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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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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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BLKS
"Waking up to a shocking and personal health scare, Octavia and her best friends go on a crusade to find intimacy and joy in a world that could give a fuck less about them or their feelings. This 24-hour blitz explores what it is to be a queer blk woman in 2015 New York, how we survive and save ourselves from ourselves." This new work of theatre by Aziza Barnes is presented by New Manifest Theatre and Salvage Vanguard.Fri.-Sun., 8pm. $15. -
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Geekgasm Revue: Beep Bop Boop
Update your operating system at this risqué robo-burlesque show featuring three of the Bat City Bombshells (Michelle Moon, Hibiscus Bloom, and Roc Gaude) plus Amelie Ahmose, the Great Flying Cervix, Harley Brimstone, Bella Cella, Jojo Jezebel, Cimmeria Steel, Holliday Cash, and Dev Developpe.Fri., July 1, 7pm -
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Heartbreak House
Different Stages returns to live performances with this George Bernard Shaw comedy classic in which a woman joins a house party at the home of the eccentric Captain Shotover and causes a stir with her decision to marry for money rather than love. Directed by Will Douglas, featuring Kelsey Mazak, Karen Jambon, Norman Blumensaadt, Kristin Fern Johnson, Katherine Schroeder, Jamie Rogers, Steven Fay, Beau Paul, Michael Lucus, and Craig Kanne.Through July 2. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-35. -
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ICOSA's Window Dressing: Longing
Blair Gallacher has combined the private, internal narratives of friends, acquaintances, and strangers – gathered via social media, public flyers, meeting spaces, and other delicate moments, and rendered with gouache, watercolor, oil pastels, paper, and found materials – into one poetic and united landscape. It's on view 24/7 in the gallery's front window.Opening reception: Fri., July 1, 7-9 pm -
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Picasso at the Lapin Agile
"Einstein and Picasso walk into a bar … " encapsulates this intellectual (but also goofy) comedy by Steve Martin, presented here by City Theatre. Featuring Wray Crawford, Tom Swift, Anne Hulsman, Timothy Allen, Holley Garrison, Kyle Romero, Joshua Nunez, Payton Trahan, Angelina Castillo, and Sebastian Garcia. Oh, and here's what our critic thought of the show.Through July 17. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; sun., 3pm. $15-25. -
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Pride Art Reception & Open Studio
Court Lurie is offering deep discounts on all her artwork at this open-studio celebration of Pride Month. "As a queer, out, Jewish artist, I am excited to be able to make my work more accessible," says the artist.Open studio: July 1-3, noon-6pm. Reception: Sat., 6-10pm. Free. -
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Robyn Jamison: The Magic of Modern Art
The artist and author will sign copies of her latest book, subtitled How To Love Modern and Contemporary Art. And she'll be doing this at Half Price on North Lamar, where there's a whole bunch of other relevant titles to check out, too.Fri., July 1, 1pm -
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Running Bear
In this new drama from Raul Garza – marking Hyde Park Theatre's return to live performance – a successful middle-aged man returns to his hometown for a well-earned victory lap and finds himself on a walking bridge with a 17 year-old girl with quite a story to tell. Directed by Rosalind Faires and featuring Mical Trejo and Macy Butler. And here's what the Chron's Bob Abelman thought of the show.Through July 16. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $22-24. -
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The Sound of Music
Here is Dave Steakley's reimagining of the beloved musical classic – with its Tony-, Grammy-, and Oscar-winning score – that brings the Von Trapp family singers to life upon Zach Scott Theatre's Topfer stage, a stage now transformed into a lively biergarten.Through July 24. Wed.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat.-Sun., 2:30 & 7:30pm. $35 and up.
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ART Ahead: Mindful Motions
The creative movers and shakers of Almost Real Things celebrate the artists from their first mentorship program with this group exhibition. Featuring new work by Cryptic Enigma, Hailey Gearo, Felipe Gomez, Brittnee Lavender, Rhea Pirani, and Ben Stallman.Through July 15. Donations accepted.820 Shelby #103 -
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Atelier Dojo: Remote Studios
The local powerhouse of figurative painting, the art school that's the smart school for artists of all kinds, they've got a painting-along-at-home series going to help you keep your skills honed in these socially restrictive times, featuring live costumed models posing on camera and a thriving community of creatives rendering that lovely human biotecture from their separate studios. "Join us for a three-hour costumed-model drawing session. Use any supplies you wish, listen to music, share your work, chat with others. It’s a great way to stay connected with your art community!"Tuesdays, 1:30-4:30pm; Fridays, 6:30-9:30pm; Saturdays, 9:30-12:30pm. $5. -
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Banned Camp
Austin Public Library and BookPeople present a series of free events for citizens to "engage with books that have been banned or challenged, and be part of the conversation around the freedom to read."Through Aug. 28 -
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Big Medium: The Lightning Can't Be Harnessed
Xavier Schipani is an Austin-based transgender artist, who has focused his practice on creating large painting installations that explore the boundaries of gender, body politics, sexuality and queer identity. His unique voice and personal connection to the themes of his work create intimate experiences in combination with a larger than life scale to establish a contrast between the work and the viewer. He continues to investigate fear and anger, masculinity as performance, and the ambiguity of what makes a man.Through July 30. Thu.-Sat., noon-6pm -
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Blanton Museum of Art: MemWars
Many artists work in multiple mediums, but for Lubbock-raised Terry Allen, music, performance, writing, and visual artwork are truly all part of the same practice. As a visual artist, he often creates immersive sculptural installations with an aspect of performance, incorporated through projections and video. For this ninth installment in the Blanton’s Contemporary Project series, Allen reveals a three-channel video installation and a related group of drawings.Through July 10 -
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Butridge Gallery: Creature Comforts
This excellent new show features ceramic work by Marianne Levy, paintings by Nora McMillen Burke, and sculpture by Jon Nelson. The art on display here will definitely, we reckon, provide much delight and comfort to your own inner creature.Through July 23 -
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Camiba Gallery: Auspicious Premonition
The maestro of labor-intensive, screenprinted, hand-braided, multilayered graphic brilliance – yes, we're talking about that Adreon Henry – returns to the Camiba Gallery with a new show.Through July 16 -
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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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ColdTowne Theater
ColdTowne's new brick-and-mortar place is totally open, and who knows what they'll shake this city with next? But one truth remains: ColdTowne is a designated den of gold, baby, sweet comedy gold. -
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Davis Gallery: Summer Group Show
This exhibition showcases the depth of work by the Davis Gallery family of artists, featuring 34 Central Texas-based artists – Malou Flato, Fallon Bartos, Lisa Beaman, Steve Brudniak, Jan Heaton, Denise Fulton, Dana Younger, Randall Reid, John Sager, Faustinus Deraet, David Leonard, and more – celebrating both the present and historical feel of our everchanging state.Through July 23 -
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Elisabet Ney Museum: Secret Place
The Ney Museum reveals a provocative new exhibition by multimedia artist Rehab El Sadek.Through July 31. Free. -
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Fallout Comedy
This hotbed of local performance is carrying on even more than usual, with an eclectic mix of live, mind-rocking comedy from some of Austin's best, all week long. Hey! The place is our cover story, as reported by Valerie Lopez! And, srsly, who would ever disagree with the sentiment of Monday night's Fuck This Week show? Check the website for details. -
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Flatbed Press: Seeing Out the Other Eye
As an Austin native with family traces to the city’s founding, artist Heather Parrish explores the historical layers of terrain and urban development, the legacies of racialized division and displacement, associated with Waller Creek. And she does this, stunningly, via printmaking, experimental photography, collage, and installation.Through July 26 -
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Ivester Contemporary: Full Bleed
This is a solo exhibition of works on paper by Austin-based artist Brian Daly, featuring carefully measured angles, arcs, and linework filled with seamless gradients of color that cascade down the page, accompanied by neatly scattered marginalia about "his craft, his color choices, and intimate details of his personal life." Bonus: The gallery's project space reveals the new Ipinya installation by Akirash.Through July 9 -
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Laguna Gloria
This local treasure of a venue, run by those Contemporary Austin folks who also bring us the Jones Center shows Downtown, is all about the outdoors – which is perfect for these trickily navigated times of ours, n'est-ce pas? Recommended: Stop by and breathe in the air, enjoy the lawns and gardens and the many examples of world-class sculpture arrayed across the property, and (as Frankie used to say) r-e-l-a-x.Thu.-Fri., 9am-noon; Sat.-Sun., 9am-3pm -
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Landmarks: Self-Guided Walking Tour
Use your smartphone to access self-guided tours of the outdoor public art sited by UT's award-winning Landmarks program any time you feel like it. BONUS: There's also a free, docent-led tour starting at Marc Quinn's "Spiral of the Galaxy" (1501 Red River) on Sun., Jan. 8, 11am. -
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Link & Pin Gallery: Summer Strut
Link & Pin presents a summer show featuring some of their favorite Austin artists; each artist (the amazing Leslie Kell among them) will have a work on display in the gallery, with additional pieces available online.Through Aug. 28 -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Blow-Up
Bing Wright's new pictures are enlargements of uncommonly tight crops from images of children at play on a seashore — an outstretched hand splashing water or carrying a beach bucket, liberal smears of sunscreen, fluorescent plastic hair clips, a foot dragging through burbling waves.Through Sept. 10 -
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Martha's Contemporary: Hokey Pokey + What You See Is What You Get
Here's a two-person exhibition that features painting, installation, videography, and sculpture by Moll Brau and Wes Thompson. It's a deep dive into a pool of loneliness, triumph, and rebirth. It's a forest of mazes where fireflies provide the light. It's a show of creations from a pair of terrific, hardworking local artists and you don't want to miss it. -
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Neill-Cochran House: The Hope Suite
Mark Smith’s The Hope Suite is a series of forty-four collages inspired by the theme of global unity. Each 24-by-18-inch work on paper consists of a background monoprint or a digital photoprint, overlaid with collage, calligraphy, and mixed media. Note: The originals are part of the permanent collection of the Obama Presidential Center Museum in Chicago; the works on display here are limited-edition prints of those originals.Through Dec. 16. Free. -
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Northern-Southern: &
What's that protean artist Stella Alesi been up to for the past year or so? What new areas of graphic exploration has she charted in ways that compel delighted scrutiny? The answer's in this new show at Northern-Southern, where the painter displays her latest creations alongside that of her friends Momo, Michelle Marchessault, Evan Horn, and Michael Hall – all abstractionists, all with work that's rigorously free. Bonus: There's a zine release reception with the artists on Thu., July 21, 4-6pm.Through July 24. Thu.-Sun., 2-6pm -
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Sage Studio: Supergroup
SAGE Studio presents a music-themed exhibition featuring the work of Rick Fleming, Jackson Sutton, and Jennifer Williams.Through July 2 -
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Snail Haven's Comedy Pregame
This is a weekly stand-up comedy showcase to help you pregame your Friday night on the town. (Snail Haven also features music shows, film screenings, and general hangs. Best bet: Follow @SnailHavenShows on Instagram and DM them for event details.)Fridays, 8pm. Free. -
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The Blanton: Fantastically French! Design and Architecture In 16th- to 18-Century Prints
Drawing primarily from the Blanton’s extensive holdings of French prints, this exhibition invites you to look closely at exquisite details, marvel at fantastic forms, and take delight in ornate embellishments that celebrate the creativity of imagination across three centuries.Through Aug. 14 -
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The Contemporary Austin: The Whisperers
Tarek Atoui is a Paris-based artist and composer whose work explores the medium of sound through a highly collaborative process that generates networks of community involvement. The dynamic installations on view in this exhibition are both sound environments and spaces for activation through occasional live performances.Through Aug. 14 -
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UT Idea Lab: Never Alone
This is the first public exhibition of the work of Kendrick Mitchell and Christopher Williams, who are serving life sentences at the same maximum-security prison in southeast Texas.Through July 1. Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm210 W. 24th -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Jen Garrido
The power of color is Jen Garrido’s central focus for this new body of work, her shapes forming emotive vessels of pigment that communicate an ever-changing internal and external growth.Through July 3 -
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Wild Basin: Encounters with Biodiversity
In this immersive art event that mixes color, conversation, and endangered species, artist Juliet Whitsett invites attendees to become a part of her newest body of work, through a series of activations and interactive experiences.Through Aug. 20. $5 and up. -
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Women & Their Work: One Bad Monkey
Through soft sculptures and draping foam relief tapestries, Steef Crombach examines the secret life of local icons like the Wheatsville Raptor and the Big Star Bingo Gorilla and more, exploring each character’s evolution as its identity morphs over time and place.Through Aug. 4 -
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Wyld Gallery
This is Ray Donley's gallery of art by Native Americans, located in that company of artistic glory called Canopy and resplendent with creations from the original people of our struggling country.Call for appointment
