Archaeologist Michael Collins at work at a research site in Central Texas. Photo: Courtesy Gault School of Archaeological Research
Here are our non-ACL recommendations this weekend.
Friday
🎂 Join the birthday tribute to Beyoncé at the Sahara Lounge, starting at 9pm. $10.
💃 Celebrate the release of Taylor Swift's "The Life a Showgirl" at Alamo Drafthouse theaters through Sunday. $12.
Saturday
🐹 Enjoy a show by puppeteer Joan Klasson at Pease Park's Kingsbury Commons amphitheater. 10am, free.
Sunday
🎥 Catch the documentary "The Stones are Speaking," about an archeological site 40 miles north of Austin that revealed evidence of people living in the area 20,000 years ago, at 2pm at the Bullock Museum — followed by a panel discussion with the filmmaker and an archeologist. $12 — and free for museum members.
The museum will offer free admission as part of H-E-B Free First Sunday, and will be hosting the Texas Archaeology Fair with free archeology-themed family activities from 10am to 2pm.
🔎 Celebrate two new mysteries by local authors — "Ghost Justice" by Helen Currie Foster and "Gravel Roads & Shallow Graves" by Dixie Evatt — at 2pm at Sam's Town Point. Free.