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          Great Opportunities to Take Part in Austin’s Rich Culture and Thriving Communities




                                                            Clockwise from top right: Keith Lockhart
                                                            cues the Boston Pops; The Second Line
                                                            Jazz Band returns to Lakeway; party in the   Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and
                                                            garden at the UMLAUF’s annual benefit;    other dignitaries along with live music
                                                            the Austin Food + Wine Festival will again   and fab food from chefs Tyson Cole,
                                                            holds a Feast Under the Stars night  John Tesar and Rick Lopez. 6 PM.
                                                                                      Blanton Museum of Art.
                                                            The Red Young Quartet
                                                            February 21               Texas Medal of Arts Awards
                                                            The Lakeway Brown Bag Luncheon   Show and Gala Dinner
                                                            Concert Series presents pianist Red   February 27
                                                            Young performing with vocalist and   The Texas Cultural Trust fetes the
                                                            spouse Silvie Rider. 12 PM. Lakeway   2019 award recipients, Texans who’ve
                                                            Activity Center.          achieved greatness through their
                                                                                      creative talents or have generously
                                                            Austin Fashion Week BERNINA   supported the arts in Texas. 5:30 PM.
                                                            Fashion Fund Showcase     The Long Center.
                                                            February 21
                                                            Austin Fashion Week kicks off   Notes from the Field
                                                            with a show featuring five runway   February 27–March 31
                                                            collections from more than a dozen   Anna Deavere Smith’s provocative piece
                                                            up-and-coming designers all vying   dramatizes personal accounts from
                                                            for the 2019 BERNINA Fashion Fund   individuals caught in America’s school-
                                                            prize. 6:30 PM. Warehouse 305.  to-prison pipeline. Performances on
                                                                                      Wednesdays–Saturdays @ 7:30 PM;
                                                            Brahms’ Requiem           Saturdays & Sundays @ 2:30 PM.
                                                            February 22–23            ZACH Theatre.
                                                            The Austin Symphony and Conspirare
                                                            Symphonic Choir perform Brahms’   The Second Line Jazz Band
                                                            “Variations on the St. Antoni Chorale,   February 28
                                                            Op. 56a” and “Ein deutsches Requi-  Laissez les bons temps rouler as the
                                   Hedwig and the Angry Inch  em, Op. 45.” 8 PM. The Long Center.  Lakeway Brown Bag Luncheon Concert
                                   January 23–March 3                                 Series brings back this renowned jazz
                                   Get ready to rock out and laugh   Austin Fashion Week   group in time for Mardi Gras. 12 PM.
                                   out loud as rock goddess Hedwig   Moda X Australia  Lakeway Activity Center.
                                   Schmidt, backed by her rock band   February 22
                                   The Angry Inch, seeks her place   Fashion X and Adelaide Fashion    Go Red for Women Luncheon
                                   in America. Performances on   Festival bring to Austin amazing    March 1
                                   Wednesdays–Saturdays @ 7:30 PM;   collections from South Australia’s hot   American Heart Association–Austin
                                   Saturdays & Sundays @ 2:30 PM.   designers. 6:30 PM. Warehouse 305.  presents its annual luncheon with
                                   ZACH Theatre.                                      keynote speaker Luci Baines Johnson
                                                            2019 Unmasked Gala        and a fashion show. 9:30 AM–1:15 PM.
                                   Janine Antoni and Anna   February 22               JW Marriott Austin.
                                   Halprin: Paper Dance     This annual masquerade benefits
                                   January 23–March 17      Wonders & Worries, which provides   Lake Travis Education
                                   A retrospective of sculptures and   mental health support to children    Foundation 2019 Gala
                                   photographs from the past 30 years   and teens when a parent is battling    March 2  BOSTON POPS PHOTOGRAPHY BY MARCO BORGGREVE; THE SECOND LINE JAZZ BAND PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY OF THE CITY OF LAKEWAY;  2018 UMLAUF GARDEN PARTY PHOTOGRAPHY BY CATHIE PARSINNEN; AUSTIN FOOD + WINE FESTIVAL PHOTOGRAPHY BY CHARLES REAGAN
                                   by New York–based artist Janine   a serious illness. 7 PM.    The theme for this year’s fundraiser
                                   Antoni. Tuesdays–Saturdays 11 AM–7   JW Marriott Austin.  for the Lake Travis Independent School
                                   PM; Sundays 12–5 PM. The                           District is A Black & Red Ball. The night
                                   Contemporary Austin–Jones Center.  Austin Fashion Week Celebrate   includes an auction and a performance
                                                            Texas                     from country music artist Tracy Byrd.
                                   The David Cummings Band  February 23               6 PM. JW Marriott Austin.
                                   February 14              Fashion X gives designers from all
                                   Just in time for Valentine’s Day,   parts of the Lone Star State the op-  The Crystal Ball 2019
                                   the Lakeway Brown Bag Luncheon   portunity to show off their Texas-size   March 2
                                   Concert Series presents The David   talent. 6:30 PM. Warehouse 305.  Benefitting the Helping Hand Home for
                                   Cummings Band to perform romantic                  Children, the ball starts with a silent
                                   songs for you and your sweetheart’s   Arts Alive!  auction followed by the presentation of
                                   dancing pleasure. 12 PM. Lakeway   February 26     the 2019 debutantes, their escorts as
                                   Activity Center.         The biennial Texas Medal of Arts   well as the junior escorts. 7 PM. Palmer
                                                            Awards kicks off with this cocktail   Events Center.
                                                            reception with the award recipients,

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