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Paul Klemperer's 5th Annual Festivus Celebration at Kickbutt Coffee

Where

Kickbutt Coffee
5775 Airport blvd
Austin, TX
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When

Sun, December 18, 2016
7:00 pm

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Every year, Austin saxophonist Paul Klemperer puts on a gala holiday event featuring music, dance, and spoken word, in a lighthearted celebration of the season. It's also a benefit for Austin Children's Shelter, a group with a good track record of helping at-risk kids, victims of abuse, and families in crisis. 
The idea came after years of playing "Festival of Light" type shows that try to be inclusive of all beliefs, customs, and rituals. It's a nice idea, but it can get culturally clunky and philosophically problematic.
But it is uplifting to come together and do something to help others at this time of year.  Hence Festivus, a completely fictitious holiday that let's you be as sarcastic and petty as you would be the rest of the year, and yet engage in heartwarming community sharing and caring.  Christmas, Hanukkah, Solstice... it's all good here, as long as you can handle the Festivus Pole hogging center stage!โ€จThis year's theme: "It's A Miracle We're Still Here."...

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