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Austin Energy Green
Building Program
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City of Austin runs the Austin
Energy Green Building Program - giving you and opportunity to learn
how to build, buy or remodel a home to be energy and water efficient, comfortable,
safe and environmentally friendly! They have produced an educational CD
Rom with the Seven Steps to Green Building and more. For more information
call 499-STAR. Click here for information on the
next Green by Design Workshop
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UT
Performing Arts Center
2003-2004 Season |
The UT Performing Arts Center has
just announced its 2003-2004 season with "Performances that Set the
Heart on Fire." Featuring many familiar performerss, the season includes
Tony Bennett, Philip Glass, Gladys Knight, Kronos Quartet, Lincoln Center
Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, Sweet Honey in the Rock, Itzhak Perlman,
Ballet Folklorico and more. More popular artists, more choices, lower prices,
and even a payment plan, there's never been a better time to order season
tickets. The best seats are now on sale. The fastest way to the PAC is at
their website or by calling 471-1444 for a brochure.
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Blood & Tissue Center
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Give the gift of life and donate blood! Because of new regulations on
potential donors, this year the Blood
and Tissue Center of Central Texas has turned away up to 25% of donors.
Take an hour out of your day and stop by the center to donate blood. For
more information go the the link above or call 206-1266.
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| Donate Food to the Hungry! |
KGSR encourages you to take a moment to feed
the hungry. You can visit this site up to once per day, click the button,
and a hungry person gets a meal - at no cost to you! The food is paid for
by the corporate sponsors who's ads are displayed on the site. |
| Clean Air Force |
KGSR invites you to stop by the site of our
client the Clean Air Force.
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Help out the Humane
Society / SPCA of Austin and Travis County
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KGSR encourages you to pick up an extra bag of pet food the next time
you go grocery shopping - and donate it to the Humane Society / SPCA.
This is Austin's only no-kill shelter and they depend on donations to
keep running! They can always use dog and cat food, bedding, toys and
monetary donations. For more information check out their website
or call the Humane Society/SPCA at 837-7985
Another way to help out is by making a donation to the Humane Society's
Chelsea Fund. The public can help by sending in a donation to Chelsea's
Fund, the fund designated to help dogs and cats in need of urgent medical
help.
You can send your donation to
The Austin Humane Society
124 West Anderson Lane
Austin, Texas 78752 - or
make it online
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People's Community Clinic
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Peoples Community Clinic is a non-profit, primary health care facility
providing medical, counseling and health education services to limited
income patients. The clinic promotes community involvement, and emphasizes
health maintenance and disease prevention. For complete information on
the complete range of services offered, and how to volunteer or make a
donation - go to their website or
call 512-478-4939
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Austin Pets Alive!
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Pets Alive! is an organization concerned with animal welfare - they
keep the public informed of local events, offers on-line donation capabilities,
and a page of links to educate and provide ideas for kids to get involved.
The site is frequently updated and visitors can subscribe to The No-Kill
Handbill, offering almost daily information about animals at Town Lake Animal
Center available for adoption whose time is running out.
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Utopia Rescue Ranch
| Kinky's Utopia Rescue is another organization
that focuses on animal welfare. Check
out their website.
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Saturdays - through November 22
Downtown Austin Farmers'
Market
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KGSR is pleased to sponsor the new Downtown
Austin Farmers' Market, a project of the Sustainable Food Center.
The market takes place Saturdays from 8 am till noon at Republic Square
Park (4th and Guadalupe streets and the adjacent block,) with dozens of
farmers from within the local region. Farms and nurseries will be at the
market weekly with local produce and plants, as well as bakers, vendors
of jellies, salsas and pickled products, craft and beauty product vendors
and ready-to-eat vendors. There will also be occasional children's activities,
cooking demonstrations and live music!
For complete information, including info on being a vendor, playing music
at the market, or helping out as a volunteer go to the website linked
above or call 236-0074.
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| Sundays at the Oasis
| 107.1 KGSR sponsors the Sunday Sunset
Salsa Series at the Oasis on Lake Travis - on Comanche Trail, just off 620.
Experience the Sunset over Lake Travis, while enjoying great salsa music
from The Brew, every Sunday night. No cover, music starts at 7 in the evening.
Food and drink available. "The place is the Oasis...The Sunset Capital
Of Texas." Call 266-2441 for more info.
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New Exhibit is on the way...
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Austin's Harry Ransom
Center Galleries, Guadalupe & 21st Streets has just closed it's
inaugural exhibition and is now setting up another. The gallery offers
Free Admission to see works by artists and authors who have left lasting
imprints on our culture...
For more information call 471-8944, or go to the website above.
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| Thursday, October 2
| Place your requests in person for "Whattya
Want for Lunch" ~ Susan Castle at the new Habitat for Humanity
ReStore North, 7434 North Lamar (1/4 mile south of 183, between Airport
and 183 on west side of road) from 11:30 in the morning till 1:30 in the
afternoon. This is Austin's SECOND location offering discount building materials
and Materials Salvage (deconstruction) and sales from the stores benefit
Austin Habitat for Humanity. While you're there enjoy free lunch from Mangia
Pizza (while it lasts). Make a donation of any usable building material
(or money) and we'll thank you with passes for the upcoming Green Festival,
tickets for the State Theatre, and other KGSR prizes... Register to win
a pair of tickets for one of the upcoming Widespread Panic shows - we'll
give away a pair of tickets every 30 minutes!
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| Thursday, October 2
| 107.1 KGSR's "Unplugged at the Grove,"
continues this Thursday. Join us for great food and great free music - this
week the free outdoor show is from Darden Smith - music starts at 8. Unplugged
at the Grove - sponsored by KVUE-24, Sprint PCS and 107.1 KGSR - Radio Austin.
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| Friday, October 3-Sunday, October
5
| KGSR welcomes Widespread Panic to the
Backyard for Three nights of shows. Listen to win tickets!
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| Saturday, October 4
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Join 107.1 KGSR at Gabriel's Overlook (a new Housing Development located
6.5 miles west of Georgetown on Hwy 29 OR 4.5 miles east of 183 on Hwy
29) between 11 in the morning and 1 in the afternoon. Register to win
tickets to see upcoming shows from Widespread Panic, Robert Cray with
John Hiatt, Ballet Austin's Taming of the Shrew or Fleetwood Mac -we'll
give away a pair of tickets every 30 minutes! There will be free food
provided by the home builders at their display homes. We'll also have
coupons for ice cream, KGSR t-shirts and more...
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| Thursday, October 9
| 107.1 KGSR's "Unplugged at the Grove,"
wraps up the 2003 season this Thursday. Join us for great food and great
free music - this week the final free outdoor show is from W.C. Clark -
music starts at 8. Unplugged at the Grove - sponsored by KVUE-24, Sprint
PCS and 107.1 KGSR - Radio Austin.
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| Thursday, October 9 through Thursday,
October 16
| Don't Miss the Austin Film Festival
2003 - taking place October 9th through the 16th. The Austin Film Festival
celebrates 10 years of celebrities, world premieres, independent films and
great parties. Check out the schedule of films and events at the Festival
Website or buy Film Passes at Star Tickets - Call 469-SHOW to charge.
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Saturday & Sunday, October 11 & 12
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The
Green Festival is taking place at the Austin Convention Center October
11 and 12. The Green Festival brings together green enterprises, environmental
groups, leading thinkers on the green economy, and thousands of attendees
for a two-day party with a very serious objective: strenghtening the locally
controlled, green economy and expanding popular support for policies aimed
at sustainability and social justice. National and local speakers, workshop
presenters, exhibitors and "Kitchen Table" community action
networking hosts are being finalized. The event is being co-produced by
Co-Op America
and Global Exchange,
and is sponsored, in part, by 107.1 KGSR.
The 2 day event includes hundreds of exhibit booths including Austin
Habitat for Humanity RE-store and Howdy Honda - featuring the Honda
Civic Hybrid vehicle.
Listen for plenty of opportunities to win free tickets to the event.
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| October 11 & 12, 2003
| Harvest
Moon Fest presented by bluefish entertainment. Location is Jacob’s
Well Pavilion, Wimberley, Texas from 1 pm till Midnight. Harvest Moon Festival
Line-Up includes: Peter Rowan and Crucial Reggae, The Gourds, Railroad Earth,
South Austin Jug Band, Mellowship, Last Free Exit, Cooper's Uncle, Leeann
Atherton, Crazy Chester, Harmony Theory, Slim Ritchey Jazz Trio, Onion Creek
Crawdaddies, Sahara Smith and more...
PLEASE CARPOOL - No
dogs - Pack out what you pack in - DO NOT LITTER (especially cigarette
butts) - Departure Time on Sunday, ealry evening, Shuttle starts at 10am
on Sun morning - Tent camping only on the grounds -
RV camping next door - No ATMS Bring cash for tix, meals, merchandise.
Tickets on sale now at Frontgate Ticket, or at Jupiter Records, Waterloo
Records, Stubb’s, Jo’s Coffee on Congress Ave,
Sundance Records in San Marcos or Hill Country Guitars in Wimberley. For
directions or more information go to the link above for Harvest Moon Fest.
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| Saturday, October 11
| Circle of Friends brings you the Texas
OU Barbeque Bash at the Dell Diamond. Watch the Red River Shootout while
enjoying barbeque and entertainment from the Longhorn Alumni Band - tickets
are available through Texas Box Office locations (call 477-6060) and benefit
the Children's Hospital of Austin.
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| Thursday, October 16
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Trish Murphy and the Texas Rollergirls team up for the release of Trish's
latest CD - "Girls Get In Free." Join them at Playland Skate
Center from 5 to 9 pm. Girls Get In Free, is a rock and rollerskating
CD release party to benefit Genaustin. It's a celebration of girls with
guts from the roller rink to stage. Come see the Texas Rollergirls in
a knock-down bout then skate free as the k-tel hit machine performs live.
Trish Murphy takes the stage at 8. There is a request for a $5 donation
at the door and girls under 18 get in free! This event is p-13
and skates are first come first served, so bring your own. For more information
go to Trish Murphy's
website, the Texas
Rollergirls website, and the Genaustin
website!
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