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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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Abby Rosenquist
Rosenquist's taking a little time off from slaying them in NYC's The Stand this weekend, bringing her Philly's Phunniest Person self to the Velv for a night of comedy – with Devon Walker opening.Jan. 26-27. Fri., 9pm; Sat., 9 & 11pm. $10. -
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Elisabet Ney Museum: Austin Women by Austin Women
That excellent Hyde Park bastion of artistry celebrates the wealth of energy and spirit Austin women bring to both sides of the camera, through works by Ave Bonar, Amalia Diaz, Christa Blackwood, Hannah Neal, and Erica Wilkins that illuminate another section of the city's FotoATX festival.Artist talk: Sat., Jan. 27, 2pm. Free. -
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Star of Texas Tattoo Art Revival
This is the 16th year for the annual celebration of the skin arts – the biggest art and tattoo event in Texas. Watch the pros tint skin live and in person. The burlesque, belly dancing, and sideshow acts will help you forget about your aching epidermis.Fri.-Sun., Jan. 26-28. $20, day pass; $40, weekend pass. -
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Strip: The Musical
Acclaimed playwright Amparo Garcia-Crow's newest stage creation reveals the "naked truth" behind the stories of three iconic performers – Lenny Bruce, Josephine Baker, and Candy Barr – presenting them together as one heroic tale in this timely exploration of sexual taboos, freedom of speech, and the power of femininity. Starring Jolie Goodnight, Feliz Dia MacDonald, and Isaac Garza. Bonus: Shakey Graves!Jan. 24-28. Wed.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2 & 8pm. $30-100. -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Juan Luis Jardi
Mark our words: You want to see what this talented man can do with oils on big swaths of canvas. Realism? Yes, but magical realism. Understated, quotidian, almost melancholy – except maybe there's been a quiet little rupture between this universe and another slightly different one, hasn't there?Through Jan. 27 -
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$2.13 Beer Launch from OTXBC
The local brewery's teamed up with In the Weeds to produce this Bantam Pale Ale as a salute to service-industry workers everywhere, and its release happens at a sweet and beery celebration this very night.Fri., Jan. 26, 7pm -
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BossBabes: State of the Uterus
Come and dance your butts off while raising money for awesome nonprofits concerned with your reproductive health and well, I guess, the glue that keeps our civilization from reverting to barbarianism.Fri., Jan. 26, 6pm. $5. -
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Special Screenings
Coming Home (1978)
Spirit of '78: Voight stars as a wounded veteran of the Vietnam War trying to reintegrate into society. Highly recommended.Fri., Jan. 26, 7:30pm -
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DJ Kay Cali, Girlfriend ATX, Chulita Vinyl Club, Qi Dada, Ras
BossBabesATX fundraises for nonprofits that support domestic abuse survivors and provide menstrual health products to the homeless. Fantastic local DJs and performers including Kay Cali, GirlFriend, Chulita Vinyl Club, Qi Dada Ras, and Becca Hyatt party complete with a little tarot, herbalism, and communal sage smudging.Fri., Jan. 26 -
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FronteraFest 2018: The Short Fringe
What's on the schedule this final week? Brilliant monologues? Comedy improv? Cabaret singers? Avant-garde dance? Bizarre performance art? Multimedia? The 25th annual FronteraFest's "Best of the Fest" gathers the diverse goodness of this year's crop and forms it into the tastiest schedule of short theatre 2018 is likely to see. Check the website for details!Through Feb. 17. Tue.-Sat., 8pm. $18. -
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Gallery Shoal Creek: Strata
These prints – woodcut, intaglio – and drawings by New Mexico artist Karina Noel Hean explore her responses to the landscape, all containing "a layering of time, memory, and mark," and composing just one vivid part of this year's PrintAustin program.Through Feb. 17 -
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Matthew Logan Vasquez, Go Fever, Magic Rockers of Texas
Delta Spirit beacon tops airtight ATX bill with aptly titled indie acts Go Fever and Magic Rockers of Texas.Fri., Jan. 26, 9pm -
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Mauvais Sang (1986)
Lates: In the near future, there exists a disease that kills people who are in love. A complex skein of relationships and double-crosses unfurl around the theft of a serum that counteracts the disease.Fri., Jan. 26, 10pm -
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Queer Camaraderie: A Symposium to Launch LGBTQ Studies at UT
Kick off UT's newest area of study with 24 hours of queer conversation, art, and performances. Names to look out for include La Chica Boom, Kim TallBear, Josh Guzmán, and more. See complete schedule on Facebook.Thu., Jan. 25, 6-9:30pm; Fri., Jan. 26, 9am-6pmCollege of Liberal Arts Building, UT campus, 305 E. 23rd -
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Rachel Feinstein
You know this nationally touring comedian from Last Week With John Oliver and her Comedy Central specials, right? Or from HBO's Crashing? Catch her at Cap City this weekend, now that the Harsh Snows of Winter have somewhat diminished and it's safe to drink your Topo Chico outside again.Jan. 25-27. Thu., 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 7:30 & 10pm. $14-23. -
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Robyn Hitchcock
Remarkable how an artist as quintessentially English as Robyn Hitchcock has resonated so deeply here. The London expat makes his home in Nashville, but remains a cheeky guitar pop eccentric. Accompanied by Raconteur Brendan Benson, producer of Hitchcock’s self-titled 21st album, the main attraction remains as comedic a storyteller as he is genius musician.Fri., Jan. 26, 8pm -
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Speak No More
Hideout Studios inaugurates its new performance space with this immersive, wordless, improvised tale inspired by Shakespearean tragedies. Audiences will bear witness to the ghosts of a family of unfortunate souls and their doomed acquaintances as they play out their misfortunes over and over again. And was our reviewer impressed? Well, this is what he had to say about the show.Through Jan. 27. Fri.-Sat., 8pm. $13.Hideout Studios, 2505 E. Sixth Ste. 3-C -
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The Harlem Globetrotters
Expect the usual audience participation along with all the high-flying dunks and zany hijinks you've come to expect from the Globetrotters.Fri., Jan. 26, 7pm -
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Wolf Parade, Charly Bliss
Millennial Sub Pop favorites Wolf Parade penned a sleek comeback in last year’s Cry Cry Cry, re-emerging middle-aged and pleasingly abrasive after a seven-year hiatus. The Canadians’ brooding danceability channels modern malice with enough bristling indie rock nostalgia to satisfy “I’ll Believe in Anything” devotees. Scruffy Brooklyn openers Charly Bliss air out a hyper-bubbly, Letters to Cleo-like aura.Fri., Jan. 26, 8pm
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893 | Ya-ku-za
The Generic Ensemble Company presents Daria Miyeko Marinelli's new drama, set over the course of a business lunch in a Japanese restaurant somewhere in the U.S., in which a young woman seeks to become the first female member of the infamous Japanese crime syndicate. Directed by kt shorb and Jesus I. Valles.Through Feb. 10. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35. -
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Art on 5th: Kenneth Tom Olsen
The Danish artist returns to Austin with his collection of spray paints, acrylics, and stencils, rendering new batches of works on the spot.Through Feb. 25 -
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Art.Science.Gallery.: SOLAR
The PrintAustin wonderments continue at this excellent venue, featuring prints about the sun or made by our sun (as in solar printmaking, cyanotyping, or printing with photosensitive inks) or for the sun (concerning sun- or star-related cultural and natural history). And, note, this Saturday is the last day before the gallery leaves Canopy forever.Through Feb. 24 -
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Civic Events
Austin Animal Center: Urgent Short-Term Fosters Needed
AAC needs short-term foster homes for large and medium dogs to help make space for incoming pups. Prior foster experience is not necessary; all you need is your ID. Fosters provide most supplies, but the Center can loan a crate if needed. Please do not bring current pets to the shelter. Foster fams can choose to adopt too.Wed., Jan. 23-Fri., Jan. 26, 11am-6pmwww.austintexas.gov/department/aac
