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    <title>Best up-to-the-minute comedy in town!</title>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;Esther's Follies has been rocking Austin for over 30 years with their political satire and comedy sketch!&amp;nbsp; Amazing magician and musical parody numbers this is a must see on old 6th street!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <date>Saturday 11/21/09</date>
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    <popularity>13.0</popularity>
    <time>07:00 PM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0600</begin_time>
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    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
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    <venue_name>Esther's Follies</venue_name>
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    <title>Esther's Follies</title>
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    <address>525 E. 6th St</address>
    <city>Austin</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <zip>78701</zip>
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    <event_id>98788</event_id>
    <title>Esther's Follies</title>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: 11px; color: #ffffff;&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;news makers and events fit to parody.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <link>http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/esthers-follies</link>
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    <date>Saturday 11/21/09</date>
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    <is_featured>false</is_featured>
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    <popularity>11.1</popularity>
    <time>08:00 PM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600</begin_time>
    <number_of_votes>14</number_of_votes>
    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
    <repeats_until>01/09/2010</repeats_until>
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    <venue_name>Esther's Follies</venue_name>
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    <title>Esther's Follies</title>
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    <address>525 E. 6th St</address>
    <city>Austin</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <zip>78701</zip>
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  <event>
    <event_id>68593</event_id>
    <title>Mothers of Invention</title>
    <description>Written and performed byu Laura Poe</description>
    <link>http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/mothers-of-invention</link>
    <xml_link>http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/mothers-of-invention.xml</xml_link>
    <date>Saturday 09/13/08</date>
    <google_date>20080914T010000Z/20080914T010000Z</google_date>
    <is_featured>false</is_featured>
    <requires_rsvp>0</requires_rsvp>
    <popularity>11.0</popularity>
    <time>08:00 PM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:00:00 -0500</begin_time>
    <number_of_votes>3</number_of_votes>
    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
    <repeats_until>09/13/2008</repeats_until>
    <ticket_url></ticket_url>
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    <venue_name>The Hideout Theatre &amp; Coffee House</venue_name>
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    <venue_id>981</venue_id>
    <title>The Hideout Theatre &amp; Coffee House</title>
    <link>http://do512.com/venue/the-hideout-theatre</link>
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    <address>Downstairs Theater</address>
    <city></city>
    <state></state>
    <zip></zip>
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    <event_id>63073</event_id>
    <title>Shards</title>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;Composed of snapshots of twenty people&amp;#39;s lives, The Love Sonatas share characters, but more importantly, they share the common struggle of connecting and answering the question, &amp;quot;What is love?&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;Shards&amp;quot; Synopsis: &lt;br /&gt;&amp;quot;How you remember things doesn&amp;#39;t mean that&amp;#39;s how they happened. Nothing is as unpredictable as the past.&amp;quot; &lt;br /&gt;Directed by Paula Russell. &lt;br /&gt;This is the story of Morgan who loves Karen who loves David who loves Anna who thinks she still loves Rodolfo. All the rules have been thrown out in this twisted tango, save one. Find true love. But as they cope with the fallout from their mounting betrayals, the truth might not be enough to set these lovers free. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mention &amp;quot;AFF&amp;quot; when purchasing a ticket to have a portion of the profits donated to the Austin Film Festival!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <link>http://do512.com/event/2008/05/31/shards</link>
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    <date>Saturday 05/31/08</date>
    <google_date>20080601T010000Z/20080601T010000Z</google_date>
    <is_featured>false</is_featured>
    <requires_rsvp>0</requires_rsvp>
    <popularity>10.3542</popularity>
    <time>08:00 PM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 31 May 2008 20:00:00 -0500</begin_time>
    <number_of_votes>2</number_of_votes>
    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
    <ticket_url>http://thelongcenter.frontgatesolutions.com/ </ticket_url>
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    <venue_name>The Long Center for the Performing Arts</venue_name>
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    <venue_id>3513</venue_id>
    <title>The Long Center for the Performing Arts</title>
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    <address>W. Riverside Drive and S. 1st Street</address>
    <city>Austin</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <zip>78701</zip>
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    <event_id>43402</event_id>
    <title>Stool Pigeon!</title>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;Each week an All Star cast of Austin improvisers puts on a show based on the monologues and stories of a local celebrity guest performer.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tonight's Pigeon is Ian Clarke.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;Ian Clarke is a computer scientist and entrepreneur. His numerous projects include Freenet, designed to allow people in countries like China, Iran, and Saudi Arabia to use the Internet without fear of censorship. He also founded Revver, a video sharing website which splits advertising revenue with video creators. Ian grew up in Ireland, and has also lived in Scotland, London, Los Angeles, and Austin&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <link>http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/stool-pigeon-2</link>
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    <date>Saturday 10/31/09</date>
    <google_date>20091101T010000Z/20091101T010000Z</google_date>
    <is_featured>false</is_featured>
    <requires_rsvp>0</requires_rsvp>
    <popularity>10.0</popularity>
    <time>08:00 PM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 20:00:00 -0500</begin_time>
    <number_of_votes>32</number_of_votes>
    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
    <repeats_until>10/30/2009</repeats_until>
    <ticket_url>http://coldtownetheater.frontgatetickets.com/</ticket_url>
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    <venue_name>ColdTowne Theater</venue_name>
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    <venue_id>780</venue_id>
    <title>ColdTowne Theater</title>
    <link>http://do512.com/venue/coldtowne-theater</link>
    <xml_link>http://do512.com/venue/coldtowne-theater.xml</xml_link>
    <address>4803-B Airport Blvd</address>
    <city>Austin</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <zip>78751</zip>
    <flickr_tag>coldtowne</flickr_tag>
    <image>http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/129807/ComedySticker_poster.jpg</image>
    <homepage>http://coldtownetheater.com</homepage>
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    <title>Coldtowne</title>
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    <flickr_tag>coldtowne</flickr_tag>
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    <myspace>http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&amp;friendid=29513353</myspace>
    <hometown>AUSTIN, TEXAS</hometown>
    <youtube>gL-Tg3ZRVsk</youtube>
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    <title>The Faculty</title>
    <link>http://do512.com/band/the-faculty</link>
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    <hometown>AMHERST, Massachusetts</hometown>
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    <title>Look Cookie</title>
    <link>http://do512.com/band/look-cookie</link>
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    <flickr_tag>lookcookie</flickr_tag>
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    <myspace>http://www.myspace.com/datheinm</myspace>
    <hometown>EL PASO, Texas</hometown>
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    <title>Parallelogramophonograph</title>
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    <myspace_id>64517771</myspace_id>
    <myspace>http://myspace.com/pgraph</myspace>
    <hometown>Austin, TX</hometown>
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    <title>Lovey and Lovey</title>
    <link>http://do512.com/band/lovey-and-lovey</link>
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    <title>Qwel</title>
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    <hometown>North Side, Chicago, Illinois</hometown>
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  <event>
    <event_id>68586</event_id>
    <title>Radio Silence</title>
    <description>VORTEX Repertory Company and Uprise! Productions proudly present                the world premiere of Radio Silence: a word opera, a fresh-to-death                new bullet in the chamber from award-winning playwright, Zell Miller                III. Radio Silence: a word opera is a fast paced rhythmic ride.                This hip-hop theater performance piece fuses the physicality of                modern dance with high-energy spoken word and the sensibilities                of street politics. This new word opera is a choreopoem that challenges                and redefines taboos including race, sex, religion and politics,                with the back-drop of a fading media: the radio.</description>
    <link>http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/radio-silence</link>
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    <date>Saturday 08/30/08</date>
    <google_date>20080831T010000Z/20080831T010000Z</google_date>
    <is_featured>false</is_featured>
    <requires_rsvp>0</requires_rsvp>
    <popularity>10.0</popularity>
    <time>08:00 PM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:00:00 -0500</begin_time>
    <number_of_votes>2</number_of_votes>
    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
    <repeats_until>08/30/2008</repeats_until>
    <ticket_url></ticket_url>
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    <venue_name>The Vortex</venue_name>
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    <venue_id>980</venue_id>
    <title>The Vortex</title>
    <link>http://do512.com/venue/the-vortex</link>
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    <address>2307 Manor Rd. </address>
    <city>Austin</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <zip>78722</zip>
    <flickr_tag>thevortex</flickr_tag>
    <image>http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/292239/TheV_poster.jpeg</image>
    <homepage>http://vortexrep.org/</homepage>
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  <event>
    <event_id>42180</event_id>
    <title>ColdTowne Improv</title>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;ColdTowne has not only been to almost every single major comedy festival in North America, they also run Texas' fastest growing comedy training center and recently have been featured on The Onion. Catch them on their home turf every Saturday night at The ColdTowne Theater.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Tonight's very special guest: The Frank Mills&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&quot;Austin's Favorite Comedy Group&quot;&lt;br /&gt;- Austin Chronicle Readers Poll 2006&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Hardest Working Improv Group&quot;&lt;br /&gt;- Austin Improv Collective Awards&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&quot;Their shows are improv sex. They are passionate, awkward, hot, comical, sticky, shocking, loving, liquid, dangerous, electric and (sometimes) a sudden, intuitive perception of or insight into the reality or essential meaning of life.&quot;&lt;br /&gt;- Sara Farr, local performer&lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <link>http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/coldtowne-2-2</link>
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    <date>Saturday 11/21/09</date>
    <google_date>20091122T040000Z/20091122T040000Z</google_date>
    <is_featured>false</is_featured>
    <requires_rsvp>0</requires_rsvp>
    <popularity>9.0</popularity>
    <time>10:00 PM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:00:00 -0600</begin_time>
    <number_of_votes>55</number_of_votes>
    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
    <repeats_until>12/25/2010</repeats_until>
    <ticket_url>http://coldtownetheater.frontgatetickets.com</ticket_url>
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    <venue_name>ColdTowne Theater</venue_name>
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    <venue_id>780</venue_id>
    <title>ColdTowne Theater</title>
    <link>http://do512.com/venue/coldtowne-theater</link>
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    <address>4803-B Airport Blvd</address>
    <city>Austin</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <zip>78751</zip>
    <flickr_tag>coldtowne</flickr_tag>
    <image>http://s3.amazonaws.com/do512/photos/129807/ComedySticker_poster.jpg</image>
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  <event>
    <event_id>101571</event_id>
    <title>TAKE THE FUNNY AND RUN!</title>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;Austin's favorite topical musical comedy revue with magic, satire, and man on the street comedy located in the heart of sixth street for 32 years!&lt;/p&gt;</description>
    <link>http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/take-the-funny-and-run-2</link>
    <xml_link>http://do512.com/event/weekly/sat/take-the-funny-and-run-2.xml</xml_link>
    <date>Saturday 11/21/09</date>
    <google_date>20091122T020000Z/20091122T020000Z</google_date>
    <is_featured>false</is_featured>
    <requires_rsvp>0</requires_rsvp>
    <popularity>4.0</popularity>
    <time>08:00 PM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:00:00 -0600</begin_time>
    <number_of_votes>4</number_of_votes>
    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
    <repeats_until>02/27/2010</repeats_until>
    <ticket_url></ticket_url>
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    <venue_name>Esther's Follies</venue_name>
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    <venue_id>1676</venue_id>
    <title>Esther's Follies</title>
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    <address>525 E. 6th St</address>
    <city>Austin</city>
    <state>TX</state>
    <zip>78701</zip>
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  <event>
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    <title>Improv 101 Class at Merlin Works Institute for Improvisation</title>
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    <description>&lt;p&gt;Starting in February, we're adding 8 pm shows to our lineup in the newly refurbished second stage at SVT. Our first prime time run is a show called Lola. Inspired by the structure of the film Run, Lola, Run*, we'll be improvising the same narrative three times, with three radically different outcomes based on the slightest changes in causal incidents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This show plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, from February 6th through March 14th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The crackerjack rotating cast is made up of:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Shannon McCormick&lt;br /&gt;Shana Merlin&lt;br /&gt;Ace Manning&lt;br /&gt;Michael Joplin&lt;br /&gt;Topping Haggerty&lt;br /&gt;Jason Vines&lt;br /&gt;Marc Majcher&lt;br /&gt;Eric Heiberg&lt;br /&gt;Audrey Sansom&lt;br /&gt;&amp;amp;&lt;br /&gt;Craig Kotfas&lt;br /&gt;(with an occasional guest performer)&lt;br /&gt;Visit www.gnaptheater.org for more information. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;*please note that despite the poster, there will be no red wig in this show&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <description>&lt;p&gt;For more than a quarter century, the folks at Esther's Pool have kept            Austin rolling with laughter. Part magic show, part vaudeville review,            part &lt;abbr title=&quot;improvisation&quot;&gt;satire&lt;/abbr&gt; tour-de-force, Esther's            Follies takes no prisoners, offering biting, hilarious satire on all            the news makers and events fit to parody.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <title>Improv Class: Beginning Improv</title>
    <description>&lt;p&gt;Level 1 - Beginning Improvisation&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;suc2&quot;&gt;January 17 - February 21&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold;&quot;&gt;&lt;/span&gt;, Saturdays 3-6pm, 6 weeks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;rxzt&quot;&gt;$140&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;suc20&quot;&gt;Instructor: Andy Crouch&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;ji0z0&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://austinimprovclasses.com&quot;&gt;Register at www.AustinImprovClasses.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;suc24&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;suc24&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Class Description:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;suc24&quot;&gt;Have fun, meet new people and learn to improvise in the Hideout's fun, low-pressure classes. This six-week Beginning Workshop is designed for anyone and everyone who wants to loosen up, be more spontaneous and learn to take risks on stage and in life. No prior experience necessary.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Each week you'll play games and explore a challenging variety of improv exercises that unleash your natural creativity and humor. Our work is inspired by Canadian improv guru Keith Johnstone (author of Impro and Impro for Storytellers) so even if you've done some improv in the past, you'll enjoy the Hideout's unique, inspiring approach.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Get a friend to sign up with you and you get $25 off of your Level 1 Tuition. Got 2 friends? Get $50 off of your Level 1 Tuition. Got 3 friends? You get the idea.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About The Instructor:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Andy Crouch has performed improv all across the country, read (almost) every book about improv ever written and worked extensively with superstar improv guru Keith Johnstone. He is dean of the Heroes School of Improv Comedy and artistic director of the Hideout Theatre. Andy has worked with The University of Texas McCombs School of Business, the Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest and many of the fine adults and children of Austin, Texas. A graduate of the Plan II honors program at the University of Texas, Andy is a professional copy editor, comic artist and theater manager. In his free time he directs free Shakespeare. In the rest of his free time he does yoga.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;m3it3&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About The Hideout:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;m3it3&quot;&gt;The Hideout Theatre has been offering Austin's best professional improv comedy since 1999 in the heart of downtown. With more than five shows a week, they use audience suggestions to create theatre that delights and inspires. Whether you're watching a competitive evening of games and scenes or a full-length improvised play, The Hideout company players will amaze you with their quick-witted, truthful characters and compelling stories. Students of The Hideout have gone on to form Austin's most-respected improv troupes, as well as perform and teach around the country.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p id=&quot;ji0z5&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://austinimprovclasses.com&quot;&gt;Register at www.AustinImprovClasses.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <date>Saturday 07/18/09</date>
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    <title>The Hideout Theatre &amp; Coffee House</title>
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    <address>Downstairs Theater</address>
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  <event>
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    <title>Positivity for Purpose Performing Arts Theatre Camp </title>
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    <date>Saturday 08/22/09</date>
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    <time>10:00 AM</time>
    <pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
    <begin_time>Sat, 22 Aug 2009 10:00:00 -0500</begin_time>
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    <weekday>SAT</weekday>
    <repeats_until>08/18/2009</repeats_until>
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    <venue_name>Givens Recreations Center</venue_name>
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    <venue_id>6785</venue_id>
    <title>Givens Recreations Center</title>
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    <zip>78721</zip>
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    <title>Farm To Market </title>
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&lt;h4 class=&quot;style12&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://www.zachtheatre.org/education/images/08_edu-web-photos/Farm%20To%20Market%20Postcard.jpg&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; alt=&quot;garden vegetables&quot; width=&quot;390&quot; height=&quot;195&quot; /&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;h4 class=&quot;style12&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;New Saturday Play Series  at ZACH!&lt;/h4&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;style12&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;style14&quot;&gt;FARM TO MARKET&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Celebrate the Fall Harvest with your family&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;style15&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;October 24 at 11:00am and October 31 &amp;amp; November 7 at 11:00am &amp;amp; 1:00pm.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;style12&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Written by Shaun Wainwright-Branigan                 and Cindy Wood.&lt;br /&gt; Stars Ted Meredith, Shaun Wainwright-Branigan and Cindy Wood.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p class=&quot;style12&quot; style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;Ladybugs, earthworms and butterflies explore the freshest vegetables from the community garden and travel together to the farmer's market! Join them as they learn about healthy eating, community gardening and sustainability. &lt;strong&gt;Beginning October 24th&lt;/strong&gt;, &lt;em&gt;Farm to Market&lt;/em&gt; plays at the Whisenhunt Stage and is perfect &lt;strong&gt;for families with children ages 3 to 8&lt;/strong&gt;. Tickets are just $8 per person. &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; Join us after the show on October 24th for a &lt;span class=&quot;style17&quot;&gt;GARDEN PARTY&lt;/span&gt; with free crafts and more! &lt;span class=&quot;style16&quot;&gt;WEAR YOUR COSTUME&lt;/span&gt; on October 31st and stay after to meet the actors and join in for a costume parade onstage!&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Call ZACH's Box Office to reserve great seats today: &lt;strong&gt;(512) 476-0541 x1&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;span class=&quot;style9&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt; *This production is also offered for school field trips on weekday mornings. See Playspace below.*&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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    <date>Saturday 11/14/09</date>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 14 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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    <title>ZACH Theatre</title>
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    <address>1510 Toomey Road</address>
    <city>Austin</city>
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    <zip>78704</zip>
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