It’s always fun to have first crack at a locally shot and produced feature
film. When your hipster pals from the Northeast or L.A. call you in a few
months to snoot about this great flick shot in Texas, you can be all
blas� and yawn, “Yeah, I saw that last winter. Did you see that dude in
the Pontiac 6000? I know that dude!” Our very own Austin Film Society is
proud to host the benefit-premiere of Austin writer-director Rick Linklater’s
(we feel silly putting one of these parenthetical thingies here since only
three people in town don’t know that he directed Slacker, Dazed and
Confused, and Before Sunrise) subUrbia at the Paramount, Mon,
Feb 10. The gala, a premiere in Houston (Mon, Feb 3), and Dallas (Thu, Feb 6),
benefits the Texas Filmakers` Production Fund. AFS members have first
crack at tickets; general sales begin Thu, Jan 30. 322-0145.
Dive In!
Media Grrls, Filmic Wimmin, Video Editrixes, and similarly synergistic sistersheed the call: Women’s Access to Electronic Resources (WATER) is taking
applications for new board members. Nomination deadline is Fri, Feb 21.
444-1672.
Laissez Le No Tooth Decay
The good times will indeed roll at this year’s Mardi Gras Masked BallGala, Sat, Feb 8, 8pm-12:30am at the Four Seasons Hotel. Last year’s ball
provided enough dough to cover approximately 20% of the total operating costs
and free patient services (and we’re not talkin’ beads and doubloons) of the
Jack Sansing HIV Dental Clinic, Central Texas’ only service of its kind
which provides dental and oral care at little or no cost to HIV infected
patients. Tickets are on sale through Thu, Feb 6 and include a New
Orleans-style buffet, open bar, silent and live auction and live music by Hot
Cakes. 478-8040.
Green Build It; We’ll Come
The University of Texas School of Architecture and the Texas State EnergyConservation Office host William McDonough, award-winning architect, who will
give a keynote address, “A Declaration of Interdependence, Humanity, Nature,
and Technology,” Wed, Jan 29, 9:30-11am, at the LBJ Auditorium on the UT
campus. Part of the Texas Sustainable Building Professional Training
Seminar, the free lecture which will emphasize strategies to minimize human
impact on the environment through complementary design, is free and open to the
public. 928-4786.
Speaking of Speakers
The UT Distinguished Speakers Committee presents Dr. Abraham Verghese,professor at Texas Tech Medical Center in El Paso and author of My Own
Country: A Doctor’s Story, who will relate his experiences working on the
frontlines in the battle against HIV, helping AIDS patients in rural Tennessee.
Dr. Verghese will present the free-and-open-to-the-public speech, My Own
Country, Thu, Jan 30, 7pm in the Texas Union Ballroom. 475-6630.
Like Bikes?
Whoa! It’s a wacky concept. We don’t pretend to fully understand how itwill work, but like you (or at least we hope you are), we are curious. So, we
are going to make a point of heading down to Wheatsville to check out the new
bike-share plan being implemented by our benevolent bike buds, Bikes Not
Bombs (BNB). Here’s the deal: Beginning Sat, Jan 25, BNB will release the
first two dozen of what they hope to be many free, community bikes, not unlike
successful programs in Amsterdam, Portland, Boulder, and a bunch others. The
Yellow Bike Program involves the distribution of public bikes that are free
for you to take and ride and then leave, unlocked, in a public place for the
next person. 916-3553.
In wheelated news, Bicycle Austin! Week is coming up in May and
both the Bicycle Advisory Council and the City of Austin Bike
Program would like community input for some upcoming projects. Turning
certain streets in the downtown grid into “bike boulevards” is but one of the
topics and ideas being tossed about. 453-0438 or 505-5606.
We Have Three Words for You
Girl Scout Cookies. Mmmmmmm. 453-7391. Email: pnotice@auschron.com Mail to: “Public Notice,” The Austin Chronicle, P0 Box 49066, Austin, TX 78765. Deadline: Wednesday,
6pm, eight days prior to publication. Phone calls have a .001% chance of being
returned.
This article appears in January 24 • 1997 and January 24 • 1997 (Cover).