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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-5pm  
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    Hip Haven Inc.

  • 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 5  
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    Navasota Theatre Alliance
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    :Humpty

    The Vortex is gonna rock your brain's cradle with this "twisted nursery rhyme pantomime" conjured up by that irrepressible Melissa Vogt, featuring an all-star cast grooving to an original score by Chad Salvata, and the whole fractured fairy-tale spectacle of it directed by Bonnie Cullum. Note that this darkling narrative from Ethos – it's funny and disgusting, charming and startling – is alive with adult aesthetics and not appropriate for children. And here is Trey Gutierrez's review of the show.
    Through Sept. 28. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35.  
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    The Vortex

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    Classical Music

    Ars Longa Ensemble: Stranger In This Land

    This concert features Byrd’s intimate "Mass for 3 Voices" and Poulenc’s hauntingly evocative "Un Soir de Neige," exploring the human need for belonging and the feelings of safety and home. (Kind of the way those Black Dresses up in Canada explore the same feels, we reckon, albeit in a totally different way, with a totally different sound.)
    Sept. 14-15. Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $10-20.  
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    St. Louis Catholic Church, Redeemer Presbyterian Church

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    Visual Arts

    Art for the People: Adventure, Fantasy, and Fun

    Here's an exhibition – adventurous, fantastic, and let's not forget fun – by 57 Texas-based artists, featuring a diversity of styles and mediums.
    Through Oct. 5
    Art for the People

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    Artifacts of Human Trafficking

    Artists around the world have created works in a variety of media, based on the words desperation, isolation, and deceit, for this show curated by Austin's own Amie Stone King.
    Through Sept. 15
    Shepherd of the Hills, 3525 Bee Caves Rd

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    Austin Symphonic Band: Fall Concert In the Park

    Here's a concert to which you're encouraged to bring a picnic and spread a blanket under the pecan trees at the beautiful Zilker Hillside Theater and watch the stars come out as the band showcases music as big as the great outdoors.
    Sun., Sept. 15, 7pm. Free.
    Beverly S. Sheffield Zilker Hillside Theater

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    Blanton Museum of Art: This Is the Day

    This new show highlights new developments in Jeffrey Gibson’s genre-bridging practice, with 50 works made between 2014 and 2018 – including intricately beaded wall-hangings and punching bags, paintings, ceramics, garments, helmets, and a new video commissioned for this exhibition.
    Through Sept. 29  
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    The Blanton Museum of Art

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    Carver Museum: Future Inhabitants

    The willful self-destruction of humanity by Earth’s most formidable species – humans – is the topic of New Orleans-born and Dallas-raised photographer Tia Boyd. Through a series of portraits, Boyd reveals "a surviving race of godlike women warriors who have come to terraform the planet for future inhabitants." And here's our full review of the show.
    Through Jan. 11
    George Washington Carver Museum and Cultural Center

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    Cowboys in Space and Fantastic Worlds

    Yippee ki yay, space cadet, it's time to head 'em off at the Pass Nebula as the State History Museum presents an exhibition that spans more than 150 years of Western and science fiction history and features 100-plus artifacts (including props from Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, and other skiffy media fare). And our arch-geek himself, the estimable Richard Whittaker, also a part-time Sith Lord, reviews the show for you here.
    Through Dec. 1  
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    Bullock Texas State History Museum

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    Theatre

    Cyrano de Bergerac

    In the midst of 17th-century Paris, Cyrano de Bergerac stands alone in his ugliness, intelligence, and aesthetic lifestyle … until he falls in love. The classic play by Edmund Rostand comes to life in a new, fast-paced translation, directed by Jennifer Rose Davis for the Archive Theater. And here's our review of the show.
    Through Sept. 29. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $15-$35.  
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    Scottish Rite Theater

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    Dance Nation

    Here's the regional premiere of Clare Barron's Pulitzer Prize finalist, in which an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. "If their new routing is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at the Boogie Down Grand Prix in Tampa Bay … but, in Clare Barron’s raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity, these young dancers have more than choreography on their minds, because every plié and jeté is a step toward finding themselves, and a fight to unleash their power." Directed by Jenny Lavery for Theatre En Bloc. And you can see our review right here.
    Through Sept. 15. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35.  
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    Long Center for the Performing Arts

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    grayDUCK Gallery: Secure the Perimeter

    Some artists try to capture their city, their geographical region, and they succeed at it. Only the best will ever succeed as well as Austin's John Mulvany does in capturing his Eastside neighborhood. Listen: "Everything in life is present in the neighborhood," says the artist. "If you are inclined to walk around with your eyes and senses open, you notice things you might otherwise miss. A dead grackle in the road, the unkempt beauty of East Austin backyards, the violent magenta-pink veil of cherry blossom enveloping a vacant house, a cockroach carried away by ants. This exhibition is an invitation to look closer. The neighborhood, like the natural world, is in a constant state of creation, transformation and decay." And this is precisely what you'll see, in Mulvany's array of realist, atmosphere-haunted paintings on the familiar grayDUCK walls. (See Barbara Purcell's review of the show right here.)
    Through Oct. 20
    grayDUCK Gallery

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    Holmes and Watson

    "It’s been three years since Sherlock Holmes went over Reichenbach Falls and was declared dead. When Dr. John Watson receives a cryptic telegram stating that three asylum patients are each claiming to be the late Sherlock Holmes, Watson is compelled to investigate. Could Holmes really be alive after all this time?" Jeffrey Hatcher's fine tribute of a play is directed here by Don Toner for the start of Austin Playhouse's 20th(!) season, and our Robert Faires reviews it right here.
    Through Sept. 29. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $32-38.  
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    Austin Playhouse

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    Jump

    This is Charly Evon Simpson's whimsical new play about the connections we all share, in which "lights flicker, hearts heal, and a young woman finds solace on a bridge." It's Shrewd Productions' 16th world premiere (!). it features a cast of Chelsea Manasseri, Allegra Jade Fox, Trey Deason, and Kyron Hayesby, and it's directed by Shannon Grounds for that same fierce company. (And – our own Robert Faires reviews the show right here.)
    Through Sept. 29. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-25.  
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    Landmarks Video: Children of Unquiet

    The artist Mikhail Karikis' Children of Unquiet from 2014 gets the big screen treatment here, and you can watch: Videos are accessible to all and free to view.
    Through Sept. 30  
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    ART Building, 2301 San Jacinto

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    Les Miserables

    Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony-winning musical phenomenon, direct from its acclaimed Broadway return. Remember how good it was? How it roused the rabble and galvanized the crowd? How it stirred the heart and the mind to greater glory? Could it be even better now? Listen: "New staging and re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo." We daresay, hell yes!
    Sept. 10-15. Tue.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 7pm. $30 and up.  
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    Bass Concert Hall

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    MASS Gallery: Rotten Little Fruits

    The dark, celebratory, and comical work of Christine Garvey and Bonnie Staley has much in common with rotten little fruit – the outsider, problematic, misbehaving body – as both artists "reference the history, anatomy, pains, and joys of the female body to create objects that operate in a space between traditional classifications of painting, drawing, and sculpture."
    Through Oct. 19  
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    MASS Gallery

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    Princess Ida in Concert

    You know it's the combination of witty dialogue and charming music that makes this abridged concert version of one of Gilbert & Sullivan’s most comical operas a must-see, right? Singers will be in formal attire, with minimal staging, and just, like, suggestions of costumes – so if you like your topsy-turvy all hunky-dory, this concert's your sweetest huckleberry.
    Sept. 14-15. Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $8-20.  
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    Brentwood Christian School Performing Arts Center

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    Russell Collection: Peter Max Retrospective

    Here's an exhibition from the studio of the legendary Max, featuring a significant nod to Woodstock, celebrated at three separate receptions.
    Receptions: Sept. 14-15. Sat., 6-8pm; Sun., 1-3pm. Free, but you have to RSVP for the receptions.  
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    Russell Collection

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    Scriptworks: Fronterafest 101 Workshop

    This workshop, led by ScriptWorks and FronteraFest producer Christina J. Moore, will guide participants through the process of preparing a piece for the upcoming FronteraFest. From resources for finding actors, directors, and rehearsal space to the ins and outs of the technical rehearsal, this class will cover it all. You think something just appears on stage, all ex nihilo? Don't be caught unprepared – give your project the solid foundation it deserves!
    Tue., Sept. 17, 7:30-9:30pm. $10.
    Hyde Park Theatre

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    SouthPop: Shoot Like a GRRRL

    This exhibit showcases the work of Martha Grenon, one of Austin's premier music photographers, her images capturing the excitement of bands performing in Austin since the early Eighties.
    Through Sept. 28
    South Austin Museum of Popular Culture

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    Wally Workman Gallery: Cynosures

    Austin-based artist Sarah Ferguson has experimented with the trifecta of light, color, and perception for two decades, creating vibrant and immersive experiences for the viewer. See this show and witness spectral manifestation as never before.
    Through Sept. 29
    Wally Workman Gallery
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