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Laundry & Bourbon with Lonestar
Laundry and Bourbon with Lonestar, two companion one act plays set in backyards of a small Texas town. Three ladies come together to talk about their life's ups and downs. Lonestar follows the life of three small town boys and the events that have shaped them. Both shows give us highs & lows with humor spread around, for good measure.Apr. 19-May 5Navasota Theatre Alliance -
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Hip Haven's Moving Sale plus Estate Sale
Austin decor maker Hip Haven will be downsizing and moving to a new location. They'll have loads of great Hip Haven merchandise discounted from 15-50% off, plus 2000 square feet of vintage and antique items from multiple estates. Cash, card, or Venmo accepted. (Doors open promptly at 11--no earlybirds!)Sat. Apr. 27, 11am-5pmHip Haven Inc.
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Classical Music
Austin Symphony Orchestra: Free Concerts in the Park
Every Sunday evening this summer, at the Hartman Concert Park in front of the Long Center's City Terrace, the ASO performs music spanning from jazz and light classical to pop selections and film scores, with concertgoers encouraged to bring a picnic dinner and blanket and make it a group outing.Through Aug. 26. Sundays, 7:30pm. Free. -
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Books
Making Austin Weirder: New Fantastical Lit
Hear new work from some of Austin’s leading writers of fantastic literature – in this case, Patrice Sarath, Christopher Brown, Stina Leicht, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Jessica Reisman, Amanda Downum, and Robert Ashcroft – just in time for ArmadilloCon 2018.Sun., July 29, 2pm
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Visual Arts
Comanche Motion: The Art of Eric Tippeconnic
This exhibition is enhanced with artifacts providing historical context for the paintings, rich with the unbroken connection the Comanche people have with their roots. Also, Rodeo: The Exhibition. Boy howdy, it's the history of the Texas rodeo – vibrant, interactive, and fully documented in this fine new show.Through Jan. 2. $9-13. -
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Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
You just know Zach Theatre's gonna do this fabulous sockdollager of a crowd-pleasing Broadway show up right, with Abe Reybold at the helm and Allen Robertson handling music direction. Hell, you could attend just to hear that hilarious "Gaston" song performed live, couldn't you?Through Sept. 2. Wed.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2:30 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $25 and up. -
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Grease
You know, right? High school in the Fifties. The Brylcreem'd antics of juvie gangs, an adolescent love story, all of it set to finger-snappin' music reminiscent of those times. And this TexArts version is directed by Kasey RT Graham.Through July 29. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $43-53. -
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Link & Pin Gallery: I Found You
Here's a new show in which Dana Brown, Larry Goode, Christopher Hynes, Amy Scofield, and Laura Sturtz have used found objects to create mixed-media works exploring humor, whimsy, dreams, and our connection to nature.Through July 29 -
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Off Center Teens: SummerShow
The students of Rude Mechs' acclaimed annual summer program for teens, led by directors Patrick Shaw and Megan Tabaque, take the stage and transform their autobiographical writing into powerful and personal public performances at Ground Floor Theatre.Sat.-Sun., July 28-29, 2pm. Free. -
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Playhouse Creatures
April De Angelis’ new play relates how, in 1663, King Charles II reopened England's theatre playhouses and, for the first time, women were able to take the stage. This is the story of those first actresses, the "playhouse creatures" whose ambitions, talent, and risk for artistic equality made their lives truly uncertain. Directed by Lindsay McKenna for City Theatre.Through Aug. 5. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15-25. -
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Refugee is Not My Name
This traveling art exhibition highlights photographic portraits, film, and stories of refugees from around the world who have resettled in Austin. Part of the Mayor's Book Club initiative? Indeed.Through Aug. 15. Free. -
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Visual Arts
SouthPop: 14th Anniversary Exhibition
Almost a decade and a half of SouthPop already? Yes, and now the venue that celebrates all the long strange years of live-music Austin that have gone before, now that bastion of funky cultural puissance on South Lamar brings an eclectic show of works from the permanent collection to their storied walls.Through Sept. 29. $5. -
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Comedy
Stand-Up Comedy Workshop
This is the workshop Hannah Kenah led for Rude Mechs while they were creating their Field Guide. Together, you'll write, you’ll share – and there'll be a mic and a stool. Sign up now for this one-day class that's low-pressure, high-fun, and makes the last Sunday in September worth waking up for.Workshop date: Sun., Sept. 30, 3pm. $20. -
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Summer Stock Austin: The Music Man
Yup, it's that Meredith Willson musical classic of long-con chicanery and how a librarian turns a chiseler's calculating heart to sweet honey in the crock. "76 Trombones," "Ya Got Trouble," and so on, as you surely know. Here directed and choreographed by Ginger Morris. Note: You'll have to get to the show by car, bike, scooter, or some other such conveyance, as this town of ours – gasp! – has no monorail.Through Aug. 11. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2 & 7:30pm. $33 and up. -
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Comedy
Top Comedy Spot on Airport
Yes, there's Sugar Water Purple on Wednesday nights. And this Thursday features Friends For Now, a daring supergroup of improv, and then the sketch shenanigans of Pendulum. Friday brings Movie Riot and the laugh-inducing ladies of Loverboy and that Live at ColdTowne stand-up showcase hosted by Carina Magyar. Then there's Saturday, with the Dave Buckman-directed Roast of St. Nick and the love-stinks larking of Missed Connections ATX, followed by a gathering of that mysterio-hilarious Midnight Society. And Sunday's got a Stool Pigeon spieling up the laughs for you, and – see website for more.
