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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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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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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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East Austin Studio Tour
No, no, citizen, there is no way you haven't at least heard of this thing. After all these years, after all its Austin-positive consequences, unless you just moved here from, like, Turnip Patch, Idaho, you know that 1) this is the single biggest visual-arts event in the city, 2) it's been going on annually for more than a decade, 3) those relentless movers-and-shakers of Big Medium are the main engine powering its glory, 4) it takes place over two weekends, 5) you get to invade, as it were, the home studios of dozens and dozens of artists on the sunrise side of the ATX, 6) you can mingle in all those amazing Eastside galleries, too, where there will be special shows and sales and demos and parties going on, and 7) we have some recos for you – right here, in fact – so you might avail yourself of a little graphic brilliance beyond the wealth of wonders everyone always enjoys at Canopy and Flatbed and Pump Project during this thing. Get it? Got it? Good.Nov. 18-19. Sat.-Sun., 11am-6pm -
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House of Torment
Named the No. 1 haunted house in America by Hauntworld Magazine (a trusted publication in haunting circles). HoT celebrates their 15th year of scaring the bejesus out of you with a dark carnival theme, fire shows, “Escape the Room” games, and more gore. Friday night is Blackout night. Do it in the dark!Fri.-Sat., Nov. 10-11, 7-11pm. $20-33. -
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Lora Reynolds gallery: Kay Rosen + Hubbard/Birchler
Kay Rosen makes paintings, drawings, videos, prints, and collages of words. Small, monumental, whatever the scale, her compositions in Jumbo Mumbo can feature just a single word in unexpected ways. Video artists Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler's Night Shift comprises four one-sided conversations between Sam (an older police officer) and four rookie cops.Through Nov. 11 -
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Texas Stars
At press time the Stars are on a three-game road losing streak. Some home cooking might help with that.Vs. San Antonio: Wed., Nov. 15, 7:30pm.. $13-58. -
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2017 Austin International Drag Festival
Austin International Drag Fest returns for four days of nonstop drag! Spend the daylight hours at Drag Village complete with a drag market, glamour lounge, showcases, a market, workshops, podcasts, and more. Head to Red River when night falls for showcases of the world's greatest drag stars. All ages welcome, night shows are 18 and up. (See the website for schedule)Thu.-Sun., Nov. 9-12. $0-99.Various locations -
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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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Davis Gallery: The Afterlife of Artifacts
We could probably just mention that this exhibition (featuring a quintet of assemblage artists) contains work by Steve Brudniak and watch the smarter crowds gather for some deep gawking … but we wouldn't want to diss the talented likes of Barbara Irwin, John Sager, Larry Seaman, and Steve Wiman – whose complex three-dimensional creations are also well worthy of your time.Through Nov. 25 -
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Eleven Eleven Party
Now that Jennifer Sherburn & Natalie George's yearlong 11:11 series has wrapped, it's time to join them (and the kinetic quartet of Taryn Lavery, Amy Myers, Rosalyn Nasky, and Lisa del Rosario) to celebrate all those diverse performances – and to vote for two out of the many, to have just those two expanded as full-length events in 2018. "Just those two," because Sherburn's got other things a-cookin', besides, and you can learn about them (and help decide the 11:11:2018 performances) at this night's beer-fueled party and awards ceremony at Live Oak Brewing.Sat., Nov. 11, 6-9pm. Free, but bring some bucks for beer. -
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Fall Harvest Family Day
Celebrate the lovely fall weather with live music, fall treats and cider, nature art activities, outdoor games, and animal demos. Learn about the surrounding nature and the fall landscape.Sat., Nov. 11, 1-4pm. Free. -
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Final Sour Duck Market Preview Sale
Sour Duck Market, in partnership with Hops & Grain, will host their final preview bake sale before their 2018 opening. Expect smoked, barbecued meats plus pastries – two components of the upcoming restaurant. In honor of Veterans Day, this pop-up will benefit Train a Dog Save a Warrior.Sat., Nov. 11, 10am-noon -
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My Favorite Season (1993)
Catherine Deneuve: Fondness isn't what these siblings have for each other, but that might change when their mother falls ill.Sat., Nov. 11, 4:30pm -
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POP Austin International Art Show
Now witness this year's vibrant iteration of the much-gabbed-about extravaganza, featuring artists from around the world who've come together to create four days of dynamic programming, eye candy, and brain fodder, right here in the ATX. Note: The price of admission varies; but, if you can afford it, those fancy VIP tickets are a worthwhile option. Addendum: Terri Thomas is part of this whole shebang, and that alone is reason enough to attend and celebrate. See website for details.Nov. 9-12. Thu., 6pm-12mid; Fri.-Sun., 10am-6pm. $20-150. -
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Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
Dean essays his quintessential role as a troubled American teen and, along with co-stars Wood and Mineo, established an iconography of adolescence whose potency extends into the present.Sat., Nov. 11, 1:15pm, 4:15pm -
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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. -
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Sieranevada
Modern Masters: A death in the family is the backdrop of this audacious film.Sat., Nov. 11, 2pm -
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Sound on Sound presents Japandroids, Cloud Nothings
Rock & roll true believers are in short supply these days, but Vancouver’s Japandroids keep the faith. Loudly. January’s Near to the Wild Heart of Life, the duo’s third album, boasts big guitars, bigger melodies, and a heart big as the sky. Cleveland alt-rock revivalists Cloud Nothings, whose fourth LP Life Without Sound arrived around the same time as Wild Heart, provides perfect support.Sat., Nov. 11 -
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Sound on Sound presents Noname, Arima Ederra, Magna Carda
As Noname, Chicago slam poet/rapper Fatimah Nyeema Warner delivers thoughtful, R&B-influenced performances. The celebrated songstress dropped sleek, autobiographical debut Telefone last year after guest appearances for peers including Chance the Rapper. Blissfully soft Arima Ederra chimes in with Cali-generated melodic pop projections over bubbling beats. Local hip-hop upshots Magna Carda rep Somewhere Between.Sat., Nov. 11, 8pm -
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Sound on Sound presents the Frights, Hockey Dad, Vundabar
The Frights began as a joke and continued until the irony became real. The Cali surf-punk trio initially played out as a prank, but their local label Postmark Records saw the potential, so the group’s performed vintage angst rock ever since. Last year’s You Are Going to Hate This, produced by Fidlar’s Zac Carper, rides their signature doo-wop wave atop gritty riffs and adult laments. Boston ruckus Vundabar and Australian fuzz-pop duo Hockey Dad first.Sat., Nov. 11, 8pm -
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Sound on Sound presents the Story so Far, Turnstile, Drug Church
A night out with the Story So Far, Turnstile, and Drug Church seasons punk flavors – pop, rock, and hardcore respectively. TSSF springs back from an introspective 2015 LP with recent single “Out of It,” raising emotional hell to a hooky refrain. Baltimore’s Turnstile, meanwhile, teases a punchy/pretty balance on latest drop “Real Thing.” New York experimenters Drug Church supply an aggressive start to a chaotically cathartic autumn evening.Sat., Nov. 11, 3:30pm -
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Sound on Sound presents Yelle, the Octopus Project
Julie Budet and Jean-François Perrier perform as Yelle on the last stop of the French electro-pop band’s North American tour. The latest of three EPs this year, Interpassion features lyrics in English and Spanish, a deviation from the previously all-French oeuvre and a love letter to fans in a politically fraught global climate. High school French helps, but isn’t necessary given the universal language of dance.Sat., Nov. 11, 9:30pm -
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Stephen L. Clark Gallery: Libros
This new Lance Letscher exhibition celebrates the opening of Austin's new Central Library.Through Nov. 11 -
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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Wilder’s cynical edge is finely honed in this darkly amusing satire of the Dream Factory.Sat., Nov. 11, 4pm -
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Texas Biennial
The central feature of this Big Medium event is a group survey exhibition curated from a statewide open call: All artists living and working in the state, as well as those within 10 miles of any border, were eligible to enter, with the final lineup for display decided by Leslie Moody Castro. Read all about it right here!Through Nov. 11211 E Alpine. -
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Thriller: A Cruel Picture (1973)
Alamo20: A new 4K restoration of the classic revenge tale from the Swedish Film Institute. Christina Lindberg will be in attendance.Sat., Nov. 11, 7pm
