Pilobolus for the rest of us…

   

Sometimes you just need to check your inhibitions at the door and open your mind to something different.  When you do, you might get lucky enough to enjoy a show like Pilobolus…sold out tonight (2/6) and tomorrow (2/7) at the Paramount.  I am always amazed at the strength and discipline that goes into being a dancer.  This group is just beautiful… soulful… and even humorous.  They have the ability to make even a low-level dance enthusiast like me into a fanatic if just for the night…  Jeez, could somebody get those guys a bag of potato chips.  I mean a little fat on the bone never hurt anyone!

On a separate note, I discovered that if you put the names Owen Wilson and Martie Maguire in your blog… you get lots of hits.

 Coming in March, Texas Monthly’s Evan Smith will interview Debra Winger on our stage.  After the show, we’ll screen one of three movies (Officer/Gentleman, Terms, Urban) and the audience gets to decide which one.  If you have any questions for Debra, leave them here and I’ll get them to Evan.

Hannah Montana vs. Martie Maguire

   

I didn’t go to the concert.  I didn’t take my daughter.  I can barely stand the show, but my daughter loves Hannah and somehow gets the difference between Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus which still has me confused.  I mean I undertand the whole double-identity thing for the TV show plot, but why has it carried over into the real world?

So at my age, it’s not Hannah Montana, it’s Martie Maguire for me.  If this Dixie Chick had a show, I would make it mandatory viewing for my daughter.  And now that I have gotten to know her husband, Gareth Maguire, I am even more a fan.  We had dinner tonight as  part of a fundraiser for the Nobelity Project.  Martie and Gareth were so kind to give their time to host my table.  I have gotten to know them each a little bit during visits to the theatre (most recently The Nutcracker with their two daughters) and each time I like them more… so down to earth and so in love with their little family…picture perfect and baby number three is on the way.

Also at the dinner tonight was Owen Wilson (a bit distracted if you ask me), Andrew Wilson (looked like he is boycotting shampoo and shaving cream), Willie Nelson (talked about maybe stopping by to see his friend Kris Kristofferson at the Paramount on May 17 for our Gala), and enough other celebrities to bring out a hollywood-style paparazzi line at the Four Seasons.  Guests were treated to entertainment from Pinetop Perkins, Bob Schneider, Joe Ely (who coaxed Jimmie Dale Gilmore and Butch Hancock onto the stage for an inpromptu Flatlanders reunion) and the magic of Night Court’s Harry Anderson.

 All this came after an evening with Olympia Dukakis who captivated the audience on Saturday night with a concert reading of “Rose”.  Her performance was spellbinding and I am still shocked she had any energy left after the show to come mingle with theatre donors who had gathered for a reception at the Stephen F. Austin.   She was so generous with her time and was very complimentary of the Paramount which was a perfect setting for her show.

 It was quite a weekend in Austin, but now I am off to bed…

Dinner with friends

 

I’m having dinner with Wedding Crasher Owen Wilson and Dixie Chick Martie Maguire this Sunday as we try to raise some much needed funds for Turk Pipkin’s second film with the Nobelity Project.  Here’s to raising lots of money while convincing Martie that she, Emily and Natalie need to play the Paramount… am I the only person who didn’t know Owen was nominated for an Oscar?