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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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    Round Rock Amphitheater

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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 Highland

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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
    ACC Highland

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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
    Art for the People

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    Dance

    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.
    Ballet Austin

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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
    Dougherty Arts Center

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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
    Camiba Gallery

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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
    Cloud Tree

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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
    Davis Gallery

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    Comedy

    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.
    Tiger Den

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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.
    Elisabet Ney Museum

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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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    Fallout Theater

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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
    Flatbed Press

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    Theatre

    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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    The Curtain Theatre

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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
    Hyde Park Bar & Grill

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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
    Ivester Contemporary

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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
    Laguna Gloria Amphitheater

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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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    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
    Lora Reynolds Gallery

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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.
    Martha's

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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
    Martha's

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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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    Neill-Cochran House Museum

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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
    Northern-Southern

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    Theatre

    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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    Trinity Street Theatre

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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
    The Contemporary Austin

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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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    ZACH Theatre

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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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    The Vortex

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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
    Wally Workman Gallery

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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 more
    Through Oct. 23
    West Chelsea Contemporary

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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.
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    Wyld Gallery
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