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LISTINGS
tures Improv for Evil and those Dukes of Bedside
Manor. Fri., 10pm. $12. Sci-Fi Double Feature
features a Twilight Zone-inspired show and – yes!
– the return of Start Trekkin’. Sat., 8pm. $12.
Maestro It’s improviser against improviser, a whole
stage-full of them, battling for victory. Sat., 10pm.
$12. The Weekender Lady Student Showcase and
The Intentions. Sun., 8pm. $5.
INSTITUTION THEATER 3708 Woodbury, 895-9580.
www.theinstitutiontheater.com.
Wheelhouse of Spectacular Wow Times Cool
– the level of talent matches the bombast of the
title! This weekly variety show features Michael
Ferstenfeld, James Patrick Robinson, David
McQuary, and Magician vs. Clown as guests. Make
your reservations early. Fridays, 8pm. $5.
NEW MOVEMENT THEATER 1819 Rosewood.
The New Movement Here’s the comedy-focused
powerhouse that ate East Austin, generating new
troupes like, what, every other week? Shows,
workshops, classes, all of it. See the website for
details, yes, but look: Joy Behar’s Book Club is a
showcase of female comedians. Thu., 8pm. Free.
Block Party Anything – that’s anything – goes.
Thu., 9:30pm. Free. The Cubbies with Gross, Horn,
and Carpenter bringing the improv. Fri., 9pm. Lucy
with Disco Box. Fri., 10:30pm. The Neighborhood
This. Is. Sketch. Sat., 9pm. The Neighborhood So.
Is. This. Sat., 10:30pm. $5.
VELVEETA ROOM 521 E. Sixth, 469-9116.
www.thevelveetaroom.com.
John Ramsey He’s a comedian! He’s a lawyer! He
was the 2005 Funniest Person In Austin, and he’s
only gotten funnier. Nolo contendere! Danny Palumba
and friends open. Sat., Feb. 4, 9:30 & 11:30pm. $5.
Friday Night Fracas: It’s Always Funny with Brian
Gaar Hell yeah, it is. Fri., Feb. 3, 9:30pm. $5. Dirty
Laundry Austin comics doing their nastiest, most
offensive jokes? Yes: Chris Cubas, John O’Connell,
John Tole, Cody Hustak, and Seth Cockfield. Fri.,
Feb. 3, 11:30pm. $5.
BUT WAIT – THERE’S MORE!
DEMETRI MARTIN Here is a person who tells jokes.
He tells them on national television, some written for
programs which aren’t even completely his, while continuing
to appear in feature films and releasing comedy
CDs and DVDs and so on. He’s very funny, and
we reckon that although he doesn’t work for peanuts,
it’s not just because he’s actually allergic to peanuts.
Although he is actually allergic to peanuts. Sat., Feb.
4, 7 & 9:30pm. Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress,
472-5470. $40. www.demetrimartin.com.
GNAP! THEATER LATENIGHTS: No Shame Theatre is
the wildest performative open mic in the ATX. Off the
hook, off the chain, off the ring ropes with a folding
chair in the face of complacency! Fri., Feb. 3, 10pm.
Free. Saturday Night Special boasts the deathydeathy
demons of Senshi Sokkyo and the musically
distaff inflections of Girls Girls Girls. Sat., Feb. 4,
10pm. $10. Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor
Rd., 474-7886. www.gnaptheater.org.
� STEAM, ROSE-COLORED GOGGLES, AND THE
FLIGHT OF THE VICTORIANA Improvised narrative
gets fitted with seductive steampunk togs in this
new series of shows directed by Audrey Sansom for
Gnap! Theater Projects. Adventurous archetypes and
their brass-enhanced feats of derring-do are the order
of the day this night, good citizen. Especially recommended
if you swoon over Firefly, yes. Through Feb. 4.
Fri.-Sat., 8pm. Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor
Rd., 474-7886. $10. www.gnaptheater.org.
DANCE
� LES BALLETS TROCKADERO DE MONTE CARLO
It’s a pas de d’oh! This all-male ballet company skewers
every known classical ballet convention as it takes
on the great traditions and turns them into a hairychested
spectacle of drag and comedy. See “Les Ballets
Trockadero de Monte Carlo,” p.23, for more. Tue., Feb.
7, 7:30pm. Long Center for the Performing Arts, 701 W.
Riverside, 474-5664. $16.50-59.00. www.thelongcenter.org.
CLASSICAL MUSIC
OPENING
DAVID FINCKEL AND WU HAN Cellist Finckel and
pianist Han? The Wall Street Journal calls them
“America’s power couple of chamber music.” Come
see why as the duo unleashes a powerful program of
music in the ATX this night. Mon., Feb. 6, 8pm. Bates
Recital Hall, 27 E. Campus Dr., 471-1444. $38 (student
discounts available). www.texasperformingarts.org.
48 T H E A U S T I N C H R O N I C L E FEBRUARY 3, 2012 a u s t i n c h r o n i c l e . c o m
Ian Shults
East Austin artist in a West Austin gallery!
(It’s his second one-man show at
Wally Workman Gallery.) Scenes of noir
debauchery transfigured with stunning
modern technique! (Even better than it was
before.) This show is so awesome it makes
our exclamation points hurt and we ain’t
foolin’. Recommended.
Reception: Sat., Feb. 4, 6-8pm. Exhibition: Through Feb. 25.
1202 W. Sixth, 472-7428. www.wallyworkmangallery.com.
VISUAL ARTS
EVENTS
WEST END GALLERY NIGHT: FIRST THURSDAY
Nine galleries within walking distance feature new
works on this day each month: Art on 5th, F8 Gallery,
Haven Gallery, Lotus Gallery, Russell Collection,
Stephen L. Clark Gallery, Sterling Images, Wally
Workman Gallery, and B Hollyman Gallery. See website
for gallery map. Thu., Feb. 2, 6-8pm. 478-4440.
www.artaustin.org.
ARTHOUSE: STERLING ALLEN AND J. PARKER
VALENTINE Join the artists for a talk about notions
of abstraction related to their works in the exhibition
“Evidence of Houdini’s Return.” Sat., Feb. 4, 2pm. 700
Congress, 453-5312. Free. www.arthousetexas.org.
CONTINENTAL CLUB: MUSIC TO MIRROR Images
of iconic musicians created with Tom Runkle’s unique
hand-cut mirror technique. Reception: Fri., Feb. 3,
7-10pm. 1315 S. Congress, 923-5331. www.tomrunkle.com.
OPENING
AUSTIN ART SPACE: FOR THE LOVE OF ART Group
show, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Reception: Thu.,
Feb. 9, 6-8pm. Exhibition: Through March 3. 7739
Northcross Dr. Ste Q. www.austinartspace.com.
AVAA’S 35TH ANNIVERSARY The Austin Visual
Arts Association’s been around for 35 years? Yes,
and pretty glorious years, at that. See the show for
yourself. Reception: Thu., Feb. 2, 6-8pm. Exhibition:
Through Feb. 22. 1110 Barton Springs Rd., 974-4000.
www.avaaonline.org.
B. HOLLYMAN GALLERY: COLLECTED WORKS
Here’s a group show that features a wide variety of
photographic subjects, styles, and techniques, with
images by Walker Pickering, Jo Ann Santangelo, Beau
Comeaux, Alberto Mena, Loli Kantor, the late Thomas
Benton Hollyman, and others. Reception: Sat., Feb. 4,
6-8pm. Exhibition: Through Feb. 25. 1202-A W. Sixth,
825-6866. www.bhollymangallery.com.
CO-LAB: A SHIFTING THOUGHT, A SHIFTING SEA
New drawings, soundscapes, and animation by Loring
Baker explore the artist’s mind as a single mother.
Reception: Sat., Feb. 4, 7-11pm. Exhibition: By
appointment, through Feb. 11. 613 Allen, 300-8217.
www.colabspace.org.
FLEX SPACE: GROUP HUG!! THE EYES GOT IT! Ain’t
no losers when they’re winning like this, featuring
work by David Culpepper, Becky Joye, Andrea Nguyen,
Dana Brown, K.C. Collins, and more. Reception: Fri.,
Feb. 3, 8-10pm. Exhibition: Through Feb. 24. 1109
Shady. www.pumproject.org.
GALLERY AT MUSEO: JAZZED ABOUT PHOTO GRA-
PHY New works by Rae Dollard, John Gusky, Johnny
Stevens, and Shawn Thomas. Reception: Thu., Feb.
2, 5:30-7:30pm. Exhibition: Through April 22. 11266
Taylor Draper.
GALLERY BLACK LAGOON: CONSTRUCTED
EXPLORATION & THE PAINTED PRINT New
sculptural works by recent San Diego transplant
Jonathan Sanders, paired with printed and drawn
media by Austin native David Lujan. Reception: Fri.,
Feb. 3, 7-10pm. Exhibition: Through Feb. 12. 4301-A
Guadalupe, 371-8838. www.galleryblacklagoon.com.
YARD DOG FOLK ART: JENNIFER HARRISON The
Nova Scotia artist paints Canadian housescapes, reducing
the buildings to their simplest recognizable forms.
Reception: Sat., Feb. 4, 7-9pm. Exhibition: Through Feb.
26. 1510 S. Congress, 912-1613. www.yarddog.com.
CLOSING
LORA REYNOLDS GALLERY: MADS LYNNERUP
Solo exhibition of new works by the New York-based
artist. Through Feb. 4. 360 Nueces #50, 215-4965.
www.lorareynolds.com.
LITERA
READINGS, SIGNINGS, AND
PERFORMANCES
DEREK HAAS co-wrote the screenplays for 3:10 to
Yuma and Wanted and is here to present his Dark
Men: A Silver Bear Thriller. Fri., Feb. 3, 6pm. Barnes
& Noble Arboretum, 10000 Research #158, 418-8985.
PAUL CHRISTENSEN AND LYMAN GRANT read from
their respective new poetry works. Highly recommended.
Fri., Feb. 3, 7pm. Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A S.
First, 416-8885. www.resistenciabooks.com.
EXPRESSIONS: LOVE POEMS ONLY features Thom
o Joy, Kathleen Romana, Herman Nelson, John Berry,
and more. Music by Chris Van Loan. Potluck and
cans for Poets’ Pantry. Sat., Feb. 4, 7pm. Baha’i Faith
Center, 2215 E.M. Franklin, 926-8880.
JACQUELINE LUCKETT AND ZZ PACKER The
authors discuss their craft in a new series from
Day Trips
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The hot mineral waters of Marlin
have been curing the afflicted and maintaining
the healthy for 120 years. Doris
Scraggs has been visiting the public fountain
for more than half of that time, and
she is pretty spry.
“Anytime I get a cut or a sore, I come
rinse it in the water for a few minutes
for two or three days, and it heals in no
time,” she said.
The city discovered the mineral water in
1892. The water was considered bad until
its curative properties were discovered.
By 1900, several bathhouses, spas, and
hospitals were operating in town. Conrad
Hilton opened his eighth hotel here.
The last bathhouse closed in the
1960s. “It was penicillin that did the bathhouses
in,” Doris said. “Folks from up
north didn’t need to come down here to
get their VD cured.”
G E R A L D E . M C L E O D
American Short Fiction. Sat., Feb. 4, 7pm. BookPeople,
603 N. Lamar, 472-5050. www.bookpeople.com.
THE LIVING ROOM: STORYTIME FOR GROWN-UPS
Amparo Garcia-Crow’s spoken-word series, often with
music, brings together an eclectic mix of people with
stories around a specific theme. This month: “Sex,
Drugs, and Rock & Roll.” Sat., Feb. 4, 7:30pm. Casa
de Luz, 1701 Toomey, 441-6085. $10.
www.amparogarciacrow.com.
� TERTULIA: A CONVERGENCE A Tertulia, we’re
informed, is a social gathering with literary or artistic
overtones. This one, themed “The End of the World
as We Know It,” has live music by JD Pendley, Elias
Haslanger, Simon Wallace, and Jess Klein, with readings
of fiction and poetry by Jon Dee Graham, Jesse
Sublett, Ron Deutsch, Gretchen Harries Graham,
Maya Perez, and Todd Alley. Your host, Robert A.
Kraft, ties the whole thing together with his dulcet
tones and half a truckload of style and panache.
Sat., Feb. 4, 8pm. Continental Club, 1315 S. Congress,
441-2444. www.continentalclub.com.
BOOKPEOPLE READINGS Randy Fertel: The Gorilla
Man and the Empress of Steak: A New Orleans
Family Memoir. Tue., Feb. 7, 7pm. James Scurlock:
King Larry: The Life and Ruins of a Billionaire
Genius, about the man who made the Mariana
Islands a tax haven for the likes of Tom Delay. Thu.,
Feb. 9, 7pm. Book People, 603 N. Lamar, 472-5050.
www.bookpeople.com.
ALLAN GURGANUS The Michener Center’s current
author-in-residence reads from his award-winning
works. Thu., Feb. 9, 8pm. Avaya Auditorium in the ACES
Building, UT campus.
‘THE AUSTIN CHRONICLE’ SHORT STORY CONTEST
WINNERS! Party with the best writers in town as you
get to hear the first-, second-, and third-place winners
of the 20th annual Austin Chronicle Short Story
Contest read their excellent works. Wed., Feb. 8, 7pm.
BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar, 472-5050.
“Drink two glasses of the water a day and
you’ll feel great,” she said. The 110-degree
water comes out of spigots and flows into
the marble basin with a high concentration of
sodium and sulphates. “Just hold your nose
and imagine you’re drinking chicken bullion,”
Doris said with a laugh.
The Municipal Hygeia pavilion at 245
Coleman St. has provided free hot mineral
water since 1903 on the site of the original
artesian well. The Marlin visitors center is in
a portion of the pavilion.
1,072nd in a series. Collect them all. Day Trips, Vol. 2, a book of “Day Trips,”
is available for $8.95, plus $3.05 for shipping, handling, and tax.
Mail to: Day Trips, PO Box 33284, South Austin, TX 78704.
OUT OF TOWN
KATEMCY KICKOFF If you don’t have a four-wheeler,
then come watch the big boys and girls climb
the rocks with their custom-made machines in the
season opener. Sat.-Sun, Feb. 4-5. Katemcy Rocks,
Mason. $5. www.katemcyrocks.com.
TASTE OF THE TOWN Sample the best of local
restaurants’ menus while raising money for area
teachers and students. Tue., Feb. 7, 6:30-8:30pm.
McKenna Events Center, New Braunfels, 830/643-
5700. $55. www.nbcham.org.
LUNAR NEW YEAR HOUSTON 2012 Celebrate
the Year of the Water Dragon with fireworks, food,
dancing, music, martial arts, and feed the lion a
lucky red envelope. Sat.-Sun., Feb. 4-5. Viet Hoa
Center, 83088 W. Sam Houston Parkway S., Houston,
713/861-8270. Free. www.lunarnewyearhouston.com.
VALENTINE’S DAY LIBRARY FUNDRAISER
CONCERT Dick Smith and friends present “The Art
of the American Song” show, paying homage to the
great popular music composers and benefiting the
institute’s library. Thu., Feb. 9, 2pm. Festival Institute,
Round Top, 979/249-3129. $20. www.festivalhill.org.