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Junkyard Nights w/ Tele Novella, Theo Lawrence, and Cazayoux
Junkyard Nights is Junkyard's second annual Fundraising Event and this year features Tele Novella, Theo Lawrence, and Cazayoux. Come help them raise money for their JUNKPOD program, transformed city buses into FREE and accessible rehearsal and work spaces for Austin musicians and venue owners. Doors at 6pm.Thurs. June 26, 6pm-MidnightHole in the Wall -
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Meet Co-ops Transforming Austin's Food System
The co-op model offers an alternative to low wages and high turnover. Taste food from new local co-ops free from 2-4 p.m. Learn what it means to be a values-focused restaurant, farm, bakery, or grocery store. Hear about cooperation across the food system, worker-consumer collaboration, and success stories.Sat. June 21, 2pm-4pmDell Jewish Community Center
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ASO: The Colors of France
The powerful voices of Chorus Austin team up with the Austin Symphony Orchestra for Fauré’s beloved Requiem – and works by Ravel, Tournier, and Debussy, too. Conducted by Peter Bay.Fri.-Sat., Jan. 13-14, 8pm. $20-100. -
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Donna Marie Miller: Texas Secessionists Standoff
Celebrating Donna Marie Miller’s new book, Texas Secessionists Standoff: The 1997 Republic of Texas "War", with a reading by the author, an audience Q&A, and a signing line.Sat., Jan. 14, 7pm. Free. -
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Feels So Good Discotheque w/ DJs Just Jim, Total Request Crew, Christy Ray, Orya, & Lizzie Aguirre
Starting on Saturday at midnight with a scheduled run time of six hours into Sunday morning, the expanding music venue’s dance party receives coordination from DJs such as Just Jim and Total Request Crew.Sat., Jan. 14, 11:59pm -
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Alejandro Escovedo & the Rant Band
Last summer, Austin’s prestige rock & roll bard Alejandro Escovedo joined similarly minded icon/influence Ian Hunter’s own Rant Band for a set of their leader’s classics on his birthday at NYC’s City Winery. This Saturday, the Rant Band joins Escovedo down here on his birthday for a similar set. The evening promises a complete run-through of Hunter’s old band Mott the Hoople’s most definitive LP, 1973’s Mott, featuring such timeless glam stompers as “All the Way From Memphis.”Sat., Jan. 14, 8pm -
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Ao5 Gallery: Paul Stankiewicz Paints Iconic Austin Sites
Oil painter Paul Stankiewicz works pigment and skill to conjure striking images of Austin sites in the gallery while you watch. Bonus: Free cocktails from Desert Door Sotol, starting at 3pm.Sat., Jan. 14, noon-5pm. Free. -
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Becoming Kaxan Storytime
A special storytime event with KXAN’s mascot Kaxan, weathercaster Jim Spencer, dog trainer Edward Flores, and Austin Humane Society. Local author Olga Vilkotskaya will read her book Becoming Kaxan, about the dog's journey from rescue pup to therapy dog and star of the station. Pick up a book to have signed, pet some puppies, hear stories, and take home a craft!Sat., Jan. 14, 10:30am -
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Esther's Follies
Just in time for the political storm kicking up from Washington to our own Capitol, the talented comic crew at Esther’s have cooked up a topical tiramisu – delicious and sort of hard to make on your own so just let the experts do it, you know? From their rat-a-tat hot takes on Hunter Biden’s pardon – Breaking! A father loves his son! – to satirical skits on AI in health care where “R.F.K. Jr. even makes an appearance to weigh in,” there’s a little ha-ha here for all stars and stripes. Plus the spectacular Ray Anderson stuns once again with a new illusion, “In Love With a Monster,” that stands next to old standards like magic mirrors, explosive cannons, and disappearing assistants. Did they maybe disappear with the enchanting monster? – James ScottThu., 7pm; Fri.-Sat., 7 & 9pm. $30-40. -
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Natalia Rocafuerte's Dream Hotline
Rocafuerte's multimedia installation at Ivester Contemporary was inspired by surveying a "dream hotline" that was created by the artist to collect recordings of Mexican immigrant women’s dreams. Tonight's closing reception features a special performance by the Chulita Vinyl Club.Sat., Jan. 14, 7-9pm -
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Special Screenings
Pornostar (1998)
Lates: A “lost” film from Japan’s Lost Decade centers on youths who rule the streets until a loner sets out on a killing spree. A gem worthy of rediscovery.Sat., Jan. 14, 9:30pm -
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Ride the Wave
This new play by Mattie Barber-Bockelman is about "three bros searching for an epic surf on the last day of summer." In the multimedia performance, set in a loosely imagined 2060s rich with vibes, grooves, and laughter, a group of young women riff on the surfer bro trope to examine how friendship, the pursuit of freedom, and growing up will be affected by climate catastrophe. Directed by Teresa Cruz for the Vortex.: DUUUUUUDE: See our full review right here.Through Jan. 28. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-37. -
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Saturday Morning Drawing Salon
Sketch Elisabet Ney's realistic sculptures in her own Formosa studio in sessions hosted by museum educators with all materials provided.Through Jan. 28. Sat., 10am-noon. Free. -
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Staged Reading: "Master Harold" … and the Boys
Austin Shakespeare brings newcomer Justin Duggan together with professional actors Marc Pouhé and Corey Allen in this staged reading of South African playwright Athol Fugard’s humorous and powerful Apartheid-era drama. Directed by Ann Ciccolella.Jan. 13-15. Fri.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm -
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The Replacement (2021)
Austin Jewish Film Festival presents a screening of a Spanish murder mystery that takes a detective to a group of Nazi elders, along with a prerecorded Q&A with the director. Can't make the screening? AJFF provides virtual access Jan. 9-16.Sun., Jan. 8, 4pm -
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The Rescue (2021)
Special Event: A riveting doc about the rescue of the Wild Boars, the Thai soccer team trapped in a cave in 2018. Followed by a Q&A by the Chronicle's Editor-in-Chief Kim Jones with cave rescue diver Rick Stanton, author of Aquanaut and one of the leading UK civilian cave divers involved with the mission.Sat., Jan. 14, 6:30pm -
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The Sound Inside
Jarrott Productions presents Adam Rapp's intense and intimate play about fiction – the kinds we read and the kinds we live – starring Rebecca Robinson and Tucker Shepherd, directed by David Jarrott.Through Jan. 28. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm -
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Vertigo (1958)
Where better to see Hitchcock's masterwork about acrophobia than atop a tall building?Sat., Jan. 14, 6:45pm -
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Food Events
Wayback Burgers: Grand Opening
The Connecticut-based chains celebrates its first Austin outpost of bodacious beefery with buy one, get one free classic burger deals and six chances to win various prizes (including free burgers for a year and Wayback gift cards).Sat., Jan. 14, 10:30am-9pm -
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WesFest w/ Sentimental Family Band, Mayeux & Broussard, Kathryn Legendre, Hobby Rancher, Brody Price, Juliet McConkey, Robert Ellis, Ben Ballinger
Honoring Weston Busing, who passed away in 2020, the second annual WesFest rosters songwriters to benefit the LoveWeston scholarship fund at UT-Austin, in support of students battling cancer. Self-styled Texas Piano Man Robert Ellis headlines, slinging his mix of wry and poignant ballads, and is joined by Brody Price, the first artist on Ellis’ Niles City Records imprint with the intoxicatingly versatile new LP, Win a Trip to Palm Springs! Juliet McConkey stills with her powerful, personal songwriting behind debut Disappearing Girl, while Mayeux & Broussard stew the guitar-ripping Southern gumbo of last year’s Cosmo Oil Co. The day rounds out with the hard honky-tonk of Kathryn Legendre, James Steinle’s new country-rocking outfit Hobby Rancher, and Ben Ballinger’s subtle blue-collar sophistication.Sat., Jan. 14, 5pm
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"Texas Governors and Their Times, 1846-1946"
This exhibit showcases materials from the State Archives documenting the official work and daily business of the state’s chief executive spanning 100 years. Can't visit in person? It's available to explore online.Sept. 19, 2022-May 15, 2023. Free. -
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ACMC: Music & Science
This fundraising concert for the Austin Chamber Music Center features a program for cello and piano, showcasing composers who were also scientists: Borodin, Elgar, and Saint-Saëns. (Bonus! A composition by Austin's own Graham Reynolds: "The Brain," based on a collaboration with UT neuroscientist Kristen Harris.) Featuring James Burch (cello) and Michelle Schumann (piano).Sat., Jan. 14, 7pm. $500.Private residence (address w/ tickets) -
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