Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance | Celebrando 2013 Salsa and Jibaro Festival | Saturday, June 22

PRFDance Salsa and Jibaro Festival June 2013

Join Puerto Rican Folkloric Dance in welcoming masters of the Jibaro tradition direct from Puerto Rico in an exciting joint performance at the 2013 Salsa and Jibaro Festival. Dance to the hottest Salsa in Central Texas with Orquesta Trabuko. Arts and Crafts. Food available for purchase from Chago’s Caribbean Cuisine. Saturday, June 22, 2013 | 7:30-11:30 p.m. | Admission | Semi-Formal Dress

Travis County Expo Center
Banquet Hall
7311 Decker Lane
Austin, TX 78724
 

The Serie Project + Coronado Studio | Open Studio and Print Sale | Friday, June 21

Serie Project June 2013
The Serie Project hosts an Open Studio and Print Sale, Friday, June 21, 2013, from 6-9 p.m. featuring an art sale with prints from Serie’s latest edition as well as Coronado Studio’s prints and gig posters. The first 30 people to arrive receive a free screen print! Refreshments provided. Fine art screen prints will be available from the following artists: Paul del Bosque, Farley Bookout, Sam Coronado, Nahum Flores, Rigoberto A. Gonzalez, Salvador Lopez, Oscar Magallanes, Michael Marshall, Stephanie Mercado, Brian Phillips, Patricia Tinajero and George Yepes.

The Serie Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit Latino arts organization dedicated to the fine art of serigraphy – a technique that produces original, hand-pulled prints. The organization produces, promotes, and exhibits serigraph (silk screen) prints created by established and emerging artists.

Serie Project, Inc.
6601 Felix Avenue
Austin, TX 78741

Rhythm on Stage: West African Dance Night @ the Long Center | Tues., June 18

Rhythm on Stage 2013

The Long Center for the Performing Arts and Ballet Austin’s Butler Community School invite you to dance on stage this summer! Rhythm on Stage is a series of FREE half-hour dance lessons followed by open dance. Join Jean Claude Lessou for a night of West African Dance on Tuesday, June 18, 2013, from 7-10 p.m. All ages.

The Long Center for the Performing Arts
701 W. Riverside Drive
Austin, TX 78704

 

MIKE SILVER @ Things Celtic | Sunday, June 16

Things CelticThings Celtic features music by Mike Silver, Sunday, June 16, 2013, from 2-4 p.m. Mike is visiting Austin from Launceston, Cornwall. “Mike Silver has been writing and playing music for more than 30 years, enjoying success throughout the UK and various territories around the world.” FREE show. All ages welcome.

Things Celtic
1806 West 35th Street
Austin, TX 78703
 

Festa Junina with Seu Jacinto @ Esquina Tango Austin | Saturday, June 15

Esquina Festa Junina June 15 2013

Esquina Tango Cultural Society of Austin presents Festa Junina with Seu Jacinto, Saturday, June 15, 2013. Seu Jacinto is a music group that specializes in traditional regional music forms of Northeastern Brazil. Doors open at 9 p.m. with Maracatu Austin (percussion group). Mini Forró class at 9:30 p.m. Seu Jacinto plays from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. Admission $8 | Provide Your Own Beverage | Dress for the Country Costume Contest!

Esquina Tango Cultural Society of Austin
209 Pedernales Street
Austin, TX 78702
 

YOMICON 2013 | Austin Public Library’s Award-Winning Anime and Manga Convention for Teens | Friday, June 14

Yomicon 2013

YomiCon 2013, Austin Public Library’s award-winning Anime and Manga Convention for teens and tweens, takes place Friday, June 14, 2013, from 3-8 p.m. at the Carver Branch. Compete in the Cosplay Contest and play Cosplay Chess. Watch your favorite anime films on the big screen. Compete for prizes in the Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament. Play video games on a giant screen. Stroll through Artist Alley and check out APL’s huge selection of anime and manga. FREE and open to the public. Parents welcome. Registration is NOT required. The first 750 people will get in the door. A one-in, one-out policy will be implemented once capacity is reached.  Get all the details @ YomiCon FAQs.

Austin Public Library, Carver Branch
1161 Angelina Street
Austin, TX 78702

 

Soul to Sole Festival @ Long Center | June 12-16

Soul to Sole Festival 2013

Tapestry Dance Company presents its festival of rhythm with the 13th Annual Soul to Sole Festival, June 12-16, 2013. The festival brings dancers from around the United States to the home of the International Tap Association – Austin, Texas! Master classes, classic and contemporary choreographic experiences, tap jams, two evenings of tap dance with The Soul to Sole Showcase (Friday, June 14) and Friends in Time Faculty Concert (Sat., June 15) at the Rollins Studio Theatre at The Long Center. This one-of-a-kind, Austin festival brings swingin’ jazz and hundreds of feet keeping time to the pulse of this wonderful and indigenous American art form.

Rollins Studio Theatre
Long Center for the Performing Arts
701 W. Riverside
Austin, TX 78704
 

Rhythm on Stage: Brazilian Night @ The Long Center | Tues., June 11

Rhythm on Stage 2013

The Long Center for the Performing Arts and Ballet Austin’s Butler Community School invite you to dance on stage this summer! Rhythm on Stage is a series of FREE half-hour dance lessons followed by open dance. Join Rebekah Fowler and Michael Crockett, host of Horizontes (KUTX-FM’s Friday afternoon Latin music program), for a night of Brazilian Dance on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, from 7-10 p.m. All Ages.

The Long Center for the Performing Arts
Meredith Family Stage
701 W. Riverside Drive
Austin, TX 78704
 

Kupira Marimba | Zimbabwean Style Marimba Band @ Central Market North Lamar | Friday, June 7

Central Market African Band June 2013

Photo Credit: Kupira Marimba

Kupira Marimba, Austin’s traditional Zimbabwean Style marimba band, performs a FREE show on the beautiful patio at Central Market North Lamar, Friday, June 7, 2013, from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Band leader Joel Laviolette learned the style first hand from African Zimbabwe Marimba masters while living in Zimbabwe, Africa.

Central Market North Lamar
4001 N. Lamar Blvd.
Austin, TX 78756
 

Australian Rules Football: Texas Cup | Saturday, June 8

Austin Crows Texas Cup June 2013

The Austin Crows Australian Rules Football Club hosts the Texas Cup at Onion Creek Soccer Complex, Saturday, June 8, 2013.

11 a.m. | Austin vs. Dallas

12 p.m. | Austin vs.  Houston

1 p.m.   | Houston vs. Dallas

 
Onion Creek Soccer Complex
5650 E. William Cannon Drive
Austin, TX 78744