The Austin Gamblers, who compete in the groundbreaking PBR (Professional Bull Riders) Teams’ league, and Young’s Motorsports have announced a partnership designating the Gamblers as the primary sponsor of Leland Honeyman Jr.’s No. 42 Chevrolet Camaro for the NASCAR Xfinity Series race at Circuit of the Americas (COTA) when NASCAR rolls in for a thrilling weekend of racing.
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.
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.
As double bassist Ingebrigt Håker Flaten garners acclaims for Hong Kong Cab and guitarist Jon Lundbom preps the early 2018 release of Live at Monk’s, the pals attack post-Xmas blues with free jazz improv. Gabriel Ceballos, host of the Carousel’s Sunday night avant-garde jam sessions, opens. Presented by OtherSide Austin.
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).
All Austin Community Colleges will be closed for winter break until Thu., January 4 at 8am when offices re-open. Spring registration remains open and students can apply and/or register online.
Mixed-media vessel works by Rejina Thomas, featuring art she created during the past two decades, with themes positioning the womb as a metaphorical looking glass from which viewers experience and understand the world.
Join in the annual census of our avian friends. Many events are kid- and beginner-friendly as birders fan out across Texas and the Western Hemisphere in the largest citizen science project in the world.
Matthew Fuller's technical expertise and dazzling sense of design combine in collusion with his photographically captured flora, resulting in magnified images that allow the viewer to contemplate the most delicate details of earthly life. Suggestion: Plant yourself in front of these beauties for a refreshing art break in the middle of your harried urban existence, citizen.
"I show the whole through the fine details," says the artist. "I use subliminal manner of drawing and do not know where my own hand will lead me." Yeah, but where it winds up often looks real damned good. And, here, her works are surrounded by craft beer ready for the drinking.
The works presented here by Cande Aguilar, Mauricio Sáenz, and Jorge Purón utilize proportion as a device to augment or degrade a viewer's perspective. "Launching from the design of the IFRAO Standard Scale used to document archaeological remains, each artist departs and interprets the idea of scale in their own terms."
The rise of modernism in Mexico was activated by artists, museum curators, gallery owners, journalists, and publishers both in Mexico and the United States. This exhibition explores two decades of dynamic cultural exchange between the two countries, featuring important artists such as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Oroxco, and others.
We're not implying that Amy Simmons is a secret vampire or anything like that, but everyone who donates at a We Are Blood location or mobile drive in December will receive a voucher for a free pint of Amy’s Ice Creams. Suggestion: Get you a taste of that cold, creamy, public good!
This local funnyman, who's rocked festivals from San Francisco to Aspen, will brighten your post-Christmas week with "jokes, impressions, music, and characters to customize an experience that cannot be described with any one genre." You wanna see a guitar wielded as a weapon of mass comedy destruction? The Brow will provide!