An Evening Under the Oaks with Amy Cook

Friday, April 11, 2008
Gates open at 6 pm, music at 7 pm.

$3 per person

Amy Cook is an alternative-folk singer-songwriter with songs all over the teen drama continuum (Dawson's Creek, Laguna Beach, Veronica Mars), but she grew weary of the industry grind in 2005 and headed to Austin.  On the way, she stopped in Marfa and recorder The Bunkhouse Recordings, a full-length album so intimate that Cook and her acoustic are backed by chirping crickets and a restless dog.  From her new album, The Sky Observer's Guide, she tells simple, bittersweet, earthbound stories refracted throughout the panoramic scope of the heavens.  Cook has also performed at numerous venues throughout Austin including the 2007 Austin City Limits Festival.  Join her on this special evening for a relaxing spring evening on the historic grounds.  Blankets, chairs, and picnics are encouraged and you may bring beverages of your choice.  OUTDOOR EVENT.  RAIN OR SHINE.
 

A Brief Bio:"Amy Cook is a human. She can be found wherever there is a huge sky full of stars and a guitar. She is a lover and a fighter, in that order. She once lived in LA for its charm and nostalgia, now she lives in Austin because that other place lacked fireflies and a sense of hope. She is not altogether self-assured and is a tiny bit sentimental. She tends to the garden of her music in an old trailer sitting on the bluff of a river somewhere, or on the front porch with sleeping dogs at her feet. Amy enjoys long walks on the beach, cheap hotel rooms, fancy hotel rooms, freedom, every songwriter trying to make a living, people who can say “I’m sorry,” and staying up late listening to records with friends. If her songs were fabric, they would be old and tattered and spun of fine silk in a faraway place. The rest I cannot say. Amy Cook has tales to tell.”

Please link to http://www.myspace.com/amycookmusic

An Evening Under the Oaks with Rachel Lynn

Friday, May 23, 2008

Gates open at 7pm, music at 8pm.

$3 per person

Camp Republic of Texas

June 16-20, 2008.  9 am to noon.  Ages six to twelve.  $25 per day, per child OR $100 for the entire week.

Travel back in time at the French Legation Museum!  Enjoy summer days at the oldest home in Austin.  Daily activities give a taste of life during the Republic of Texas era.  Fun events and educational activities include cooking, music, crafts and more.   Please call for more information.     Or click here to download the camp registration form.