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What is sound? A way to orient us in the present? An intimation of future danger? A tether to the past? Filmmaker Sam Green travels far and wide, from the mundane to the sublime, in his immersive, exploratory documentary 32 Sounds. Featuring original music by JD Samson and sound design by Mark Mangini (Dune, Mad Max: Fury Road), this unique screening will be presented with live narration by Green and with individual headphones for each audience member to more intensely experience the 32 distinct sounds explored in the film. – Kimberley Jones

My face when it’s night and there’s too many poets: U_U. However: My face when I remember April is National Poetry Month and all these poets are here on account of the Library Collective, a group dedicated to supporting the next generation of librarians, library workers, and library stakeholders, and that among the poets performing are Harold Whit Williams, Michael Perret, Faith Gómez Clark, Chelsea Li, Gina Bastone, Sam Trevino, and many more: 0u0. Much to consider, wouldn’t you say? – James Scott

One of the many artistically exciting events going on as part of this year’s Fusebox Festival, multidisciplinary artist Dorian Wood pulls inspiration from late Chilean singer-songwriter Violeta Parra to create an immersive 12-hour “canon of songs.” This installation/composition focuses on folk music “as a vessel for social change” and “upends the expectation of the rigidness often associated with witnessing chamber music performances by offering a welcoming space that allows individuals to project their personal, communal joys, and traumas.” Should this interest you, dear Reader, then I must insist you head to fuseboxlive.com to see the full array of exhibitions, installations, and etc. on offer from April 7-14 all around Austin. – James Scott

The justice system used to be so much more glam – big powdered white wigs; long dark gowns; and a lot of prop work. Bring the performance back to the courtroom with this fundraising event for Austin Bar Association’s LGBT Law section, which offers scholarships for queer law students. With the way our state government keeps writing unconstitutional bills, we’re gonna need all the kickass LGBTQ lawyers we can get. Drop a donation – or several – and have a fun time while doing it. Now, to make my word count, here are three other court terms I know: Objection! Overruled! Sustained! – James Scott

Alejandra Almuelle has been responsible for some of the most compelling works of clay sculpture ever created in this city, many of them predicated on the human body and its potential as a record of experience. This latest exhibition of her artistry, a solo show at Women & Their Work, brings the human form front and center, clayborne with additions of graphite, beeswax, paper, resin, and gold and silver leaf. Adorned, embellished, emboldened, the flesh created from clay comes full circle, a cycle of memory and magic powered by beauty, the viewing of it an experience we recommend recording via your own wonder-hungry rods and cones. – Wayne Alan Brenner

Hosted by Carlton Wilcoxson and Angelina Martin, and featuring the best local and national comics every Wednesday.

You think it’s easy, being somebody’s mother? You think giving birth to another human being doesn’t put your own humanity and purpose under some fierce self-scrutiny? Milwaukee-based artist Aimée M. Everett, in her solo show at the George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center, uses abstraction, minimalist line-making, saturated colors, and melodic compositions to explore “the profound transformations experienced during childbirth and the subsequent journey of self-discovery into motherhood.” Word – or, more appropriately, image – to your mother. – Wayne Alan Brenner