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Courthouse Nights in Lockhart, Texas!
Don't miss the return of Courthouse Nights in Lockhart! Centered around the beautiful Caldwell County Courthouse lawn, the FREE and family-friendly live music series features an all-star lineup with Dale Watson, EZ Band, Deadeye, Rattlesnake Milk, and Simons Says. Held every third Friday of the month from April to August!Fri. Apr. 19, 7pm-10pmLockhart, Texas -
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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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Austin Music Video Festival
This sprawling music video showcase includes world premieres, virtual reality, retrospectives (Spike Jonze, the Flaming Lips, Christeene), and a swim-in theatre. Find out the winners Sat., Sept. 16, 8pm, at the Austin School of Film.Tue.-Sat., Sept. 12-16. $15-150.Various locations -
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Honky Tonk Heaven: The Legend of the Broken Spoke (2016)
Entertaining doc on the Austin institution.Thu., Sept. 14, 7pm -
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Suspiria (1977)
Newly Restored: Heavy on atmosphere – the color palette is luridly beautiful and the freaky-deaky Goblins score will nail you to the wall. This is a new 4K restoration.Thu., Sept. 14, 8pm -
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Brazil (1985)
This modern cult classic is a triumphantly dark comedy directed by one of the film world’s truly original visionaries.Thu., Sept. 14, 8:15pm -
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Grieves
Grieves follows in the same vein of Rhymesayers labelmates Atmosphere. Hustling hard with a slew of 2005-08 EPs, the Seattle rapper dropped formidable debut Irreversible in 2007. While Together/Apart (2011) and Winter & the Wolves (2014) shed transparency on poverty and addiction, fifth studio album Running Wild (2017) struggled righteously with unabashed honesty.Thu., Sept. 14, 8pm -
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Henry IV
Shakespeare? Of course. But this kingly classic is directed by Beth Burns for the Hidden Room, is based on a new adaptation by Dr. Ralph Alan Cohen, and features a cast worth shouting about infused with a rowdy glam-rock aesthetic. Which means that this ain't your great-great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather's Henry IV, this is your chance to see the Bard's work presented with incomparable theatrical power and style. Bonus: live music from Shoulders' Todd Kassens.Through Oct. 1. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $15-30.York Rite Masonic Hall, 311 W. Seventh. -
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Jolt: New Member Orientation
Learn about opportunities to contribute to the work Jolt is doing to empower and protect Austin's Latinx community. Ongoing work, temp work – you name it, they got it.Thu., Sept. 14, 7-8:30pm. Free (and kid-friendly).4704-B E. Cesar Chavez -
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Protos Festival
Digital art and electronic music collide at this future-minded multimedia fest.Thu., Sept. 14; Sat., Sept. 16 -
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Reality Bites (1994)
Texas Strong: Stiller's first feature film as a director captured the zeitgeist and is imbued with an honest and sarcastic wit. 100% of ticket sales go to the Hurricane Harvey Relief Fund.Thu., Sept. 14, 7pm -
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Taxi (2015)
Children of Abraham/Ibrahim: While banned by the governement from making movies, the great Iranian director Jafar Panahi made this movie while posing as a taxi driver and talking with his passengers.Thu., Sept. 14, 7:30pm -
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Texas Invitational
Runners from various universities converge on Old Settler’s Park to see who is the fastest.Thu., Sept. 14, 6:30pm -
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The Creatives Meet Business Experience
CMBXP "provides local artists, creatives, entrepreneurs, freelancers, and side hustlers with the tools, resources, and relationships needed to become more sustainable in their practices." And they've joined forces with Learnshop, General Assembly, and Story Bar for this three-day conference, to provide useful, practical solutions to the eternal problem of how-do-I-actually-make-this-work? Might be worth looking into, citizen, to put yourself on a less harrowing path toward creative fulfillment. See website for extensive schedule of programs.Sept. 14-16. $100. -
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The Struggle to Free Rodney Reed: Featuring Rodrick Reed
Rodney Reed has been on Texas’ death row since 1998, convicted of the 1996 murder of Stacey Stites in Bastrop, but his case has been tainted with "prosecutor misconduct, police corruption, poor defense, and institutional racism." Learn about his fight for a new trial and the Oct. 10 hearing to deal with troubling testimony from the original trial.Thu., Sept. 14, 7pm -
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Title and Deed
Capital T Theatre's Mark Pickell directs that talented Jason Phelps in this one-man show scripted by Will "Thom Pain" Eno, offering an insight-stuffed look at what it means to be alive in this odd century and what the concept of home can embody. Recommended.Through Sept. 16. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $20-30. -
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Women & Their Work: Red Dot Art Spree
Oh! It's here again! Listen: This annual fancy soirée boasts more than 150 works by some of the best contemporary artists in Texas and beyond; a silent auction of goods and services that range from whimsical to stunningly posh; an array of cocktails and appetizers to wet your whistle and make your tastebuds swoon. Mingle and bid – you'll be glad you did.Thu., Sept. 14, 7pm. $100-250.
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50 Over 50: An Oral History of Austin's Live Music History
Fifty artists over the age of 50 provide an oral history of their role in and the evolution of Austin's vibrant music scene. Bring your smartphone and earbuds to hear their stories. Live music by Harvey Thomas Young at 8:30.Thu.-Sun., 1-6pm, through Sept. 30. $5 suggested donation. -
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Akira (1988)
This animated science fiction based on a graphic novel set the modern standard of excellence for Japanese anime despite the movie's emphasis on blood and violence.Thu., Sept. 14, 7:30pm -
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Aldrich Street Grand Opening Street Fair
Celebrate the grand opening of Mueller's newest dining, entertainment, and retail district with poptails, refreshing beer samples, delicious food samples, a hand-pulled mozzarella demonstration, henna tattoo artists, giant Jenga, dominoes, ladder ball, a ring toss and other giveaways/activities.Thu., Sept. 14, 7-10pmAldrich Street District in Mueller -
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Apply for the "Live Proud on Campus" Scholarship by AT&T and HRC
Students 18 and older should apply by submitting a "video pitch describing an LGBTQ-supportive project they’d like to see in place at their schools," and announcing their participation on the socials with #ATTLiveProud and #LiveProudScholar. Semi-finalists will announced on September 27. Three grand prize winners receive:: ·$10,000 college scholarship: ·Trip to D.C. for the HRC National Dinner in Oct.: ·$2,500 to help make their project a reality: ·Semester-long mentorship with HRC leadership: ·“Tech suite” package (tablet, smart phone, and device cases)Through Sept. 22. Free. -
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Art.Science.Gallery.: The Birds
This exhibition features new work in multiple media, work that explores topics of bird migration, communication, taxonomy, feeding behavior, natural history, flight behavior, bird diversity, and conservation. Artists Carol Cunningham, Carrie Carlson, Emily Coleman, Kim Heise, Lauren Rochell, Lisa Rawlinson, Pat Falconer, Zoë Trautz, Rachel Ramirez, and Sarah St. Laurent bring the ornithological wonders.Through Oct. 1 -
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Austin Beerworks Beer Dinner
The Hightower and Austin Beerworks team up for a five-course paired beer dinner that will include Austin Beerworks newest brew, a Bière de Garde named Garde Tower.Thu., Sept. 14, 6:30-9pm
