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for Thu., April 10

  • Affordable Art Fair Austin

    After a hugely successful first edition, Affordable Art Fair Austin returns May 15-18, 2025 at the Palmer Events Center, showcasing thousands of original contemporary artworks ranging between $100 to $10,000. Welcoming 55 local, national and international exhibitors, the second edition will be unmissable.
    May 15-18, 2025  
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    Palmer Events Center

  • The Juilliard String Quartet with pianist Anna Petrova

    With unparalleled artistry and enduring vigor, the Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) continues to inspire audiences around the world. Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” the ensemble draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics, while embracing the mission of championing new works, a vibrant combination of the familiar and the daring.
    Sat. May 17, 7:30pm  
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    Riverbend Centre
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  • Music

    Deep Cross, Malevich, Nerve, Recurser

    Deep Cross is Austin’s gale-force entry into the increasingly crowded contemporary industrial conversation. The fact that there even is a contemporary industrial conversation in 2025 is a welcome development and cause for black celebrations all over. Supporting September single “Strangler Fig” – a last-gasp dirge of woodpecker percussion mirrored by its ominously minimalist B-side “Mareld” – Mike Cockrell and Jason Joachim headline this heavy, screaming evening following sets by locals Recurser, New Yorkers Nerve, and Atlanta blackened death-grinders Malevich. – Joe Gross
    Thu., April 10, 8:30pm. $12 cover (21+).
    Chess Club

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Indie Meme Film Festival

      Austin’s own celebration of cinema from the Indian subcontinent welcomes a true innovator and boundary-pusher for its 10th anniversary with a special appearance by Anurag Kashyap. The writer/director has proved that being prolific doesn’t mean sacrificing artistic power, as shown by his latest film, super-stylish corrupt cop drama Kennedy. Not only will he fly in for a special live Q&A, but he’ll be sticking around for a special filmmaking workshop looking at how he has helped turn the Indian film industry upside down. However, that’s just a taste of the lineup for this essential festival, with dramas, shorts, and documentaries from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and across the global diaspora that will remind American audiences that there’s more to the region than Bollywood blockbusters. – Richard Whittaker
      April 9-13
      AFS Cinema

    • Food

      Food Events

      10 Year Zilker Brewing Anniversary Party

      Has it truly been 10 years since first Austin sipped from the Zilker Brewing Co.’s many-flavored steins? Indeed: The brewery celebrates their graduation to the decade club with three days of party-hardy mayhem. Sign their Class of 2015 yearbook and get your pic in those hallowed pages on Thursday; enjoy Friday’s fancy barbecue fare from la Barbecue – including a buttermilk-brined pork chop slapped on a bun with horseradish mayo, pickles, and onion – as well as tunes by Croy and the Boys and Studio Ink tattoos; and a megawatt Saturday stampede featuring food truck titans Zee’s Wiener System, Spicy Boys, and Patty Palace, plus a music lineup lasting from 10am ’til 9pm, when featured players Geto Gala shut down the place. Cheers to 10 more years – and maybe 10 more beers? In which case, you better take a Waymo home. – James Scott
      April 10-12
      Zilker Brewing Co.

    • Qmmunity

      Arts & Culture

      CanDeStroy Movement Presents Dear Diary

      Get in touch with your fee-fees at this burlesque show that’s all about baring your soul through storytelling. Host CanDeStroy assembles an emotional lineup including performances from Val Royalle, Copper Penny, Jojo Jezebel, Amelie Ahmose, Phoenyx Fyre, Open Carrie, Venus Fur, Rose Goldfish, and Rebel Raspberry.
      Thu., April 10, 7:45pm
      Kick Butt Coffee

    • Arts

      Dance

      Cirque Vida: Ventanas

      Who said the circus is always looking at the past? Well, maybe that’s a little true with Ventanas, a new revival of contemporary circus troupe Cirque Vida’s show that first premiered in 2023. Think of it as an acrobatic twist on Only Murders in the Building, as the show looks through the window at the lives performed in a strange, beautiful, and familiar apartment block. – Richard Whittaker
      April 10-13
      Indra's Awarehouse

    • Qmmunity

      Arts & Culture

      Free Queer Meetup

      Austin’s own Art Nights syncs up with Local Queer ATX for a gratis evening filled with felt badgemaking. RSVP to learn embroidery tips & tricks at a relaxed pace with provided felt, thread, and needles.
      Thu., April 10, 6:30pm
      Stargazer

    • Music

      Lowertown, Dutch Interior [inside]

      Bridging the gap between the folky eclecticism of early Aughts luminaries the Microphones and contemporary bedroom-pop, lo-fi-minded duo Lowertown exudes the kind of familiarity only available to old friends. A long way from the high school math class where bandmates Olivia Osby and Avsha Weinberg first met, the Dirty Hit signees arrive at Mohawk on their first headlining U.S. tour. Recent releases – including a collaboration with Philly shoegazers They Are Gutting a Body of Water – signal a growing interest in glitchy experimentation. L.A.-based openers Dutch Interior return to Austin following last month’s packed SXSW schedule. – Genevieve Wood
      Thu., April 10, 9pm  
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      Mohawk

    • Music

      Mara Kaye & the Mike Sailors Quartet (Billie Holliday tribute) (10:00, 8:00)

      Sixty-six years after her death, the music of jazz titan Billie Holiday remains timeless. Her earthy, soulful singing is also one of jazz’s most direct links to the blues. Since Lady Day isn’t around to sing the catalog herself, it’s up to intrepid vocalists like Mara Kaye to keep those classic tunes in circulation. With a grounding in country blues, the help of Austin’s own Mike Sailors Quartet, and just the right amount of grit, Kaye can bring Holiday songs like “Strange Fruit” and “God Bless the Child” to life with the proper balance of reverence and personal interpretation. – Michael Toland
      Thu., April 10
      Monks Jazz Club

    • Music

      Paul Simon

      Paul Simon is yet another musician to lie about retirement. Just days after his touching SNL 50 performance, the folk legend retracted his 2018 farewell, returning to the road for the “A Quiet Celebration” tour. The new shows will take place in intimate venues to accommodate his hearing loss; although almost completely deaf in his left ear, he’s still got it and is ready to maintain it. He will debut his latest album for live audiences, the seven-movement composition Seven Psalms, and revive iconic tracks from his poetic catalog, dating back 60 years to his mellow Simon & Garfunkel days. – Mattea Gallaway
      Thu., April 10, 8pm
      Bass Concert Hall

    • Qmmunity

      Arts & Culture

      Queer Film Theory: Alter Egos

      Who doesn’t love a movie about a guy pretending to be another guy? QFT 101 presents four queer film “professors” ready to school you on films that made them as fruity as they are today. Show starts at 7:30pm, but stick around ’til 10 for a totally kawaii edition of Mochi Mochi.
      Thu., April 10
      The Highball

    • Arts

      Books

      Sara Goetter & Natalie Riess: Warriors Graphic Novel

      Shocking development from the writer who last week plastered local employed cats on the Chronicle cover, but I’m here to tell you that those Aughts-era feral-cat books are now going graphic. Warriors continues to be a certified kid classic for any animal-loving fantasy nerd, with its roving clans of felines living away from “two-legs” being (sorry) catnip for any child who loves a lore dump. Comic creators and partners – in the gay way – Sara Goetter and Natalie Riess set up at BP to sign copies and discuss the latest in the Thunderclan story. Last one there is a soft little kittypet! – James Scott
      Thu., April 10
      BookPeople

    • Music

      The Cactus Blossoms, Lady Apple Tree

      The charm of the Cactus Blossoms arises from the irresistible harmonies of brothers Jack Torrey and Page Burkum, yet over the past 15 years, the Minneapolis duo has evolved into an eclectic quintet that sweeps across country, blues, and vintage rock & roll to expand their sweet, Everly-esque connection. Last year’s fourth LP Every Time I Think About You kicks lightly with sharp melodies and a rambling impulse, soundtracking the call to move on and the need to put the past behind even as it continually pulls at your coattails. Lady Apple Tree opens with her pastoral ballads and pristine vocals. – Doug Freeman
      Thu., April 10, 8pm
      Sagebrush

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967)

      Jacques Demy’s follow-up to romantic classic The Umbrellas of Cherbourg turns the Technicolor dial up a thousand percent – with Academy-nominated tunes set against a backdrop of a gorgeous French seaside. Musical comedy enjoyers will be excited to see genre favorites Gene Kelly, George Charkiris, and the always gorgeous Catherine Deneuve in her second leading Demy role. This romantic little romp screens at Third and Chicon’s informal cineplex as part of a temporary farewell from Hyperreal Film Club co-founder David McMichael, who recently accepted a new title: father. “[I] wanted to end this chapter with the most joyful movie I could think of,” writes McMichael, “which naturally is Jacques Demy’s springtime dream of a musical.” – James Scott
      Thu., April 10
      Hyperreal Film Club
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