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Your weekend all wet? Try SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN

Friday, March 5th, 2010


SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN – Saturday 3/6 and Sunday 3/7 at the Ritz
Advance tickets available here

There are two types of people in the world:
1. Those who love the classic musical extravaganza SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN
2. and those who haven’t got around to seeing it yet.

Hollywood’s last great masterpiece of entertainment, SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN is a heartwarming love story, a fabulous comedy, and a loving tribute to Hollywood history that is at once educational and hilarious.

And the songs. You cannot forget about the songs. Even the unlucky few who haven’t been graced with the film know the iconic “Good Morning,” “Broadway Melody,” and “Make ‘Em Laugh.” Even more so, the title song “Singin’ in the Rain” is engraved so deeply in our culture’s musical heritage that I bet you’re singin’ it in your head as you read these words. I know I am.

The dancing sensation Gene Kelly co-directs (with musical legend Stanley Donen) and stars alongside the energetic comic genius Donald O’Connor and the beautiful and talented Debbie Reynolds in this beloved and epic, glorious motion picture.

This Saturday and Sunday March 6 and 7, we’ll be having special brunch screenings of this movie in 35mm, the way the film was meant to be seen, on our biggest screen at the downtown Ritz theatre. In addition to the normal brunch menu, chef John Bullington has prepared some special delights available only at these shows!

Lockwood and Lamont 13.99
Seared T Bone topped with two fried eggs on a quarter Belgian waffle with fresh strawberries

Good Mornin’ 9.99
Strata of sourdough, fresh spinach, sundried tomatoes, wild mushrooms, manchego and asiago soaked in herbed egg cream and baked and a side of strawberries

So, if this film is one of your best loved Hollywood memories and you want to relive it in all of its splendor, or if you have always been meaning to see it but just never found the right chance, come out this weekend for a wonderful early-afternoon at the movies.

Get your tickets for this great show now

The Alamo Guide for March 4th

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010
ALICE IN WONDERLAND OPENS FRIDAY AT LAMAR AND VILLAGE
THE ALAMO GUIDE
for March 4th, 2010

Ah March… the sun is shining, the trees are greening and people from all over the world are about to invade our fair city for SXSW and give us their money. You gotta love the few weeks of spring we get in Texas. Pretty soon it’s going to be hot as balls. Sure, it’ll drop down to 35 probably at some point, but worry not, it’ll be 80 the next day.If you haven’t been into the theater since last week, we put our new SPRING MENU SPECIALS up! They are crazy tasty, and come highly recommended from everyone at Alamo HQ. Some of those specials are for the big opener this weekend, Tim Burton’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND IN 3D! I’ve loved Tim Burton for years, and I love Alamo feasts, so you can find me at the ALICE FIVE-COURSE FEAST next Wednesday. Check out the menu! SO GOOD! We’re also opening DISTRICT 13: ULTIMATUM at the Ritz this Friday. It’s the sequel to District B13, kind of the same plot too, but way more parkour and ass kicking! Seriously, the action sequences are kind of amazing and ridiculous. MASTER PANCAKE has a Sean Connery mockery of GOLDFINGER starting up this weekend, GIRLIE NIGHT will take you back to your childhood BFF memories with NOW AND THEN and feeding our brunch love with two BRUNCH SCREENINGS of SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN! Lots more where that came from, folks. Shaboom!

Be sure to keep an eye on the Alamo Drafthouse Blog for up-to-date information and last minute awesomeness, and check out our Twitter feeds (further down on the page) to be updated on our awesome lives.

Opens Thurs, Mar 4th at MIDNIGHT at Lamar and the Village!

During the Friday (3/5), Saturday (3/6) & Sunday (3/7) 8:00PM screenings of ALICE IN WONDERLAND, enjoy a live, 10-minute performance of The Intergalactic Nemesis Live Action Graphic Novel.

For more information, visit www.theintergalacticnemesis.com

About ALICE IN WONDERLAND


Master of the creepy & surreal, Tim Burton, gets the best source material of his career with this vibrant re-imagining of Lewis Carroll’s classic tale of Alice’s trip through the looking glass.

Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Stephemn Fry(!) as The Cheshire Cat, Crispin Glover(!!) as The Knave of Hearts and Christopher Lee as The Jabberwock adds up to one hell of a tumble down the rabbit hole.

And it’s in 3D!!!

Want to make it a really important date? Check out the ALICE IN WONDERLAND Five-Course Feast on March 10!

Animals in Alamoland! The Austin Humane Society will be at Alamo South Lamar from 12 noon – 7:30pm on Saturday, March 6th with wonderful animals available for adoption and a raffle to win a 2010 Mazda Miata!

For more information go to www.austinhumanesociety.org

Opens Friday, March 5th at the Ritz

This one blew all our heads right off our shoulders at last year’s Fantastic Fest – only to then leap from the top of a 15 story building just in time to catch our heads before hitting the ground, then kicking them right back on. Like it’s now cult-legendary predecessor DISTRICT B13, this reunion of writer Luc Besson (THE PROFESSIONAL, FIFTH ELEMENT) and on-screen ass-kickers Leito (David Belle) and Damien (Cyril Raffaelli), DISTRICT 13 ULTIMATUM serves up an endless display of some of the most righteous parkour action ever committed to film. A jaw-dropping spectacle that will have you finding new, potentially deadly ways to go about your daily routine.

Thurs, March 4th at the Ritz – Weds, Mar 10th at Village

There is only one truth in this life: PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE is the FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE. If anyone tells you different, they’re just trying to start trouble.

Watch the most entertaining man who has ever roamed the earth embark on a cross-country quest to reclaim his kidnapped best friend: a bicycle. Along the way, ol’ P.W. will encounter tough-as-nails bikers, giant dinosaurs, wild animals, ninjas, chubby billionaires, escaped convicts, buckin’ broncos, tone-deaf hobos, unwanted romance, fibbing gypsies, clumsy Godzillas, basement-less Alamos, vengeful boyfriends and even an undead trucker! Fun didn’t exist until Pee-Wee invented it, and now the most funrocious, funtacular, fungorious funsplosion in the history of FUN will finally get its due as the most funeriffic Quote-Along ever!

Get tickets for THE RITZ HERE!

Get tickets for THE VILLAGE HERE!

Thurs, March 4th at the Ritz – Fri, March 5th at Village

Win tickets to the AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE show (The Paramount, April 17th) from C3 at the Thursday Ritz show! Tickets for ATHF aren’t even on sale yet, boom!

We’re back this year with another edition of JIGGY CRUNK, and because we’re in a whole new decade now, we’re going to do something unheard of in previous Jiggy Crunk shows and add in some of the best pop rap of the ’00s right there alongside the ’90s rap and R&B! We’ll be reprising a lot of our favorite songs from last year’s show, so don’t worry about missing out on your Will Smith, Neneh Cherry, or even Vanilla Ice. Pop rap is coming back to the Alamo Drafthouse, and this time around there ain’t no future in your frontin’.

Get tickets for THE RITZ HERE!

Get tickets for THE VILLAGE HERE!

Starts this weekend at the Ritz

This March, Master Pancake Theater devalues GOLDFINGER (1964), the movie that made “Shaken, not Stirred” and “Pussy Galore” household names. Featuring Sean Connery as James Bond, who must foil a scheme concocted by the absurdly named Auric Goldfinger to depreciate the monetary system of the United States, a plan that – prior to George Bush – most people thought impossible. At Goldfinger’s side is a cavalcade of preposterous henchmen, including Harold Sakata as Oddjob, whose cutting edge headgear has 007 on the run, and Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, the most ridiculously named Bond Girl since Mounds O’Snatch in SHAMROCKS ARE FOREVER. Join Master Pancake as we say “Bravo” to Bond and “Alas, poor Auric”.

MASTER PANCAKE IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY KERBEY LANE CAFE

Friday, March 5th, MIDNIGHT at the Village

Do you crave genetic perfection? Is your bloodlust only quenched by the vocal stylings of Sarah Brightman? Do you want to come up and try Paris Hilton’s new parts? Do you wish to be a legal assassin like Anthony Stewart Head? Does the thought of Ogre make you lose face? It’s in your sight. Come capture it with REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA. Whether this is your first elective surgery or your designer heart beats with common blood, you will want to jump out of your seat and Testify! Fans across the country have been performing what are called “Shadow-casts” of the film, when die-hard cultists perform the lines and songs in front of the screen, Rocky Horror-style.

Come enjoy a night at the Genetic Opera hosted by Austin’s Designer Hearts, Austin’s premier REPO! shadow-cast!

Sat, Mar 6th & Sun, Mar 7th at the Ritz

Join us for this rare 35mm screening of one the most beloved Golden-Era Hollywood musicals to ever hit the silver screen! In addition to our regular weekend brunch specials, Alamo executive chef (and SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN fanatic) John Bullington will prepare some special delights available only at these shows!

Lockwood and Lamont 13.99
Seared NY strip topped with two fried eggs on a quarter Belgian waffle with fresh strawberries

Good Mornin’ 9.99
Strata of sourdough, fresh spinach, sundried tomatoes, wild mushrooms, manchego and asiago soaked in herbed egg cream and baked and a side of strawberries

“There is no movie musical more fun than SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, and few that remain as fresh over the years.” Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

TRUST US THIS IS ALL MADE UP

March 8th and 10th at the Ritz

With Director Alex Karpovsky In Person!

Described by The New York Times as “Second City-seasoned masters of long form improv,” TJ Jagodowski and David Pasquesi have become living legends in their field. Exploring the trust that underlies their relationship and the forces that govern their improvisation, TRUST US, THIS IS ALL MADE UP is a portrait of two remarkably talented friends and features an unforgettable live performance recorded at New York’s Barrow Street Theater. Whether you’re a student of improvisation, a fan of live comedy or simply interested in the basis of human imagination and partnership, this journey will leave you laughing, guessing, and in awe of an altogether wonderful feat.

LEARN COMEDY! With the New Movement. Click here to find out more.

Monday, March 8th at the Ritz

Sponsored by Austin’s greatest music store, End of an Ear Records, and Austin’s most essential vintage furniture and decor store, Room Service.

An intimate portrait of soul legend Bill Withers, best known for his classics Ain’t No Sunshine, Lean On Me, Lovely Day, Grandma’s Hands, and Just the Two of Us.

With his soulful delivery and warm, heartfelt sincerity, Withers has
written the songs that have – and always will – resonate deeply within the fabric of our times. Filmmakers Damani Baker and Alex Vlack follow Withers and offer a unique and rare look inside the world of this fascinating man. Through concert footage, journeys to his birthplace, interviews with music legends, his family and closest friends, STILL BILL presents the story of an artist who has written some of the most beloved songs in our time and who truly understands the heart and soul of a man.

A big, big thanks to the fine folks at B-Side!

Tuesday, March 9th at the Ritz

Special prizes from Birds Barbershop!!

When it comes to movies about girls growing up, NOW AND THEN pretty much kicks the sisterhood in their traveling pants. When I first saw this film in 1995, I was instantly transported back to the best summer I never had. Riding bikes! Playing Red Rover! Holding seances in the graveyard! Communicating late at night via a complicated system of flashlights and walkie talkies! Stealing boys’ underwear! This is the stuff that girlie adolescent dreams are made of! Frankly, I could care less about the “grown-up” portions of the film (Christina Ricci turns into Rosie O’Donnell? Seriously?!) because the magic of NOW AND THEN isn’t about being an adult or being a kid. It’s about that awkward, amazing, in between time, when boys are gross but also kind of cute, when parents turn out to be human, when friendships
feel like they will last forever. (Sarah Pitre)

Tuesday, March 9th at the Ritz

Pure pulse-blasting entertainment for only a buck! SPONSORED BY VULCAN VIDEO!!!

In the last ten years, we’ve grown sick of zombies. Even my grandma has seen every conceivable variety of scabby deathbag get shanked, gutted, fileted and fried. These days, you can’t throw a rock in Hollywood without caving in a walking corpse’s dome. But back in untamed ’80s Europe, flesh-ripping was uncharted territory, and low/no-rent filmmakers could sharpen their auteurial teeth on half-scripted chronicles of blood-drenched reanimation. Welfare-caliber shambling cadavers found a particularly happy home in Italy, where directors like Lucio Fulci and Bruno Mattei tore the genre open stomach-first. Of their countless cheap productions and cheaper imitators, one film stands tall as the most brain-dead, plot-free, shock-driven maggotstorm
in the Halls of Zombie Retardation, chock full of decapitations, dismemberments and incestuous oral mastectomies. Ladies and gentlemen…BURIAL GROUND! (Zack)

Tuesday, March 9th at the Village & S. Lamar

SHIT, Y’ALL! IT’S THE FINAL SEASON! The promos keeps saying “The time for questions (bum bum bum)… is over!” – WHY DO I STILL HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS?!

We screen two episodes for each show: the previous week’s episode followed by a short break and then the new episode fresh of the DVR. Screenings will be in HD quality and booming surround sound! It’ll also be super fun and if you watch this show but never with a crowd, I highly recommend the experience. There are a lot of collective gasps and “WTF!”s that make this viewing party so much more than a private living room screening. Oh, and we don’t allow talkers, so don’t let that be a concern. We’ll kick their asses out faster than you can say “4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42!”

To get tickets to the SOUTH LAMAR LOST PREMIERE go here!

To get tickets to the VILLAGE LOST PREMIERE go here!

Wednesday, March 10th at the Ritz

Ripped from the pages of real life, Mortified is a comic excavation of awkward adolescent artifacts – old journals, poems, love letters, lyrics, locker notes, home movies, etc. – shared by their original authors in front of total strangers. Hailed a “cultural phenomenon” by Newsweek and celebrated for years by the likes of This American Life, The Today Show, Esquire, The Onion AV Club, Daily Candy, Entertainment Weekly, and E!, Mortified is a celebration of the strange and extraordinary things we created as kids. Share the Shame. Get Mortified!

Check out more info at www.getmortified.com

Wednesday, March 10th at the Ritz

PRESENTED BY I LUV VIDEO!

If the experience of watching exploitation movies is like taking drugs, and it certainly is, then watching this movie is the celluloid
equivalent of having a polar bear-sized dose of PCP injected directly
into your brainstem with an industrial strength compressed air gun. If this sounds like a bunch of exaggerated fanciful talk to you then you haven’t seen DR. TARR’S TORTURE DUNGEON. Based on Poe’s “The System of Dr. Tarr and Professor Fether”, it’s an amazingly baroque, surreal Mexican exploitation film about a vast, isolated asylum that has been
taken over by its inmates. The film glides from one absurd, outlandish tableau to another with the logic and pace of an opium dream. Though it was considered too exploitative for arthouses and too artsy for grindhouses at the time of its release, we are happy to give this film the audience it deserves. Note: if you don’t like horrifying shrieking chicken women, do us all a favor – STAY HOME! (Lars)

NEW PARKING DISCOUNT FOR ALAMO RITZ!
WOO! EASY DOWNTOWN PARKING!

We all know that parking downtown can be a small hassle. While there’s usually some meter parking a few blocks from the theater, driving around and searching for that can be tiresome, and what if you’re carrying a cinder block with you to the theater cause you want to use it as a booster seat? That block is HEAVY!

Which is why we’ve partnered with the parking garage at 7th and San Jacinto and convinced them to open on days they were previously closed, as well as to provide a $2.00 discount from their regular rates to anyone who returns to their car with an Alamo ticket stub. Just pay the
full price on your way in, then stop by the attendant with stub in hand on your way back to your car, and you’ll get a $2 refund. Easy parking, good deals, and all just a block away from the Ritz.

At this point that discount will unfortunately NOT apply on Friday and Saturday, but if we show them how loyal Alamo customers can be, we might be able to swing a discount on the weekends at some point in the future as well. Look for the Alamo sign on the parking garage in the next week or so, and we’ll see you downtown!

The garage is on 211 E. 7th St, Southwest Tower garage.

Big thanks to HOSPITALITY PARKING for helpin’ us out!

We here at the Alamo love the internet. It’s got all sorts of cool things on it! Sometimes we want to share that stuff with you! Also, we like to let you know when shows are on sale, surprise screenings, and general fun things that we do. Follow us to get up-to-date and instantaneous Alamo news (and general personal information about our fantastic Programming Dept.). All the cool kids are doing it!

Tim League: @TimAlamo (Founder/Owner)
Henri Mazza: @HenriMazza (Creative Director/Programmer)
Lars Nilsen: @LarsAlamo (Programmer/Weird Weds Coordinator)

Brad Parrett
: @AlamoBrad (Programmer/Booking)
Zack Carlson:
@ZackAlamo (Programmer/Terror Tues Coordinator)

Caitlin Stevens
: @CaitlinEStevens (Programmer/Promotions)

Sing-Along/Quote-Along info: @TheActionPack
Alamo Drafthouse information: @Drafthouse
Fantastic Fest information: @FantasticFest
MondoTees information: @MondoNews

SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT!

Sunday Nights at the Alamo Village!

UPDATE! While teachers may not be part of the service industry, they work their asses off trying to make kids not stupid and stuff. With that in mind, we think they deserve a break as well! Teachers, you are now welcome to the discounts of Service Industry Night! Take a load off! Have a drink!If you work in the service industry, you deserve a break! Bring your I.D. and current pay stub from your service industry job to any Sunday, post-9:30pm screening at the Alamo Village and get in for just $5! Or purchase your ticket online and bring your pay stub to the box office before the show. We’ll also have the Working Man’s Beer Bucket special available at these shows for just $12!

Ticket rate applicable to any feature that’s accepting passes and special pricing. Some new releases exempt for first two weeks.

Want your own private theater for S.I.N? Contact Ashley Hall for details of special service industry packages available for venue rentals!

That’s what we’ve got for this one. Let us know what you think, and we’ll see you at theater.

SIIIIINGIN’ IN THE RAIN!

Caitlin Stevens
Twitter: @caitlinestevens
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Weekly Showtimes:
NEW RELEASES
ALICE IN WONDERLAND in 3D!

Tim Burton’s newest film in brain-melting 3D! Opens Thurs at midnight! Click Here to get Lamar tix, Click Here to get Village tickets!
DISTRICT 13: ULTIMATUM

Nothin’ better than some French dudes doing parkour to stop a bomb! Opens Fri at the Ritz. Click Here to get tickets now!
THE GHOST WRITER

Ewan McGregor and Pierce Brosnan star in Roman Polanski’s new thriller! Now playing at Lamar. Click Here for tix!
COP OUT

Kevin Smith directs Bruce Willis and Tracy Morgan! Now playing at the Village. Click Here to get tickets!
SHUTTER ISLAND

Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio in a fantastic thriller! Now playing at Lamar and Village. Click Here to get tickets now!
TV at the ALAMO: LOST

It’s the Final Season, y’all! Tuesday at the Village & Lamar. Click Here to get Village tix! Click Here for Lamar tix!
RENT THE RITZ FOR SPECIAL EVENTS!

Host your next event at our theater! Click Here for more information!
BRUNCH AT THE ALAMO!

All weekend screenings before 2pm now have a brunch menu available! Click Here to see the menu!

Champagne & Cinema

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

brunch-blogAs mealtimes go, Brunch is probably the most perplexing, especially considering the average Brunch occurs during the traditional time of Lunch.  And yet anyone who enjoys Brunch at noon is keenly aware they are not eating Lunch.  Furthermore, one can eat a sandwich for Breakfast by that same name, just as one may eat an omelet for Dinner.  So what distinguishes this elusive fourth meal?

Shooting from the hip: it’s a class thing.  That, or it has to do with social acceptance of mid-day alcohol consumption…though the two may not be mutually exclusive.  Where else is it encouraged to enjoy a glass of champagne while the sun is up, let alone when it’s not New Year’s or at a Wedding?  That’s why Brunch (as we know it) always falls on a weekend- we’re not wearing the blinders of workaday sobriety nor are we bound by the suffocating authority of the timecard.  It’s not a meal of sustenance, it’s a meal of redemption!  A small reward of luxury to celebrate the weekly wind-down of the grindstone.  And it’s where you can have French toast dipped in creme brulee and feel GREAT about it.

It’s been a little over a year now since we introduced the special Alamo Weekend Brunch Menu, available during all shows on Saturday and Sunday before 2pm.  Any show- whether it’s ALICE IN WONDERLAND in 3D or I WAS A TEENAGE FRANKENSTEIN.  In addition to the first-run fare, we offer up exceptional one-time-only Brunch events for the absolute Best in day-off luxuriating!

Check out what’s heading your way in the coming weeks:

Brunch @ the Alamo: SINGIN’ IN THE RAINMarch 6 & 7 at the Ritz Ticket Here

For this rare 35mm screening of one the most beloved Golden-Era Hollywood musicals to ever hit the silver screen, Alamo executive chef (and SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN fanatic) John Bullington has prepared some additional delights available only at these shows!

Lockwood and Lamont 13.99
Seared NY strip topped with two fried eggs on a quarter Belgian waffle with fresh strawberries!

Good Mornin’ 9.99
Strata of sourdough, fresh spinach, sundried tomatoes, wild mushrooms, manchego and asiago soaked in herbed egg cream and baked and a side of strawberries!

LA DANSE – THE PARIS OPERA BALLETMarch 21, 27 & 28 at the Ritz Tickets Herela-danse-web

In this lyrical and beautiful film, vérité auteur Frederick Wiseman turns his camera on the Paris Opera Ballet.

“Frederick Wiseman’s astoundingly beautiful documentary, has sumptuous delights to satisfy every balletomane…The unobtrusive camerawork and sensitive editing add to the resplendent images that illustrate the fragility and ephemeral nature of dance.”
John R. Killacky, San Francisco Chronicle

You’ll see a montage of the maintenance staff painting walls, buffing armrests, and picking up litter, then a rehearsal of a contemporary ballet danced by a man and a woman, then a scene featuring the director of the Paris Ballet working out the benefits that will be provided for certain donor levels, then a performance of a classical ballet featuring over 20 dancers. These scenes are not connected in any particular way, other than the fact that, seen together, they provide a total portrait of this ballet company.  Only available for Brunch enjoyment!

Jazz Brunch: WOODY ALLEN’S SLEEPER with The Jazz Pharaohs Live! – April 4 at the Ritz! sleeper-web

For this inaugural Jazz Brunch outing, we’ve chosen his 1973 “Classic Woody” comedy SLEEPER. Allen plays Miles Monroe, a jazz clarinetist and health food store owner who gets cryogenically frozen for 200 years, only to awaken in a seemingly Orwellian dictatorship – a non-stop, jazz-infused roller-coaster of madcap misadventures, brazen innuendo and classic Allen one-liners ensues.

Enjoy our special Alamo brunch menu and a pre-movie live set by Austin’s finest Jazz quartet headed up by clarinetist Stanley Smith, The Jazz Pharaohs!

Tickets Here


A great way to start your day, so raise a glass and toast to the delights of champagne, cinema and time off work!

Springtime Menu Specials

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

Alice-in-Wonderland-Posters-Mad-HatterOur new spring specials are out and they are tasty! Pared down from eighteen ideas offered by our crack team of chefs from all locations we bring to you five film inspired creations for the next six weeks or so:

The biggest film of the spring looks to be Alice in Wonderland, so add a fourth dimension to your experience by ordering the WHITE RABBIT & TWEEDLE DUMPLINGS, a hot bowl of rabbit and delicious dumplings with our own re-imagining of the classic chicken dish full of fresh vegetables and oyster mushrooms.

Nothing says EAT ME, DRINK ME more than your own mini tea party. The only possible reason you might want to hold off on our exquisite poppy clashseed meyer lemon glazed cake is if you think the seeds might show up on a random drug test, so sorry we can’t offer the real thing. Our warm tea cake is in a sweet meyer lemon glaze with a dollop of sour cream and your choice of hot tea.

Another big hit this spring will be the remake Clash of the Titans. For that we are going to take you to the top of Olympus with our LAMB OF THE GODS. Three lamb chops are grilled and served with thick minted greek yogurt and a fried artichoke heart, chilled orzo salad with grilled zucchini. We also celebrate the Kraken by offering his favorite taste of the sea, oven roasted CRAB CAKES served with lemon caper aioli.

hit girlOur last special is one sure to make the permanent menu. THE KICK-ASS SANDWICH! It is comprised of spicy seared tofu, marinated sweet carrots, daikon, sunflower sprouts, red onions, green peppers, fresh jalapenos, and sambal mayo on a toasted baguette.

Come in and get them while they are here because its going to be summer soon, and on to Iron Man!

The Alamo Guide for February 26th!

Thursday, February 25th, 2010
GHOST WRITER OPENS FRIDAY AT LAMAR
THE ALAMO GUIDE
for February 26th, 2010

I’ve got to stop bitching about the weather. Last week I praised February, and then yesterday it snowed. SNOWED. Whatevs. I’m over it.We were surprised earlier this week when we found out we’d be getting Roman Polanski’s newest thriller early than expected! THE GHOST WRITER opens Friday at S. Lamar and has Ewan McGregor’s dreamy face all over it, with Pierce Brosnan trying to kill that dreamy face. I think. I haven’t seen it yet! COP OUT also opens this weekend, and if you love 30 Rock as much as I do, you’ll probably go see it just for Tracy Morgan! Also, the red band trailer makes me giggle A LOT. Speaking of giggling inappropriately, it’s time for the return of SPIKE AND MIKE’S SICK AND TWISTED FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION! Longest title ever! Grossest cartoons ever! And a whole lot of weirdness! The Action Pack has the PEE WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE QUOTE-ALONG STARTING (with “Mr. Breakfast” food specials at The Ritz!) and the JIGGY CRUNK: POP RAP OF THE 90s SING-ALONG. We also have the bizarreness that is BIRDEMIC: SHOCK AND TERROR (with director and stars live!) and Director Philippe Mora in town for both Terror Tuesday AND Weird Wednesday!

Check out our new spring menu items that are out this week! They are VERY VERY TASTY!

Be sure to keep an eye on the Alamo Drafthouse Blog for up-to-date information and last minute awesomeness, and check out our Twitter feeds (further down on the page) to be updated on our awesome lives.

Opens Friday, February 26th at S. Lamar

“Shows Roman Polanski in brilliant command of a political thriller that ties you up in knots of tension while zinging politics and showbiz like two sides of the same toxic coin.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

Winner of Silver Bear for Best Director at Berlin Film Festival

When a successful British ghostwriter, (Ewan McGregor), agrees to
complete the memoirs of Tony Blair-ish former British Prime Minister
Adam Lang (Pierce Brosnan), his agent assures him it’s the opportunity of a lifetime. But the project seems doomed from the start – not least because his predecessor on the book, Lang’s long-term aide, died in an unfortunate accident.

As The Ghost works, he begins to uncover clues suggesting his predecessor may have stumbled on a dark secret linking Lang to the CIA- and that somehow this information is hidden in the manuscript he left behind. Was Lang in the service of the American intelligence agency while he was prime minister? And was The Ghost’s predecessor murdered because of the appalling truth he uncovered?

Whatever his failings, Polanski is one of the most gifted filmmakers in the history of the medium, and when he creates an atmosphere of encroaching paranoia – of being isolated, hunted and hated – it has the power to chill your bones. His direction of the performers and staggering camera-sense makes this one of the most engrossing and rewarding political thrillers you’ll ever see, from the opening moments to the staggering final shot.

COP OUT

Opens Fri, Feb 26th at the Village!

New film from director Kevin Smith!

Two longtime NYPD partners (Bruce Willis & Tracy Morgan) on the trail of a stolen, rare, mint-condition baseball card who find themselves up against a merciless, memorabilia-obsessed gangster. But before they can recover the prized ‘52 Pafko, they must first rescue a Mexican beauty who holds the key to millions of dollars in off’shore bank accounts — and who has already witnessed one high-profile murder because of them.

We highly recommend watching the RED BAND TRAILER!

Starts this weekend at the Ritz!

NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN, WOMEN WHO ARE PREGNANT OR MAY BECOME PREGNANT, PEOPLE WITH HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, HIGH MORAL CHARACTER, DECENCY OR GOOD TASTE.

Spike & Mike’s Sick & Twisted Festival of Animation has been an annual tradition at the Alamo Downtown for almost the entire
existence of the theater. Spike didn’t have the show ready for our
usual January showdates this year – but that’s only because he was busy packing in EVEN MORE disgusting shit than ever before. The 2010 collection is filled with so much that is so wrong that you’ll be bleeding out of your eyes by the end of the show, and you’ll be laughing so hard that your intestines will likely pop up out of your
mouth and fly into the air. And you’ll still be laughing so hard at the sickness on the screen that you won’t even notice or care. Gross!

Sunday, February 28th at the Ritz!

This truly spectacular and bizarre silent classic stars the “Man of a
Thousand Faces,” Lon Chaney. He puts in an incredible performance as circus attraction “Alonzo The Armless,” who throws knives with his feet. Beautiful young Joan Crawford plays the daughter of the circus owner. She hates and fears men’s arms. So it’s a match made in heaven, right? Wrong. It turns out that Alonzo actually has a perfectly good pair of arms tucked away under his clothes and he has on occasion used them for strangling people with – in fact his whole armless act is a designed to throw off the police who have been pursuing him across Europe. But with the buoyant energy of one truly in love, he bribes a doctor to amputate his arms so he can be Joan Crawford’s dreamy armless
loverboy. What could go wrong? Plenty, of course, but we’ve said enough. Join us for one of the most unbelievable movies ever made, accompanied by the perfect live score provided by Austin’s own globetrotting masters of musical melange, The Invincible Czars!

Thurs, Feb 25th at the Ritz – Weds, Mar 3rd at Village

There is only one truth in this life: PEE-WEE’S BIG ADVENTURE is the FUNNIEST MOVIE EVER MADE. If anyone tells you different, they’re just trying to start trouble.

Watch the most entertaining man who has ever roamed the earth embark on a cross-country quest to reclaim his kidnapped best friend: a bicycle. Along the way, ol’ P.W. will encounter tough-as-nails bikers, giant dinosaurs, wild animals, ninjas, chubby billionaires, escaped convicts, buckin’ broncos, tone-deaf hobos, unwanted romance, fibbing gypsies, clumsy Godzillas, basement-less Alamos, vengeful boyfriends and even an undead trucker! Fun didn’t exist until Pee-Wee invented it, and now the most funrocious, funtacular, fungorious funsplosion in the history of FUN will finally get its due as the most funeriffic Quote-Along ever!

Get tickets for THE RITZ HERE!

Get tickets for THE VILLAGE HERE!

Thurs, Feb 25th at the Ritz – Fri, Feb 26th at Village

Win tickets to the AQUA TEEN HUNGER FORCE show (The Paramount, April 17th) from C3 at the Thursday Ritz show! Tickets for ATHF aren’t even on sale yet, boom!

We’re back this year with another edition of JIGGY CRUNK, and because we’re in a whole new decade now, we’re going to do something unheard of in previous Jiggy Crunk shows and add in some of the best pop rap of the ’00s right there alongside the ’90s rap and R&B! We’ll be reprising a lot of our favorite songs from last year’s show, so don’t worry about missing out on your Will Smith, Neneh Cherry, or even Vanilla Ice. Pop rap is coming back to the Alamo Drafthouse, and this time around there ain’t no future in your frontin’.

Get tickets for THE RITZ HERE!

Get tickets for THE VILLAGE HERE!

Also, there’s a new music store in town! SWITCHED ON AUSTIN invite you to their Grand Opening party this Saturday at Victory Grill! Come check out the gear at the store starting @7pm with DJs and a live in-store performance by Bodytronix!

Thurs, Feb 25th at S. Lamar

United Way Capital Area, KLRU-TV, Austin PBS & Alamo Drafthouse invite you to FRONTLINE: Inside the Meltdown, a special screening and discussion on financial stability.

How did a series of financial events create the most disruptive economic crisis of the century? Have we learned our lesson? More importantly, can we ever fully recover? Join us for FRONTLINE: INSIDE THE MELTDOWN, the illuminating and sobering story of the events that would ultimately snowball into a global economic crisis.

After the screening, stay to hear panelists discuss key questions related to the changing financial services landscape, including the appropriate role of government regulation and the future of consumer protection.

Saturday, Feb 27th at S. Lamar

Ain’t Cool News & The Austin Chronicle present FREE Saturday Morning Kids’ Club!

A high crime musical exploration of old-timey gangland warfare… where all the cops n’ criminals are little kids! A truly bizarre contribution to the great Hollywood musical tradition, this zany ride through the alcohol-free gin joints of a wee mafia is led by pint-sized future superstars Scott Baio and Jodie Foster. In the world of BUGSY MALONE, machine guns shoot pie filling and kids would rather chug root beer than guzzle hooch! All of this is topped off with songs by the equally
diminutive Paul Williams and a whoooole lotta high-octane craziness. One of the most memorable movies in kid-cinema history, on the big big screen for the next generation of dice-rollers, candy swindlers and apple juice runners!

THESE SCREENINGS ARE FREE AND VERY POPULAR! SEATING IS FIRST COME FIRST SERVE, SO WE RECOMMEND SHOWING UP EARLY!

Sunday, February 28th at the Ritz

Yeah, Michael Bay gets a lot of hate. And after he made Optimus Prime say, “My bad,” in the first TRANSFORMERS, I even jumped on the anti-Bay wagon myself. But to this day, every time I get into any sort of conversation with a Bay basher I immediately end the argument before it can start using just three little words: Bad. Boys. Two. Cause when he took the buddy cop movie formula and just said, “Fuck it, I’m gonna go nuts all over this bitch,” Michael Bay created True Classic Cinema and earned his spot at the top of the cinephile ranks right up there with Coppola, Godard and Melies. Yeah, I went there. We ride together, we die together. Bad boys for life. (Henri Mazza)

Monday, March 1st at the Ritz

Sponsored by Austin’s greatest music store, End of an Ear Records, and Austin’s most essential vintage furniture and decor store, Room Service.

Legendary, epochal concert film showcasing Neil Young and Crazy Horse at what may prove to be their very best. First, Neil Young walks onstage with an acoustic guitar and sings Sugar Mountain, I Am a Child, Comes a Time, After the Gold Rush, Thrasher and My My Hey Hey (Out of the Blue), then Crazy Horse come on and together they rip up When You Dance I Can Really Love, The Loner, Welfare Mothers, The Needle and the Damage Done, Lotta Love, Sedan Delivery, Powderfinger, Cortez the Killer, Cinnamon Girl, Like a Hurricane, Hey Hey My My (Into the Black) and end on a sedate note with Tonight’s the Night. Yes, this is the movie with the little Jawa dudes from STAR WARS. We’re not sure why they’re there exactly but if you like Neil Young at all, even a little bit, you can’t miss this rare 35mm screening.

Tuesday, March 2nd at the Ritz

Here’s how writer/producer/director James Nguyen describes BIRDEMIC:

“A platoon of eagles & vultures attack the residence of a small town.
Many people died. It’s not known what caused the flying menace to attack. Two people managed to fight back, but will they survive BIRDEMIC?”

When we heard that Patton Oswalt was showing all his friends an inexpensive “romantic thriller” inspired by THE BIRDS and featuring
Nintendo-level digital effects we were intrigued. When our friends saw it and called it the next THE ROOM, we knew we had to see it. When comedians Tim and Eric jumped on the bandwagon that bandwagon started looking even funnier – so we got on it too. And now we’re looking at you. Have you ridden on a BANDWAGON recently? It’s a pretty smooth ride.

Special thanks to SEVERIN FILMS for making this screening possible.

See Birdemic.com for all your Birdemic needs.

Tuesday, March 2nd at the Ritz

WITH LEAD ACTOR PAUL CLEMENS AND DIRECTOR PHILIPPE MORA IN PERSON!

Pure pulse-blasting entertainment for only a buck! SPONSORED BY VULCAN VIDEO!!!

Puberty is nobody’s friend. And all those strange new hairs and
hyperactive organs are even more prevalent when you’re a product of non-consensual bestiality. 17-year-old Michael (Paul Clemens) is having a difficult time coming to terms with his voice (and skin) cracking, and sets out on a swampland odyssey to learn the secrets of his origin. What he discovers — after animalistically slaughtering half the residents of a quiet Southern community — is worlds beyond anything he could ever imagine. Also, it’s really, rrreeaallly gross. Filmmaker
Philippe Mora (HOWLING II, PTERODACTYL WOMAN OF BEVERLY HILLS) really lets the fluid fly in what’s easily his most respectable and unique horror feature.

Tuesday, March 2nd at the Village & S. Lamar

SHIT, Y’ALL! IT’S THE FINAL SEASON! The promos keeps saying “The time for questions (bum bum bum)… is over!” – WHY DO I STILL HAVE SO MANY QUESTIONS?!

We screen two episodes for each show: the previous week’s episode followed by a short break and then the new episode fresh of the DVR. Screenings will be in HD quality and booming surround sound! It’ll also be super fun and if you watch this show but never with a crowd, I highly recommend the experience. There are a lot of collective gasps and “WTF!”s that make this viewing party so much more than a private living room screening. Oh, and we don’t allow talkers, so don’t let that be a concern. We’ll kick their asses out faster than you can say “4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42!”

To get tickets to the SOUTH LAMAR LOST PREMIERE go here!

To get tickets to the VILLAGE LOST PREMIERE go here!

Wednesday, March 3rd at the Ritz

Ripped from the pages of real life, Mortified is a comic excavation of awkward adolescent artifacts – old journals, poems, love letters, lyrics, locker notes, home movies, etc. – shared by their original authors in front of total strangers. Hailed a “cultural phenomenon” by Newsweek and celebrated for years by the likes of This American Life, The Today Show, Esquire, The Onion AV Club, Daily Candy, Entertainment Weekly, and E!, Mortified is a celebration of the strange and extraordinary things we created as kids. Share the Shame. Get Mortified!

Check out more info at www.getmortified.com

Wednesday, March 3rd at the Ritz

WITH DIRECTOR PHILIPPE MORA IN PERSON!

PRESENTED BY I LUV VIDEO!

Dan Morgan was a real-life figure, a desperado who roamed the bush, committing robberies, drinking rum, killing people at the slightest provocation and generally behaving like a maniac. Obviously not just any actor could play the role, so director Philippe Mora brought in the only actor who could embody Morgan’s peculiar brand of apeshit craziness – Dennis Hopper. Hopper was dead-on perfect for Morgan but,
unfortunately for the sanity of the cast and crew, he was also a committed method actor who insisted on getting into the role by drinking at least as much rum as the real Morgan and carrying loaded weapons everywhere. We are honored to welcome director Philippe Mora to the Ritz to tell us more about this film and the bizarre circumstances surrounding its making. (Lars)

Weds, March 3rd at S. Lamar

The Dionysium offers a unique, innovative program of debate, lecture, declamation, theatrical presentation and music in a salon-like atmosphere on the first Wednesday of every month at the Alamo South Lamar. A typical Dionysium show will feature a lecture, a declamation, a drinking song, a film or live musical performance, an appeal to Dionysus, a fiction-writing contest, and plenty of strong drink. But the heart of every Dionysium is the debate, pitting two experts against each other in toe-to-toe parliamentary combat. Dionysium debate resolutions have covered everything from Social Security reform to the future threat of genocidal robots. Check out The Dionysium Website for full information.

Opens Thurs, Mar 4th at MIDNIGHT at Lamar and the Village!

Master of the creepy & surreal, Tim Burton, gets the best source
material of his career with this vibrant re-imagining of Lewis
Carroll’s classic tale of Alice’s trip through the looking glass.

Johnny Depp as The Mad Hatter, Helena Bonham Carter as The Red Queen, Anne Hathaway as The White Queen, Stephen Fry(!) as The Cheshire Cat, Crispin Glover(!!) as The Knave of Hearts and Christopher Lee as The Jabberwock adds up to one hell of a tumble down the rabbit hole. And it’s in 3D!!!

Get tickets for the SOUTH LAMAR screenings HERE!

Get tickets for THE VILLAGE screenings HERE!

Want to make it a really important date? Check out the ALICE IN WONDERLAND Five-Course Feast on March 9!


Alamo Drafthouse CinemasThe Austin Human Society will be at S. Lamar Saturday, March 6th for the opening weekend of Alice in Wonderland with animals for adoption and an option to enter a raffle to win a 2010 Mazda Miata! For more information, go to
www.austinhumanesociety.org/raffle

Starts Friday, March 5th at the Ritz

This March, Master Pancake Theater devalues GOLDFINGER (1964), the movie that made “Shaken, not Stirred” and “Pussy Galore” household names. Featuring Sean Connery as James Bond, who must foil a scheme concocted by the absurdly named Auric Goldfinger to depreciate the monetary system of the United States, a plan that – prior to George Bush – most people thought impossible. At Goldfinger’s side is a cavalcade of preposterous henchmen, including Harold Sakata as Oddjob, whose cutting edge headgear has 007 on the run, and Honor Blackman as Pussy Galore, the most ridiculously named Bond Girl since Mounds O’Snatch in SHAMROCKS ARE FOREVER. Join Master Pancake as we say “Bravo” to Bond and “Alas, poor Auric”.

MASTER PANCAKE IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY KERBEY LANE CAFE

Sat, Mar 6th & Sun, Mar 7th at the Ritz

Join us for this rare 35mm screening of one the most beloved Golden-Era Hollywood musicals to ever hit the silver screen! In addition to our regular weekend brunch specials, Alamo executive chef (and SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN fanatic) John Bullington will prepare some special delights available only at these shows!

Lockwood and Lamont 13.99
Seared NY strip topped with two fried eggs on a quarter Belgian waffle with fresh strawberries

Good Mornin’ 9.99
Strata of sourdough, fresh spinach, sundried tomatoes, wild mushrooms,
manchego and asiago soaked in herbed egg cream and baked and a side of
strawberries

“There is no movie musical more fun than SINGIN’ IN THE RAIN, and few that remain as fresh over the years.”

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun Times

Friday, March 5th, MIDNIGHT at the Village

Do you crave genetic perfection? Is your bloodlust only quenched by the vocal stylings of Sarah Brightman? Do you want to come up and try Paris Hilton’s new parts? Do you wish to be a legal assassin like Anthony Stewart Head? Does the thought of Ogre make you lose face? It’s in your sight. Come capture it with REPO! THE GENETIC OPERA. Whether this is your first elective surgery or your designer heart beats with common blood, you will want to jump out of your seat and Testify! Fans across the country have been performing what are called “Shadow-casts” of the film, when die-hard cultists perform the lines and songs in front of the screen, Rocky Horror-style.

Come enjoy a night at the Genetic Opera hosted by Austin’s Designer Hearts, Austin’s premier REPO! shadow-cast!

Sunday, March 7th at the Ritz, Village & Lamar

The nominations are out and that means tickets are on sale to the
swankiest Oscar-watching party in town! At all three theaters, we’ll
have tuxedo’d hosts, outrageous contests, golden prizes, embarrassing clips of celebrities in early forgotten roles, sing-a-longs and more! And if you want to really feel like Hollywood Royalty, check out The RED CARPET FEAST at Alamo South Lamar featuring a specially prepared five-course feast inspired
by Best Picture nominated films! These shows sell out every year, so
get your tickets now!

For your geographical convenience, please note that we’re having a RED CARPET BASH at the Alamo Village, Alamo Ritz, and for the ultimate in Hollywood excess, check out the RED CARPET FEAST at Alamo South Lamar!

TICKETS FOR ALL THREE SHOWS ARE NOW ON SALE!

NEW PARKING DISCOUNT FOR ALAMO RITZ!
WOO! EASY DOWNTOWN PARKING!

We all know that parking downtown can be a small hassle. While there’s usually some meter parking a few blocks from the theater, driving around and searching for that can be tiresome, and what if you’re carrying a cinder block with you to the theater cause you want to use it as a booster seat? That block is HEAVY!

Which is why we’ve partnered with the parking garage at 7th and San Jacinto and convinced them to open on days they were previously closed, as well as to provide a $2.00 discount from their regular rates to anyone who returns to their car with an Alamo ticket stub. Just pay the
full price on your way in, then stop by the attendant with stub in hand on your way back to your car, and you’ll get a $2 refund. Easy parking, good deals, and all just a block away from the Ritz.

At this point that discount will unfortunately NOT apply on Friday and Saturday, but if we show them how loyal Alamo customers can be, we might be able to swing a discount on the weekends at some point in the future as well. Look for the Alamo sign on the parking garage in the next week or so, and we’ll see you downtown!

The garage is on 211 E. 7th St, Southwest Tower garage.

Big thanks to HOSPITALITY PARKING for helpin’ us out!

We here at the Alamo love the internet. It’s got all sorts of cool things on it! Sometimes we want to share that stuff with you! Also, we like to let you know when shows are on sale, surprise screenings, and general fun things that we do. Follow us to get up-to-date and instantaneous Alamo news (and general personal information about our fantastic Programming Dept.). All the cool kids are doing it!

Tim League: @TimAlamo (Founder/Owner)
Henri Mazza: @HenriMazza (Creative Director/Programmer)
Lars Nilsen: @LarsAlamo (Programmer/Weird Weds Coordinator)

Brad Parrett
: @AlamoBrad (Programmer/Booking)
Zack Carlson:
@ZackAlamo (Programmer/Terror Tues Coordinator)

Caitlin Stevens
: @CaitlinEStevens (Programmer/Promotions)

Sing-Along/Quote-Along info: @TheActionPack
Alamo Drafthouse information: @Drafthouse
Fantastic Fest information: @FantasticFest
MondoTees information: @MondoNews

SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT!

Sunday Nights at the Alamo Village

UPDATE! While teachers may not be part of the service industry, they work their asses off trying to make kids not stupid and stuff. With that in mind, we think they deserve a break as well! Teachers, you are now welcome to the discounts of Service Industry Night! Take a load off! Have a drink!If you work in the service industry, you deserve a break! Bring your I.D. and current pay stub from your service industry job to any Sunday, post-9:30pm screening at the Alamo Village and get in for just $5! Or purchase your ticket online and bring your pay stub to the box office before the show. We’ll also have the Working Man’s Beer Bucket special available at these shows for just $12!

Ticket rate applicable to any feature that’s accepting passes and special pricing. Some new releases exempt for first two weeks.

Want your own private theater for S.I.N? Contact Ashley Hall for details of special service industry packages available for venue rentals!

That’s what we’ve got for this one. Let us know what you think, and we’ll see you at theater.

I’M A LONER, DOTTIE. A REBEL.

Caitlin Stevens
Twitter: @caitlinestevens
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Martin Scorsese directs Leonardo DiCaprio in a fantastic thriller! Now playing at Lamar and Village. Click Here to get tickets now!
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Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins! Now playing at the Ritz. Click Here to get tickets now!
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The Alamo Guide for February 12th!

Friday, February 12th, 2010
THE WOLFMAN opens Friday at the Ritz
THE ALAMO GUIDE
for February 12th, 2010

FEBRUARY! YOU ARE STILL RAINY AND COLD! I HATE IT! Where’s the sun? This is like, the most unromantic weather, February. Why don’t you live up to the holiday you’re known for and show us some freaking love! Nevermind… we’ll just stay inside. Suck it.First of all, we’re opening THE WOLFMAN this Friday at The Ritz! If you wanna see a really hairy, muscley Benicio Del Toro, then this movie is for you! All of our Valentine’s Day Feasts are SOLD OUT! And if you hate love, even our LOVE BITES SING-ALONG on Valentine’s Day is sold out too. All the more reason for you to proclaim that you “don’t believe in Valentine’s Day because you should love your partner all the time!” and “it’s just a holiday created by Hallmark!” and all that other stuff that people are prone to say, and then completely ignore V Day all together. Instead, you should go see things like DEAR JOHN, or VALENTINE’S DAY! Oh wait… how about MASTER PANCAKE’s TRANSFORMERS! (Yeah!) or come be overly excited at the SAVED BY THE BELL TV PARTY! We’ve also got a new GIRLIE NIGHT next week with CRUEL INTENTIONS! Oh, and if you caught THE INTERGALACTIC NEMESIS during the opening weekend of DAYBREAKERS last month, you’ll be happy to know that they will also be around for the opening weekend of PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF. That title is very long.

This the last week to catch A TOWN CALLED PANIC (for real this time), SHERLOCK HOLMES (Robert Downey, Jr.!) A SINGLE MAN (I still need to see you!) and YOUTH IN REVOLT (oh, Michael Cera). Basically, you’ve got a lot of work ahead of you. Get to it.

Be sure to keep an eye on the Alamo Drafthouse Blog for up-to-date information and last minute awesomeness, and check out our Twitter feeds (further down on the page) to be updated on our awesome lives.

Opens Friday, February 12th at the Ritz

Nobleman Lawrence Talbot (Benicio Del Toro) returns to his ancestral homeland, where his brother has gone missing and villagers are being killed by a nightmarish beast. The search reunites him with his estranged father (Anthony Hopkins) and draws him near to his brother’s fiancee (Emily Blunt), however, Talbot’s larger concern is the discovery of a side to himself which he never could have imagined existed…though the film’s title may offer a clue. I’m just saying. With all the attention that vampires and zombies have been getting the last couple years, it’s exciting to see that Universal Pictures is ready to ditch those pale-skinned creatures of the night and really let the fur fly.

Opens Thursday at MIDNIGHT at S. Lamar

Join us at the Alamo South Lamar for a special Book People
LIGHTNING THIEF midnight gala with a real chariot in the lobby, Greek armor and weapons, a fortune telling Oracle, demonstrations of the phalanx formation and more more more! We’ll have blue cake and milkshakes too!

It’s the 21st century, but the gods of Mount Olympus and assorted
monsters have walked out of the pages of high school student Percy
Jackson’s Greek mythology texts and into his life. And they’re not
happy: Zeus’ lightning bolt has been stolen, and Percy is the prime suspect. Even more troubling is the sudden disappearance of Percy’s mother. As Percy finds himself caught between angry and battling gods, he and his friends embark on a cross-country adventure to catch the true lightning thief, save Percy’s mom, and unravel a mystery more powerful than the gods themselves.

Opens Friday, February 12th at Village

Garry Marshall (BEACHES, PRETTY WOMAN) directs a star-studded ensemble, including Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Alba, Jessica Biel, Jennifer Garner, Bradley Cooper, Queen Latifah, Ashton Kutcher, Patrick Dempsey and Jamie Foxx in an interwoven collision-course of lives…and more importantly, love.

Being released right around the actual Valentine’s Day holiday is
completely coincidental… but a happy accident, don’t you think? This one sounds perfect for a date night!

Thursdays at the Ritz, Friday at the Village!

With FREE Cupcakes for the audience at each show from LICK IT, BITE IT, OR BOTH!

Ah, Valentine’s Day. It’s one of the busiest days of the year in the
restaurant business, and for some of us it’s a night of long gazes
across that candle-lit table into the eyes of the person of our dreams. For the rest of us, Valentine’s Day is a time to remember how WE ARE ALONE AND THIS HOLIDAY IS STUPID! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO MOCK US SO, HALLMARK SPONSORED HOLIDAY???

Fortunately, there is an entire genre of music made just for our pain, and it just happens to also be the most badass music ever: POWER BALLADS. When metal went glam, and glam boys needed radio hits to afford the fancy hair product they’d grown addicted to, they slowed it down a bit for the ladies and created the anthems that would become theme songs for an entire generation. We’ll hold lighters in the air and sway, we’ll pound our fists at the sky in defiance of those who would dare not love us, and we’ll do it all with teased hair and animal print tights on. Featuring the music of Guns ‘n Roses, REO Speedwagon, Warrant, and more…

GET TICKETS FOR THE RITZ SCREENING HERE!

GET TICKETS FOR THE VILLAGE SCREENING HERE!

Friday and Saturday at the Ritz

This February, Master Pancake shoots down their first Michael Bay movie ever: TRANSFORMERS (2007). This movie features faster cars, bigger boobs and slicker production values than a collection of posters from a teenage boy’s room. Featuring Shia LaBeouf as Sam Witwicky, a young man in search of a better last name and Megan Fox as his preposterously hot girlfriend. The real stars of this movie, however, are the toys, including a yellow Camaro named Bumblebee, a semi truck named Optimus Prime, and an evil jet plane named Megatron (Hugo Weaving). The story involves the race to find a cube-shaped artifact called the All Spark, a kind of intergalactic Holy Grail. But plot is really secondary to the eye candy that Michael Bay is pushing here. Come out this February and see why TRANSFORMERS is actually LESS than meets the eye. (John)

MASTER PANCAKE IS PROUDLY SPONSORED BY KERBEY LANE CAFE

Saturday, February 13th at S. Lamar

Proceeds from this benefit screening will go to Communities in Schools- for more information, please visit www.cisaustin.org.

Second screening followed by a Q&A with legendary marathoner Dick Beardsley! Proceeds from this benefit screening will go to the Dick Beardsley Foundation – for more information, please visit
www.dickbeardsleyfoundation.org.

In anticipation of the Austin Marathon, we invite you to the Alamo for an incredible documentary about the passions and adversities of the marathon runner.

Four years in the making, SPIRIT OF THE MARATHON is the collaborative effort of three-time Academy Award winner Mark Jonathan Harris, Telly Award winner and marathon runner Jon Dunham and producer/marathoner Gwendolen Twist. Spirit of the Marathon is the first ever non-fiction feature film to capture the drama and essence of the famed 26.2 mile running event. Filmed on four continents, the movie brings together a diverse cast of amateur athletes and marathon luminaries.

For more information, please visit www.marathonmovie.com

For the true runners out there, we offer a special ‘carbo load’ ticket with includes all-you-can-eat spaghetti and garlic bread!

Sunday, February 14th at the Ritz

The Austin Gay & Lesbian International Film Festival presents BRUNCH TIME BOOYA! with Rebecca Havemeyer!

We all know what time a’ year it is, don’t we little lambs? Them ruby
red roses and choco burnin’ boxed hearts are makin’ their way down the emotional factory belt that is Valentine’s Day. Well, all’s I gotta say is the only thing ya’ gonna get from that bull ca-ca is a’ pricked
finger and a lengthy sit upon the porcelain throne! Scrap the
traditional crap and join ya’ all time year round jug of love hostess
REBECCA HAVEMEYER for a movie that’s gonna rearrange ya’ brain for a whole new understandin’ of what it really means to love someone. BRUNCH TIME BOOYA is servin’ up a thick slice of messed up with Francois Ozon’s highly disturbing interpretation of a Hansel & Gretel story gone wrong in the most horrific way! I’m hittin’ ya’ hard in the heart with CRIMINAL LOVERS…a film where the two main character’s idea of foreplay is a locker room sex induced murder that leads to a situation involving things going on in the woods that would make Nancy Grace shit a brick. Who better than tha’ French to teach us all about real love, huh? Get ya’ rosy butts down to the Ritz where you’ll find one hot, single, big blonde lady givin’ all her boozy kisses away for free! (Rebecca Havemeyer)

Monday, February 15th at the Ritz

Sponsored by Austin’s greatest music store, End of an Ear Records, and Austin’s most essential vintage furniture and decor store, Room Service.

In 1974, the most celebrated American R&B acts of the time came
together with the most renowned musical groups in Africa for a 12-hour, three-night long concert held in Kinshasa, Zaire. The dream-child of Hugh Masekela and Stewart Levine, this music festival became a reality when they convinced boxing promoter Don King to combine the event with “The Rumble in the Jungle,” the epic fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, previously chronicled in the Academy Award-winning
documentary WHEN WE WERE KINGS. SOUL POWER is a verité documentary about this legendary music festival (dubbed “Zaire ‘74″), and it depicts the experiences and performances of such musical luminaries as James Brown, BB King, Bill Withers, Celia Cruz, among a host of others.

After Music Monday the Soul keeps Powering with a classic soul dance party at Austin’s newest video dance club, Barbarella. Just two blocks away at 615 Red River St.

Girlie Night: CRUEL INTENTIONS

Tuesday, February 16th at the Ritz

Never have I seen a movie so sinfully delicious, so decadently wrong. Watching CRUEL INTENTIONS is like taking a bath in champagne and one hundred dollar bills while eating an entire chocolate cake (devil’s food, obvs!). Basically, this lusty little masterpiece showcases the entire young A-list of the late 90s as they indulge in sexy games of intrigue while looking totally fabulous. Sarah Michelle Gellar is divinely evil, while Ryan Phillippe is caddishly hot and Reese Witherspoon is adorable as usual. And why yes, that IS Joshua Jackson with bleached hair. And OMG Tara Reid is that you?!! CRUEL INTENTIONS makes me long for the the days when Reese and Ryan were the hot couple, when Fatboy Slim was the jam, when two girls kissing on screen was
utterly scandalous (OMG!). So, whether you’re waxing nostalgic for the 90s or craving the debaucherous adolescence you never had, join me for Girlie Night, where we’ll all get just a little more evil (and a lot more fun). (Sarah Pitre)

Tuesday, February 16th at The Ritz

We’re in the heart of Austin’s Mardi Gras party, and we figured that was reason enough to put together a special Mardi Gras Mix Tape Sing-Along filled with our favorite sexy pop from past Sing-Along shows as well as a whole crop of new songs we haven’t been able to fit in any of the less sexy extravaganzas. We’ll have Kelis shaking her stuff in Milkshake, Justin making sure that he brings SexyBack, Missy Elliott and Timbaland urging you to Get Ur Freak On, plus a whole lot of other sexiness.

Of course, Mardi Gras is about more than just the regular old singing and dancing, and Fat Tuesday especially is a night when we can leave all of our inhibitions at home and become whatever we want to be. Get yourself a feathered mask to wear to the theater and not
only will you get to disguise your identity so you can go as crazy or stay as tame as you want with no harassment from the paparazzi, but we’ll also give you $2 off your ticket price. (Note: if you purchase a discount ticket in advance on this website, you MUST be wearing a mask when you pick up the ticket at the counter, or be prepared to make up
the difference in price!)

Tuesday, February 16th at the Ritz

Pure pulse-blasting entertainment for only a buck! SPONSORED BY VULCAN VIDEO!!!

Vein-throbbing, foaming, red-eyed maniac Klaus Kinski was the most notorious wildman to ever torment a filmmaker. His on- and off-screen rampages against his collaborators are the stuff of legend, and have been the subject of documentaries articles and countless muttered rumors. In Kinski’s autobiography, he detailed several of these thunderous clashes (a few chapters after allegedly having sex with his teenage sister), but none were more epic than the chaos tornado he
caused on the set of CRAWLSPACE. By 1986, the German actor had achieved absolute delusional godhood, and no director could stand in the way of his self-declared genius. Not even underappreciated David Schmoeller, the man behind overlooked horror treasure TOURIST TRAP, could reign in Kinski’s mania for a story about an ex-Nazi landlord who tortures and annihilates his slum-dwelling boarders. The result is a deeply uncomfortable celluloid war between a monstrous megalomaniac and the universe that could not hold him. (Zack)

Tuesday, February 16th at the Village & S. Lamar

SHIT, Y’ALL! IT’S THE FINAL SEASON! Did you SEE that premiere?? What the what?! It was bonkers! I don’t wanna spoil anything for those who haven’t watched the last episode yet (24 hour rule though, guys, get on it!) but we’ll be here all season watching it on the big screen. Join us!

We screen two episodes for each show: the previous week’s episode followed by a short break and then the new episode fresh of the DVR. Screenings will be in HD quality and booming surround sound! It’ll also be super fun and if you watch this show but never with a crowd, I highly recommend the experience. There are a lot of collective gasps and “WTF!”s that make this viewing party so much more than a private living room screening. Oh, and we don’t allow talkers, so don’t let that be a concern. We’ll kick their asses out faster than you can say “4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42!”

NEWS! These screenings were so popular that we decided to show them down south as well! More viewing room for all!

To get tickets to the SOUTH LAMAR LOST PREMIERE go here!

To get tickets to the VILLAGE LOST PREMIERE go here!

Wednesday, February 17th at the Ritz

AIGA Austin and The Austin Museum of Art present this powerful new film about the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time — people who’ve profoundly impacted our culture, yet are virtually unknown outside
their industry. Exploding forth from advertising’s “creative
revolution” of the 1960s, these artists and writers all brought a
surprisingly rebellious spirit to their work in a business more often
associated with mediocrity or manipulation: George Lois, Mary Wells, Dan Wieden, Lee Clow, Hal Riney and others featured in ART & COPY were responsible for “Just Do It,” “I Love NY,” “Where’s the Beef?,” “Got Milk,” “Think Different,” and brilliant campaigns for everything from cars to presidents. They managed to grab the attention of millions and truly move them. Visually interwoven with their stories, TV satellites are launched, billboards are erected, and the social and cultural impact of their ads are brought to light in this dynamic exploration of art, commerce, and human emotion.

Admission to this show also includes admission to AMOA’s upcoming exhibit American Letterpress: The Art of the Hatch Show Print.

Wednesday, February 17th at the Ritz

Screech has a sex tape. Slater is still hunky. Zack Morris showed up on the Jimmy Fallon show, and eventually almost all of the cast reunited in 2009 for a People magazine photo shoot (sorry Screech and Mr. Belding!). SAVED BY THE BELL fever has been everywhere lately, and we feel like it’s high time that we brought that fever back into the Alamo. We’re so excited! We’re so excited! We’re so… scared. (Henri Mazza)

Wednesday, February 17th at the Ritz

PRESENTED BY I LUV VIDEO!

“Where society dumps its human garbage!” At some indistinct point in the very near future, which looks suspiciously like the early ’70s,
America has outlawed capital punishment. So murderers are sent to a blockaded island to fend for themselves. A new Darwinian social order asserts itself and the few women on the island have a pretty rough go of it – until they decide to fight back. This is very likely the first women-in-prison movie directed by a woman, but it’s hardly a
chick-flick. Stephanie Rothman, like so many other talented people in the movie business, was given her start in films by the great Roger Corman, who certainly deserves a statue in Hollywood, albeit an inexpensive one. Her films, while every bit as sweaty and violent as
those of her male counterparts, always contain fascinating touches of feminine insight. Featuring the glistening naked torsos of Phyllis Davis, Barbara Leigh and Marta “Lost In Space” Kristen. Plus, look for Tom Selleck as a coke-snorting doctor. (Lars)

ACTION PACK: MOULIN ROUGE SING-ALONG
Wednesday, February 17th at the Village!

WITH SPECIAL PRIZES FROM THE BLANTON MUSEUM OF ART!

You know the movie: Christian moves to Paris to pursue a Bohemian
lifestyle and then of course falls into a doomed love affair with the
most beautiful girl at the Moulin Rouge. But until you’ve seen the
movie and sung the songs and learned that lesson in a movie theater with 200 other heart-swept people, you’ve never really known what it’s like to be in love. Your heart will swell. Your lungs will burst. Bring a date, or else make sure you choose who you sit next to carefully,
because you WILL end up falling in love with that person before the credits roll.

As always, we’ll have props for some special interaction, and before the show we’ll have a Can-Can dance contest.

Sunday, March 7th at the Ritz, Village & Lamar

The nominations are out and that means tickets are on sale to the
swankiest Oscar-watching party in town! At all three theaters, we’ll
have tuxedo’d hosts, outrageous contests, golden prizes, embarrassing clips of celebrities in early forgotten roles, sing-a-longs and more! And if you want to really feel like Hollywood Royalty, check out The RED CARPET FEAST at Alamo South Lamar featuring a specially prepared five-course feast inspired
by Best Picture nominated films! These shows sell out every year, so
get your tickets now!

For your geographical convenience, please note that we’re having a RED CARPET BASH at the Alamo Village, Alamo Ritz, and for the ultimate in Hollywood excess, check out the RED CARPET FEAST at Alamo South Lamar!

TICKETS FOR ALL THREE SHOWS ARE NOW ON SALE!

Sunday, February 28th at the Ritz!

This truly spectacular and bizarre silent classic stars the “Man of a
Thousand Faces,” Lon Chaney. He puts in an incredible performance as circus attraction “Alonzo The Armless,” who throws knives with his feet. Beautiful young Joan Crawford plays the daughter of the circus owner. She hates and fears men’s arms. So it’s a match made in heaven, right? Wrong. It turns out that Alonzo actually has a perfectly good pair of arms tucked away under his clothes and he has on occasion used them for strangling people with – in fact his whole armless act is a designed to throw off the police who have been pursuing him across Europe. But with the buoyant energy of one truly in love, he bribes a doctor to amputate his arms so he can be Joan Crawford’s dreamy armless
loverboy. What could go wrong? Plenty, of course, but we’ve said enough. Join us for one of the most unbelievable movies ever made, accompanied by the perfect live score provided by Austin’s own globetrotting masters of musical melange, The Invincible Czars!

NEW PARKING DISCOUNT FOR ALAMO RITZ!
WOO! EASY DOWNTOWN PARKING!

We all know that parking downtown can be a small hassle. While there’s usually some meter parking a few blocks from the theater, driving around and searching for that can be tiresome, and what if you’re carrying a cinder block with you to the theater cause you want to use it as a booster seat? That block is HEAVY!

Which is why we’ve partnered with the parking garage at 7th and San Jacinto and convinced them to open on days they were previously closed, as well as to provide a $2.00 discount from their regular rates to anyone who returns to their car with an Alamo ticket stub. Just pay the
full price on your way in, then stop by the attendant with stub in hand on your way back to your car, and you’ll get a $2 refund. Easy parking, good deals, and all just a block away from the Ritz.

At this point that discount will unfortunately NOT apply on Friday and Saturday, but if we show them how loyal Alamo customers can be, we might be able to swing a discount on the weekends at some point in the future as well. Look for the Alamo sign on the parking garage, and we’ll see you downtown!

The garage is on 211 E. 7th St, Southwest Tower garage.

Big thanks to HOSPITALITY PARKING for helpin’ us out!

We here at the Alamo love the internet. It’s got all sorts of cool things on it! Sometimes we want to share that stuff with you! Also, we like to let you know when shows are on sale, surprise screenings, and general fun things that we do. Follow us to get up-to-date and instantaneous Alamo news (and general personal information about our fantastic Programming Dept.). All the cool kids are doing it!

Tim League: @TimAlamo (Founder/Owner)
Henri Mazza: @HenriMazza (Creative Director/Programmer)
Lars Nilsen: @LarsAlamo (Programmer/Weird Weds Coordinator)

Brad Parrett
: @AlamoBrad (Programmer/Booking)
Zack Carlson:
@ZackAlamo (Programmer/Terror Tues Coordinator)

Caitlin Stevens
: @CaitlinEStevens (Programmer/Promotions)

Sing-Along/Quote-Along info: @TheActionPack
Alamo Drafthouse information: @Drafthouse
Fantastic Fest information: @FantasticFest
MondoTees information: @MondoNews

SERVICE INDUSTRY NIGHT!

Sunday Nights at the Alamo Village

UPDATE! While teachers may not be part of the service industry, they work their asses off trying to make kids not stupid and stuff. With that in mind, we think they deserve a break as well! Teachers, you are now welcome to the discounts of Service Industry Night! Take a load off! Have a drink!If you work in the service industry, you deserve a break! Bring your I.D. and current pay stub from your service industry job to any Sunday, post-9:30pm screening at the Alamo Village and get in for just $5! Or purchase your ticket online and bring your pay stub to the box office before the show. We’ll also have the Working Man’s Beer Bucket special available at these shows for just $12!

Ticket rate applicable to any feature that’s accepting passes and special pricing. Some new releases exempt for first two weeks.

Want your own private theater for S.I.N? Contact Ashley Hall for details of special service industry packages available for venue rentals!

That’s what we’ve got for this one. Let us know what you think, and we’ll see you at theater.

XOXO

Caitlin Stevens
Twitter: @caitlinestevens
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Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

Weekly Showtimes:
NEW RELEASES
THE WOLFMAN

Benicio Del Toro, Emily Blunt and Anthony Hopkins! Opens Friday at the Ritz. Click Here to get tickets now!
PERCY JACKSON & THE OLYMPIANS: THE LIGHTNING THIEF

With a special Book People LIGHTNING THIEF midnight gala! Thursday at midnight at Lamar! Click Here to get tickets now!
VALENTINE’S DAY

An all-star cast for the holiday of lovin’! Opens Fri. at Village. Click Here for tix!
FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

John Travolta and Jonathan Rhys Meyers! Now playing at S. Lamar! Click Here to get tickets now!
DEAR JOHN

Amanda Seyfried and Channing Tatum in a war-torn romance. Opens Friday at the Village. Click Here to get tickets!
TV at the ALAMO: LOST

It’s the Final Season, y’all! Tuesday at the Village & Lamar. Click Here to get Village tix! Click Here for Lamar tix!
RENT THE RITZ FOR SPECIAL EVENTS!

Host your next event at our theater! Click Here for more information!
BRUNCH AT THE ALAMO!

All weekend screenings before 2pm now have a brunch menu available! Click Here to see the menu!

Introducing South Lamar’s Badass Tap

Sunday, January 17th, 2010

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I don’t mind admitting it – I’m a beer nerd, and for some time I’ve been itching to have one tap at Lamar that features a rotating range of premium beers. My dream has finally been fulfilled and we’re calling it The Badass Tap. Well, we are The Badass Cinema, right?

This isn’t going to be a tap for beers that are just pretty good, this is a tap for rare, one-off, and aged beers, plus the occasional seasonal beer that we hold back and tap when you’re least expecting it. They won’t be cheap and they won’t be plentiful, they might not always be to your taste, but by Jove they’ll be good.

Our first official Badass release (following the incredibly successful 512 Whiskey Barrel Porter from a few weeks ago that pretty much kicked the whole thing into play) is Avery duganA Double IPA – a hop bomb that’s not for the feint of heart. The brewmasters at Avery have combined caramel malts with Chinook, Centennial and Columbus hops to produce a beer that has a piney, resinous flavour with floral and citrus notes, a full body and a dry, bitter finish. No, really bitter. I mean, 93 IBUs-worth of bitter, plus a hefty 8.5%ABV.

The next Badass Beer is already in the walk-in and ready to be tapped as soon as the duganA is drained. Each new keg will be announced here on the Drafthouse blog, as well as on the Drafthouse Twitter feed and on a board in the lobby.

- Jim Hughes, Alamo South Lamar

Still jonesing for that Guinness 250?

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Remember those days last July and August when it was three hundred and several in the shade and you were wondering why Guinness decided to release their anniversary beer – a stout – to be drunk during the summer instead of in the winter? So did we, so we kept one keg back and it’s on tap again for as long as it takes to run it down. It tastes every bit as good as it did six months ago… maybe even a little better.

Stay tuned to this channel for news of our next Badass Beer, coming soon. All other concerns are secondary.

Just announced! The Alamo Ritz New Year’s Eve Bash: THE APARTMENT!

Thursday, December 3rd, 2009

apartment webOur second annual New Year’s celebration of classic cinema, cocktails and cuisine at The Ritz!!

2008’s screening of AFTER THE THIN MAN was a true extravaganza, bringing together an incredible drinking/dining experience with one of the greatest film’s of Hollywood’s golden era. This year, we’re stepping it up with the flat-out greatest New Year’s film in the world: Billy Wilder’s 1960 masterpiece THE APARTMENT, a brilliantly written, fast-paced, heartbreakingly hilarious adventure of a poor schlub (a young, bumbling Jack Lemmon) who just can’t steer things right to fall into the good graces of the most wonderful woman in town (a young, unbelievably charming Shirley MacLaine). In his way are an innumerable number of comic obstacles, including the great Fred MacMurray and Ray Walston as self-serving high-rollers content to kick dirt in the face of anyone who crosses them.

It’s a gorgeously shot, perfectly constructed, fun-as-hell monument to filmmaking at its very best (in AFI’s Top 100 films!), and we’re pleased to bring it to you along with a very special menu with drink pairings to ring in the new decade, all prepared by our chefs John Bullington and Elijah Horgan, with accompanying beverages masterminded by bar wizard Amy Patton (drink list pending):

First course:
Club Sandwich (don’t forget to remove the toothpick)
Layers of smoked pheasant, jamon serrano, Pure Luck chevre, arugula, organic plum tomatoes and truffle aioli on ficelle

Second course:
Lobster Rickshaw Boy
Sweet and sour lobster with Maitake dumpling

Third course:
Victim’s Chicken Noodle Soup
Organic chicken with ginger noodles with local organic spring vegetables in saffron consomme

Fourth course:
Garlic and valpolicella braised lamb shank atop spaghetti in a fresh tomato sauce with gremolada

Dessert course:
Strawberry chocolate fruitcake with champagne sabayon and Lemmon cookie crumble

The Alamo New Year’s event of the decade! Tickets on sale HERE on Friday Dec 4 at 3:00 PM! It’ll be the best ticket in town…fun-wise!!

Orphaned on Thanksgiving?

Thursday, November 19th, 2009

rockwell-thanksgivingAlone in Austin on Thanksgiving?  Or not alone, but unwilling to slave over a stove for a whole day while your loved ones show you no assistance or gratitude, just watch football or play Wii?  Or, you’re with your entire extended family, 4 generations worth on both sides of the aisle and you simply don’t have enough chairs, dishes or ovens?  Or hell, you’d just rather be watching FANTASTIC MR. FOX- we’ve got a Holiday solution for you!

It’s Thanksgiving at the Alamo! We’ve got all the traditional fixin’s prepared by our chefs to perfection so you can have a real Thanksgiving Feast without all the work, boredom and relentless judgment!  At every show on Thanksgiving Day in the 4p and 7p round, you can pre-order your very own Thanksgiving Feast.

Plus, at the Ritz, we’re showing the UT vs A&M Game, so you can really do Turkey Day the way it was meant to- in a warm room full of friends, being served, eatin’ well, drinking beer and watching football on an enormous screen. It’s enough to make a Pilgrim cry tears of joy.

Order the optional “Thanksgiving Feast” ticket and you’ll  not only get admission to the show, but also a heaping plate of all these classic hits!  Featuring:

Turkey and gravy!
Stuffing!
Cranberry sauce!
Green bean casserole!
Sweet potatoes (yes, the kind with the marshmallows on top!)
Yeast roll!
Then finish it all off with a nice big slice of pumpkin pie!

Hmmm-umm!

Stuck in town alone this Thanksgiving- we’ll adopt you! We’ve got big open arms and a hot meal waiting.

Now give us hug and let’s have a look at you!

Check out all the options and get your ticket now at the Thanksgiving at the Alamo Signature Page.