FRI 20

Spaghettti Dinner & Sauce Contest to benefit Clean Water Action, at Austin Nature & Science Center, Zilker Park, 6pm. Cost is $20 per person/$35 per couple. 474-2438.

SUN 22

Poetry & Potluck to benefit poet Venie Holmgren, at 13217 Adonis, 2pm. Cost is by donation. 258-0966.

Austin Community Keepsake Award Gala to benefit Meals on Wheels, at Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress, 7pm. Cost is $75. 476-9480, ext. 115.

Auction to benefit Church of Conscious Harmony expansion project, at the Church of Conscious Harmony, 3921 Steck, 11:30am. 864-0592.

Music & Dinner to benefit Bikes Not Bombs, at Casa de Luz, 1701 Toomey, 4-10pm. 476-2535.

THU 26

Tour of Light Austin Cultural Collaborative hosts Ugandan Children who perform to benefit Ugandan AIDS crisis, at Huston-Tillotson College, 7pm. Cost is $25. 472-2499, x235.

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