The show will include Greg Anderson, Bill & Ruth Carter, Joe Ely, Butch Hancock, Cleve Hattersley, Lissa Hattersley, Guy Juke, Elizabeth Lee, Billy Perkins, Howard Rains, Jesse Sublett and Charlie Terrell.

The exhibit opens March 10th with a reception starting at 7:09 p.m. Remember, there’s no parking at the Center so park on Collier Street and walk over. Click here to RSVP for the event on Facebook.

The show will run through April 14, 2012

The South Austin Popular Culture Center is pleased to announce the current special exhibit featuring the gig posters and art prints of Lindsey Kuhn .  One of the most talented artists of his generation, Lindsey has created a large body of work over the past 20 years.  He designed many of the posters advertising band that performed at the Austin club Emo’s.  Most of the artwork featured in this exhibit was created for venues here in Austin, Texas.  Exhibit dates: May 5th 2012- June 9th 2012

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FOOD:

• Erin Thompson: Eat local and buy local. Go Local Cards [get you a discount.]
• Find food trailers by neighborhood on FoodTrailersAustin.com
• Karen Webb: Eat at Torchy’s on the way downtown in the mornings.
• Marc Rutrough: Eat at Casa Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant
• Denise Beeman Douroux: Go to Guero’s Taco Bar if you want real Mexican food, but stay downtown so I wont get stuck in traffic as I stick to my own hood that week.
• From Leea Mechling, the Center’s Executive Director: On Guadalupe and Westgate: Madam Mam’s
• Dario’s on East 6th Street: Not a fancy place at all, but you’ll see lots of happy Mexicans… I love the salad plate #2)
• Juan in a Million
• Joe’s Bakery
• Eastside Cafe: They have their own garden and make great food
• Ruby’s BBQ
• Milto’s
• The Clay Pit (Indian) on Guadalupe at about 15th Street
• Upper Crust Bakery on Burnet Road
• Of course Whole Foods, Central Market
• South Congress has lots of fun eateries including Guero’s Taco Bar, the South Congress Cafe and Vespaio’s, a very expensive Italian place but it’s good.
• And oh yes, Magnolia Cafe

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AREAS TO VISIT:

• Melissa Stewart: There will be a local artists’ market at Guerro’s on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from noon to 9pm. Good stuff!
• Marc Rutrough: Visit the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture.. It is a fantastic place with a really neat stuff to see.. Look for a tour by Freddy.
• Karen Webb: Skip some of that sxsw stuff and hit south Lamar and South First streets…
• Dede Thompson Saenz: Enjoy South Congress too
• Ann Minner: Go see one of the best independent bookstores in the country – Book People on Lamar. You won’t be sorry.
• Sharon Arnoult: Book People, yes, and don’t forget Waterloo Records and Antone’s Records, too, and many other funky, independent, unique shops on lower N. Lamar and South Congress. The Hike and Bike Trail around Lady Bird Lake to clear your head and get some fresh air.
• Sandy Hines: Barton Springs, any of the many greenbelts, rent a bike and ride it around.
• Jan Rosner Collinson: They can find me and I can face/body paint them! Email: familyentertainer@gmail.com

Stay tuned for a list of events the Center has planned during the week.

The mural would pay tribute to Austin cartoon icons. Characters created by the likes of Gilbert Shelton, Jim Franklin, Tony Bell, Sam Hurt, Mike Judge and Jack Jaxon would be painted on the back wall of the outdoor stage at the Center.

The Board of Directors enthusiastically endorsed the idea and the project proceeded. Kerry worked for three weeks on the painting, and was assisted with contributions by Jim Franklin, Tommy Bee and Rick Turner.

The mural was finished in mid-March- just in time for the opening of a special exhibit at the Center honoring the early punk scene in Austin.

The following photos show the mural from drawing to completion. If you haven’t already visited, come on by the next time you’re on South Lamar in Austin, Texas. Please feel free to take photos with the mural and post them to our Facebook page.

Day One: After Center Facilities Manager (and artist, raspafarian and board member) Henry Gonzalez prepared and installed specialized panels for the mural, Kerry Awn started drawing the images that would become the mural.

Later On Day One: The imagery is starting to take shape. In this panel are images from Eyebeam, Oat Willie, Too Much Coffee Man, Fat Freddie's Cat and Jim Franklin's Tribute to the University of Texas Tower.

The Coloring Begins: First Kerry went through the imagery adding an underpainting, a wash of color blocking, before he started the actual painting.

Hi How Are You? One of Daniel Johnston's most famous images…in progress

Kerry starts to add the top layers of color to the mural.

The completed mural

If you weren’t able to come out to the opening, you can still get a glimpse into the past with the slideshow below. You can also still come in to the center and view the work until December 23.

This show was a special tribute to two clubs in Austin: one that closed 40 years ago and one that opened 40 years ago. The Vulcan Gas Company and the Armadillo World Headquarters had a substantial impact on Austin’s culture, music and effected not only locals, but people statewide – and some say even the nation.

We had a pretty good resource to pull from for this show. I started collecting posters in 1968. I loved the artwork and how when I looked at the poster I remembered the show. When Henry and I got together, he’d also been collecting posters. With the Armadillo posters and ones done for the other clubs being so amazing, we thought they’d become collectible and our other friends and colleagues thought the same way. So we made it a point to pick up the posters when we saw them in record stores and of course at the AWHQ.

When we started putting together this show, people saw what we were putting together and began to generously offer to lend us some of their poster art stash. We were able to borrow some really rare pieces from collectors here in town.

Many of the people who came to the exhibit are of the generation that were attending the shows in these clubs or were going to the school in the area. And considering everything old becomes new again, even the younger generation is really interested in the art.

Click on the video to check out some of the rare finds brought together for this special exhibit.

Click here to read more about the Vulcan Gas Company and the Armadillo World Headquarters.

Clifford Antone loved the blues and he brought it to Texas. The first show at the club featured Louisiana great Clifton Chenier. After that Sunnyland Slim, Chicago blues artist, performed at the club. Once he reported back about what these young kids were doing in Austin, Texas all the Chicago musicians wanted to play the club…and they did.

Clifford developed a special relationship with these artists, treating them with respect and admiration. Muddy Waters, Albert King, Albert Collins, Junior Wells, Buddy Guy, BB King, Otis Rush, James Cotton are just a few of the greats to perform over and over at the club. Local bands the Fabulous Thunderbirds and the Cobras played there often enough to be considered the “house bands.”

This exhibit featured posters and photographs from those early years of the club and tired to impart a sense of what was happening then.

Many thanks to those who contributed art and photographs: Susan Antone, Nicolas Russell, Ken Hoge, Danny Garrett, Lori Hansel and John & Theresa Fox.

The exhibit ran through August 13. Check out a recap of the photos and poster art in the show in the slideshow below. Contact the Center for more information: samopc@gmail.com samopc.org 512.440.8318

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One of Austin’s newest online news sites featured our memorial wall this weekend. “Their influence is felt every day and this event serves to acknowledge and pay tribute to them,” Shelley Seale wrote in her article, ‘The South Austin Popular Culture Center honors Austin artists with a memorial wall.‘

Have you come to visit yet? Let us know your impressions of the wall.

Click on the photo to see the individual posters.

George and Carlyne Majewski invite you to the September opening of an exhibit at the South Austin Popular Culture Center featuring Soap Creek Saloon.

Saturday, Sept. 3 come to the South Austin Popular Culture Center to see posters, photographs, newspaper articles and ephemera from one of Austin’s favorite music venues.

Starting at 7:09 p.m. there will be entertainment by Lissa Hattersley’s Trip Trio, the Uranium Savages will continue the fun by beginning their set at 8:15 p.m.

Remember, there’s no parking at the Center so park on Collier Street and walk over.

Click on the photo to get a preview of the show.