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Affordable Art Fair Austin
Affordable Art Fair Austin will launch in May 2024, showcasing original contemporary artworks ranging between $100 to $10,000. Welcoming a whole host of local, national and international exhibitors, their spectacular first edition is set to be unmissable!May 16-19Palmer Events Center -
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Kadampa Meditation Center Austin
This evening talk offers a special visit with renowned Buddhist teacher and NKT-IKBU Deputy Spiritual Director Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. Gen-la will share Buddhist advice on developing our love as a way to protect our self from suffering and learn to become truly happy. Our life then becomes immensely meaningful in benefiting others with our mind of unconditional love.Fri. May 3, 7pm-8:30pmVuka North
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Blacksmith Meetup
Austin-area blacksmiths will gather at the historic Village Smithy to compete in a nail-making contest, just like in the 1800s, as they swap stories and wares. Open to blacksmiths and fans of pioneer culture who just want to watch sparks fly.Wed., Jan. 26, 10am-1pm. Free. -
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Donate Blood, Get a Free Sub
We Are Blood partners with ThunderCloud Subs to reward blood and platelet donors with a voucher for a free small sub sandwich while supplies last. Schedule an appointment online or call 512/206-1266.Through Jan. 31We Are Blood donor centers -
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Fall Creek Vineyards: Resolution Dinner
There's a somewhat familiar guest chef for this culinary event at Fall Creek Vineyards out in Driftwood: Cody Taylor, former owner of Austin's Cafe Josie, current kitchen maestro behind Industry in San Marcos, now bringing his acclaimed talents to a dinner with four wine-paired courses at this elegant Hill Country venue of viticulture. Shaved cucumber salad; smoked artichoke tomato bisque; smoked pork ribs; and a dessert taco (that's with a cereal brown sugar taco shell, chocolate mousse, salted cashews, raspberries, and white chocolate). And, ooooh, those Fall Creek wines!Fri., Jan. 28, 6:30pm.. $100. -
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Freeway (1996)
Andy's Di$count $inema: A darkly comic twist on the Little Red Riding Hood tale, with Witherspoon starring as a delinquent teen being hounded by a serial killer.Wed., Jan. 26, 7pm -
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Punch-Drunk Love (2002)
After a series of goofy comedy hits, Adam Sandler takes a more serious turn in this quirky rom-com/drama as a lonely bachelor who calls phone sex lines for company.Wed., Jan. 26, 7:20pm -
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The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)
Doc Nights: A moving doc about innocence lost, exploring the story of actor Björn Andrésen, now 66, who was discovered by Luchino Visconti in 1970 and was thrust into the limelight unprepared after starring in Death in Venice.Wed., Jan. 26, 8:45pm -
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The Wooster Group: The B-Side
The show's full name is The B-Side: Negro Folklore From Texas State Prisons: A Record Album Interpretation, and it's an original performance based on an LP of work songs, spirituals, and toasts recorded in 1964 in Texas’ then-segregated prison farms. Presented by Eric Berryman, Jasper McGruder, and Philip Moore of NYC's nigh-on legendary Wooster Group, the production also provides context from the book Wake Up Dead Man: Hard Labor and Southern Blues by Bruce Jackson, the folklorist who recorded the album.Wed.-Sat., Jan. 26-29, 7:30pm. $10-40.
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"Les Diners de Gala" by Salvador Dalí
The Spanish surrealist painter illustrated the cookbook Gala’s Dinners in 1973 that included 136 recipes by French chefs. This traveling exhibit features 12 lithographs that were released in conjunction with the book and are some of his most unique experimental prints.Jan. 15-March 27. Free.Noël Art Museum, San Angelo -
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Artworks Gallery: Reflections on the Streets of Austin
Precision Camera and Tom Chambers have created this exhibit from a street photography workshop hosted by Artworks, the images here focusing on reflections throughout the city.Through Feb. 12 -
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Austin ISD Repurposing Community Conversation
Share your thoughts and ideas on how Austin ISD should repurpose the former Pease Elementary School.Wed., Jan. 26, 6-7pmOnline -
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Big Medium: The Contemporary Print
This gallery in the Canopy complex on Springdale has been the epicenter for PrintAustin from the get-go, and it remains a must-see foundational exhibition for each festival. Witness now a survey of traditional printmaking techniques and innovative approaches in contemporary printmaking, as curated by John Hitchcock, a professor (and 20-year printmaking teacher) at the University of Wisconsin-MadisonThrough Feb. 22 -
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Blacksmithing at Pioneer Farms
Pioneer Farms offers several blacksmithing classes in the coming weeks, including Fundamentals 1.0 and 2.0 as well as a couple's class that will make sparks fly. Check out the schedule and sign up if you'd like to learn a "hot" new skill!Various dates in February -
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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: Anthroposcenery
The Dougherty Art Center's central gallery displays new paintings by the (rather brilliant) artist Emma Hadzi Antich, her mountainous landscapes serving as oblique yet highly evocative mirrors, illustrating parallels between seemingly disparate aspects of nature, revealing how the wild in the human and the human in the wild can affect each other.Through Feb. 19 -
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