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  • The Juilliard String Quartet with pianist Anna Petrova

    With unparalleled artistry and enduring vigor, the Juilliard String Quartet (JSQ) continues to inspire audiences around the world. Founded in 1946 and hailed by The Boston Globe as “the most important American quartet in history,” the ensemble draws on a deep and vital engagement to the classics, while embracing the mission of championing new works, a vibrant combination of the familiar and the daring.
    Sat. May 17, 7:30pm  
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    Riverbend Centre

  • Affordable Art Fair Austin

    After a hugely successful first edition, Affordable Art Fair Austin returns May 15-18, 2025 at the Palmer Events Center, showcasing thousands of original contemporary artworks ranging between $100 to $10,000. Welcoming 55 local, national and international exhibitors, the second edition will be unmissable.
    May 15-18, 2025  
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    Palmer Events Center
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  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Cheech and Chong’s Last Movie (2025)

    “A Chicano kid from South Central L.A. and a half-Chinese Motown musician meet at a strip club in Canada.” Even how they met sounds like the setup to one of the legendary sketches from Richard Anthony Marin and Thomas B. Kin Chong, aka Cheech and Chong. Somehow, their stupid/smart comedy broke out of the back room blunt rotation and into stadiums, record charts, and late-nite movie screenings. Just in time for 4/20 and ahead of the movie’s official release on April 25, the comedy legends look back on their expert idiocy in this documentary retrospective and pull apart what made their work so important to stoners and comedy fans. – Richard Whittaker
    Sun., April 20
    Alamo Drafthouse Village, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline

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      Nightlife & Parties

      Austin Kink Weekend

      Hear ye, hear ye, kinksters, perverts, and the curious alike – Austin Kink Weekend has arrived. Events spanning all four days will tickle every one of your fancies. Need a little more lube know-how? Attend Depth Vortex’ Sloppy Hole Buffet class. Seeking a saucy sapphic social? Drop in for the “Dyke Happens” social. Just wanna see all those lovely leather-clad competitors go head-to-head for a Texas Leather title? Tap in for one or all of the contest events including bootblacks, pets, handlers, and the Mr./Ms./Mx contests. Whatever tightens your laces and flushes your cheeks is waiting for ya this weekend. Get more info and your badge at austinkinkweekend.com. – James Scott
      April 17-20
      Multiple locations

    • Music

      Austin Reggae Festival Day 3 w/ Third World feat. Kumar, Luciano, Mau Mau Chaplains, Watusi, Yogoman

      Local reports of SXSW’s musical demise weren’t exaggerated, just egregiously misrepresented. If said “reporters” camped at Flamingo Cantina for six glorious nights of world music, that might have been avoided. Core to the Austin Reggae Fest, which turned 30 last May, Sixth Street’s reggae HQ hosts a few of the dozen-plus luminaries on Auditorium Shores over three days. Headliners include roots reggae legend Luciano, dancehall rapper Kabaka Pyramid, one-man DJ system Anthony B, and 52-year-old Kingston kings Third World, still led by guitarist/cellist Stephen “Cat” Coore. Biggest annual fundraiser for the Central Texas Food Bank, what other local music festival allows drums, hula hoops, and wagons?! – Raoul Hernandez
      Sun., April 20, 12:45pm  
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      Auditorium Shores

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      Nightlife & Parties

      Bebesota Drag Brunch: Selena Edition

      Tributing the Queen of Tejano are best girls Amber Nicole Davenport, Marilyn Williams, Heidi T. Iman, and host Beauty. Brunch starts at 11am; show kicks off at 1pm.
      Sun., April 20
      Taquero Mucho

    • 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

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      Theatre

      Fables From the Farm: "Reviving Reverence"

      On paper, Fables From the Farm started in 2023 as a combination of performance art, dinner theatre, and farm-y flamboyance – which returns this weekend, April 18-20, with a new story called “Reviving Reverence.” Yet, the real start treks back several years to when co-creator Jade Fusco still studio’d at Museum of Human Achievement – just down Springdale from debut and upcoming Fables venue, Boggy Creek Farm.: “When I would take walks I would often stop into Boggy Creek just to sit under those pecan trees and marvel at the lush, fertile grounds teeming with life and fruits and vegetables,” Fusco reminisces over email. “[It] felt like this secret oasis in the middle of the city. I always thought to myself, 'We should DO some kind of SHOW here one day. People need to experience the healing magic of this place.’”: Interested guests should know, Fusco says, that “this is a rigorous experience!” Her advice for this mobile musical – as guests walk all over Boggy Creek along with the performers – is to wear comfy shoes, bring a water bottle, and let yourself participate in the Earth-loving spirit. “The more you give yourself to the experience,” Fusco says, “the more it’ll give back.” – James Scott
      April 18-20
      Boggy Creek Farm

    • Arts

      Dance

      House of Deviance Presents: the 10 Commandments

      Saints beware; you’re in for a sultry scare at this “subversive Easter service,” aka a sinfully fun variety show featuring burlesque, dance, and more.
      Sun., April 20, 7pm
      Cherrywood Center

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Jesus Christ Superstar (1973)

      Last Friday, I happened to see programmer Louise Ho at Yellow Jacket Social Club, where she told me that the pallet of Tejas Tonic she procured for this weekend’s 4/20 screening has been whispering temptation to her. Hard to say no when the reward seems so sweet, but Ho’s got a strong will, and that’s more than one can say about biblical antagonist Judas Iscariot, who gave up his main man Jesus for just thirty pieces. But is the story really that clean cut? Not so, says Andrew Lloyd Webber in his rock opera interpretation of the Son’s final days – here adapted for the screen by Norman Jewison (Moonstruck). Upstaging a thorny-crowned Ted Neeley in the film is Carl Anderson, who brings true burning heat to his Judas portrayal. It’s a real will-they won’t-they, except what’s at stake isn’t just a kiss but the fate of all sinners. Or maybe it’s just a fun hippie-ass musical. Both the secular and non can shake hands on one thing: “Superstar” rips. – James Scott
      Sun., April 20
      Hyperreal Film Club

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      Nightlife & Parties

      Lesbian Wedding

      This ain’t no stoner soiree but a sapphic send-up hosted by Lex Vaughn with DJs, performers, and the traditional LW cake and queso served. Plus resource tabling from Lesbian Mapping Project, SWEET ATX, and emergency preparedness prep from Katherine Strickland. Tix run $10 but no one’s turned away for lack of funds.
      Sun., April 20, 3pm
      Sahara Lounge

    • 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

    • Music

      Smiddy's Soul House Pop-Up w/ BLK ODYSSY & Friends, DOSSEY, Quentin Arispe, Midnight Navy, Jonathan Terrell

      BLK ODYSSY consistently proves one of Austin’s most provocatively eclectic exports, emphasized by last year’s third LP 1-800-FANTASY, which laced his bedrock funk and R&B with sharp, earwormed pop-rock touches. Highlighting his versatility, the “funkentologist” pulls a pop-up soul restaurant into Cedar Park, with a menu honoring his late brother and lineup worthy of the artist’s own genre-dissolving impulse. Dossey delivers new dance-punk EP Crying in Public alongside Past Lives singer Quentin Arispe’s ecstasy beats from As Above, So Below, while Midnight Navy smoothes Latin jazz and soul to Jonathan Terrell’s kicking Americana. – Doug Freeman
      Sun., April 20, 2pm  
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      Haute Spot

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      Nightlife & Parties

      Stoner Bitches Only Brunch

      Chups lights up this smoke-sesh featuring free b-fast tacos, THC-tilted cocktails, and a delightful drag show featuring Peg Bunny, Gemma Nye, Slaylem, Redd Roulette, Hya Zakite, and host Brigitte Bandit. Turito tags in as DJ, and CUC advises you BYOW – you know, before the Lege takes the THC-bird away.
      Sun., April 20, 2pm
      Cheer Up Charlies

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      Nightlife & Parties

      The Easter Extrava Ganja

      Have a divine time with the talented tokers of this drag show, featuring Louisianna Purchase, Titty Androgunous, Brigitte Bandit, Jenna Talia, Be Nasty, Honey Baby, Sinful Purchase, Aira Juliet, Flex Brojas, and show presenters Bubu, Randi Welch, and Cupcake. Cover's $10, which more than funds the Easter egg hunt and Jesus piñata.
      Sun., April 20, 3pm
      Swan Dive
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