Over the next few weeks, there seems to be an inordinate amount of Homespun Benefits to help out a specific person (or other carbon-based life-form, as we will see…). Phone numbers are listed at the end of each so that you may offer a donation even if you can’t attend (hint*hint).
* Help with the Medical Bills of Nicolas Campbell, infant son of Mike & Mary Campbell. Pals of Mike’s band Loose Diamonds will play at the Hole in the Wall, Sat, May 2, 9pm-2am: Clovis, Jon Dee Graham, Chris Montgomery, Beaver Nelson & Punko Pie, and Dickie Lee Erwin. 244-2259 or 416-7860.
* June the Wonder Dog needs you. Help defray the medical expenses of Darcie Deaville’s dog at June Fest, this weekend. Doggie June recently underwent throat surgery. Slaid Cleves, Kim Miller, Edge City, Meat Purveyors, Danny Britt & Penn Harris, Don McAllister, Maryann Price, Mary Reynolds, Terri Hendrix, Rod Moag, Betty Elders, the Studebakers, Floyd Domino, Karen Abrahams, Jane Gillman, and Darcie Deaville will play in the afternoon at Artz Rib House, Sat, May 2, 1pm. 288-8466 or 474-7419.
* Thinking About Addy is a benefit for Addison De La Novel, the little boy wounded last September by a man who held a knife to his throat. Cornell Hurd, the Damnations, and Mason Ruffner play the Continental Club, Mon, May 4, 9pm to assist in the De La Novels’ emotional and financial struggles. 416-1741.
* Velvet Hammer, Killing Ophelia, Laughing Dogs, the Humblebums, LeeAnn Atherton Band, Laurie Freelove, and Shroedinger’s Cat will play Sat, May 15 at Liberty Lunch for the Alison Kennedy Benefit 2. As you recall, Alison is still recovering (mightily, we might add) from an injury sustained when her former boyfriend shot her in the head. realbigdeal@hotmail.com or 622-1158 (pager).
For Culture’s Sake
Check out the Nahualli Festival, as it presents �ber-activists Lourdes Perez & Irene Farrera together, live In Concert, Sun, May 10, 7pm at the UT Art Building Auditorium, 23rd & San Jacinto. encanto@eden.com or 442-5986.
With This Bread…
Tue, May 5, La Feria Restaurant will Donate a Percentage of their profits for the entire day to the Youth Advocacy Program, providing services to chemically dependent, medically indigent youth in Travis County. 444-9505.
You’ll Bike It & You’ll Like It
For National Bicycle Week, the City of Austin in conjunction with many other local organizations brings us Bicycle Austin! Week. It kicks off this weekend with American Lung Association‘s Clean Air Challenge bike rides at the Harris Branch Community Center, Sat, May 2. Later that day is the Children’s Bicycle Safety Class at Seton East Medical Clinic. The week’s highlights include Bicycle Swap Meet at Wheatsville, Sun, May 3; the Violet Crown Race at the Travis Co. Expo Center, Thu, May 7; Bike to Work Day & Bicycle Happy Hour, Fri, May 8. There are just too many events to list here, so call the Bicycle Hotline for up-to-date info. 505-5606.
Pump Up the Jams
…after pumpin’ up the hams. After Sunday’s three-hour aerobic-jazzer-funkin’-kickboxercise marathon Workout for Hope (see “Benefits” above), the Atomic Cafe will host a Benefit Sun, May 3, 5pm featuring PK Sax, KP Devlin, the Fence Sitters, Billy Harvey, Miss Xanna Don’t, and Happy as Hell. The evening will also benefit City of Hope, dedicated to wiping out HIV/AIDS and other related cancers. 326-3448.
This article appears in May 1 • 1998 and May 1 • 1998 (Cover).