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Maudie's Moonlight Run by The Trail Conservancy
Join The Trail Conservancy for Maudie's Moonlight 5K Run! The scenic route winds along Lady Bird Lake and the Butler Trail, leading to the ultimate post-run fiesta with legendary Tex-Mex, ice-cold margaritas, and live music! Complete details on the run route, registration, and volunteer info are available online.Thurs. June 5, 8pm-10pmAuditorium Shores -
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Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival
Grab your friends and come to the Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival! Give your palate a treat, enjoy the tastes, textures and aromas- you will find a new favorite brewery! If you prefer a glass of wine or seltzer – they’ll have that too. Lively music, food, games, brewers panel and more. Come See What’s on Tap! Sponsored by the Fredericksburg Rotary Club.Sat. June 14, 11am-6pmDowntown Fredericksburg Market Square
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Austin Restaurant Weeks
Excellent food, mad bargains, and community enrichment are all on the menu – everybody's menu – during this annual ten-day flavor-forward fundraising event, a dining odyssey that features specially priced lunches, dinners, and cocktails at restaurants throughout Austin. Vixen's Wedding! Uncle Nicky's! épicerie! Distant Relatives! Intero! Banger's! Thai Fresh! Oseyo! Aba! Show Me Pizza! OMG, the list goes on. And, yes, part of the price of each meal goes directly to the Central Texas Food Bank.Sept. 1-11All over town -
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Black Food Week
Austin Justice Coalition presents the sixth annual Black Food Week – a celebration of culture, heritage, and history (and of course the tastiest noms), featuring more than 70 restaurants and bars.Through Sept. 18Various locations -
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Hiroshima Mon Amour (1959)
Newly Restored: Don't miss this visually stunning and important masterwork from the director of Night and Fog.Fri., Sept. 2, 7pm -
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LOLA: Lardo Weeping
This is an original opera from award-winning composer Peter Stopschinski, based on an adaptation of Terry Galloway and Donna Nudd's one-woman play of the same name, centered on "reclusive genius Dinah LeFarge, a clever, agoraphobic, quite sexual woman of independent means who refuses to answer her door unarmed." Dinah is played by Liz Cass, with supporting performances by Nicole Taylor, Page Stevens, Holt Skinner, Alexa Capareda, and Daniela Bennetti; pianist Stopschinski is abetted by Phil Davidson (violin) and Barbara George (cello).Through Sept. 2. Thu.-Sat., 7pm; Sun., 3pm. $25. -
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Pre-K Rainbow Art Camp
Kiddos ages 3-6 will begin with a color-themed storytime then paint pottery, make tie-tyed T-shirts, and create art inspired by Alma Thomas.Fri., Sept. 2, 10am-2pm. $105. -
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Round Rock Express
Vs. Oklahoma City. Bring two canned goods to get in free Tuesday and benefit Round Rock Serving Center, bring a furry friend Thursday for Pints & Pups, see a pregame ceremony for Hall of Fame inductee Kirk Saarloos Friday, and more – get the full schedule of events online.Aug. 30-Sept. 4. Tue.-Sat., 6:35pm; Sun., 1:05pm -
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Sage Studio: Body Work
Here's an exploration of all things anatomical and automotive, with two-dimensional art reflecting on human bodies and three-dimensional sculptures created around the theme of auto bodies. The show features pieces from 12 artists with intellectual and developmental disabilities – artists from Austin, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and California.Through Sept. 17 -
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The Dark Knight (2008)
Ledger's masterful performance as the Joker earned him a posthumous Oscar.Sept. 2-7; find showtimes online -
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The Virgin Trial
Playwright Kate Hennig explores the contemporary themes of victim shaming, sexual consent, and the extraordinary ability of girls becoming women as she reimagines the scandalous and little-known story of fifteen-year-old Elizabeth the First before she was Queen. Directed by Michael Cooper for the Alchemy Theatre.Through Sept. 24. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $25 and up.130 N. Pedernales St. #318
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ACC Art Galleries: Quotations from Daily Life
This exhibition brings together the work of seven ACC Studio Art faculty members – Jill Bedgood, Jonas Criscoe, Melanie Hickerson, Brian Johnson, Haydeé Victoria Suescum, David Thornberry, and Gary Webernick – who work in a range of media including painting, drawing, printmaking, assemblage art, and sculpture.Through Oct. 27 -
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Austin Facial Hair Club Six-Month Sprint
Those eager to flaunt their follicular fortitude will be interested in this beard-growing challenge, wherein participants email a babyfaced photo by World Beard Day, then grow with all their might for six months and show off their achievement at Come & Shave It in February, with a variety of very cool prizes at stake beyond the prestige.Enter through Sept. 3 -
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Austin Pedestrian Advisory Council Elections
Austinites passionate about pedestrian issues will want to tune in to the Sept. 12 Pedestrian Advisory Council meeting and consider applying for the group, which is seeking applicants through Sept. 18. Find more info online or email Chair Kat Cox at [email protected].Apply by Sept. 18; elections held Oct. 3 -
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Austin Tattoo Invitational
A full weekend bringing over 200 of the world’s best tattoo artists to one place.Sept. 2-4. Fri., 2-10pm; Sat., noon-10pm; Sun., noon-7pm -
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Big Medium: Yo Trabajo Con La Tierra/I Work With The Earth
This multimedia, multivalent, multifantastic exhibition features five women artists – Melissa Aguirre, Alexa Capareda, Paloma Mayorga, Virginia Lee Montgomery (VLM), and Alejandra Regalado – who explore movement and place in relation to landscape, geological bodies, and other nonhuman intelligences. Using their own bodies as medium, the artists share ecofeminist sensibilities through video, installation, sculpture, photography, and performance works.Through Sept. 24 -
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Camiba Gallery: Entangled
Collected and respected for her experimental approach to painting, Charlotte Smith is well established as royalty in Texas contemporary abstract art; this is an exhibition of her most recent paintings.Through Sept. 24 -
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Cari Hutson & Good Company (Janis Joplin tribute)
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Carver Museum: Peace to the Queen
The photographer, humanitarian, and educator Jamel Shabazz presents a career retrospective spanning four decades of work, featuring candid portraits of women of color – as curated by Ja’nell Ajani. "At a moment when Black and Brown women are more visibly leading the charge around movements for racial and economic justice, this exhibition has materialized and aligned at a critical moment in American history and Shabazz’s career."Through Sept. 17 -
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Kids
Cedar Park Scavenger Hunt
Join CP mascot pup Mischa on a hunt through parks, complete tasks at your own pace, and submit photos to win a prize. Look for scavenger hunt signs at eight locations around Cedar Park and get all the details online.Sept. 1-30 -
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