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FILM OPENINGS  THE BLIND SIDE John Lee Hancock, director of The Rookie, scores with another sports drama, this time concerning a true football story. THE MESSENGER Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster play two members of the military's casualty notification team, which delivers bad news to soldiers' next of kin. PLANET 51 In a switcheroo, animated aliens fear the human in their midst. PRECIOUS: BASED ON THE NOVEL 'PUSH' BY SAPPHIRE Much like the title character Precious, this rough-hewn movie overcomes the unlikely odds for its success. THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON Edward and Bella are back for more thwarted young vampiric love. UNTIL THE LIGHT TAKES US This music documentary chronicles the history, ideology, and aesthetic of Norwegian black metal. MUSIC recommended events  DIAS DE DESTRUCCIONEmo's, Friday, Nov 20  DJ SPOOKYHogg Auditorium, Friday, Nov 20  His new multimedia presentation, Terra Nova: Sinfonia Antarctica, comes alive Friday in the University of Texas’ Hogg Memorial Auditorium. “I went to Antarctica in 2007-2008, for four weeks, to do a series of acoustic portraits of ice,” he explains. “I wanted to get away from the global city and see what would happen to my creative process. I wrote a symphony while I was there and got a chance to really think about what it means to be at the edge of the human condition. It really changed my music, my art, and my ideas about what it means to live and breathe on planet Earth.” The project includes the input of the Golden Hornet Project, “one of those hidden Austin treasures,” he enthuses. Having worked with the Graham Reynolds-helmed collective on Richard Linklater’s 2006 film A Scanner Darkly, he compliments the GHP as “an ensemble that connects the dots between art, music, and film. They can handle any style.” The GHP is also all over Spooky’s ambitious new Thirsty Ear album, The Secret Song. Asked to explain an earlier description of the album as “history through the lens of the sample,” he wastes no time: “I can hear the sound of the flows of financial capital, of derivatives and dark markets in it. Everything is connected. That’s the lesson we’ve learned from the influenza virus of 1917-18, the Depression, or the way the slave trade affected the 16th-20th centuries. Economics is the hidden thread holding everything together. We’re always told how rich and progressive we are but it just seems like people have moved into a really bizarre world of fictions holding together modern post-industrial life. It could fall apart at any moment.” – Jay Trachtenberg He’s only visiting for the weekend, but Guy Clark could play Austin every night, and it would never get old. The singer-songwriter’s latest, Somedays the Song Writes You (Dualtone), maintains a masterful touch, shedding light on the human condition with a crooked smile and glint in the eye. Get there early to experience the down-home wit and beauty of Nashville songstress Elizabeth Cook. – Jim Caligiuri See all of today's Music listings ARTS recommended events
DUSK: IMPROVISED TWEEN EROTICA
Gnap! Theatre Projects introduces its send-up of the ridiculously popular Twilight vampire series. Every Friday and Saturday night, the (eternally) youthful fangs 'n' angst soap opera plays out in full unscripted hilarity as you watch the brows furrow, the eyes beseech, the libidos flare, and yet, somehow, the various hymens remain as unbroken as the giant cross at the end of Hammer Studios' Dracula Has Risen From The Grave. Recommended. Through Nov. 21. Fri.-Sat., 8pm.
Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd, 474-7886.
$10.
www.gnaptheater.org
ESTHER'S FOLLIES
The most popular troupe in town lampoons the political antics and celebrity shenanigans of the day with musical comedy and sketches that'll put you in stitches regardless of the state of national healthcare. (Stitches, we said, get it?) Also, the death-defying magic and illusions of the amazing Ray Anderson. Thrills! Chills! Ripped-from-the-headlines events turned into comedy gold! Reservations highly recommended. Thu., 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 8 & 10pm. $20 (discounts available Thursdays & Fridays for seniors, students, military). Additional $5 for special reserved seats.
Esther's Pool, 525 E. Sixth, 320-0553.
SOUTH AUSTIN MUSEUM OF POPULAR CULTURE: ALAN POGUE
The amazing documentary photography of Alan Pogue, one of Austin's natural treasures himself, offers a vivid retrospective of Austin in the Seventies. Through Dec. 12.
South Austin Museum of Popular Culture, 1516-B S. Lamar, 440-8318.
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GAME NIGHT AT Q
Some Fridays, they stay in and play games; some nights they play volleyball at Pease. Sometimes you feel like a nut; sometimes you don't.
Fridays, 6pm.
Q Center, 3408 West Ave, 420-8557.
mp_austin@sbcglobal.net
www.qboyz.org
THUNDERCLOUD SUBS TURKEY TROT
This Thanksgiving tradition features a 5-mile run, 1-mile walk, and a Stepping Stone Kid's K. All race proceeds will benefit Caritas of Austin. More than 13,000 people are expected to participate. Thu., Nov. 26, 9:30am.
Waterloo Park, 403 E. 15th, 479-8805.
turkeytrot@austin.rr.com
www.thundercloud.com
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
Women's Basketball Vs. North Texas: Fri., Nov. 20, 7pm. Erwin Center, 1701 Red River. $8-16. Football Vs. Kansas: Sat., Nov. 21, 7pm. Darrell K. Royal-Texas Memorial Stadium, 2100 San Jacinto.
www.texassports.com
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