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Mike and Ralph went to Pflugerville this weekend and absolutely fell in love. Number one, there’s a coffee shop called Dazzle. Second, there’s a place called The Best Little Hair House in Texas. And best of all, you can see the football field where frickin’ Friday Night Lights was filmed.

Weirdly, Kyle Chandler was even there, just hanging out. It was like the best miracle two best friends could ever ask for. Thanks, Pflugerville!

See y’all at the show Thursday at the ND at 7:30pm! Drinks are on Mayor Jeff Coleman!!!

It’s time once again for another amazing installment of THE
ENCYCLOPEDIA SHOW, Austin’s premiere event for learning and laughter
combined with all the excitement of a variety show.

Each month, a clutch of volunteering writers are given assignments
picked from a REAL LIVE encyclopedia. Stand-up comics, writers of
fiction, page & stage poets and some miscellaneous weirdos will share
their takes on the topics at hand!

You’ll learn true things and some things that are… less true. This
is the way school should have been run!

This month, the Harry Ransom Center joins sponsors a special performed
Encyclopedia entry on CENSORSHIP inspired by their incredible current
exhibition: “Banned, Burned, Seized and Censored.”

This month’s featured performers include:

SHAPPY SEASHOLTZ (poet, comedian, author of “Spoken Nerd”)
DIANA GRISANTI (playwright, Michener Fellow, author of “Post Wave Spectacular”)
KERRI LENDO (comedian, Funniest Person in Austin finalist,
writer/director of “Sleep Study”)
AUSTIN KLEON (writer, newspaper blackout poet, author of “Steal Like an Artist”)
GENEVIEVE VAN CLEVE (civic-minded citizen, slam poet, political campaign director)
CRISTIN O’KEEFE APTOWICZ (poet, NEA grant recipient, author of “Hot Teen Slut”)

Also appearing—The Encyclopedia Show cast regulars:
Gypsy Magnolia, The Amateur Professional Historian from New England,
and Your Terrific Neighbors!

With your hosts: Mike Graupmann and Ralphie Hardesty!
And the dulcet tones of: The Volumes!

The newly renovated ND@501 Studios
501 Brushy Avenue
www.ndvenue.com

12/08/11
Doors open at 7:30pm
Show starts promptly at 8:13pm

Free admission!
Thank you to the Harry Ransom Center for their generous contribution!

Hi, everyone. Hope you’re enjoying the new October weather. We like to refer to this as Reading Weather, because it’s so much easier to be outside under a tree when you can wear a vest or a cardigan without sweating your balls (or lady-balls) off.

It’s also the month where we celebrate one of our favorite festivals in the whole gosh-darn year: The Texas Book Festival. This totally free, totally rockin’ nerd bash is a two-day gargantuan of a festival that takes over downtown and even the dang Capitol building for shows and panels and discussions and events all centering around books. Small books, fat books, green books, even cookbooks–it’s like a darn melting pot of delicious book stew.

And this year, an idea from all the way over in Saaaaaan Francisco made its way over to lil’ ol’ Austin, Texas for an inaugural night of performances: The TBF Lit Crawl! On Saturday, Oct 22, bars up and down East Sixth Street will feature readings, signings and sightings of famous authors making the most of their biggest fans and their favorite brews.

The Encyclopedia Show will be sharing a special billing with our pals at 5 Things over at Cheer up Charlie’s starting at 8pm. We’ll have bestselling nerd authors Ernest Cline and Jeff Martin joining our fun-filled cast out on the backyard stage. So bring your friends, buy some books and enjoy the crisp Reading Weather with us. We’ll be wearing our finest attire, for sure!

Hello, Encyclopedians!

After a brief hiatus and a necessary retreat from the heat, we’re so happy to announce, we’re coming back Thursday, September 8, for another amazing season of learning and laughter!

We return to the updated ND (now with food and more drink options) with our first show: THE PERIODIC TABLE OF ELEMENTS!

Joining us for this show, you’ll see:
Improv Actor Elizabeth Brammer – Mde. Marie Curie
5 Things Host Brittany Callender – Helium Shortage
Sketch Comedy Team Your Terrific Neighbors – Fool’s Gold
Multimedia Artist Kurt Hildebrand – Lanthanoids and Actanoids
Standup Comedian Cameron Fielder – Inert Gases

Plus Your EShow Cast Members:
Fashion Expert Stacy Berlin – Covalent Bonds
Sexual Health Expert Gypsy Magnolia – Nickel
Mike’s Stepdad Ron – Alchemy
Hosts Mike and Ralph
Fact Checker Joe

Pre-show and drinks start at 7:30pm.
Show starts promptly at 8:13pm.

See you there, Nerds!

YOU'RE the Gelman (of Regis and Kelly)!

Our very funny cast members, Your Terrific Neighbors, are performing a sketch-prov show, Syrup Talk, this Sunday night at 7pm at the Hideout Theatre here in Austin. [Sketch-prov is along the lines of the technique used by hilarious geniuses on Curb Your Enthusiasm.] Tickets are only $5. Courtney and Joel are the co-hosts and Curtis is the producer. I do not think Weird Al will be there (‘ceptin in spirit) but perhaps syrup will levitate in one way or another. You’ll be laughing so much you might wanna go eat some pancakes afterwards. Personally, I recommend Vermont pure maple syrup.

Speaking of ooey gooey foodstuffs, let’s take a moment to remember the Boston Molasses Flood victims of 1919. True story: On an atypically warm winter’s day in January in the North End (traditionally Italian) section of Boston, a giant molasses vat exploded, gushing out into the streets. People literally could not outrun molasses – 150 injured, 21 killed, along with many horses & pets. This sounds impossible at first, but imagine over 2.3 million gallons of anything surging at you, and then think about how molasses is super sticky. It’s like you’re Hans Solo but without any powers or good looks or Hollywood set designers. The wave was between 8-15 ft high and traveled at 35 mph. Years later, whenever it was warm in Boston, they say you could still smell the molasses. Here’s some trivia for you: Professional Amateur Historian Lydia’s great-great grandmother drowned when wine vats were bombed in Italy, and another ancestor died when he fell into a vat of glue. Moral of the story is do go and see Syrup Talk and do stay away from vats! We hear Austin has the largest vat population in the world.