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Austin Social Agenda Aug. 9-15

By Michael Barnes | Monday, August 9, 2010, 02:51 PM

Undoubtedly, the social highlight of the early week is the Tuesday arrival of former Austinite Ryan Piers Williams and his fiancee, America Ferrera, for the premiere of “The Dry Land.”

Writer and director Williams studied movie-making at the University of Texas and worked for the Austin Film Festival. You know the Emmy Award-winning Ferrara, who produced “The Dry Land” and takes a major role, at the very least from “Ugly Betty.” They’ll pop into the Texas Spirit Theater inside the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum ahead of the Friday release of post-Iraq drama, set in West Texas. (Look for my interview with Williams tomorrow.)

Ferrera’s co-stars Wilmer Valderrama, Jason Ritter and Ryan O’Nan are not expected to accompany the recently engaged pair.

Wednesday, it would be amiable to bid farewell to singer-songwriter Aimee Bobruk at the Continental Club before she moves to New York City.

Thursday, two more music-laced events tempt us: The Texas Premios Awards honoring Latin musicians at the Long Center; and a CharityBash benefiting the Cipher Hip Hop Project at Aloft Hotel in the Domain.

Friday — what the heck — I might sneak into the Lucky Lounge’s Leo-Palooza Celebration, even though everyone will surely suspect right away that I’m a Libra. (We look so balanced.)

Saturday presents a tough call for any inveterate socializer: The second annual Austin Fashion Week opens with a chichi bash at GSD&M. The Ice Ball for Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Central Texas skates into the Hilton Austin. The Voodoo Cowboy Annual Summer Party mesmerizes at the Belmont. Friends of KXAN’s effervescent Elizabeth Hufnagel will cheerfully mourn the passing of her twentysomething status at a private residence in Brentwood.

I say: Why not hit them all?

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