Events
BY SARAH HERNANDEZ
November
Austin Food & Wine Festival The festival will offer a variety of wines, spirits and brews, food samples, and discussions with chefs such as Tim Love and Edgar Rico. Attendees must be at least 21 years old. • Nov. 1-3, event times vary • $175+ (tickets) • Auditorium Shores, 900 W. Riverside Drive, Austin • www.austinfoodandwinefestival.com Dripping Springs Empty Bowls Community members can make a donation by purchasing handmade, ceramic bowls to fill with soups prepared by local restaurants. Funds raised benefit the Dripping Springs Helping Hands food pantry. • Nov. 3, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. • $25 donation • 1042 Event Center Drive, Dripping Springs • www.drippingspringsemptybowls.org A Christmas Affair The Junior League of Austin will present this annual market to benefit its signature programs and nonprofit community partners. The market’s theme this year is “Christmas In Bloom.” JLA will host themed parties and children’s events around the market. • Nov. 15-24 (parties and children’s events), Nov. 21-24 (market), times vary • $25 and up (tickets) • 5330 Bluffstone Lane, Austin; 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin • www.jlaustin.org/a-christmas-affair Texas Book Festival The Texas Book Festival welcomes book lovers to celebrate literature through conversations with authors, exhibitor booths, book signings, family story times and more. This year’s headliners are Malcolm Gladwell and Matthew McConaughey, who will speak at ticketed sessions. • Nov. 16-17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Saturday); 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (Sunday) • Free (admission), $35+ (ticketed sessions) • Texas Capitol and around downtown Austin • www.texasbookfestival.org
Blue Genie Art Bazaar The 24th annual holiday shopping event will feature over 200 regional artists offering handcrafted items from jewelry, home decor, clothing fine art and specialty foods. The event was founded in 2001 by four local Austin artists. • Nov. 15-Dec. 24, 10 a.m.-10 p.m. daily; 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Dec. 24 • Free (admission) • Blue Genie storefront, 6100 Airport Blvd., Austin • www.bluegenieartbazaar.com
• Nov. 26, 4-8 p.m. • Free (admission) • 900 Barton Springs Road, Austin • www.newsroom.heb.com/heb-feast-of-sharing- calendar ‘A Christmas Carol’ The Zach Theatre will open its production of “A Christmas Carol” for the holiday season in November. Follow along as the cast and crew tell the story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his encounters with the ghosts of ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot The ThunderCloud Subs Turkey Trot offers a timed and untimed five-mile run, a one-mile walk or run, and a one-kilometer kids dash. Participants can also register for virtual versions of the five-mile and one-mile events. • Nov. 28, 7 a.m. • $12 (kids dash), $22 (one-mile), $25-$45 (five- mile), $25-$40 (virtual race) • 701 W. Riverside Drive, Austin • www.thundercloud.com/event-info
‘The Nutcracker’ The Central Texas Youth Ballet, in partnership with DeCruz Ballet, is showcasing “The Nutcracker,” choreographed by Sandra Organ Solis, Rena Garcia Reeder, Caitlin Elledge, Lindsi Dec and Karel Cruz at Dripping Springs High School.
• Nov. 22, 7 p.m. • $20+ (tickets) • 940 Hwy. 290, Dripping Springs • www.ctyballet.com
Christmas Past, Present and Future. • Nov. 29-Dec. 20, showtimes vary • Ticket prices vary • 202 S. Lamar Blvd., Austin • www.zachtheatre.org
H-E-B Feast of Sharing The annual holiday dinner will have Texas-style Thanksgiving meals, music and more. As part of the company’s hunger relief program, this series of gatherings serve more than 340,000 meals at 34 dinners throughout Texas and Mexico.
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