May 1-10
16th Annual NALC Stamp Out Hunger
Letter carriers will collect bags of healthy, nonperishable food along their routes across the U.S. Look for your bag the beginning of May. Fill it with healthy, nonperishable food for pick up from your doorstep on May 10. Donations collected in Central Texas stay local.
www.helpstampouthunger.com
May 2-4, 10am-6pm
Way Out Wineries Wildflower Road Trip
8 Central Texas Wineries from Lampasas to Commanche to Granbury
County Road 111
Lampasas, Texas 76550
Contact info: 325-356-9100
Cost: $50/ couple or single
May 3, 4-10pm
Potluck for Pot-Love
Where: Zilker Park
2201 Barton Springs Road
Austin TX 78746
Contact Info: (512) 585-6369
Cost: Free
Event Description: The Texas chapter of N.O.R.M.L. & Outgrow Big Bro call for citizens of Texas to break the silence and join thousands of Texans for a day centered on our demand for re-legalization of responsible marijuana use! The Potluck for Pot-love is being held in conjunction with the Texas Cannabis Crusade. The day begins at 10AM in Zilker Park’s Pecan Grove for sign making and breakfast tacos, moving on to the Texas Cannabis Crusade march departing Zilker Park at noon. At 1PM, the march will arrive at the capitol for a variety of speakers and live music. This event’s finale is a Pot-luck for Pot-love back at Zilker Park from 4-10PM. Register a pot-luck dish entry by emailing, potluckforpotlove@texasnorml.org
May 5, 7 pm
Three Amigos Feast-Along
Where: Alamo Drafthouse Downtown
www.originalalamo.com
May 6, 6:30-8pm
Slow Food Session
Where: 2720 Bee Caves Rd. Austin
www.slowfoodaustin.org
May 10, 6 pm
‘Uncorked’ benefiting Mobile Loaves & Fishes
Where: TDS Exotic Game Ranch and Pavilion
12200 Carl Rd
Creedmoor TX 78610
Contact Info: (512) 328-7299, Tickets: (512) 328-7299
Cost: Main event: $75 advance, $100 door; Vintage tasting: $250 includes admission to main event
Event Description: Mobile Loaves & Fishes will host “Uncorked,” their ninth annual Wine Tasting and Auction, on Saturday, May 10, 2008 at the Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Game Ranch and Pavilion.
MLF’s only annual fundraiser, Uncorked will feature fine wines, hors d’oeuvres, silent and live auctions, and live music on the 800-acre working ranch that is home to more than 1,600 animals.
General admission tickets are $75 and Vintage Tasting tickets are available for $250, which includes admission to the main event beginning at 7 p.m.
The Vintage Tasting, featuring wines rated 90 or better on the Parker Scale paired with gourmet foods, will begin at 6 p.m. (The $250 admission allows ticket holders to attend both events.) The Vintage Tasting will feature local personalities as “pourers,” plus local chefs and wine experts.
For more information on sponsorships or to buy tickets, go to www.mlfnow.org or contact Leigh Edgar at 512-328-7299 or leigh@mlfnow.org.
May 17, 6-10 pm
Slow Feast-in-the-Field
2nd annual to benefit the science and organic Junior Master Gardener program at the Austin Discovery School
Green Gate Farms Fundraiser
www.slowfoodaustin.org
May 22, 7 pm
Goldwasser International presents 5th Annual Rock ‘N’ Restock
Featuring Bob Schneider’s Texas Bluegrass Massacre
Where: Stubbs BBQ, 801 Red River, Austin, TX
Proceeds benefit the Food Band and Right Course
www.rocknrestock.com
May 24-26
2nd Annual Austin Wine Festival featuring Hill Country Wineries
Location: The Domain (North MoPac between Braker Lane & Burnet Road
Cost: $10-64.67 for tickets
www.austinwinefestival.com
May 26, 9am- 1pm
Blackberry Bonanza
Where: Sunset Farmers Market
3200 Jones Road
www.sunsetvalleyfarmersmarket.org
Every Wednesday from May-September, 4-8pm
Austin Farmer’s Market
Where: 46th Street between Lamar and Guadalupe at Triangle Park
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