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EVENTS CALENDAR

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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