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  • 17th Anniversary Celebration & Annual Rosé Garden Party

    Join the celebration & enjoy an afternoon of pink sips, floral vibes & sunshine in every glass. Crisp, dry, sparkling & everything in between. Tickets include tastings of a curated selection of 15 Rosé wines from around the globe, refreshing gourmet bites & lively entertainment amidst a stunning garden setting inside & out!
    Sat. May 31, 3pm-7pm  
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    House Wine

  • 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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  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (2021)

    In their continued mission to deliver cool movies to the people, video rental nonprofit We Luv Video hosts another installment of their AniMonday series. This month they highlight Kotaro Tamura’s 2020 release based on the Seiko Tanabe short story of the same name: Josee, the Tiger and the Fish. Boasting a live-action adaptation from 2003 as well, the story follows a university student who swoops in to keep a young disabled woman from being struck by a car. Their relationship grows from there, bedeviled by their differing desires for the future but held together by budding affection for each other. While not all anime rates as okay for kiddos, We Luv judges this picture to be PG so if a parent or guardian comes with, y’all young’uns can have your heart warmed, too. – James Scott
    Mon., Feb. 17
    We Luv Video

    • Arts

      Books

      Anarchist Study Group

      That’s right: The cool anarchists do research. After all, the true warrior must know their enemy well. Volunteer-run lefty-lit distro Monkeywrench hosts a discussion sesh going over current book-club pick Late Fascism by Alberto Toscano, although this meet-up only requires you read the first half. Published in 2023, the tome delves into contemporary anti-fascist theory, pulling from Black radical and anti-colonial thought to develop a new offense against the global rise in far-right f*ckery. Silence the anti-intellectual inside, and get to crackin’ some books open, comrade! – James Scott
      Mon., Feb. 17
      MonkeyWrench Books

    • Music

      Blue Öyster Cult

      Prestige Camaro rockers Blue Öyster Cult are often remembered for SNL’s legendary 2000 “More Cowbell” sketch. But the Seventies’ most intellectual metal band was no joke, blending literary references, sinister mystique, and a wry sense of humor – something few of their Marshall-stack-wielding peers dared. Still led by lead vocalist/“stun guitarist” Eric Bloom and lead guitarist/vocalist Donald “Buck Dharma” Roeser, who penned “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper,” the 25-million-selling rockers bring their spectral anthems to the Paramount Monday. Here’s hoping the custodians can scrub out the Boone’s Farm stains and lingering weed haze afterward. – Tim Stegall
      Mon., Feb. 17, 8pm  
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      Paramount Theatre

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Ghost (1990)

      Warning: This Queer Film Theory 101 screening is NOT the same as the show that usually runs on the Highball stage. Rather, these screenings are curated straight-but-sort-of-gay cinematic canon fodder – you know the type – and boy, you could really program every Patrick Swayze movie in that series. But the 1990 supernatural romance is a special case in that it’s perhaps Swayze’s most heterosexual role. Still, the man fits alotta queer into his portrayal of the beautiful Sam Wheat, who perishes when defending an extremely they/them coded Demi Moore (hello, Best Actress nominee!) only to continue into ghostdom in order to solve who exactly their attacker was. Really, the chemistry that makes the movie isn’t between Moore and Swayze; it’s the crackling comedic and emotional connection forged between Whoopi Goldberg’s reluctant medium Oda Mae Brown and the incorporeal loverboy that brings the whole film back to life. – James Scott
      Mon., Feb. 17
      Alamo Drafthouse Village, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller

    • Music

      Mary J. Blige, Ne-Yo, Mario

      It’s tough to describe to you 21st century youngsters how astoundingly cool Mary J. Blige was when she dropped What’s the 411? in 1992. Instantly, she was the idol of millions of church girls who could sing – and their pals, who wanted to be church girls who sang. And “I’ll Be There for You/You’re All I Need to Get By,” her Grammy-winning duet with Method Man, was played at more turn-of-the-century weddings than you could count. 2017’s Strength of a Woman is a damn fine divorce album, if you’re in need of such. It’s the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, people – if she decides to tour, you go.– Joe Gross
      Mon., Feb. 17, 7pm  
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      Moody Center

    • Qmmunity

      Nightlife & Parties

      Sad Girls Only

      Start your week with a communal cry at hosts Louisianna Purchase and Ruby Knight’s downcast drag show, featuring karaoke, DJ Sad Dad, and cake along with perfectly melancholy performances.
      Mon., Feb. 17, 10pm. $10.
      Swan Dive

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      The Annihilation of Fish (2000)

      The greatest tragedy of filmmaker Charles Burnett is that he’s always been ahead of his time. The second greatest tragedy is a knack of accidental self-sabotage. Yet, in a way, these two failures make his films greater. His debut film, vérité drama Killer of Sheep, was denied a real release because clearing the music rights for the loaded soundtrack was basically impossible. When it was finally released in 2007, 29 years after Burnett finished the film as his master’s thesis at the UCLA School of Film, audiences truly appreciated its bleak insight into blue-collar life in Watts. So maybe, after only 26 years of languishing in the archives, it’s time to reappraise Burnett’s unlikely meet-cute rom-com that was just too odd for 1999 audiences. Starring Lynn Redgrave and James Earl Jones as two kooky no-longer-kids, can true love triumph when she’s being stalked by the ghost of Puccini, while he must wrestle an invisible man called Hank? More importantly, is it finally time to fall in love with another of Burnett’s wildly idiosyncratic works? – Richard Whittaker
      Feb. 15 & 17
      AFS Cinema
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