RATs A-Comin'
Fri., Feb. 9, 1996
Serious Comedy
With this week's official Grand Opening of the Capitol City Comedy Club (the
club has been open under the CCCC name since December), owners Colleen Buchanan
and Bruce Barshop have plenty to sling champagne over: successfully revamping
the Laff Stop; booking A-list comic Jeff Cesario to headline, even tapping
Mayor Bruce Todd to "throw out the first joke" (albeit via video). But word
arrives that they've cause to uncork yet another bottle: They've added a new
club to what is a rapidly growing stand-up empire: The Tulsa Comedy Club.
Cheers!
Symposium Rescheduled
If you were worried that last week's snow and ice made you miss Setting Our
Agenda: A Symposium for African-American Theatre Artists and Their Allies,
worry no more. The Progressive Arts Collective postponed it because of the
weather. The event has been rescheduled for Saturday, February 23, at the
Austin Community College Rio Grande campus, 1212 Rio Grande. Call 447-5343 for
info.
Worthwhile Causes
On Saturday, February 10, La Peña gets to the heart of the matter with
its Valentine's auction of small wooden hearts decorated by U.S. and Mexican
artists, including Amado Peña, Isabel Allende, and Tish Hinojosa. A
preview of the works begins at 4pm ($10); the auction is 6-8pm (free), at the
Reynolds-Penland Building, 721 Congress. Proceeds benefit La Peña. Call
477-6007 for info... Georgetown's Palace Theater marks its 70th birthday with a
week of special events: screenings of Wings (Sat, Feb 10) and An
Affair to Remember (Wed, Feb 14), concerts by the Southwestern University
Jazz Ensemble (Mon, Feb 12) and area country bands (Fri, Feb 16), and The
Palace Theater of the Air, a live version of a Forties radio broadcast,
with Karen Rush Hill in Sorry, Wrong Number, comedy, and ads. The fun
winds up Saturday, February 17, with a Big Band Ball on a Casablanca
theme. All proceeds benefit the Palace. For more info, call 512/863-3658.Send news on the local literary, performing, and visual arts scenes to: "Articulations,"
PO Box 49066, Austin, TX 78765 or e-mail to: onstage@auschron.com