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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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Laundry & Bourbon with Lonestar
Laundry and Bourbon with Lonestar, two companion one act plays set in backyards of a small Texas town. Three ladies come together to talk about their life's ups and downs. Lonestar follows the life of three small town boys and the events that have shaped them. Both shows give us highs & lows with humor spread around, for good measure.Apr. 19-May 5Navasota Theatre Alliance
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Theatre
Much Ado About Nothing
Something for Nothing Theater stages Shakespeare's comedy classic under starlight in Ramsey Park, with directors Allison Dillon and Rosalind Faires presenting a version in which Benedick and Beatrice are both played as women. Prithee bring a blanket or chair, pack a picnic, and invite some friends along to this out-of-doors romance.Through Nov. 5. Thu.-Sun., 7:30pm. Free – gratis – yours for a smile. -
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Food Events
Tacos 4 Turkeys
The family-friendly taco throwdown fundraiser will feature $3 tacos, local beer specials, door prizes and live music. Proceeds will benefit Texas Community Harvest, a nonprofit dedicated to providing hot meals to Texans in times of need.Sun., Nov. 5, 5:30-9pm. Free. -
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Austin Celtic Festival
Put on your plaid and spend a weekend surrounded by the music, dance, history, and food of Ireland and Scotland. The whole shebang is highlighted by the Highland Games where large, unwieldy objects are thrown.Sat.-Sun., Nov. 4-5, noon-7:30pm. $15-18, free (kids under 12). -
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Special Screenings
Austin Jewish Film Festival
The 15th annual festival offers a selection of international films, many of which will screen with the directors in attendance. For a complete schedule and film descriptions, see www.austinjff.org.Sat., Nov. 5 -
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Austin Polish Film Festival
In addition to the feature films, short narratives, documentaries, and animations, the festival hosts a poster exhibit, guest filmmakers, and Polish food treats. The festival screens at AFS Cinema, with special screenings at the Arbor, Mon. Nov. 6. For the complete schedule visit www.austinpolishfilm.com.Thu., Nov. 2 -
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Special Screenings
Boogie Nights (1997)
Boogie Nights gets under the skin of the porn film industry in the late Seventies. However, the film is no sociocultural abstract; it is at heart a well-told story about a group of characters and the de facto family that emerges from their relationships.Sun., Nov. 5, 9:45pm -
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Events
Christmas at the Caswell House
It's never too early to transform this historic Victorian home in an X-mas extravaganza filled with ornaments, décor, jewelry, clothing, gourmet food items, and other giftable items. Go online for a complete schedule of daily events.Nov. 3-11. $15-35, depending on the event. -
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Visual Arts
Co-Lab Projects: Good Mourning Tis of Thee
Alyssa Taylor Wendt and Sean Gaulager have curated up a conceptual group show that addresses grief, loss, death, architecture, and urban development, wrangling more than 65 artists and performers from Texas, New York, Detroit, and Seattle. "The show is especially relevant as the building is slated for subsequent demolition to make room for a planned development on the site."Through Nov. 25721 Congress. -
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Special Screenings
In Transit (2015)
Doc Nights: Documentary explores the passengers on the country's busiest long-distance train route, the Empire Builder.Sun., Nov. 5, 5pm -
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Special Screenings
Nosferatu (1922)
Live Score: In the realm of vampire films, this 1922 silent is the original mother lode. No one since has matched vampire Max Schreck's creepy loathsomeness. The Invincible Czars will accompany the film with their original score.Sun., Nov. 5, 7pm -
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Special Screenings
Okja (2017)
The director of Snowpiercer takes on food consumption, our treatment of animals, and so much more in this wonderful film.Sun., Nov. 5, 3:30pm -
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Special Screenings
Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
This is the movie in which James Dean essayed his quintessential role as a troubled American teen and, along with co-stars Wood and Mineo, established an iconography of adolescence that has retained its potency well into the next millennium.Sun., Nov. 5, 12:30pm -
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Theatre
Rude Fusion: Bear Eats Bear
Rude Mechs and groundswell theatre company present Lydia Blaisdell's retro-future audio adventure that invites theatre fans, audiophiles, and hikers to join the Rebellion and discover the fabled Archive of the Before Time in a feral, apocalyptic American wilderness. Directed by Katie Van Winkle, with performances by Martinique Duchene-Phillips, Katie Dahm, and Megan Tabaque, and featuring a panoply of local voice talents on cassette tape. It's "a hike, a collage, a satire, a desperate plea, and a memorial for the world’s transient and fierce beauty," says the director. And right here is what our reviewer says.Through Nov. 12. Sat.-Sun., 3 & 5pm. $10-25.Location revealed with ticket purchase. -
Community
Events
Settlement Home Charity Garage Sale
New and used goods of all types will be available, and the money goes to help break the cycle of abuse in families.Thr.-Sun., Nov. 2-5. $7, Friday; free, Saturday & Sunday. -
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Soulfly, Harms Way, Noisem, Lody Kong, Flesh Hoarder
Sepultura inventing groove metal on 1993’s Chaos A.D. spun off Max and Igor Cavalera teaming alongside Fudge Tunnel’s Alex Newport for industrial-metal masterpiece and studio one-off Point Blank the following year. Max Cavalera revives the disc nightly with his Arizona home group Soulfly since Nailbomb only ever performed live once.Sun., Nov. 5, 6:30pm -
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Books
Texas Book Festival
This here? Just one of the largest and most prestigious literary festivals in the country, that's all. With more than 250 nationally and critically recognized authors, venues (including the State Capitol) all over town, around 80 exhibitors hawking their bookish wares, live music, local food trucks, family activities, and countless opportunities to meet authors and fellow bibliophiles.Nov. 4-5. Sat., 10am-5pm; Sun., 11am-5pm. Free.State Capitol grounds -
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Tinplate Trackers Train Club
Come watch the choo-choos in this holiday display and inspire the next generation to keep this historic hobby alive and well. You might even be allowed to sit behind the controls if you're kind enough to the tip jar.Wed.-Sun., through Dec. 31 (except holidays), noon-5pm. Donations appreciated. -
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Sports
UT Women's Basketball
The Longhorns start their campaign with an exhibition vs. Oklahoma City University:Sun., Nov. 5, 1pm
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Kids
$tart-Up! Kid's Market
Check out what Austin's young entrepreneurs are up to with booths displaying their businesses as well as food and live music to further entertain. Email letkidsstartup@gmail.com to see if there is still room for your young businessperson.Sun., Nov. 5, 1-4pm. Free.American Dream Vacations, 7310 E Ben White Blvd. -
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Theatre
All the Good People
"A troubled young woman joins a group of do-gooders known as The Fellowship and discovers an unsavory secret that she’s unwilling (and unable) to leave behind" in this new drama written and directed by Justin M. West for Mercurial Theatre.Through Nov. 19. Fri.-Sun., 8pm. $16.50 and up. -
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Classical Music
America, the Beautiful
The Austin Civic Orchestra celebrates the cultural diversity of the United States with works by Gershwin, Ives, Bernstein, and more – showcasing guest violinist Jessica Mathaes, and the whole glorious thing under the exuberant baton of Lois Ferrari.Sun., Nov. 5, 4pm. $15.AISD Performing Arts Center, 1500 Barbara Jordan. -
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Visual Arts
Art.Science.Gallery.: TX*SCI
That excellent gallery in Canopy presents a group exhibit featuring work by Texas artists who are inspired by any of the natural sciences as a majority of their current artistic practice. Which, lucky for the viewer, means that the talents represented include Laurie Frick, Jules Buck Jones, Calder Kamin, Cathy Savage, David Martínez, and more. Quant suff! Recommended!Through Nov. 26 -
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Theatre
Arthur Simone's Bot Party: Bot Party 3.0
This mash-up of "Battlebots" and "Whose Line Is It Anyway?" features integrated teams of humans and robots competing in comedic challenges based on audience suggestions. It's a show of technological fun for the whole family! Bonus: Free cake and a coloring book.Nov. 3-5. Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $18 ($12, children, students, seniors).
