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Entertainment
- Bettie's Box Office: Star Trek: Into Darkness Movie Review
- Angelina Jolie Had Double Mastectomy
- Is The Great Gatsby In The Pocket?
- Before Midnight Week of Events & Contest
- Fantastic Fest 2013 Location Announced
- Bettie's Box Office: The Great Gatsby
- Young and Restless Star Jeanne Cooper Dies At 84
- Bettie's Box Office: Iron Man 3 Review
- Priscilla, Queen of The Desert In Austin
- Jimmy Buffet Concert At COTA Postponed
- Chris Kelly, Of Rap Duo Kriss Kross, Dies In Ga.
- Austin Trash Collectors Appear On Big Screen
- Country Music Superstar George Jones Dead
- Central Market Celebrates Brazilian-Style
- Review: Oblivion
- Bettie's Box Office: 42 Movie Review
- Review: Evil Dead
- Million Dollar Quartet Comes To Bass Concert Hall
- Review: Wrong
- Sun-Times: Famed Movie Critic Roger Ebert Dies
- Paul McCartney To Play Erwin Center
- The Lords Of Salem At SXSW
- Sound City Makes Sweet Music At SXSW
- SXSW Film Awards
- Some Girl(s) at SXSW
- 'Hours' at SXSW
- 'Holy Ghost People' As Narrative Feature
- Bettie's Box Office: Olympus Has Fallen Movie Review
- 'Gus' at SXSW
- 'I Give It A Year' Comes To SXSW
- 'Before Midnight' Serves as Festival Favorite
- Maladies Screens At SXSW
- Stevie Nicks Promotes Documentary At SXSW
- SXSW Presents Prince
- Sarah Palin Writing Book About Christmas
- Evil Dead Demonizes SXSW
- The Incredible Burt Wonderstone
- Austin police decide not to enforce a city ordinance during SXSW
- Bettie's Box Office: Oz The Great And Powerful
- Red Carpet Affair For Texas Film Hall Of Fame Awards
- Getting Around Austin During SXSW
- Austin Red Carpet Rolls Out For Texas Stars
- Streets Closed For South By Southwest
- Facebook Adds More Personal Touches To News Feed
- Grumpy Cat Visits Austin For SXSW
- Review: 21 And Over
- Deal Reached With DirectTV
- Texas Classical Pianist Van Cliburn Dies
- Academy Awards Wrap
- Ken The Critic's Oscar Predictions
- Review: Dark Skies
- Bettie's Box Office: Snitch Movie Review
- Review: Safe Haven
- Elton John Shares Grammy Stage With Young Rockers
- Bettie's Box Office: Identity Thief Movie Review
- Bettie's Box Office: Warm Bodies Movie Review
- The Lion King Roars Into Austin
- The Lion King Comes to Austin
- 'Dear Abby' Advice Columnist Dies At Age 94
- 'Burt Wonderstone' To Open SXSW Film Festival
- Review: Gangster Squad
- 'Lincoln' Leads Oscars With 12 Nominations
- Dueling Reviews: Zero Dark Thirty
- Rodeo Austin Announces 2013 Concert Lineup
- Review: Les Misérables
- Review: This Is 40
- Bettie's Box Office: The Guilt Trip Movie Review
- Bettie Cross Reviews Cirque du Soleil Saltimbanco
- Bettie's Box Office: The Hobbit Movie Review
- Billy Elliot The Musical Brings A Satisfying Taste Of Broadway To Austin
- Review: Holy Motors
- Mexican-American Singer Jenni Rivera Killed In Plane Crash
- Billy Elliot the Musical
- William And Kate Expecting A Baby
- Review: Hitchcock
- Bettie's Box Office: The Rise of the Guardians Movie Review
- Sharing Popcorn: Lincoln Movie Review
- Bettie's Box Office: Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2
- Judy's Garland's Wizard Of Oz Dress Gets $480K At Auction
- Bettie's Box Office: SKYFALL Movie Review
- Bettie's Box Office: FLIGHT Movie Review
- Bettie's Box Office: Cloud Atlas Movie Review
- SXSW To Hold Las Vegas Event Next Year
- Seattle Man Gets Billy Idol To Play His Birthday
- The Austin Film Festival Highlights
- You Betcha: Fargo Awaits TV Version Of Hit Movie
- Bettie's Box Office: Alex Cross Movie Review
- F1 Announces More Bands For Race Weekend
- Austin/Central Texas Halloween Guide
- Argo Reviewed
- Life Saving Program Comes to ACL
- ACL 2012 Kicks Off
- Watch ACL Online At Home
- Safety At ACL
- Traffic Anchor Erica Harpold's ACL Traffic Advice
- ACL Music Festival Funding Park Improvement Projects
- Bettie's Box Office: 'Seven Psychopaths' Movie Review
- Capital Metro Provides Options Getting To ACL Music Fest
- Live-streaming Goes Mainstream At ACL, Other Music Festivals
- Tips For A Hassle-Free ACL
- ACL Music Festival Will Cause Street Closures Around Downtown
- How To Avoid Buying Counterfeit Tickets
- ACL Preps Begin At Zilker Park
- Agreement Finalized To Expand ACL Fest To 2 Weekends
- `Wizard of Oz' Dress Worn By Judy Garland To Go Up For Auction
- HAAM Benefit Day Keeping Music Alive In Austin
- Review: Hotel Transylvania
- Fantastic Fest: Frankenweenie
- Fantastic Fest: Dredd 3D
- 'Moon River' Singer Andy Williams Dies
- Rock of Ages on The Stage
- Trouble With The Curve: Likable Cast Makes This Predictable Film Very Watchable
- Best Bets At Fantastic Fest
- ZACH Opening Topfer Theatre with "Deep in the Heart" Gala on September 29th
- VORTEX Staging World Premiere of Heather Woodbury's As the Globe Warms
- Ensemble Settecento Debuts Opening Concert on September 22nd and 23rd
- Penfold Theatre Company Opens 5th Season with Moonlight and Magnolias
- Austin Mime Theatre Debuts Surreal Dark Comedy This Uh...Body
- Tickets Go on Sale This Friday for Austin Tour Stop of Billy Elliot the Musical
- The Baron's Men Scare Up Halloween Mayhem with Original Medieval Macabre
- Laura Bush Announces Texas Book Festival Lineup
- Teatro Vivo to Debut New Play Cura by Austin Playwright Raul Garza
- Trans-Siberian Orchestra Returns to Austin with The Lost Christmas Eve Tour
- Austin Classical Guitar Society Launches FlamencoAustin Series
- Austin Civic Orchestra Readies Texas Premiere of Tribute to Woody Guthrie
- Bettie'Âs Box Office: The Words
- Texas Early Music Project Celebrates Music of the Tudors Next Weekend
- Blue Lapis Light Returns to The Long Center for New Work Heaven~Earth~One
- New Scooby Doo Live! Musical Books Erwin Center in May for Inaugural National Tour
- Ballet Austin Opens 2012-13 Season with Stephen Mills' The Taming of the Shrew
- Mike Daisey Returns to Austin with The Agony and The Ecstasy of Steve Jobs
- Ballet Austin's Original Not Afraid of the Dark Returns September 15th and 16th
- Ariel Dance Theatre to Debut The Geometry of Proximity at The Long Center
- El Mariachi Celebrates 20 Years!
- John Cage Centennial Celebration Concert Planned for September 8th
- Renowned Texas Pianist Van Cliburn Diagnosed With Cancer
- Bettie's Box Office: Premium Rush
- Country Singer Randy Travis Charged With Assault Near Dallas
- Cirque du Soleil Returns to Cedar Park Center in December with Saltimbanco
- Laurie Anderson Performing Dirtday! at McCullough Theatre in September
- Austin Symphony Orchestra Opens 102nd Season with Renowned Violinist Midori
- Dueling Movie Reviews: Sparkle
- Austin OKs 2nd Weekend Of ACL Music Festival
- Bettie's Box Office: THE CAMPAIGN Movie Review
- Review: Killer Joe
- Bettie's Box Office: Total Recall
- Your Favorite Milkshake Recipe Could Win You Prizes
- "One Singular Sensation" In Georgetown At The Palace Theatre With A Chorus Line
- The City Theatre Creates Mayhem with Classic Comedy She Stoops to Conquer
- Batman Star Christian Bale Visits Shooting Victims
- Sherman Hemsley, TV's George Jefferson, dies
- New Shows To Premiere On KEYE TV In September
- ZACH Theatre Adds Weekend Night Dance Parties
- 21st Annual RED HOT Party Returns July 20th to Benefit Project Transitions
- Forklift Danceworks Spotlights Austin Symphony Maestro Peter Bay in Solo Symphony
- Central Texas July 4 Fireworks Displays
- Iconic Atari Turns 40, Tries To Stay Relevant
- Invincible Czars Performing Re-Imagined 1812 Overture Sunday
- Tom Cruise And Katie Holmes Divorcing
- Weekend Happenings: Fri. 6/29 - Sun. 7/01
- Hyde Park Theatre Staging Austin Premiere of New Play, Tigers Be Still
- Austin Playhouse And SummerStock Austin Partner For Austin Debut Of CHESS
- Palace Theatre In Georgetown Kicks Up Its Heels With Annie Get Your Gun
- ACL Live Adds Tony Bennett, Pat Green and Chris Isaak Concerts For Summer
- Today in History
- U.T. Hosts Broadway Veterans For Workshop & New Musical Staged Reading
- Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Returns In August
- Stuntman Prepares To Tightrope Niagara Falls
- Young Shakespeare Brings Julius Caesar To Curtain Theatre
- Matthew McConaughey Marries Camila Alves in Austin
- Tony Awards Show Not Skimping On Razzle-Dazzle
- Austin Symphony to Soar with Return of July 4th Concert, Fireworks
- Leonard Cohen Adds Second Bass Concert Hall Performance
- American Ballet Competition Coming to Austin
- The Rocketboys Perform On Austin Live
- Intergalactic Nemesis Debuts Book Two: Robot Planet Rising In Austin
- 'Family Feud' TV Host Richard Dawson Dies At 79
- Review: Men In Black III
- Austin Symphony Closes Season With Van Cliburn Medalist And Texas Tenors
- Celebrate The Movies From The Summer of '82
- Actress Shirley MacLaine
- Behind the Scenes of Les Miserables in Austin
- Silent Movie, Live Music And A Gourmet Meal...
- Gilbert And Sullivan Society Of Austin Offer Patience
- Dance Work Pretty Bee And Other Translations Performs This Weekend
- Rock Band Foreigner Pairs Up With Home Grown Choir
- Trinity Street Players Staging Free Performances
- Les Miserables
- ATX Television Festival Starts June 1st
- Disco Queen Donna Summer Dead At 63
- National Tour of Team StarKid Apocalyptour Lands at La Zona Rosa
- Institution Theater Staging Revival of Satirical MANSON: The Musical!
- Cast And Performance Dates Announced For Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
- Gilbert & Sullivan Motherâs Day Musicale
- Capital City Menâs Chorus Ends Season Saturday
- Conspirare Closes Season With "Brilliant Baroque, Sublime Silences"
- Adam Yauch Of The Beastie Boys Dies At 47
- Palace Theatre Rocks to Buddy - The Buddy Holly Story
- Michael Jackson-The IMMORTAL World Tour Coming To Austin
- VORTEX Theatre, Circus Chickendog Offering Original Circus Fairy Tails
- Gary Morris To Play Palace Theatre
- Toy Story 3 Skates Into Cedar Park Center
- Officer Appears in Celebrity `Bling Ring' Movie
- Mayoral And Council Candidate Forum For Creative Sector
- Crosby, Stills And Nash To Perform At Moody Theatre
- Dick Clark Dead At Age 82
- Diverse Space Dance Theatre Stages HUNGER, Hurt at VORTEX Theatre
- People Country's new Hottest Guys
- U.T.'s Butler Opera Center to Close Season With Die Fledermaus
- Conspirare Performs With Austin Symphony Orchestra May 4, 5
- Paradox Players Premiering Civil War Spy Drama, Sisters Under the Skin
- Willie Nelson Sculpture To Be Unveiled In Austin
- Mary Poppins
- 7th Annual Spring Fest Raises Money For Elementary School
- Funky Chicken Coop Tour Rocks Austin
- Hideout Theatre Hosts 2nd 'Improvised Play Festival' on April 12, 13, 14
- Austin Lyric Opera Concludes 25th Anniversary Season with Puccini's Turandot
- A Capella Group 'Straight No Chaser' Returns to The Long Center in April
- Austin Dance India Mixes Traditional And Contemporary Dance
- Austin Symphony Orchestra Plays World Premiere Of Works By Texas Teens
- Special Performance Of Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn In April
- Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane's Ribbon Cutting Cermony
- Matthew, Gunner Nelson Performing Tribute To Their Father At One World Theatre
- 50th Anniversary For World Theatre Day
- Different Stages Sleuths With Agatha Christie's Murder on the Nile
- Muppets Get Star On Walk Of Fame
- Review: 21 Jump Street
- Willie Nelson, Sheryl Crow Added To Johnny Cash Tribute Concert
- Ballet Austin II Dances Annual Spring Production on April 6, 7
- Ethos Staging World Premiere of :Humpty, Opening at VORTEX on April 6th
- Local Band Bee vs. Moth Rocks The Silent Stage
- Cellist Bion Tsang Makes His Austin Symphony Orchestra Debut on March 30
- Beatles On Ukulele Showcased At SXSW
- U.T. To Be Catalyst For New Dance Works
- Rubber Repertory To Perform Julibee
- Jay-Z Livestreams SXSW Concert
- Stars Shine At Texas Film Hall of Fame
- Austin Morning Show Host Celebrates 25 Years On-Air
- What To See At SXSW 2012 Film
- Ballet Austin To Perform In Israel
- South By Southwest Freebies
- Chamber Soloists Offer Final Season Concert
- Young Frankenstein
- City Theatre Tackles Cancer
- Vocalist Angélique Kidjo To Perform At Bass
- ACC Drama Department Set To Tango
- Ballet Austin Announces Season of "Classic Innovation"
- Review: Comin' at Ya! 3D
- Austin Gilbert & Sullivan Society Offer Free Musicale February 26
- Review: Bullhead
- Whitney Houston To Be Buried Next To Father
- Cirque Du Soleil Rolls Into Austin Early
- Scholarship Winners To Join Austin Civic Orchestra
- Red Carpet Rolled Out for Austin Movie Premiere
- Sharon Marroquín Debuts World Premiere
- Whitney Houston Autopsy Complete But No Word On Cause Of Death
- New Robert Kyr Work Commissioned By Chorus Austin
- Marcia Ball Nominated For Best Blues Album
- Chaddick Dance Theater Goes From Dark To Light
- Diavolo Returns To Austin
- Intergalactic Nemesis To Appear On Conan
- Review: The Woman In Black
- Max Raabe Comes To Bass Concert Hall
- Country Star Randy Travis Arrested
- Ballet Austin Welcomes Hansel & Gretel
- Review: We Need To Talk About Kevin
- Daniel Tosh Launches Tour At Bass Concert Hall
- Roseanne Barr seeks Green Party presidential nod
- CBS' 'Big Bang Theory' Surpasses Fox's 'American Idol'
- Austin Symphony To Celebrate John Phillip Sousa On Super Sunday
- Daniel Radcliffe takes on new role
- Ken The Critic: Wicked
- Review: Inception
- Review: Flipped
- Review: Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
- Tarantino in Concert at The Long Center for SXSW
- Texas Choral Consort Sings of Pestilence, Plague and Famine with Israel in Egypt
- New four-day comedy festival opening in Austin
- Scorsese's 'Hugo' leads Oscars with 11 nominations
- State Theatre hosts Story Wranglers
- Crank Collective debuts Antartica
- La Follia Austin Baroque spotlights baroque dance for February concerts
- Legendary blues singer Etta James dies in Calif.
- Romeo and Juliet return
- Ballet Austin Heading Community-Wide Human Rights Initiative for Return of Light
- America's golden girl turns 90
- Tapestry Dance Company to Debut April Fools Show on April Fools' Weekend
- 4th Annual "Free Day of Dance" returns on Jan. 21
- Austin Chamber Music Center hosts return of Grammy winner Raul Jaurena
- African Children's Choir rocks Rainey Street at Lustre Pearl
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Weekend Happenings: Fri. 6/29 - Sun. 7/01
Updated: Thursday, June 28 2012, 07:13 PM CDT
Pre 4th of July Celebration
Friday, June 29 - 5:30p to 7:30p
Metz Recreation Center
2407 Canterbury St.
Austin, TX 78702
Free, family-friendly & open to the public
For more information - Call: #(405) 124-1478
The 5th Annual Kitty Palooza
Saturday, June 30 & Sunday, July 1 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. both days
Austin Animal Center
7201 Levander Loop
Austin, TX 78702
Free adoptions!
For more information - Call: #311
Website: austintexas.gov/department/animal-services
2012 Hill Country Galleria Independence Day Festival
Saturday, June 30 -- 11 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Hill Country Galleria
12700 Hill Country Boulevard
Bee Cave, TX 78738
Free, family-friendly & open to the public
For more information - Call: #(512) 263-0001
Website: hillcountryfest.com
MattressFirm Foundation Austin Food Drive
Sunday, July 1 - 12 Noon to 6 p.m.
All 32 Austin-area MattressFirms
Donate for a discount!
For more information - Call #512-282-2111
Website: austinfoodbank.org
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