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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 16-19  
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    Palmer Events Center

  • 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 5  
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    Navasota Theatre Alliance
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  • Community

    Sports

    UT Men's Basketball

    Vs. Michigan:
    Tue., Dec. 12, 8pm. $15-70.  
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    Frank Erwin Center - closed

  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    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
    Yard Dog

  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Art.Science.Gallery.: Trading Card Show

    If you like art inspired by science, you'll love this. If you like trading cards, you'll love this. If you like both of those things at once, you may be overwhelmed with joy at this fifth annual fundraising event featuring hundreds of original, affordable, miniature works of science-celebrating art by artists from all over the country. That's right, 2.5-by-3.5-inch works of art, already framed for your convenience, waiting for a home on your wall or – hey, it's that time of year – the wall of a lucky friend or friends.
    Through Dec. 24
    Art.Science.Gallery.

  • Community

    Civic Events

    City Managers Town Hall

    Meet the City Manager finalists – finally. Spencer Cronk, current Minneapolis city coordinator, and Howard Lazarus, current Ann Arbor city administrator, will discuss their plans and answer your questions. Can't make it? Watch live at ATXN or ATXN.tv. Attendees will be asked to provide feedback after.
    Tue., Dec. 12, 6:30pm  
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    Austin Convention Center

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Deep Red (1975)

    Terror Tuesday: One of this Italian horror master's very best works, Deep Red features Blow-Up's Hemmings as a jazz pianist in Rome, who is suspected of having committed a murder before becoming a target himself. Argento's florid camerawork and spooky Gremlin music are in ample evidence here.
    Tue., Dec. 12, 9:50pm
    Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz

  • Community

    Civic Events

    Do Good/Then Party: Holiday Edition

    Join Good Party ATX for an evening of volunteering at the local food back then head over to El Taquito to hang out and order a Mealshare branded item to provide a meal to youth in need.
    Tue., Dec. 12, 6pm  
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    Central Texas Food Bank

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Found Footage 3D (2016)

    Things get pretty meta when a film crew shooting a found-footage horror film start getting picked off. Preceded by a screening of the short "First Date." Also: free posters!
    Tue., Dec. 12, 7pm  
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    Galaxy Highland 10

  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    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
    Guzu Gallery

  • Food

    Food Events

    Holy Roller's Top Chef Pie-Eating Contest

    Chef Callie Speer and her team welcome some of the city’s most prominent chefs and culinary personalities for a holiday pie-eating contest. You could come for the pies, and for the raffle that supports SAFE, but we'll be there because we wanna see Aaron Franklin,Tyson Cole, Shane Stiles, Philip Speer, Shawn Cirkiel, Nic Yanes, Brandon Hunt, Travis Tober, Laura Sawicki, Casey Wilcox, Tako Matsumoto, Nadia Chaudhury, and especially that Brandon Watson stuffing their fruit-smeared gobs with more and more pastry.
    Tue., Dec. 12, 6pm  
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    Holy Roller

  • Qmmunity

    Community

    Homo for the Holigays!

    Boiz of Austin host a special night of queer holiday cheer with the second annual Homo for the Holigays. They're celebrating two years with special guests Los MENtirosos – San Antonio's drag king troupe – and Papi Churro's 12 Twinks a Twerking contest.
    Tue., Dec. 12, 9pm  
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    Elysium

  • Community

    Events

    Story Mixer: Good Grief!

    The holidays can be a difficult time for many who have suffered loss in their lives. Join Story Bar for an evening of stories, music, and performance about finding good in the grief, joy in the world, and hope for the holidays.
    Tue., Dec. 12, 6:30-9:30pm. $15.  
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    Black Lagoon

  • Music

    Sunny Sweeney, Brennen Leigh

    Tue., Dec. 12, 8pm  
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    Saxon Pub

  • Community

    Events

    Trail of Lights

    You'll come for the amazing light displays (2 million lights along the 2.1 mile stroll through Zilker Park), but stay for the food trucks, live entertainment, and interactive activities. A tradition since 1965.
    Every day through Sat., Dec. 23, 7-10pm. Free.  
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    Zilker Park

  • Community

    Events

    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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    Circuit of the Americas
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