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 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
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
Things 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.
Posted in CULTURAL EVENTS, England, EUROPE
Tagged Cornwall, Cultural Events, England, Europe
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 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
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
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
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
The Austin Crows Australian Rules Football Club hosts the Texas Cup at Onion Creek Soccer Complex, Saturday, June 8, 2013.
Posted in Australia, AUSTRALIA and OCEANIA, CULTURAL EVENTS
