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Austin Music Exhibit Launch Party

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Tue, 2018-08-07 13:04

Event Date:

Thursday, September 13, 2018 - 19:00

Event Category:

Texas Folklife Event

On September 13, Austin Music will hold a launch party for its first digital public history exhibit. The exhibit covers music in Austin between 1930 and 1950, with a focus on dance bands, jazz orchestras, and Western Swing. In addition to segments on regional musicians, it features segments on important concerts by Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman, and Paul Whiteman. The launch party will include a guided tour of the digital exhibit, a discussion of the project as a whole, and talks on music, segregation, and politics in Austin in this period.

House Concert Series: Tanzania in Texas Tour with Msafiri Zawose

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Tue, 2018-08-07 12:57

Event Date:

Monday, October 29, 2018 - 18:00 to 20:00

Texas Folklife Gallery

Event Category:

Texas Folklife Event

Tickets Here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/house-concert-series-africa-in-austin-with-...
$15 general admission
$5 for Texas Folklife members (contact us for discount code)

Texas Folklife Touring Roster

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Tue, 2018-07-24 14:47

Tapestry Foundation

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Fri, 2018-07-20 11:26

Tapestry Foundation awards grants in the Austin area to tax exempt organizations that provide SEL-social emotional learning, early childhood education, parenting education, and Adult Emotional Intelligence projects. Since its inception, Tapestry has awarded more than $7 million in grants.

Apprenticeships in the Folk & Traditional Arts: Jayson Jones & Jaydon Jones, Custom Spur Making

By: ian
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Thu, 2018-07-12 13:34

While recognized as a master spur maker, Jayson Jones didn't get started in the craft until later in life. Growing up in Sherman, much of his early life was spent cowboying across the various ranches in Texas and New Mexico, representing a cowboy lineage stretching back to his grandfather.

Garrett Neubauer

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Mon, 2018-07-09 16:04

Randall Jackson

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Mon, 2018-07-09 12:34

Randall Jackson

Aaron Daniel Salinas

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Mon, 2018-07-09 12:29

Aaron Daniel Salinas

2018 Stories Summer Institute Re-Cap

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Mon, 2018-07-09 11:40

After a week of hard work, the 2018 Summer Institute concluded with a listening party on June 28th at the Worker's Defense Project. The venue was packed with people coming to hear our participants' podcasts chronicling stories and folklore related to this year's theme of Immigration and Labor.