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A crowd mingles late on South Congress in Austin. Jeff Little, Southwest Texas alumnius, paints an old skateboard as onlookers admire his work. Tim Metz stands behind his booth and barters over the price of a necklace he carved.
Local art, handmade wares and retro clothing are always scattered across Austin, but on the first Thursday of every month, vendors convene in the lots of “SoCo,” or South Congress.
“It’s like a gathering of all the different kinds of creative people,” Little said.
Little has been painting for almost 15 years.
Drumsticks bang in the aisles, actors hang from the rafters, dancers crawl out of the crowd and the dead come through in the theatre and dance departments latest performance, Terminal, a play written by Susan Yankowitz.
The play incorporates constant movement and sound, using a style known as physical theater, designed to heighten intensity and audience reaction.
“I don’t want to direct a normal play,” said Aisha Melhem, director and theater graduate student. “I like very experimental things where a lot of physical movement is involved to express ideas.”
A crew of comedians is intent on sparking an entertainment revival from its headquarters at Corridor Comedy Club. They are doing it with burgers, beers and laughter.
“We are a group of comics who felt there was a need for more comedy, and we felt like San Marcos was a great location for it,” said Nicholas Aluotto, managing member of Corridor Comedy Club and stand-up comedian. “Live entertainment has kind of gone by the wayside, and we’ve just had so much of the Internet. Now people want to get out more.”
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The ribbon draped across the new iron gate on the seventh floor of the Alkek Library was cut Saturday as the Wittliff Collections reopened revealing an expanded gallery.
“We’ve tripled the photo space and doubled the reading room,” said Connie Todd, curator of Wittliff Collections.
The Federal Trade Commission has made a proposal that would force Internet bloggers to disclose any freebies they receive from companies or products they choose to endorse.
Therefore, if a company sends mom a free vacuum to try out, and she blogs about how well it sucks the dirt from her rug, she would be required by federal law to disclose that in the same post. The proposal was mentioned in hopes to prevent bloggers from writing false rave reviews after getting free products.
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Hillel has constructed a temporary home in The Quad, and members are eating meals inside of it to commemorate what they refer to as “The Season of Our Rejoicing.”
Hillel, the only Jewish organization on campus, built a Sukkah in front of the Psychology building Thursday. The small green booth is a tradition during the Festival of Sukkot. It commemorates the 40 years the Israelites wandered the desert and serves as their harvest festival.
The Taproom has been serving award-winning burgers and wide selections of beers for dinner for 15 years. The “pub and grub” has recently had its doors opened for lunch, giving minors a shot at the menu.
“It’s been a long time coming,” said Tim Russell, manager. “We would get a lot of people at the door at 2 p.m. when we were opening at three, so we finally decided to do the lunch thing.”
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It is the height of the digital era. Music is more portable and convenient than ever, but vinyl records are still being printed and sold.
Mark Boyd, manager at Sundance Records, said there was a serious lull in record sales from the mid to late ’80s and the store’s shelves were severely depleted of vinyl. But ever since the early ’90s, records started making a comeback.
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Evan’s Auditorium hosted the seventh annual United We Sing, presented by the Heart of Texas Chorus and The Friends of Fine Arts and Communication in commemoration of Sept. 11.
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Aimed to amuse and confuse, former Texas State student Ryan Thies and artistic cohort David Degrand are displaying Cartoon Visions at Wake the Dead Coffee House in San Marcos.
