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Formula 1 Pirelli 2018 U.S. Grand Prix
Experience the biggest motorsport and music event of the year when F1 speeds into Austin with headlining concert performances by Bruno Mars and Britney Spears. With entertainment on and off the track all weekend, there's never a shortage of festival fun for the whole family to enjoy!Fri.-Sun., Oct. 19-21Circuit of the Americas -
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Roots & Wings Festival
Celebrating trees, pollinators, and all creatures! Come in costume or visit the costume creation station and fill the Enchanted Grove with fairies, butterflies, and bugs. Costume Parade and butterfly release at 1:30. Young, young at heart, and furry family are all welcome.Sat.,Oct. 27, 9am-2pmZilker Botanical Garden
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Jeff Dunham: Passively Aggressive
What's that old saying? That "ten billion flies can't be wrong" thing? Now here's God's gift to ventriloquism, back with his cohort of dummied-up stereotypes, on tour and ready to unleash his carefully crafted torrent of incisive social commentary for the discerning crowds. Hyuk!Fri., Feb. 15, 7pm. $46.50. -
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Visual Arts Center: Fall 2018
View the new exhibitions brightening this premier UT-based visual arts space here in the fall of 2018: "Lan Tuazon: In the Land of Real Shadows," "Exploring the Arctic Ocean," "Like the Lonely Traveler: Video Works by María Magdalena Campos-Pons," "Another Green World," and "Sit: Designs by Charles and Ray Eames."Free.
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Bale Creek Allen Gallery: The Onlookers
Here's a show of new work – sculpture, drawings, and paintings – by that Austin-based Renaissance man Bob Schneider. -
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Blackfeather Vintage Works: Darkest Before Dawn
Here's the inauguration of Jessica Nieri's new vintage shop and art gallery next-door to Dimension Gallery, now with Flip Solomon's darkling creations in a variety of manifestations, featured among the stores of ephemera and covetable objects. -
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Camiba Art: Glimmers of Time
The vibrantly colored rods of Lorena Morales are clustered along the walls, painted to become glimmering lines: some solid, some gradients, others speckled with contrasting colors. "As the viewer approaches the works, the color appears and then disappears – much like memories." -
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ComedySportz
Two teams of improvisers compete for points and laughter in this family-friendly show based on audience suggestions.Fridays & Saturdays, 8pm. $8-10. -
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Esther's: Spooky Satire on Sixth
Ah, the fun seldom pauses, with musical comedy skits, magic, and a political satirical revue with the bustling backdrop of Sixth Street on view through the stagefront window! And it's spooky, all right, as Esther's rolls out The Trump Musical that's chock full of 45's worst nightmares, and the rock & roll spectacle of Beto Leads the Pack, about the Texas maverick taking on Lyin' Ted Cruz, and much more. Bonus: That sexy magician Ray Anderson is going to … walk right through a mirror? A haunted mirror from the Driskill Hotel? See it happen here tonight!Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $25-35. -
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Helm Boots: A Secret Spot Around Here
Luckily, this elegant bastion of the cordwainer's craft isn't all that secret and makes a fine showcase for these revelatory photos of Barton Springs by Nils Juul-Hansen.Reception: Thu., April 12, 6-8pm -
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Food Events
Salty Sow: Homegrown by Heroes Lunch
The popular neighborhood gastropub has teamed with veteran-owned Ranger Cattle to offer Wagyu burgers and meatloaf sandwiches on their patio on Thursdays and Fridays, with a portion of sales going to benefit the Homegrown by Heroes program.Thu.-Fri., 11am-2pm. -
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Twyla Contemporary Art
“It changes the room and really makes the house.” The new in-house gallery of these fine-art promoters boasts a diverse roster of artists and includes work by Austin-based Terra Goolsby and Rebecca Rothfus Harrell. See website for stylish details.209 W. Ninth -
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Underground Comedy
Right, FKA The New Movement, this vibrant basement venue, now called Fallout Theatre, is back under new management and dedicated to "bringing the best in alternative comedy with shows seven nights a week." For instance: Rob Gagnon's unpredictable Sandbox on Tuesdays, the all-female comedy showcase called Garage on Wednesdays, the inarguable power of Sure Thing, hosted by Duncan Carson and Brendan K. O’Grady, every Friday night, and Arielle Norman's Off-Script Comedy (where hecklers are rewarded) on the third Saturday of each month, and – see website for more!
