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  • 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

  • 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
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  • Music

    Anthropos Arts Alumni Spotlight

    Local nonprofit Anthropos Arts connects low-income youth with working musicians, providing students with free music lessons and mentorship and Austin artists with an opportunity to pass their talents on. This alumni night highlights the success of the program; performing ensemble the Hubtones, led by trombone player, former Grupo Fantasma member, and Anthropos Arts mentor Leo Gauna, well fits the esteemed Parker Jazz stage. At $50 a pop, tickets may be pricier than your usual local music show, but it’s worth it – all the proceeds go toward keeping the mentorship program going. – Carys Anderson
    Sun., March 30, 5pm
    Parker Jazz Club

    • Qmmunity

      Nightlife & Parties

      Bodhi’s Brunch Babes

      South Austin gets a shock to the system with this drag brunch hosted by Basura. Featuring rotating cast performers Pam Dulce, Yvonna F. Mei, Iggy Bank, and the Trans Era. No cover but plenty of great drinks and eats.
      Sun., March 30
      Bodhi's Hideaway, 10402 Menchaca Rd.

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus (2025)

      You know the song. You know the scene. But do you know the artist behind that haunting pop serenade? Singer Q Lazzarus, aka Diane Luckey, gained cult status following her 1988 tune “Goodbye Horses” being used as serial killer Buffalo Bill’s mirror-dance anthem. After having her songs and performances featured in other Jonathan Demme pictures, she later returned to working as a driver. Skip to 2019, when Lazzarus picks up filmmaker Eva Aridjis Fuentes by chance: Fuentes recognizes the musician, they talk, and now AFS screens the documentary they’ve made, where Lazzarus details her whole life alongside archival performance footage. Though the talented musician passed in 2022 due to sepsis, her legacy lives on. – James Scott
      March 30 & April 3
      AFS Cinema

    • Music

      HONK!TX Day 3 w/ Greenbelt Honk! Situation & Friends, Dead Music Capital Band, KOSMONOT, Big Wy's Brass Band, Emperor Norton's Stationary Brass Band, 8-Bit Brass Band, more

      If there’s anything that says “Austin Weird,” it’s a festival that includes music, community, matching outfits, pageantry, and free entry – aka, HONK!TX. Twenty-seven community bands from across the states and even one from Paris (France, not Texas) converge on our city to show off their talents on stages and in parks around town. The bands use different instruments and have different vibes, but they all focus on community, so be prepared to find yourself amongst the performers. – James Renovitch
      Sun., March 30, 1pm
      Pan Am Park

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Inland Empire (2006)

      Warning: After watching David Lynch’s dizzying digital-video odyssey, viewers may find themselves comparing all films made on camcorders to its troubling tale. Definitely not first-time Lynch viewer friendly, this surreal story follows Laura Dern as actress Nikki Grace – and, big surprise, her doppelganger – delving deep into cinematic boundary blurring. What’s real and what’s just method acting become inseparable, which makes sense given Lynch started filming the whole dang thing without an actual script. Drafthouse gives up on synopsizing the feature in their online copy and concludes, accurately, that this is “an impossible film to summarize, it is only to be experienced.” Keep your eyes open for a young Terry Crews cameo. – James Scott
      March 28-31 & April 1
      Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Village

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Matilda (1996)

      “Much too good for children,” is what cinema’s greatest teacher Miss Honey recalls her odious former guardian Miss Trunchbull telling her while chomping bonbons the young Honey wasn’t allowed. Such is the sentiment of many these days who don’t believe kids deserve good movies. Instead, they’d like children to be served slop – forced to eat slice after slice of sweaty chocolate-cake cinema with no nutritional value. They’re wrong! In their new Family Friendly Matinee series, rental shop We Luv Video presents kids’ classics made with intention, skill, and plenty of heart. This Danny DeVito-directed adaptation of the Roald Dahl novel encourages standing up to authority, education, and being kind – a skill many adults need to learn these days. – James Scott
      Sun., March 30
      We Luv Video

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Mulholland Drive (2001)

      Our collective celebration of David Lynch’s life and work will continue long after his untimely death, as evidenced by the now-ubiquitous screenings of his most well-known classics. Perhaps the most beloved of all, Mulholland Drive is so singular and affecting in style and tone that it must be experienced in the theatre at least once. This is not one you should put on in the background. Many have tried to imitate its je ne sais quoi, but all have failed: You kind of have to stay put in your dark theatre seat and let it happen to you to believe it. – Lina Fisher
      March 28 - April 2
      Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline, Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Village

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Singin’ in the Rain (1952)

      Anyone who thinks that musicals and/or movies made before 1990 aren’t worth their time need to watch this ASAP – strapped down Clockwork Orange-style if necessary. Singin’ in the Rain captures joy, humor, and incredible dancing in the neatest little package. It’s a pleasure seeing the color and majesty of Gene Kelly’s choreography on the big screen. Watching Donald O’Connor backflip off walls during “Make ’Em Laugh?” Delightful. Seeing every seductive kick and flick of Cyd Charisse in a truly iconic green dress during the dream ballet? Amazing. Being charmed by babyface Debbie Reynolds singing and tapping her toes off in “Good Morning”? Legendary. It’s a feast for the senses. – Cat McCarrey
      March 28 & 30-31
      AFS Cinema

    • Community

      Events

      Spring Fling: Chuckstravaganza

      One of our city’s crown jewels is its first public park, named for 1850s-era Gov. Elisha M. Pease, who donated it to the city in 1875. Over the ensuing 150 years, the park has been developed and improved with several efforts, including the Kingsbury Commons project that broke ground in 2019. Chuck Smith has been COO overseeing that project along with other park improvements and programming, and is due for a well-earned retirement. So come out to thank Chuck for his hard work and enjoy some of his favorite things, including Mediterranean bites, cocktails, music, and mingling. This’ll be the first of many Spring Flings, so get in on the ground floor. – Kat McNevins
      Sun., March 30
      Pease Park

    • Community

      Events

      Spring Reuse Art Market

      Three-time Best of Austin winners ACR have been masters of the sustainability game since 2009, offering up thrifty options for arts & crafts supplies, party stuff, theatre props, and more via donations from the community. Since launching their reuse markets in 2020, they’ve been showcasing all the cool stuff people have made from these whatsits and thingamabobs that could be languishing in a landfill. Shop unique wares from dozens of local creatives and celebrate sustainability with activities all weekend: a community art project, a natural dye demo with the Refugee Collective, a learning game with the National Wildlife Federation, crafts with Austin Area Quilt Guild and Central Texas Basket Guild, live music, and adoptable doggos; get all the details online. – Kat McNevins
      March 29-30
      Austin Creative Reuse

    • Qmmunity

      Nightlife & Parties

      Sunday Masc

      This drag-king centric showcase goes honk-mode with an “extra special silly show” hosted by special guest Xio Nova. Featuring drag by Bat Widow, Logan Liqueur, Kian Kismet, and Dantes Shottgunz.
      Sun., March 30
      Cheer Up Charlies

    • Qmmunity

      Nightlife & Parties

      The Capitol Is a Drag… Show! Part 2

      So nice, they're doin' it twice: Democrasexy teams with URGE Texas, Equality Texas, Texas Freedom Network, ACLU Texas, Transgender Education Network of Texas, and venue Chups for another session of "joy, resilience, and resources for Texas queers and allies." Enjoy music from DJ Kshal; drag by Diamond Dior Davenport, Sierra Mykels, Maxine LaQueene, and Xtra; and a panel moderated by LaQueene featuring Lege experts talkin' Capitol biz.
      Sun., March 30  
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      Cheer Up Charlies

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      The Mummy (1999)

      The intense hotness of the entire The Mummy cast has been thirsted to death on the internet, but the thirst is still completely correct. Everyone in this flick is at their absolute aesthetic peak (and yes, George of the Jungle superfans, I said what I said). Brendan Fraser’s take on the dashing adventurer is captivating; Rachel Weisz inspires librarians everywhere; Oded Fehr’s Medjai chieftain is dreamy; and Patricia Velásquez rocks her Pharaohess outfit in ways where you get why the mummy risked it all to be with her. In the words of Houston-born movie merch company Super Yaki, “Honk if you’d rather be watching the 1999 cinematic masterpiece The Mummy.” HONK HONK. – Cat McCarrey
      March 30 & April 2
      Violet Crown Cinema

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

      I could detail for you all the ways this film goes on to define crime thriller cinema. You’ve probably heard them before: how every actor besides Jodie Foster looks right into the camera because the audience must see from FBI trainee Clarice Starling’s perspective; how Anthony Hopkins’ oily prince Hannibal Lecter laid the groundwork for every gentleman murderer presented since; or how the thriller genre’s villainization of homosexuality and gender-ambiguity doesn’t start here but definitely gets a big boost from Ted Levine’s sinewy serial killer. I could tell you all that but I don’t need to. You’ll see this movie because it is undeniable: There are other movies and there is Silence of the Lambs. AFS screens the Demme masterpiece alongside a new doc detailing the life of “Goodbye Horses” artist Q Lazzarus. – James Scott
      March 29-30 & April 2
      AFS Cinema

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Time Passages With Filmmaker Q&A (2024)

      Memory is elusive. What we recall, what falls out of our heads, what we let slide, what we argue over, what we determinedly misremember in the face of evidence. Former Austinite Kyle Henry started making his latest documentary, Time Passages, as a way to process the death of his father and his mother’s encroaching dementia. It instead evolved into a nuanced exploration of our relationship to our shared pasts and how it is stored, whether in our minds or in photographs, and of how Kodachrome film and home movies shaped our recent past. Henry is taking the film on a Kickstarter-backed national tour, so don’t miss out on any of the three screenings in his own hometown, all followed by Q&As with Henry. – Richard Whittaker
      March 28 - 30
      AFS Cinema
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