hrc.utexas.edu

The Harry Ransom Center has two important new exhibits opening this week:

Sep 4-Dec 30 Rehearsing the American Dream: Arthur Miller's Theater

The American playwright Arthur Miller (1915-2005) articulated an unparalleled engagement with his historical moment through such plays as Death of a Salesman and The Crucible. He remained committed throughout his life to the politics of freedom. This devotion was never simplistic or topical, one of the reasons that his work has remained centerstage.

The exhibition - Rehearsing the American Dream: Arthur Miller's Theater - uses Miller's plays to explore conscience in its theatrical expression: as an intertwined and interdependent political and emotional life.

Sept 5, 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition curator Charlotte Canning leads a free gallery tour in the Ransom Center Galleries.

Sep 4-Dec 30 Dress Up: Portrait and Performance
in Victorian Photography

The Victorians embodied and embraced the dichotomy of fact and fiction. In this exhibit - Dress Up: Portrait and Performance in Victorian Photography - we find that masquerade, costume and performance all become elements of identity, regardless of whether the photographer's purpose is portraiture, documentary or fine art.

This exhibition offers two groups of images for comparison: the first group brings together images of people dressed to play someone else, while the second has images of people posing to reveal the self. In true Victorian fashion, however, all of these subjects are "playing" roles, so many images will occupy a middle ground between the extremes of identity and make-believe.

Both exhibitions will be on display at the Harry Ransom Center for the Humanities through December 30th.

Saturday, September 1

ESPN College Radio Game Day
Scholz Bier Garten

- E. 17th Street, between San Jacinto Boulevard and Trinity Street, will be closed from 12:01 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.

Austin Farmers' Market - Sustainable Food Center
Republic Square

- From 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., W. 4th St. will be closed between Guadalupe and San Antonio for the farmers' market.

Saturday, September 1 and Sunday, September 2

Bat Fest - Roadway Productions
Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge

- The Ann W. Richards Congress Avenue Bridge will be closed from 6:oo a.m. on Saturday, September 1, until 2:00 a.m. on Monday, September 3.

Monday, September 3 (Labor Day)

The Austin Triathlon - Jack and Adam's Bicycles

The following roads will be closed from 6:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.
- Congress Avenue, between 11th and Cesar Chavez
- S. Congress Avenue, between Cesar Chavez and West Mary (One northbound lane will remain open.)
- Cesar Chavez, between Congress Avenue and Stephen F. Austin Drive

Additionally,
- Lee Barton Drive, between Riverside and Barton Springs, will be closed from 6 a.m. until noon; and Riverside Drive, between S. Congress Avenue and Lamar Boulevard, will be closed from 4:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.

Saturday, September 8

Arts Run 5K and KidsK - Austin Theater Alliance

- The 700 and 800 blocks of Congress will be closed at 6:00 a.m. and will re-open by 10:30 a.m.
- Two southbound lanes of Congress, from 7th Street to Cesar Chavez, will be closed at 6:30 a.m. and will re-open by 10:30 a.m.
- Cesar Chavez, from Congress Avenue to MoPac, will be closed at 8 a.m. and re-open by 9 a.m.

Austin Farmers' Market - Sustainable Food Center
Republic Square

- From 8:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., W. 4th St. will be closed between Guadalupe and San Antonio for the farmers' market.

Sunday September 9

Butler Dance Education Center Grand Opening - Ballet Austin

- West 3rd Street, between San Antonio to Nueces, will be closed from 8:00 a.m. until 11:59 p.m.

On-Going Construction Projects

Sandra Muraida
- The northbound lane of Sandra Muraida Way, which takes traffic between Lamar and Cesar Chavez, will be closed through mid-November.
- Traffic will be detoured north on San Antonio Street and west on W. 6th Street.
- Southbound traffic on Sandra Muraida Way will not be affected.

This work is related to the redevelopment of the Seaholm Power Plant and the construction of the Gables residential project on Cesar Chavez Street. Improvements include the realignment of Sandra Muraida Way and the addition of a roundabout, water and wastewater lines and a water quality biofiltration meadow.

Cesar Chavez
Last year, the Austin Clean Water Project replaced a failing wastewater line under Cesar Chavez. Crews are now connecting buildings to the new pipe.

- Part of the northernmost lane is closed in the 100 block of West Cesar Chavez, from Congress to the parking garage entrance of 100 Congress.
- The northernmost lane of East Cesar Chavez is closed from Congress to approximately the middle of the block.
- A part of the outside lane of northbound Congress Avenue is closed beginning at Cesar Chavez.
- The lane reopens before 2nd Street.

The contractor wil be resurfacing the street on Thursday (8/30) and Friday (8/31) and expects to remove the barricades Friday evening.

Aug 30- Sept 5 Summer Classics at the Paramount
Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress
(512) 472-5470, austintheatre.org

Epic of epics. Ultimate spectacle. Chinese masterpiece. All on screen at the Paramount this week. Go to austintheatre.org for full details, including lots of ways to save on one of the best entertainment values in Austin.

30, 31 - Lawrence of Arabia
1, 2 - Cleopatra
4, 5 - Raise the Red Lantern

For more information on any film, visit imdb.com.

To Sept 3 Out of Bounds Improv Festival
The Hideout Theatre, 617 Congress
(512)-H-I-D-E-O-U-T, outofboundsimprov.com

The Out of Bounds Improv Festival and Miniature Golf Tournament is a performance festival that showcases some of the best in improv and sketch comedy from all over the country. Now in its 6th year, the Festival also includes a miniature golf tournament played to win the Ridiculous Jacket, a trophy unrivalled in mini sports. Go to outofboundsimprov.com for a complete look at the line-up that includes multiple performances each night.

Sep 2 Moonlight Cinema at The Belmont:
Ghostbusters
8:00 p.m.
The Belmont, 305 W. 6th Street
(512) 457-0300, thebelmontaustin.com

September Sunday Nights at Moonlight Cinema feature films from some of your favorite funny men. Host Jerm Pollet brings his witty observations and musical talent to this hugely popular weekly dinner theatre event.

Still on Stage...

To 9/30: Sleeping Beauty, Scottish Rite Theatre, ScottishRiteTheatre.org
Ongoing: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: An IMAX® 3D Experience, African Adventure 3D, Sharks 3D, Texas the Big Picture; The Star of Destiny in the Texas Spirit Theater, thestoryoftexas.com

Aug 30 Blanton Happenings
Blanton Museum of Art, Congress & MLK
(512) 232-5171, blantonmuseum.org

Thursdays are always free at the Blanton.

Aug 30 Public Tour: Artwork of the Week - 12:30 - 1:00 p.m.
Explore one of the gems in the permanent collection, Portrait of a Man by Nicolas de Largilliere.

Sep 1 AMOA - Docent Led Tour
2:00 p.m.
Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress
(512) 495-9224, amoa.org

Get an up close, personal and educated look at AMOA?s fascinating and fun new exhibition - Extra Ordinary: The Everyday Object in American Art, Selections from the Whitney Museum of Art on a docent-led tour.

Sept 1-May 26 Bills, Bills, Bills:
Lyndon Johnson as Senate Majority Leader
LBJ Library & Museum, 2313 Red River
(512) 471-0200, lbjlib.utexas.edu

You will have the opportunity to talk to Lyndon Johnson! Actually, you will step into a replica of the U. S. Senate Chamber and talk to an actor who looks, dresses, and talks like U.S. Senator Lyndon Johnson as he was in the 1950s. In the new exhibit, Bills, Bills, Bills: Lyndon Johnson as Senate Majority Leader, you will see and engage with actor Michael Stuart portraying LBJ as he stands on the Senate floor discussing such important legislation as the creation of NASA, Interstate Highway Bill, Labor Reform, Social Security Reform, and Statehood for Alaska and Hawaii. Under Johnson's leadership, the first Civil Rights Bill since Reconstruction was passed into law. Great fun! Bring the kids. Free Admission.

Sep 3 Science Sunday with Society of Women Engineers
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2499, austinkids.org

Discover the fascinating world of science with special guests who'll bring their expertise to visitors on Science Sundays at the Museum. Don't forget, the Museum is free from 4:00- 5:00 p.m. on Sundays so come and enjoy some science!

Sep 5 Poetry on the Plaza: Faculty Favorites
12:00 p.m.
Harry Ransom Center, 21st and Guadalupe
(512) 471-8944, hrc.utexas.edu

Poetry on the Plaza is back! This favorite noon-time event kicks off with Faculty Favorites. Professors will share their favorite poems for teaching, motivation, or just pure enjoyment. Feel free to bring a favorite poem of your own to share. Refreshments will be served at this free event.

Sep 5 Community Night
5:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado
(512) 472-2499, austinkids.org

Come out and play EVERY Wednesday night and enjoy our exhibits, story time and a variety of hands-on activities. Admission: Suggested donation of $1 per person.

Still on Display Downtown...

To 8/31: Testimonio, La Peña Gallery, lapena-austin.org
To 8/31: Voces de Fuego, La Peña Gallery, lapena-austin.org
To Fall '07: Gibson Guitartown Showcase Art Guitars, Wild About Music, wildaboutmusic.com
To 9/1: Tom Hollenback & Joseph Janson, d berman gallery, dbermangallery.com
To 9/15: Broken Symmetries, Women & Their Work, womenandtheirwork.org
To 9/18: Facing East: 48 Hours in the Live of East Austin, New East Arts Gallery, diversearts.org
To 9/22: The Big Game, Austin Children's Museum, austinkids.org
To 9/23: TexaVision, Texas Capitol Visitors Center, TexasCapitolVisitorsCenter.com
To 10/21: Josefina Guilisati in WorkSpace, Blanton Museum of Art, blantonmuseum.org
To 11/4: Extra-Ordinary: The Everyday Object in Art-Selections from the Whitney Museum of American Art, Austin Museum of Art, amoa.org
To 12/30: Rehearsing the American Dream: Arthur Miller's Theater, Harry Ransom Center hrc.utexas.edu
To 12/30: Dress Up: Portrait and Performance in Victorian Photography, Harry Ransom Center hrc.utexas.edu
To 12/31: Antarctica: Life at the Bottom of the World, Texas Memorial Museum, texasmemorialmuseum.org
To 12/31: From Revolution to Renaissance, Mexic-arte Museum, mexic-artemuseum.org
To 1/31: People's Gallery 2007 Exhibition, Austin City Hall, cityofaustin.org
To 5/26: Bills, Bills, Bills: Lyndon Johnson as Senate Majority Leader
LBJ Library & Museum, lbjlib.utexas.edu
Ongoing:
European Paintings from the Permanent Collection and America/Americas, Blanton Museum of Art, blantonmuseum.org
Gems and Minerals, Texas Memorial Museum, texasmemorialmuseum.org

Sep 2-3 Third Annual Austin Bat Fest 2007
Sat. 2:30 - 11:59 p.m.; Sun. 2:00 - 10:30 p.m.
Ann W. Richards/Congress Avenue Bridge between Cesar Chavez and Barton Springs
(512) 441-9015, roadwayevents.com

Come celebrate Austin?s Arts & Bats! The two-day festival offers the whole family two stages of live music, arts & crafts galore, a carnival, petting zoo and pony rides, along with spectacular festival foods, beer and wine, educational displays and educational activities for kids, plus special Bat Lighting for photo opportunities with our world famous 1.5 million Mexican Free-tail Bats! Bat emergence - around 8:30 p.m. Free. All ages welcome. This event benefits Bat Conservation International.

Sep 3 Austin Triathlon
7:00 a.m.
Auditorium Shores
(512) 472-5646, texastriseries.com

Imagine a world class triathlon that has the atmosphere and intimacy of a small hometown race. That?s what participants and spectators alike are in for at this year?s Austin Triathlon. The event features live music on the bike and run course and participants can luxuriate with a free post race massage and ART, free post race food, drinks, beer, and ice cream, Don T. Bonk and squirt guns on the run course. Everyone will love the multi-sport expo and finish line carnival with games and over $4,000 in free stuff!