Posted: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:11 PM - 15,993 Readers

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Thursday

Fellini's '8 1/2.' Austin Museum of Art teams with the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema to present Fellini's dizzyingly brilliant dreamlike film in the amphitheater of the museum's original Driscoll Villa on the shore of Lake Austin. A ticket includes a glass of Italian wine and a sampler plate of Italian appetizers. Bring a blanket to sit on. 8 p.m. Laguna Gloria, 3809 W. 35th St. $10 for members, $15 for nonmembers. 495-9224. - Jeanne Claire van Ryzin


Thursday-Sunday

'Big Range Dance Festival' Modern dance, indie style, continues. Thursday and Friday, it's the 'Composer Challenge' at 8 p.m. with each choreographer given the same music to create to. Then at 9:30 it's improvisation time, with dances made up on the spot. The 'Choregrapher Showcase' runs 8 p.m. Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday with some of Austin's best indie dancemakers showing their new work. Austin Ventures Studio Theater, 501 W. Third St. $12, $6 children/senior.


Friday-Sunday

'Good Things.' Renaissance Austin Theatre present the American premiere of Scottish playwright Liz Lochead's romantic comedy about a do-good Oxfam volunteer who finds her orderly life turned around by a series of chance occurrences. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Sundays through June 27. Vortex Theater, 2307 Manor Road. $10-$30. 478-5282.


Saturday

'Celebration of the Patron Saint of San Miguel Tzinacapan, Puebla.' Austin photographer Jesse Herrera will speak on his travels to Puebla, Mexico, over a period of eight years as he documented the village of San Miguel Tzinacapan and its celebration of its patron saint. 2 p.m. Saturday. Mexic-Arte Museum, 419 Congress Ave. Free. 480-9373.

'Soul to Sole.' Austin's Tapestry Dance Company once again hosts its annual tap dance festival that gathers major international for a show-stopping performance. Among the tap legends performing are Arthur Duncan, whose 50-year career includes sharing the stage with the likes of Red Skelton, Sammy Davis Jr., Gregory Hines, Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis. Also on the bill is Dianne Walker dubbed the 'Ella Fitzgerald of Tap Dance.' 8 p.m. June 13. Rollins Studio Theatre, Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Drive. $35.


Sunday and Tuesday

'June's Bustin' Out.' Wild Basin Winds plays a program of 20th-century and contemporary chamber music by Lygeti, Adolphe, Basler and D'Rivera. 3 p.m. Sunday. Hope Presbyterian Church, 11512 Olson Drive; 7:30 p.m. Grace United Methodist Church, 205 E. Monroe St. $10-$20.

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