Benefit for Chiapas Concert to benefit Comite de Solidaridad con
Chiapas, Mexico, at Thai Passion Restaurant, Seventh & Congress, 8pm-2am.
Cost is $10 general, $5 kids. 454-8097. Ruta Maya Grass Roots II to benefit Kari Igomari Niwara, assocation of
Raramuri Indian Craftswomen from Sierra Madres of Northern Mexico, at Ruta Maya
Coffehouse, Fourth & Lavaca, 6pm. 708-9636.

FRI 27

Lone Star Weekend Aloft Hot Air Balloon Festival will be held Sept
27-29 to benefit Any Baby Can, at Harris Branch. Cost is $5. 873-0677. Moonshining at the Basin to benefit Wild Basin Wilderness Preserve, at
Wild Basin, 805 N. Capital of TX Hwy, 7-10pm. Cost is $20. 327-7622.

SUN 29

Flamingo Fest ’96 to benefit the Austin Center for Battered Women, and
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Austin, at Fiesta Gardens, Town Lake, noon-10pm.
Cost is $5. 266-3497. The Chronicle benefits database extends a year or more into the
future. Call Julie Weaver, 454-5766 to list your event and/or to see if there
are conflicting events. Deadline: Friday, 5pm, one week previous to the
issue.

This article appears in September 20 • 1996 and September 20 • 1996 (Cover).

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