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Courthouse Nights in Lockhart, Texas!
Don't miss the return of Courthouse Nights in Lockhart! Centered around the beautiful Caldwell County Courthouse lawn, the FREE and family-friendly live music series features an all-star lineup with Dale Watson, EZ Band, Deadeye, Rattlesnake Milk, and Simons Says. Held every third Friday of the month from April to August!Fri. Apr. 19, 7pm-10pmLockhart, Texas
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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. -
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Formula One U.S. Grand Prix
Remember when F1 smashed into Austin in 2012, and all the maneuvering to put the U.S. Grand Prix at the end of the season, away from the hottest months? Pleasant temps and blue skies is hardly the bleak depths of winter, but it’s ideal conditions for possibly the most challenging race since the sport returned to American shores. It’s not a Grand Prix without music, and this time COTA is going with a one-two punch of Justin Timberlake and Stevie Wonder. So if fast cars or sexy backs are your thing, this weekend has got you covered.Fri.-Sun., Oct. 20-22 -
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Visual Arts
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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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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Special Screenings
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014)
The “world’s first Iranian feminist vampire spaghetti Western” is a spooky doozy.Sat., Oct. 21, 10pm -
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Austin Pride Celebration 2017
Better late than never, and those possibly cooler temps won't make this fest any less hot. Saturday Performers include:Brooke Candy, CupcakKe, L'Trimm, Lisa Lisa, Kreayshawn, Yara Sofia, Jessica Wild, AB Soto, and lots of local loves! This year's beneficiaries include TENT and the proposed LGBTQ Center, plus Harvey Support.Sat., Oct. 21, noon-10pm. $17-25. -
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Azealia Banks
Six years ago, Azealia Banks released banger of the year “212.” Like the single, her 2012 mixtape Fantasea flashed quick-witted rap, genre-bending experimentation, and pop brilliance. The Harlem native’s chart-topping Broke With Expensive Taste followed in 2014 by blending synth-stabbed house romps and bullish grit.Sat., Oct. 21, 8pm -
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B-Boy City XXIII
Launched in 1998, this freestyle hip-hop dance competition sanctioned by the Urban Dance & Educational Foundation has become a premier stop in the South. Scores of impossibly acrobatic b-boys and girls battle it out in crews, evolving what started in the Bronx during the Seventies by incorporating martial arts and gymnastics for a $4,000 grand prize. Performing DJs include Bles One, Silent Rob, Element, Floski, and Boogie Beats.Sat., Oct. 21, 5pm -
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Central U.S. Knife and Tomahawk Championship
The International Knife Throwers Hall of Fame based in Austin (who knew?) invites the whole family to see the worlds best tossers of sharpened metal go face to face. Not literally; that would be dangerous.Fri.-Sun., Oct. 20-22. Free.South Austin Karate, 10203 Old Manchaca Rd. -
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Chaddick Dance Theater: Fall Dance Festival
The excellent company is set to wow the crowds at this three-day fest, along with performances by Ellen Bartel, Stacy Lizette & Tekatek, D'Lonte Lawson, Anuradha Naimpally, and Cameron Oefinger. Bonus: Film by Yelena Laningham.Oct. 20-22. Fri.-Sun., 8pm. $15-25. -
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City Wide Garage Sale
It's like a hundred garage sales in one. Maybe not quite as cheap.Sat.-Sun., Oct. 21-22. $7 (12 and under free). -
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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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Compost Art Contest
Turn those food scraps into art! Tables and demos wil provide information about composting, gardening, and art. Compost materials will be provided, or you can bring your own. Kid friendly.Sat., Oct. 21, 1-4pm. Free, rain or shine.620 Fairfield Ln., Hyde Park -
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CORE (Children of Restaurant Employees) Benefit
Two evenings of music, food & drink benefiting CORE (Children Of Restaurant Employees) support in Houston after Hurricane Harvey. There will be a silent auction and a special event menu with 30% of food sales and $2 per drink donated to CORE.Sat.-Sun., Oct. 21-22Sat.: Opal Divine's Austin Grill, 2200 S. I-35; Sun.: Opal Divine's Marina, 12709 N. MoPac -
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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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Día de los Muertos
Enjoy an afternoon of history, entertainment, food, and art. This year's theme is accordion music to honor the late Anthony Quinn Ortiz Jr with music starting at 3pm. View displays of traditional and contemporary altars, build your own, and enjoy the beauty of classic cars and more, dedicated to this iconic Mexican tradition.Sat., Oct. 21, 3-7pm -
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Dimension Gallery: Mimicry
"Blacksmiths are typically excluded from the art world by those who believe we are all farriers or bladesmiths from a long-ago past," begins the statement heralding this new exhibition. Well, we add, anyone who, after they've seen this show, still believes that? That's the kind of person we refer to, technically, as a fucking idiot. This "Mimicry" at Dimension Gallery is a show of stunning new pieces by Colby Brinkman, a founder of the Austin Metal Authority, who works in iron the way other artists might work in wood or clay, and whose finely wrought creations are often inspired by the gorgeous and creepy anatomies of arthropods.Yes, it's: Recommended.Through Nov. 4 -
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Gem Capers
Gem and mineral show featuring more than 30 vendors, demos, a silent auction, prizes, and more. This year’s theme is geodes.Fri.-Sun., Oct. 20-22. $8 (adults), $7 (seniors), $2 (ages 13-18), free (12 & under). -
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Special Screenings
Inside the Circle (2007)
Texas Filmmakers: Winner of an Audience Award at SXSW Film Fest 2007, this locally made documentary explores the creativity and lives of Texas b-boy hip-hop dancers.Sat., Oct. 21, 12pm -
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It's the Tits Fest
The annual fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Resource Center will kick off at 11:30am with a yoga class. During the festival, there will be 16 beers on tap, music, pop-up markets, Oh Snap Photo Booths and a huge silent auction!Sat., Oct. 21, 1-10pm -
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L.A. Witch, Rotten Mangos
2017 remains awash in mixed-gender or entirely distaff bands worshipping at the altar of the Jesus & Mary Chain. Sinister lyrics sleepily intoned through a river of reverb atop a Ramones biker flick soundtrack produced by Phil Spector, L.A. Witch are the latest queens of this scene. Their self-titled debut’s a tail-kicker.Sat., Oct. 21, 8pm -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: Catrina Ball
This annual fundraising event from Mexic-Arte, a searingly posh soirée, also celebrates the 110th anniversary of Frida Kahlo’s birth with an evening of art, fashion, and philanthropy. Raise a glass, raise an eyebrow, raise a few spirits among some of Austin’s greatest arts luminaries. Note: It's a black tie night, with elegant skull makeup encouraged.Sat., Oct. 21, 5:30pm. $350 and up. -
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Mike Flanigin Trio w/ Jimmie Vaughan & George Rains
If the Continental Club isn’t gift enough to Austin, sister venue C-Boy’s stars one of the city’s finest musicians on a weekly basis. The elder Vaughan brother – still perhaps the greater of the two in economy and touch – sings and stings on Live at C-Boy’s, an organ trio bubbler with Mike Flanigin and late drum deity Barry “Frosty” Smith. George “God” Rains subs for Smith.Sat., Oct. 21, 10pm -
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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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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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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.
