AUSTINHometown BluesGary Clark Jr., the Austin guitar ace who is leading a blues revival, will preview songs from his anticipated major-label LP and play old standards that should inspire fans to sing along like President Obama did during a recent White House performance. Stubb’s Bar-B-Q, October 10, garyclarkjr.comEL PASOChalk It Up Play Banksy at Chalk the Block, the annual festival of pop-up galleries and aerialist performers, where pro and amateur artists draw on the sidewalks without the threat of getting arrested for vandalism. Downtown, October 14–16, chalktheblock.comORANGEThe Orchid Chief Take a whiff of the dozens of species of orchids blooming in the Victorian-style Lord & Burnham greenhouse at the Orchid Festival and learn how to tend to these beauties, which are often killed by over-attentive owners. Shangri La Botanical Gardens and Nature Center,…
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