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for Sat., April 12

  • 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

  • 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
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  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Indie Meme Film Festival

    Austin’s own celebration of cinema from the Indian subcontinent welcomes a true innovator and boundary-pusher for its 10th anniversary with a special appearance by Anurag Kashyap. The writer/director has proved that being prolific doesn’t mean sacrificing artistic power, as shown by his latest film, super-stylish corrupt cop drama Kennedy. Not only will he fly in for a special live Q&A, but he’ll be sticking around for a special filmmaking workshop looking at how he has helped turn the Indian film industry upside down. However, that’s just a taste of the lineup for this essential festival, with dramas, shorts, and documentaries from India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, and across the global diaspora that will remind American audiences that there’s more to the region than Bollywood blockbusters. – Richard Whittaker
    April 9-13
    AFS Cinema

  • Food

    Food Events

    10 Year Zilker Brewing Anniversary Party

    Has it truly been 10 years since first Austin sipped from the Zilker Brewing Co.’s many-flavored steins? Indeed: The brewery celebrates their graduation to the decade club with three days of party-hardy mayhem. Sign their Class of 2015 yearbook and get your pic in those hallowed pages on Thursday; enjoy Friday’s fancy barbecue fare from la Barbecue – including a buttermilk-brined pork chop slapped on a bun with horseradish mayo, pickles, and onion – as well as tunes by Croy and the Boys and Studio Ink tattoos; and a megawatt Saturday stampede featuring food truck titans Zee’s Wiener System, Spicy Boys, and Patty Palace, plus a music lineup lasting from 10am ’til 9pm, when featured players Geto Gala shut down the place. Cheers to 10 more years – and maybe 10 more beers? In which case, you better take a Waymo home. – James Scott
    April 10-12
    Zilker Brewing Co.

  • Arts

    Books

    Austin Texas Book Trail

    Finally they’ve conceived a trail for indoor kids like me! This annual trek through Austin’s 29 local indie bookstores features more than just page-flipping fun – although that is a pretty big attraction. Starting Saturday morning with a coffee-cheersing at Mañana Dos, Bat City’s bookish crowd can navigate exclusive discounts, prizes, and activations at all their favorite literary havens: Alienated Majesty, Black Pearl Books, Lark & Owl Booksellers, even everyone’s favorite leftist hang-out Monkeywrench Books – plus many more. Events like this two-day trailblazer really do make a difference, as ATBT reports last year’s inaugural event had several bookstores gaining an additional $5,000-8,000 in sales that weekend. Close the book on the trail at Community Garden on Sunday with an evening afterparty – but don’t worry. Your literary love affair is to be continued. – James Scott
    April 12-13
    Austin indie bookstores

  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Blanton All Day: As I Grow

    Spring into your next artistic obsession – or at least what you’ll regale your friends with over Sunday drinks – at the Blanton’s second Saturday soiree. From open to close, the museum offers programing to please even the pickiest patron: storytime for kiddos that combines picture books with exhibited paintings; guided excursions featuring the museum’s Education team; workshops on ikebana flower arrangements and self-reflection poetry; sound bath meditation; discussions on currently exhibiting art such as Triumph of Death (Triunfo de la muerte) by Artemio Rodríguez or “In Creative Harmony” from former Blanton curator Claire Howard’s perspective; and “Garden of Delights,” a pop-up print show. Museum members get in for free, but general admission only runs the Austin adult $20 (and $10 for those 17 years and younger). That’s less than it’d cost for a movie and popcorn – with a drink! – and you get to actually talk and text during this. – James Scott
    Sat., April 12
    The Blanton Museum of Art

  • Arts

    Dance

    Cirque Vida: Ventanas

    Who said the circus is always looking at the past? Well, maybe that’s a little true with Ventanas, a new revival of contemporary circus troupe Cirque Vida’s show that first premiered in 2023. Think of it as an acrobatic twist on Only Murders in the Building, as the show looks through the window at the lives performed in a strange, beautiful, and familiar apartment block. – Richard Whittaker
    April 10-13
    Indra's Awarehouse

  • Community

    Events

    Earth Day ATX

    The idea that we can honor the Earth with an annual celebration has been supplanted by a more urgent need to look after our planet every day. But it’s still nice to give our little rock in the cosmos a pat on the back for putting up with us. Austin’s 55th party for the planet is free and open to the public and has activities, live music, food, educational exhibits, and more. Get reminded to go green and hope that inspiration lasts for the year. We’re gonna need all the help we can get.: – James Renovitch
    Sat., April 12
    Huston-Tillotson University

  • Community

    Events

    Easter Bunny Pics With Pets

    Oh, you think you’re better than having your pet pictured with the Easter Bunny? Buddy, that’s pretty hare-brained of you! Get precious memories preserved of the very real Easter Bunny holding Milo or Luna or Charlie (the top three most popular names for U.S. dogs and cats, according to Rover.com) that you can send to all your relatives, friends, and co-workers who love being distracted from their daily tasks. You’ve got two chances: Saturday 11am-3pm at Paws’ OG location on its namesake street and Sunday at Paws SoCo, same time. – James Scott
    April 12-13
    Paws on Chicon

  • Qmmunity

    Nightlife & Parties

    F*** It: 5 Hours of Lady Gaga

    DJ Orya decided not to fight the Monster and so all night on Chups outdoor stage you'll hear Miss Germanotta echoing from her decks. Get there with paws up! and worries gone.
    Sat., April 12, 9pm
    Cheer Up Charlies

  • Qmmunity

    Community

    Kiss & Tell: Queer Sex Ed.

    Inspired by the call-in radio shows that she says taught a young evangelical teen about sex, Kristina Please puts on this naughty knowledge party with the help of Austin-area sex-perts. We’re talkin’ sexual health clinic ASHwell and sex therapist Samar (intimatematters on Insta) being on hand to smarten up our sensual queer population, plus drag by Gothess Jasmine, comedy, intimate images from smut purveyors Filthy Southern Queers, and plenty of hands-on demos by Nikki DaVaughn, so the lessons really stick. Ticket purchases for what Kristina calls “the queers gone wild show of my wet dreams and greg abbotts nightmares” run $15 and benefit good ol’ ASHwell. – James Scott
    Sat., April 12
    Hyperreal Film Club

  • Community

    Events

    Lao New Year Night Market

    Starting this coming Monday and running until Wednesday eve is Pi Mai Lao, aka Lao New Year. But most people have work and school during the weekdays, so to make sure there’s still a celebration, the folks of Gia Dinh Goods teamed up with Lao’d Bar to throw a New Year heater this Saturday. Ring in a new beginning with delicious drinks and food from Blue Aspara, Kat’s Hand Baked, P Tahi’s, Ros Niyom, Mam Mam, and Seoulju, a vendor market featuring folks from Always Sonny Candle Company to Tiger Blam Press, and a raffle where you could win one of two extremely cute Labubu prizes. If that’s not a dog-whistle for my fellow trinket lovers, IDK what is. – James Scott
    Sat., April 12
    Lao'd Bar, 9909 FM 969 Bldg. 4

  • Community

    Events

    Pop Up North Loop Market

    After four years popping up with vendors galore, Lonesome Wolf Vintage’s market says farewell to longtime venue Beard Brand. But this ain’t no soppy so-long: Instead, they’re going out in style amongst over 45 curated small shops hawking wares you can’t even imagine. Okay, maybe you can imagine a few, like vintage trinkets, records, and plants, but Lonesome Wolf also promises “Weird Stuff, Cool Stuff, Handmade Stuff, and One Of A Kind Stuff.” So how about that! Walk the Campus one last time while Tropicana Joe plays a vinyl DJ set, and remember: There’ll always be another pop-up on the horizon. – James Scott
    Sat., April 12
    Beardbrand

  • Music

    Rubblebucket, Capyac [outside]

    It’s a tale as old as time: Romantic partners form a band and, some time and success later, their relationship falls apart. Rubblebucket co-founders and co-frontpeople Kalmia Traver and Alex Toth explore their experience of this all-too-real trope on 2024’s Year of the Banana. The result is less “Silver Springs” (1997) and more … Rubblebucket. Using their art-pop palette of sprightly brass, shimmering strings, and toe-tapping keys, Traver and Toth create a danceable ode to honest resilience and creative friendship. They’re taking that energy on tour – buoyed by their 2010s classics – to bring audiences light-on-its-feet fun seasoned with nostalgia for the Aughts. – Caroline Drew
    Sat., April 12, 8pm  
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    Mohawk

  • Arts

    Classical Music

    Southwest Voices: Modern Masterpieces

    La-la-la! Think I’ve got a future in the choral arts? Yeah, probably not – especially compared to the incredible 60 seasons put on by our very own Chorus Austin. They conclude the big six-oh season with a selection of contemporary choral tunes, each one accompanied by instrumentals from “adventurous ensemble” Invoke Strings and pianist Carla McElhaney. As per Chorus Austin, “Together with Chorus Austin’s Chamber Ensemble, under the direction of Artistic Director Ryan Heller, these guest artists will bring a fresh and dynamic energy to the concert, highlighting the depth and vibrancy of modern choral music.” It all makes a man want to sing, ya know? – James Scott
    April 12-13
    Cherrywood Center

  • Community

    Events

    Squirrel Fest

    Having trouble getting the kiddos to the park without any perks? Enter Squirrel Fest with a bevy of bonus attractions. Start with some arts & crafts, get your face painted, take in a puppet show, and learn some dance moves before showing off said moves with some help from DJ HoneyPocket. If that hasn’t enamored them to nature, wait until 8pm when they’ll screen animated tearjerker The Wild Robot. Hopefully it doesn’t set the expectations for the unadulterated Great Outdoors too high. [Editor’s note: Adults can also get squirrely, with Future Front TX teaching a weaving workshop, ceramic how-to’s, and Dr. Curtis Eckerman leading a mothing mission.] – James Renovitch
    Sat., April 12
    Pease Park

  • Community

    Events

    Staple!

    Hope you’ve got some comic book money in that piggy bank, because you’ll want to go home with lots of goodies from independent media expo Staple! But do not fret if you’re more of the guy with his empty pockets pulled out. Across two days, over 100 creators of comics, zines, arts, crafts, and games will present their expertise and their wares, with two-day tix running only $15, and kids under 12 free. See panels featuring special guests Kazu Kabuishi (Amulet, Daisy Cutter), Jason Poland (My Dad Is Dracula), and more in between booth visits, and check out the free off-site events: a Friday pre-party at Austin Books & Comics and a Saturday art show at St. Elmo Brewing. – Kat McNevins
    April 12-13
    Mabee Ballroom at St. Edward's University

  • Qmmunity

    Arts & Culture

    The Burden of Legacy: Season 2 Premiere

    Celebrating this narrative podcast’s second season are fantastical performers from the local scene, including Gothess Jasmine and Sir Beau Elliot, Esq. They say to expect “immersive storytelling, unexpected magic, and unforgettable energy.”
    Sat., April 12, 7pm
    RichesArt Gallery

  • Music

    The Sword

    Austin’s musical melting pot forever blurs genre boundaries, but even so, metal remains a local designation lorded over by a select few. Pulling the Sword from stone in 2003, this homegrown quartet rode shotgun to Metallica right out of the gate before seemingly hitting a wall pre-COVID following 2018’s seventh full-length Used Future. Last October, the ATX-launched Reverberation Appreciation Society issued lean, muscled Live at Levitation, followed by November’s uncanny Jethro Tull cover “Locomotive Breath.” A trio of Texas shows concludes with Record Store Day at End of an Ear celebrating the 15th anniversary remaster of third album Warp Riders prior to half a dozen European summer festivals. – Raoul Hernandez
    Sat., April 12, 8pm. Purchase a copy of 15th anniversary Warp Riders LP on 4/12 to receive priority entry.
    End of an Ear

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Wavelength (1983) (1983)

    Cherie Currie of the Runaways certainly tapped into a certain rock & roll wavelength, so it follows that she would play a telepathic alien communicator in Eighties sci-fi gem Wavelength. Robert Carradine (Revenge of the Nerds) stars opposite her as a failing musician tagging along as Currie communicates with a childlike alien race hidden in an underground U.S. government bunker near their apartment. A pulsating synth score by Tangerine Dream sets the haunting, dissociative vibe and complements the plaintive wails of the freaky alien babies. Originally deemed too similar to Close Encounters of the Third Kind and written before E.T., Wavelength screens this weekend in the back of We Luv Video. – Lina Fisher
    Sat., April 12
    We Luv Video
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