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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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Comedy
A John Waters Christmas
"If you go home with somebody and they don't have books, don't fuck them." Ah, could we love this man any more than we already do? We'll see, as the legendary director and general force of delightfully perverse nature brings his brand of holiday cheer to Downtown Austin tonight, courtesy of your friends at Moontower Comedy.Fri., Dec. 1, 8pm. $20-48. -
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Dry Land
Ruby Rae Spiegel's intense drama, set almost entirely in the girls' locker room of a Florida high school, explores "the complexities of female friendship, abortion, adolescents in crisis, and the terrifying process of becoming yourself." Directed by Marian Kansas for Permanent Record. Note: Nudity and graphic content. And here's what our reviewer thought of the show.Through Dec. 2. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $12-25.Mastrogeorge Theatre, 130 Pedernales Ste. 318-B. -
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UT Volleyball NCAA Regionals
North Carolina vs. Oregon State: Fri., Dec. 1, 4:30pm. UT vs. Fairchild: Fri., Dec. 1, 7pm. NCAA Regional Final:Sat., Dec. 2, 7pm -
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Yard Dog: Odd Pottery
Odd, they say? Well, yes. Odd, a bit eerie, and totally gorgeous, to be sure, as this excellent SoCo venue presents a collection of new work by Waxahachie potter Carl Block.Through Dec. 31 -
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England techno/house expert Darren J. Cunningham gained recognition on 2008 Ninja Tune debut Hazyville under the Actress moniker. 2014’s acclaimed Ghettoville, a Detroit techno, Chicago ghetto house, and rap-inflected fourth album pushed the producer to the electronic forefront. 2017’s cold and futuristic AZD is said to possibly be his last album.Fri., Dec. 1, 9pm -
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Austin Symphony: Beyond the Score
Sure, you've got conductor Peter Bay and his talented crowd unpacking a musical composition via a live theatrical and multimedia presentation of the creator's backstory – the Chronicle's own Robert Faires is among the performers – and that's an entertaining and highly informative thing already. But then the full orchestra plays the composition you've just been immersed in the creational details of? And that work is Prokofiev's Symphony No. 5? Then the question becomes: Are you merely learning something, or are you also enjoying the hell out of yourself, lucky citizen? The latter, we insist.Dec. 1-2. Fri.-Sat., 8pm. $23 and up. -
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Benefit to AIDS Services of Austin w/ US Weekly, BLXPLTN, Terror Pigeon, Popper Burns, Sherman's March
US Weekly, Blxpltn, and more ATXers rage against HIV.Fri., Dec. 1, 9pm -
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Bonnie Bishop, Harvest Thieves
Still Austin’s Bonnie Raitt, with alt-Americana locals Harvest Thieves, in a Turnpike Troubadours pre-show.Fri., Dec. 1, 6:30pm -
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Dave Alvin & the Guilty Ones
Separate shows, back to back, on consecutive nights. The 8pm slot rustles Bakersfield folk, L.A. cowpunk, and barroom blues from the sometimes Blaster, an honorary Lone Star song mystic. Two hours later, indie country mavericks the Weary Boys stage their annual remembrance of homegrown outlaw shootouts. Cowboy hats mandatory.Fri., Dec. 1, 8pm -
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Day With(out) Art: Alternate Ending Radical Beginnings
The Contemporary and Kind Clinic unite to present a collection of short films to honor World AIDS Day with pieces by Mykki Blanco, Cheryl Dunye, Ellen Spiro, and more.Fri., Dec. 1, 6-8pm. Free. -
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Exploded Drawing XLI seven year anniversary w/ Vegetable Kingdom, Yimsock, Kinder, Bobby Banner MPC, Emune, Al Lover, Out of Place, Botany, Soundfounder, Butcher Bear, Chief & the Doomsday Device
Seven years in, the hip-hop heads at Exploded Drawing have hosted hundreds of stony-eyed, off-kilter beat producers. Their anniversaries serve as Best Ofs, with 10 alums invited to haul out their bedroom studios gear to perform raucous, 10-minute mega-mixes. Exploded Records honchos Soundfounder and Butcher Bear, plus a cast of locals including Vegetable Kingdom, Al Lover, Botany, and Chief & theDoomsdayDevice star.Fri., Dec. 1 -
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Guzu Gallery: They’re Coming To Get You
It's a holiday horror art show here at Guzu in the Center of Austin Fandom, featuring new renditions of the iconic heroes and villains of the grisly genre. By whom, precisely? By some of the best illustrators around: Chet Phillips, Billy Perkins, Katherine Kuehne, the incredible brotherly duo of Half-Human, Tessa Morrison, and more.Through Jan. 1 -
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Special Screenings
He Walked by Night (1948)
UCLA Festival of Preservation: Classic verite noir about a cop killer on the run. Slavko Vorkapich's experimental short "Moods of the Sea." Highly recommended.Fri., Dec. 1, 7pm -
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Visual Arts
ICOSA: Tiger Strikes Austin
Here's a nation-spanning collaboration between artist-run spaces in Austin and Los Angeles, featuring a panoply of treasures created by L.A.-based artists from Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Monte Vista Projects. Creation and solidarity, beauty in making and strength in numbers: You'll find them here.Through Jan. 6702 Shady #190 -
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Food Events
in.gredients Block Party!
Visit in.gredients for their December First Friday Block Party featuring Batty Jr. and Ethan Azarian. Dear Run Land & Cattle Co. is bringing two friendly heifers to pet, and there will be samples from local vendors including Me & the Bees Lemonade, Kala's Kuisine, O' JOY Organic Juice, Texas Coffee Traders, the Afro Gypsy and more. 1% of proceeds will benefit the in.gredients Community Partner, Lone Star Victims Advocacy Project.Fri., Dec. 1, 6-9pm -
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Special Screenings
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Village of Lights: In this holiday chestnut, a man learns he has mattered in the lives of others, and an angel gets its wings. Come early for the market, which will have handmade gifts for the holidays.Fri., Dec. 1, 7pm -
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Ne Obliviscaris, Allegaeon, Athanatos, Darker by Design, Anton's Key
Gypsy violin meets progressive death metal in Australian sextet Ne Obliviscaris, touring third LP Urn thanks to a successful Patreon campaign. Colorado tourmates Allegaeon lose the fiddle but stick to the same epic tech style on last year’s Proponent for Sentience. Death continues with Chile’s blackened Athanatos, San Antonio’s Darker by Design, and Austin progressives Anton’s Key.Fri., Dec. 1, 7pm -
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Pocatello
Samuel D. Hunter – you know, the brilliant fellow who wrote The Whale and Bright New Boise – scripted this new ensemble piece about a last-ditch attempt to stave off the inevitable at Eddie’s failing Italian restaurant in the equally failing town of Pocatello. It's one hell of a Famiglia Week, alright, and this poignantly funny unraveling is directed by Benjamin Wallace Summers for Street Corner Arts.Through Dec. 16. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $15-22. -
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Special Screenings
Punk TV Mayhem
History of Television: GBH! Leather, bristles, studs, and Jack Klugman! Anarchy on the TV, with Fear and half the D.C. scene circle-pitting with John Belushi live on SNL, the ABC Afterschool Special’s “The Day My Kid Went Punk” and that chubby punk guy on the bus unwisely flipping the bird to Kirk and Spock in the cetacean-tastic Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. Order yourself an anarchy burger but hold the irony, please. Pop-culture media’s portrayals of punks and poseurs went hilariously but earnestly batshit crazy in the Eighties and Nineties. Now the Austin Film Society is presenting Next Stop, Nowhere!, a totally unauthorized compilation of 220 BPM, televised insanity curated and/or hosted by TV writer Sam Egan, punk hysterian Ryan Richardson, and Destroy All Movies!!!: The Complete Guide to Punk on Film co-author Zack Carlson, who explains, “Very few moments in history have been loaded with as much punk, paranoia, hysteria and pure entertainment as we’re going to experience in just two hours. The only reason to miss this show is if you’re in jail and/or dead.” Or, we’ll add, crammed in the back of a battered Ford Econoline on tour with your gig-stinky bandmates. Oi! Oi! Oi! – Marc SavlovFri., Dec. 1, 10pm -
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Pursuit of Happiness
Alexander the Great once again produces this suicide prevention fundraiser that's sure to awe and amaze. All donations go to the Trevor Project. Performers include Coco Lectric, Ginger Snaps, Zoja Ulesoo, Dandy Velour, and more.Fri., Dec. 1, 9pm. $10 suggested donation. -
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The L Word Trivia Night
Who killed Jenny? And other pressing questions in need of your knowledge. Free to play, prizes abound, drink specials, and lesbians (teams of 1-6 plz).Fri., Dec. 1, 6:30-9:30pm -
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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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Winter Wonderland
A new Austin holiday tradition. Millions of lights will illuminate the Circuit of the Americas track with a little bit of something for everyone: a skating rink, petting zoo, human snow globe, movies on the lawn, a tunnel of lights in addition to the Circuit of Lights track walk, a vendor village, and more.Every day through Dec. 30, 6-10pm (Fridays and Saturdays, 6-11pm). $16 (children 5 and under free). -
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Women & Fair Trade Festival
Artisan producers from women’s cooperatives all over the world gather in Austin to celebrate cultural exchange, solidarity, fair trade, live music, a screening of A Strike and an Uprising, and poetry. Oh, and you can pick up some unique gifts while you're at it.Fri.-Sat., Dec. 1-2. Free.
