Social Events
Sunday April 7th, 2013
At 5pm on Sunday 7th April, there will be a drinks reception at the conference venue. Snacks will be available, but not a full meal. Partners will be welcome to attend this reception.
Sunday evening, after the reception,
Marty Schmookler (long-time ARITH attendee and ex-IBM) and
other members of the Austin Wurst Band
[video]
will be playing at 7.30 pm
in a back room reserved for us at
Scholz's Beer Garden.
Scholz's Beer Garden is on the intersection of 17th and San Jacinto
[map],
approximately 0.5 miles from the conference center.
Food will be available (but not free) until 10 pm.
Symposium Banquet on Tuesday April 9th, 2013
The Banquet will be held at
Abel's on the Lake
3825 Lake Austin Blvd
Austin, TX 78703
Free busses will leave the Conference Center at 6.30 pm.
Wednesday (afternoon) April 10th, 2013
After the conference, we propose a coach tour of the central Texas Hill Country, including visits to the very popular Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center and to the Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park in Johnson City, where the following attractions are located (map [PDF]):
- The National Park Visitor Center
- The Boyhood Home
- The Johnson Settlement
The estimated cost of the tour, including the entrance fee to the Wildflower Center, is $30-$35. This price does not include lunch.
To confirm a place on the tour, please go below and pay a deposit of $30 per person. (The final cost will depend partly on the number of people taking the tour.)
Other Austin's Links
- www.AustinTexas.org is a useful site, with all sorts of listings of places of interest, places to eat, events etc.
- www.utexas.edu/about-ut/ lists places of interest on the UT Austin campus. The Harry Ransom Museum always has something interesting and the Great Hall at the Natural Science Center displays a 40-foot (approx 10 metre) skeleton of a pterosaur. Both are free admission.
