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for Wed., April 23

  • Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival

    Grab your friends and come to the Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival! Give your palate a treat, enjoy the tastes, textures and aromas- you will find a new favorite brewery! If you prefer a glass of wine or seltzer – they’ll have that too. Lively music, food, games, brewers panel and more. Come See What’s on Tap! Sponsored by the Fredericksburg Rotary Club.
    Sat. June 14, 11am-6pm  
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    Downtown Fredericksburg Market Square

  • Maudie's Moonlight Run by The Trail Conservancy

    Join The Trail Conservancy for Maudie's Moonlight 5K Run! The scenic route winds along Lady Bird Lake and the Butler Trail, leading to the ultimate post-run fiesta with legendary Tex-Mex, ice-cold margaritas, and live music! Complete details on the run route, registration, and volunteer info are available online.
    Thurs. June 5, 8pm-10pm  
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    Auditorium Shores
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  • Music

    Kraftwerk

    Charli XCX and Kraftwerk playing back-to-back nights in Austin may as well be billed as a crash course in the history of electronic music. Fifty years before brat, Kraftwerk dropped Autobahn, their five-song, 42-minute fourth album that solidified the Düsseldorf band’s evolution from Krautrock scenesters to minimalist synthesizer innovators. Founding vocalist/keyboardist Ralf Hütter, now the band’s only consistent member, celebrates the project’s golden jubilee with the Multimedia Tour, a reliably inventive trek that combines music, visuals, and performance art. – Carys Anderson
    Wed., April 23, 8pm
    Bass Concert Hall

    • Arts

      Theatre

      Body Politics

      Poet, comedian, multi-hyphenate powerhouse Shasparay has been out here, highlighting social injustice with their poignant mix of wry humor and clearcut boundaries. They know what’s right, what’s wrong, and who they are. Expect that level of clarity with Body Politics, their solo show treatise on the “fat experience.” Having a body is inherently political. Especially when female-presenting. Especially when Black. Especially when fat. And Shasparay? They’ve been through it all. Belittlement, shame, fetishization, all within the presentation of curves and skin and outward expression. It’s a show about the thin line between love and hate, about self-acceptance, about reconciling identity. And with Shasparay’s dynamic delivery, it will be difficult to look away. – Cat McCarrey
      April 23-27
      The Vortex

    • Music

      Charli XCX, Finn Keane

      Charlotte Emma Aitchison will never be able to sing “I’m famous, but not quite” ever again. brat finally launched this decades-long music industry grinder from curious cult artist – always on the periphery despite penning hooks and hits for Icona Pop, Iggy Azalea, and even Blondie – to bona fide superstar, one who pulls double duty on SNL and triggers a never-ending movement of pop, coke, and lime green. Forget the overwrought memes – the album is still the main event, a whirlwind of musings on womanhood, insecurity, and success soundtracked by the glimmering dance music Charli has innovated for years. Legacy is undebated, indeed. – Carys Anderson
      Wed., April 23, 8pm  
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      Moody Center

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Compensation (1999)

      Two Black couples in Chicago live parallel lives in this lyrical time-centric romance directed by Zeinabu irene Davis. Compensation follows Malindy, a dressmaker in 1910 and a graphic designer in the Nineties, played by the same pioneering deaf actress, Michelle A. Banks. Arthur, alternately a migrant from Mississippi and a children’s librarian, is played by John Earl Jelks, and 80 years apart, each couple has a different meet-cute on the banks of Lake Michigan. It’s shot in silent film style, using ragtime piano to evoke the early 20th century scenes, and R&B grooves to evoke the Nineties, and includes closed captioning throughout, though Arthur speaks and Malindy signs. Gently portraying the struggles of the Black community and the deaf community throughout time, this independent gem is finally getting a theatrical run after being entered into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry last year. – Lina Fisher
      April 20 & 23
      AFS Cinema

    • Music

      Japanese Breakfast, Ginger Root

      Michelle Zauner’s band has changed vibes many times from the auto-bio reflection in first album Psychopomp and sophomore effort Soft Sounds From Another Planet to 2021 release Jubilee, which represented a more fantastical and joyous narrative turn. New album For Melancholy Brunettes (& Sad Women) finds Zauner and bandmates Deven Craige, Craig Hendrix, and Peter Bradley (Zauner’s husband) traipsing through gothic romance fields – not watered by the sorrow of previous personal productions but an effervescent melancholy. The band graces the Moody Theater on a weekday, blanketing this fair city in a subtle yearning that will strike some to cry, some to love, and some to wear really elaborate costumes. Ginger Root opens with his self-described “aggressive elevator soul,” including viral moment “Loretta.” – James Scott
      Wed., April 23, 8pm  
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      ACL Live at the Moody Theater

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Pride & Prejudice (2005)

      There was a time when it seemed impossible any screen Darcy could displace Colin Firth’s definitive brooder, but then Matthew Macfadyen arrived on the scene in 2005 to scramble the rankings. (Yes, 2005: Y’all Tom Wambsgans fans were late to the party.) He and Keira Knightley – a spirited and defiant Elizabeth Bennet – bring real soulfulness to an adaptation that takes a few liberties with Jane Austen’s peerless text, but nothing to clutch your pearls over. To mark the 20th anniversary, Focus Features gives it a big screen, the-better-to-swoon-over re-release. – Kimberley Jones
      April 20-24
      Austin-area Theatres

    • Community

      Events

      The Psychology of a Murderer

      Murder is rarely simple and often involves a web of trauma, mental health, and environmental factors. Fascinating stuff, which is why the true crime genre has captivated so many of us. Dive deep into the minds and motivations of some of the most perplexing people on the planet at this talk with forensic psychologist Dr. Rachel Toles. On the agenda to be explored via case studies, expert analysis, and audience Q&A: Jeffrey Dahmer, Aaron Hernandez, Chris Watts, Aileen Wuornos, the Menendez brothers, and more. – Kat McNevins
      Wed., April 23
      Paramount Theatre

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Tommy Boy (1995)

      Woke moment: This top-tier Chris Farley vehicle, where sweet but stupid Tommy Callahan III (Farley) must save his family’s auto empire after his father, Big Tom, passes, is actually political. The narrative oozes class commentary – the family-owned factory versus the national chain, whose subtly slimy owner as played by Dan Aykroyd (Crystal Head vodka) keeps trying to buy Callahan Auto out. That doesn’t mean it’s all big thoughts: Haughty assistant Richard Hayden (a rarely topped David Spade) is the perfect foil to the foolish Tommy, and no-duh Farley lights up the screen. But the magic’s in the heart that comes from Tommy trying to keep all of Callahan Auto’s workers employed – seeing them as real people rather than numbers. Seems like a good lesson, now of all times – but hey. There’s always the fat guy in a little jacket to keep ya smiling. – James Scott
      Wed., April 23
      Alamo Drafthouse Village, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline
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