Home Events
-
Sponsored Listing
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 -
Sponsored Listing
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
Recommended
-
Film
Special Screenings
Austin Film Festival
Dubbed "the writer's film festival," AFF brings an assortment of creatives and world premieres to town. Hobnob with acclaimed screenwriters and try to get your spec screenplay into the hands of studio executives. Festival passes cost $50 or $12 per ticket, and are available online or at the venues.Oct. 26-Nov. 2Various locations -
Community
Halloween and Dia de los Muertos
Bethany Lutheran Pumpkin Patch
Purchase a pumpkin and then hang out for the storytelling, coloring area, food trucks, peddling tractor course, and more.Through Tue., Oct. 31. Free. -
Community
Civic Events
Early Voting
During early voting (and on Election Day) you can vote at any polling location with a "Vote Here" sign.Oct. 23-Nov. 3Travis County -
Arts
Theatre
Halloween Seance at Museum of the Weird
Your guide Doc Ravencraft enables communication with the spirits in this event that includes a guided tour of "The Creature in Ice!" and the new Sfanthor Chamber of Horrors. Lotta different seances going on in town right about now, probably all creeptastically fun; but, a better venue than this for such a thing? We can't even.Sun.-Mon., Oct 29-30; times TBA. $35. -
Film
Special Screenings
High Hopes (1988)
Jewels in the Wasteland: Acclaimed 1988 social comedy follows a working-class family in Thatcher-era England.Mon., Oct. 30, 7:30pm -
Music
Kreator, 1349, Goatwhore, Tombs
German thrash pioneers Kreator, still led by “Mille” Petrozza on 14th LP Gods of Violence from January, last played locally at Emo’s in 2012. Back then, the venue counted a sister club in what is now Come & Take It Live, a far more intimate space. Here, they’re wall-to-wall blitzkrieg as supported by Norwegian black metal vets 1349, New Orleans’ blackened death giants Goatwhore, and Mike Hill’s post-metal bruisers Tombs. Sound on Sound Fest canceled, consider it the metal bill of 2017.Mon., Oct. 30, 6pm -
Food
Food Events
Thanksgiving Food Basket Giveaway
Mission Accomplished is hosting its 3rd Annual Thanksgiving Food Basket Giveaway. Sponsors are donating 200 turkeys to help families enjoy a nice Thanksgiving Day dinner. Applications due by Nov. 4. Drop off non-perishable items though Nov. 10 at these Austin locations: Temeika Thomas New York Life & Company, Settin Trendz Barber & Beauty Shop, African American Youth Harvest Foundation. Volunteers neededTue., Oct. 10African American Youth Harvest Foundation -
Film
Special Screenings
The Golem (1920)
A score by the Captain Beefheart guitarist Gary Lucas will accompany the film. This silent film is based on the Jewish folktale of the golem and is remembered as a high point in German Expressionism, with dramatically painted sets and crowd scenes and stylized acting.Mon., Oct. 30, 7pm -
Film
Special Screenings
The Shining (1980)
Classics: Come play with us, Danny, forever, and ever, and ever.Mon., Oct. 30, 7pm, 10pm -
Film
Special Screenings
The Thing (1982)
70mm: Carpenter remakes this 1951 sci-fi classic about shape-shifting aliens from the Antarctic. Much grislier than Howard Hawks' original, Carpenter's version is also more a study of internalization than group dynamics.Mon., Oct. 30, 7pm, 10pm
All Events
-
Film
Special Screenings
"Flight of the Butterflies" (2012)
The life cycle of a monarch butterfly and its long-distance migration from Canada to Central Mexico is captured in this 3-D nature documentary that also focuses on the decades of fieldwork conducted by Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart.Mon., Oct. 30, 12pm -
Music
-
Music
-
Community
Events
Bikin' Betties Social Ride
Social Cycling Austin presents Bikin' Betties, a weekly, beginner-friendly, all-ladies bike ride that ends with drink specials and fun activities (karaoke, minigolf, outdoor movies, etc.) Along the way, bond with other two-wheelin' ladies. Join the Facebook group for ride details.Mondays, 8pm -
Music
-
Music
-
Food
Food Events
Boiler Nine Launches To-Go Thanksgiving Menu
This Thanksgiving, don't do the cooking yourself. Place full Thanksgiving dinner orders from the fire-focused restaurant, with plenty of options to fill your holiday table.Oct. 23-Nov. 15, 11am-11pm -
Music
-
Music
-
Music
-
Music
-
Music
-
Community
Civic Events
Community Conversation on East Austin Mural
Join Six Square to discuss the forthcoming mural at 12th & Chicon, as well as others located within the state-designated black cultural district.Mon., Oct. 30, 6:30pm -
Community
Out of Town
Corn Maze, Petting Zoo, Pumpkin Patch
Make your way around the 5.5-acre maze, meet the farm animals, take a pumpkin home, plus more fun in the country near San Antonio.Opens Sat., Sept. 23 to Oct. 31. $10.Circle N. Farm, LaVernia -
Music
-
Music
-
Film
Special Screenings
Dream Big: Engineering Our World (2017)
Laser IMAX 3D: This IMAX doc celebrates the ingenuity of engineers, from the tallest buildings to underwater robots.Mon., Oct. 30, 10am -
Community
Out of Town
Fall Foliage Color Report
Go to the website to get updates, but be aware that the park closes when the parking lots become full.Through Nov. 30Lost Maples State Park -
Community
Civic Events
Going In, Getting Out: Race and Incarceration in the U.S.
A film screening and discussion to examine the intersection of race and mass incarceration in the U.S.Mon., Oct. 30, 6-9pm. Free. -
Music
