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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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Kadampa Meditation Center Austin
This evening talk offers a special visit with renowned Buddhist teacher and NKT-IKBU Deputy Spiritual Director Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. Gen-la will share Buddhist advice on developing our love as a way to protect our self from suffering and learn to become truly happy. Our life then becomes immensely meaningful in benefiting others with our mind of unconditional love.Fri. May 3, 7pm-8:30pmVuka North
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A techno-thriller that begins when a young woman is raped at a fraternity and ends in a future where corporations promise a new body with the swipe of a screen, this new Jacqueline Goldfinger play follows a hacktivist who turns industrial espionage into high art. Directed by Rudy Ramirez for the Vortex, it's "a cyberpunk drama for the #metoo era."Through Feb. 8. Thu.-Sun., 8pm -
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Sister Moses: The Story of Harriet Tubman
This powerful music/dance/drama featuring Desert Dance Theatre with Renee Davis as Harriet Tubman, and traditional spirituals sung by the Huston-Tillotson University Concert Choir, also features performances by Renee Morgan Brooks, African drumming and music direction by Step Raptis, a string quartet, and an array of local actors and dancers. And – the Chronicle's Robert Faires reports on the show here.Fri.-Sat., Feb. 7-8, 7:30pm. $28-40. -
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ACL Radio’s Woofstock
Featuring Pete Yorn. In lieu of purchasing tickets, you’ll need to make a donation to one of the three animal shelters: Austin Pets Alive!, Austin Humane Society, or Williamson County Animal Center.Sat., Feb. 8, 1-3pm -
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ACMC: Black Composers Concert
The 17th year of this annual event pays tribute to living African-American composers from across the country, featuring works by Errollyn Wallen, Valerie Colman, James Lee III, and others. Special guests include award-winning pianist Artina McCain, who returns this season to curate the program, with jazz group The Blacklist.Sat., Feb. 8, 6pm. Free. -
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Arden of Faversham
Hidden Room Theatre presents the lamentable and true tale of Master Arden, his wicked wife, her insatiable lover, and the bumbling ruffians the illicit pair hire to kill him. No one's sure if Shakespeare (or Kyd? or Marlowe?) had a hand in writing the script back in the day, but we know that the show is here directed by Beth Burns and embodied by a fine and vigorous cast.Through March 1. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $18-37. -
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Chaddick Dance Theater: Free To Speak
CDT's 13th annual concert features the premiere of five new dance works by Cheryl Chaddick and upcoming choreographers Kevin Armstrong, Katie Mae Hebert, and Cameron Oefinger, featuring performances ranging from the silly to the savage, the somber to the absurd. This is a evening of kinetic spectacle sure to surprise you.Feb. 8-9. Sat., 8pm; Sun., 7pm. $15-25. -
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Friend Fest
Join Creative Action for a family-friendly celebration of friendship with interactive fun for kids and adults. Enjoy live music by Seu Jacinto, a friendship parade, cookie decorating, crafts, and more.Sat., Feb. 8, 1-3pm. Free. -
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FronteraFest: Mi Casa es Su Teatro
This event, one of the most popular components of the yearly FronteraFest, is a day of site-based performances in local homes and other surprising locales, starting off at the Elizabet Ney Museum, moving down to 34th Street, then jumping just east of the highway to the Cherrywood/French Place neighborhoods. Featuring 17 new works, including a little girl becoming a pirate ship captain, a print/fiber installation about gentrification, flamenco, film, a phone call at the end of a long day, and much more, as curated by Anna Eisley and Marina Weikel Ramirez. Bonus: Afterparty with the artists and performers at the last location.Sat., Feb. 8, 11am-6pm. $15 for an all-day pass. -
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Garrett T. Capps, James Steinle (album release), David Beck's Tejano Weekend, Dave Insley's Careless Smokers
Texas-rooted and brimming dark, bruising blues, shimmying honky-tonk boogies, and hooky country ballads, sophomore studio LP What I Came Here For advances Austin’s James Steinle. Bruce Robison’s production allows his lived-in vocals to carry the tunes. David Beck’s Tejano Weekend and space cowboy Garrett T. Capps support.Sat., Feb. 8, 8pm -
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Hands Like Houses, Dead American, Picturesque [control room]
Notching a dozen years, Aussie post-hardcore experimentalists HLH vibe philosophical lyrics and even harder riffs, playing to the rhythm of their souls and uncaring of what the world thinks of them. Debuting locally, they’re joined by California-based Dead American and Kentucky’s Picturesque.Sat., Feb. 8, 8pm -
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Letterpress Printing for Children
Each maker will go home with five original prints, a thaumatrope, a thaumaframe, and an upcycled LetterpressPLAY notebook. (Ages 6-9: 10am-noon; ages 10-14: 2-4pm.)Sat., Feb. 8, 10am-4pm. $50. -
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Link & Pin Gallery: Soul: Melanated Life In Print
Here's another excellent part of that citywide PrintAustin initiative, with a show curated by Atlanta's Jamal Barber (Studio Noize Podcast) and featuring the art of African-American printmakers who use the medium to represent the black experience. With works by Jennifer Mack Watkins, Latoya Hobbs, Rashaun Rucker, Ann Johnson, Rabea Ballin, Jerushia Graham, Maurice Evans, Grace Kisa, Jasmine Williams, and curator Barber.Through Feb. 9 -
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LoveBomb 2020: MasQueerade Ball
Get cuddly on the dance floor, dress to impress, or channel your inner mystery queer for a night of luv and money raising for QueerBomb 2020. Performances, merch, mask-making, and more! Not to mention a kinda kinky sounding "secret" booth. Oh my.Sat., Feb. 8, 9:30pm. Free ($5 suggested donation ). -
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One Ounce Opera: Fresh Squeezed Ounce of Opera
The goldenthroated movers and shakers of One Ounce Opera present the fifth year of this annual series, showcasing four new micro-operas in one night – and, for the first time, all four works performed on the showcase include a woman as either the composer or librettist. All of this year's works share a common theme – death – but the program is far from morbid. "Oh, there's ample humor in each piece," says OOO's Julie Fiore, "and it's enough to keep you rolling for a good while." Find out what happens with a company of powerful voices in the darkness and the light, in the premieres of The Séance, The Stranger, Non Motus, and Misfortune.Through Feb. 16. Fri.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $20. -
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Roy Head, Imperial Starlighters, Larry Lange & the Lonely Knights
Third Coast soul man Roy Head actually got discovered out of San Marcos, fronting Fifties teen rockers the Traits. The Texan eventually lit a fuse of strutting country and funk influences, most memorably 1965’s “Treat Her Right,” and still leads a sweaty live show.Sat., Feb. 8, 8pm -
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Food Events
Savor Chocolate: Better Than a Bouquet
This tasting experience at Delysia Chocolatier, where you can enjoy three unique chocolate confections while learning about the art of savoring gourmet chocolate, is presented every Saturday and Sunday. This week’s appropriately romantic offerings include a red velvet chocolate truffle and chocolates made with orange and champagne.Feb. 8-9. Sat., 11am-6pm; Sun., noon-5pm. $7. -
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Special Screenings
Smithereens (1982)
KUTX Presents: Prior to Desperately Seeking Susan, Seidelman made this film about a New Jersey runaway who chases after punk rockers in Greenwich Village. Post-screening Q&A with Seidelman, followed by an all-vinyl punk set by DJ Arlini.Sat., Feb. 8, 7pm -
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Sweet Barks
The annual benefit for Austin Pets Alive! features pet portraits, a kissing booth, vendors, a "puppuccino bar," and more.Sat., Feb. 8, noon-6pm. $15. -
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Comedy
Texas Gothic Valentine's Show
The show description goes like this: "Ma and Pa Gothic have lived on the Texas Gothic Farm & Ranch located at the exact center of Texas (just outside of Mercury, Texas) for more than 50 years. And after living for the better part of a century deep in the heart of Texas, they’ve seen a thing or two, learned a thing or two, and are pleased as punch to tell you a thing or two! And, whether you like it or not, you’ll probably learn a thing or two!" Which sounds like a potential hoot just from the get-go, right? But, tell you what: As embodied by the double-strength talents of Janet Maykus and Tom Booker, the homespun Ma and Pa Gothic are a treasure of acerbic wit and impeccable comedic timing. Bonus: This month's guest is Forbidden Fruit's own Lynn Raridon.Sat., Feb. 8, 8pm. $10. -
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Arts & Culture
The Mahogany Project Presents P.S. I Love You
A night of music, poetry, and the story-telling of a black queer man on his journey to find the many kinds and complications of love.Sat., Feb. 8, 6:30-9pm. $15-20. -
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Yola, Thomas Csorba
One year after her Dan Auerbach-produced debut Walk Through Fire dropped, John & Jane Q. Public continue discovering Yolanda Quartey. Reminiscent of Mavis Staples, the mega-voice British roots-sayer kept her slow burn rolling with a Best New Artist Grammy nomination and, locally, a taping for Austin City Limits.Sat., Feb. 8, 8pm
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"Lonely Hearts Club" Handcrafted & Vintage Market
Eastside Pop Up will be taking over Kinda Tropical's parking lot with 30+ local artisans, makers, and vintage collectors.Sat., Feb. 8, noon-5pm. Free. -
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(Un)Documents
In his first original solo show, award-winning actor and poet Jesus I. Valles journeys across both sides of a river with two names, moving between languages to find his place as a son, a lover, a teacher, and a brother in a nation that demands sacrifice at the altar of citizenship. Directed by Rudy Ramirez.Through Feb. 16. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $11-21. -
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7th Street Flea
La Ropa Vintage hosts 17+ local vendors alongside DJ Unfortunateface, and neighbors Saigon Le Vendeur will be serving up bánh mì.Sat., Feb. 8, noon-5pm. Free.La Ropa Vintage, 2404 E. Seventh -
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