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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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ACMC: Tour De Force
Witness the evolution of fame, notoriety, and acknowledgment through these tour-de-force pieces by powerhouse composers: quartets and quintets by Joseph Bologne, Johannes Brahms, and Florence Price, as performed by Carpe Diem String Quartet and pianist Michelle Schumann.Fri.-Sat., Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 7:30pm. $12-45. -
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ASO: A Tribute to Judy Garland
Your Austin Symphony Orchestra, along with vocalist Natasha Drena, will celebrate the 100-year anniversary of Judy’s life. Come hear some of your favorite songs including, “Over the Rainbow,” You Made Me Love You," “Stormy Weather,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” “When You’re Smiling,” and more.Sat., Oct. 1, 8pm. $19-100. -
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Austin Sketch Fest
The Austin Sketch Fest showcases the best scripted comedy from Austin and the wily wilderness beyond. This three-day paroxysm of performative power is produced, booked, and organized by the wacky yet stalwart worthies of ColdTowne Theater. Previous festivals have featured Superego, Reductress Live, Paul F. Tompkins, Master Pancake Theater, Latino Comedy Project, Girls With Brown Hair, My Mans, Skinny Bitch Jesus Meeting, Vanessa Gonzalez, Tiny Muscles, Bellevue, Maggie Maye, Mary Jo Pehl, and many more groups from NYC, Chicago, L.A., Seattle, Portland, Dallas, and (of course) Austin. This year's iteration will be a doozie, for sure, making up for previously lost (read: pandemic) time with a slate of live shows to shatter your funny bone to smithereenies.Sept. 29-Oct 2. $69 all-fest pass. -
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Laura Warrell: Sweet, Soft, Plenty Rhythm
The author presents her debut novel – about "passion and risk, fathers and daughters, wives and single women, jazz and soul" – in conversation with Dalia Azim.Sat., Oct. 1, 7pm. Free. -
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Steve Parker's Foreign Body
Ivester Contemporary's Project Room is supercharged this weekend by the latest sonic wonderment from one of Austin's favorite acoustical provocateurs, featuring an interactive, eight-foot head made from cardboard, brass, and electronics. Citizens are invited to activate the piece by wearing the mask and playing it like an oversized wearable instrument – and Parker himself will perform at this night's opening reception.Sat., Oct. 1, 7-9pm -
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The CATS+: Are UXperienced
The experiment is to push back on technology. The experience is the Collaborative Art + Technology Situation (CATS+), a new program at the Museum of Human Achievement that pairs artists and tech wizards to collaborate on projects and share their processes. CATS+ 1.0 is composed of three pairs of artists who spent the summer glitching consensus reality by creating their own user experiences. Now you, citizen, you come see them.Sat., Oct. 1, 1-4pm. Free. -
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The Miser
Social commentary meets boisterous comic antics in this Wild West version of one of Molière’s most famous plays, here adapted and directed by Robert Tolaro.Through Oct. 2. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $25 ($10, students). -
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Zakir Khan
Zakir Khan is known for his “uniquely Indian” style of comedy, which involves him impeccably catching on to the emotions that are common to every Indian household. Note: The show is performed in Hindi.Sat., Oct. 1, 7pm. $55-65.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
Here comes the 10th year of Penfold in the Park, as the indefatigable theatre company brings Shakespeare's beloved comedy to life up there in Round Rock, with all 21 characters galvanized by just four performers in a whirlwind of love and lore-spawned lulz among the fae. Adapted and directed by Rosalind Faires, featuring the talents of Yunina Barbour-Payne, Kevin Percival, Taylor Flanagan, and Dane Parker.Through Oct 16. Thu.-Sun., 7:30pm. Free. -
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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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ACC Art Galleries: Sam Coronado's Serie Project
This new exhibition, "Cultivating Community through Art: Sam Coronado’s Serie Project and Its Continuing Legacy," provides a fine, curated look at exactly what the title says, touching on Coronado Print Studio today, while also demonstrating the new opportunities that can be cultivated through persistence and dedication to the arts.Through Dec. 8 -
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ACO: Parts of the Whole
This Austin Civic Orchestra concert includes music by Alfieri, Barber, Berlioz, Dvořák, Grainger, and Mozart.Sat., Oct. 1, 7:30pm. $31. -
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Art for the People Gallery: Spectacular
New art, new artists, new show – a group exhibition (more than 30 local artists) supercharges the interior of this popular South First Street venue. Bonus: This is also the debut of curator Hallie Rae Ward's own "Classical POP" show.Through Oct. 21 -
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Art Heals Festival 2022
A multimedia art festival prsented by Whatsinthemirror, centered on the mental health and HIV stigma impacting communities of color.Fridays-Sundays. Through Oct. 2TBA -
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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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Austin Art Space: Artistic Intentions
Here's the new group show from the Austin Visual Arts Association.Through Oct. 1 -
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Ballet Austin: Classes
Learn your way to physical grace with a dance class at Ballet Austin. There are so many varieties to choose among – ballet, barre, contemporary dance, hip-hop, tap, cardio dance fitness, Pilates, and more – and all taught by professional instructors. See website for details.$3-7 per class. -
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Butridge Gallery
The Bliss of Solitude Saul Jerome E. San Juan presents his plein-air paintings, featuring new watercolors painted in Wimberley and the Big Bend region of West Texas in July 2022. Fragments of the Landscape Tiffany Heng Hui Lee utilizes shape, color, and texture to create mixed-media collages, paintings, and sculptures to capture segments of the natural landscape. Nature in Vogue Neena Buxani’s vibrant paintings of flora and fauna highlight the glamour of the natural world.Through Oct. 15 -
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Camiba Gallery: The Unnameable Monster of the Human Psyche
Like a mad scientist, artist Jen Rose continues to assemble her monsters with nylon cord and hand-made porcelain, but she's also exploring materials like rattan, foam, cactus fiber, gold luster, platinum luster, and a patent-pending glow glaze. Reckon a visit to this excellent show will put a little glow glaze on you, citizen.Through Nov. 5 -
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Cloud Tree: Pinnacles
This new series of paintings by John Mulvany weaves together events – remembered, recounted, or directly experienced – into an allegorical narrative documenting a singular imagined event set over a 24-hour period in the desert and mountains along the border of Texas and Mexico. "When I took my first trip to Big Bend," says the artist, "the heat, the extraordinary light, the intense silence, the long blue shadows – it was the most exotic and intense landscape I had ever experienced." And now you can know that experience, too, citizen – via visions from the eyes and mind of this talented man, as rendered in meticulous pigments on paper, on canvas, on the heart of the world.Closing reception with the artist: Sun., Oct. 9, 2pm -
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Co-Lab Projects: How Soon Is Now?
This multimedia installation by Adrian Aguilera consists of found videos exploring a single year, 1997, projected on a cone-shaped screen, along with an assemblage of playlists, light-based work, human-scale text, and print works. "Together, these pieces might function as non-explicit information retrieval systems."Through Oct. 29 -
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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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Nightlife & Parties
Dame Dynamite Presents: Horrorscopes Cabaret
A mystical, magical variety show featuring fire, drag, aerial, sideshow, and burlesque performances – each artist representing a sign of the zodiac. "Feast your eyes on our brightest celestial bodies and experience the wheel of the year like never before as we dance along the dark side of the moon."Sat., Oct. 1, 8pm. $45-400.Highbrow Lowbrow Austin, 207 Chalmers -
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Davis Gallery: Beyond the Western Sky
The newest group show at this excellent venue features works by B. Shawn Cox, Faustinus Deraet, Garrett Middaugh, Dana Younger, Julie Davis, and Felice House.Through Oct. 15 -
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East Austin Comedy Club
Founded by comedians Raza Jafri and Andre Ricks, this club that operates out of Tiger Den on the Eastside is the city's only BIPOC-owned comedy venue. -
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Elisabet Ney Museum: Eve
This is a new exhibition by documentarian photographer Cindy Elizabeth, featuring an outdoor installation that is immersed within the museum’s native landscape. There are large-scale photographs inside the building, too, interwoven amongst Elisabet Ney's own neoclassical sculptures.Through Oct. 30. 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: Everyone
Here's an exhibition of prints created by Connie Arismendi during her residency at Flatbed during 2021-2022, centered on words that carry multiple meanings. This showcase includes 18 large monoprints and a suite of three etchings (featuring monoprint patterns printed as chine collé with the etched image/word).Through Oct. 16 -
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Goodluckhavefun Gallery: Superposition
Quantum forces have conspired to entangle Austin’s Goodluckhavefun Gallery with San Antonio-based collective Motherling. The resulting phenomenon brings artists with a focus on geometric abstraction into spatial proximity, reflected up and down the I-35 corridor from their primary locale. Works from seven San Antonio artists will occupy the Austin venue for the run of the show, while works from artists from the Geometric Abstraction Group of Austin will reside in San Antonio.Through Oct. 291207-B Enfield -
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GrayDUCK Gallery: Delivered and Discarded
Yoonmi Nam, an artist born in Seoul, South Korea, works in traditional printmaking processes such as mokuhanga (Japanese-style water-based woodblock printing) and lithography to make imagery and explores other materials – clay, glass, and paper – to make three-dimensional still lifes. Well, to be precise, to make gorgeous three-dimensional still lifes.Through Oct. 16 -
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
This powerful and influential work of literature has become one of the most beloved and performed shows in Shakespeare's canon. And now we can see what The Baron's Men (under the direction of Laura Trezise) can do with it.Through Oct. 22. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $15-20. -
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Hyde Park Grill: Ernie Gammage
The Austin-based author and musician displays his artwork on the walls of this popular eatery.Through Oct. 10 -
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I Love HPT
This show's a fundraiser for Hyde Park Theatre, written and performed by HPT's artistic director Ken Webster, and it's about Hyde Park Theatre – the highs and lows of the company's long history, the ins and the outs, the day-to-day humdrum and (until we see this show we can only imagine) the truly fucking weird. Fascinating from a local perspective, even if you've never been (how?) to HPT, and – as manifested by Webster, live onstage – well worth seeing. He's fierce, funny, obsessive, a true powerhouse of professional passion. And, yes, he was our cover story back in 2007.Through Oct. 8. Fri.-Sat., 8pm. $25. -
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ICOSA: As It Was
Here are new works by Jonas Criscoe and B. Shawn Cox that explore "the transformative power of quilting." Through the use of traditional patterns, manipulated surfaces, and found materials, each artist employs a patina of touch to transform the familiar and nostalgic into a palimpsestic rendition of itself.Closing reception with 1) the artists, 2) beer, and 3) tacos: Sat., Oct. 29, noon-5pm -
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Ivester Contemporary: Pulp Alchemy
This is a solo exhibition by Jenn Hassin – the artist’s first show of new work since completing her MFA at Columbia University. The work in "Pulp Alchemy" features military uniforms from all six branches of service, medical uniforms, children’s clothing, blue jeans, carved bone, and porcelain, meticulously transformed into beautiful, raw memorials to the survivors of trauma.Through Oct. 15 -
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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: Beyond
This exhibition comprises new works by Rama Tiru and features digital, mostly surreal paintings, both full color and monochrome, with augmented reality elements added to some of the images.Through Oct. 1 -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Lost Pines
This exhibition of new photographs is the gallery's first presentation of work by the Austin artist (and musician and husband and father and professor) Barry Stone. You want to see images that are beautiful and often a little eerie? You want to witness photos with backstories that can inspire something like awe? Find yourself among these "Lost Pines."Through Dec. 3 -
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Lydia Street Gallery: SUM of the Parts
Valerie Fowler, that acclaimed painter of natural phantasmagoria, returns with a new show. Says the artist: "I began this body of work feeling scattered, a little spent and rudderless, then walloped by unrelenting heat, the worst in my memory, and I’m a lifelong Texan… Beyond the walls of my studio, fires and floods were happening seemingly everywhere, and the Arctic ice cap was melting four times faster than scientists had previously understood. I felt exhausted from the challenge to maintain hope. I decided to just keep at the work, following curiosity, making pieces that reflected my scattered consciousness." Suggestion: Give your eyes a glimpse of the wild sublime and soak in the glory of what Fowler's brushes and pigments so vividly capture.Through Oct. 30. Free. -
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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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Martha's Contemporary: True Romance
The paintings here are a reflection of Brach Tiller's lived experience in Detroit over the past year, an expression of his romantic relationship and the city of Detroit. Bonus: Crystal Topcoat by Payton McGowen and Adam Linn.Through Oct. 15 -
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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 Gallery: Outer Middle
Brad Tucker has made some amazing new works: cheerfully complex, savvy, funny, reflective, and beautiful. Transmountain's design work is Italo-modern by way of El Paso, embedding critical reflections into luxurious forms, using material as grammar. Together, this pairing soars.Closing reception: Sun., Oct. 23, 3-4pm -
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Open Canopy
This is a monthly celebration in which artists welcome you into their studio spaces for a behind-the-scenes look into their creative process. The Canopy complex – the epicenter of the annual Austin Studio Tour, btw – has 57 studio spaces with more than 72 artists. And it's not like the Ivester and ICOSA and Modern Rocks and Yard Dog and other galleries aren't right there, too, get it? Perfect day for visiting – and grabbing an Ohayo at Sa-Ten.Sat., Oct. 1, 1-4pm -
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Prizer Arts & Letters: Wilhelmina Weber Furlong
Witness now the works of Wilhelmina Weber Furlong (1878-1962), a German-American artist and teacher, the forerunner of modern impressionistic and expressionistic still life painting.Closing reception: Sat., Oct. 1, 6-9pm -
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Scott McCloud's 24-Hour Comics Challenge
People who love to draw, and especially those who are into sequential art, have been tackling Scott McCloud's challenge since 1990. This year, Dear Diary Coffee – that caffeine-forward emporium of vegan noms and art – is staying open all night, so you and your friends can attempt to write, draw, and color a complete comic book in 24 hours. RSVP to reserve your spot.Sat., Oct. 1. Free with RSVP. -
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Shining City
Longtime Austin theatre company Different Stages opens a new season with this complexly haunting play by Conor McPherson, in which a man is visited by the ghost of his dead wife. Directed by Norman Blumensaadt, with performances by Rick Felkins, Sam Grimes, Weston Smith, and Adrienne Gilg.Through Oct. 9. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $25 and up. -
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Story Circle Network
Nonprofit organization for women, offering monthly reading and writing circles and more, in North, Central, and South Austin. -
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Strange Beasts VII: Guzu vs. The King
The King of the Monsters is back, and this time he – Gojiraaaaaaaa! – will be vividly rendered by 23 bone-crushingly talented and ferocious artists from Austin. Printed and original artwork will be available for purchase, in-person and online, from the lizard-limning likes of Kyle Armstrong, Chet Phillips, Half-Human, Tessa Morrison, Matt Frank, Daddy Otis, and more.Through Nov. 6 -
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The Contemporary Austin: In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive and You Were Full of Joy
Explore the works of eight female artists – Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, Adriana Corral, Ellie Ga, Juliana Huxtable, Tala Madani, Danielle Mckinney, Wendy Red Star, and Clare Rojas – in this new exhibition that explores how narrative and storytelling shape our senses of self, community, history, and identity.Through Feb. 12 -
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The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
Kristoffer Diaz's dramatic comedy follows the life of wrestler Macedonio Guerra, a “jobber” who's paid to lose to bigger-name stars in the ring. Macedonio meets a young Indian man from Brooklyn, who he wants to team up with, and promotional antics ensue. Unspoken racism, politics, and courage are woven through this play that leaves it all on the mat. Directed by Jerry Ruiz for Zach Theatre, and – oh, here, let the Chronicle's Shanon Weaver tell you about it.Through Oct. 23. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $25 and up. -
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The Outsider
In this new show from Beyond August Productions, Paul Slade Smith's satire of the often-confounding system of modern American politics features a bumbling Lieutenant Governor (with a paralyzing fear of public speaking) who suddenly finds himself thrust into the Governor's chair. Starring Michael Stuart, Tim Blackwood, Patrick Wheeler, Shannon Embry, Robyn Conner, Jill Klopp Turner, and Darren Scharf.Through Oct. 16. Fri.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $25-35.The Rosette Theater, 3908 Avenue B -
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The Pact
This world premiere – the inaugural show in Jarrott Productions' first full live mainstage season in three years – is Max Langert's play about family, pizza, climate change, dating apps, and fringe religious sects. Featuring Natalie D. Garcia, David R. Jarrott, Jennifer Jennings, Lisa Scheps, and Hannah Schochler, as directed by Will Gibson Douglas.Through Oct. 15. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 6pm. $18-35. -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Monochromes
Carol Dawson draws inspiration from the natural world, exploring the life cycles of flowers from their buds, infancies, blooms, and deaths, allowing herself to use at most three pigments in her works.Through Oct. 30 -
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West Chelsea Contemporary: Austin Director's Choice
This new show at WCC features works from renowned artists such as Slim Aarons, Ash Almonte, Salvador Dali, Mari Kim, Alex Katz, and moreThrough Oct. 23 -
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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
