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  • Dripping Springs Rodeo

    Come to the 14th Annual Dripping Springs Rodeo on Memorial Day Weekend! This year they will be bringing all the rodeo style fun on Friday, Saturday and Sunday! Bring your family and friends for a weekend of mutton bustin', bull riding, vendor shopping, great food, and all things rodeo!
    May 23-25  
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    Dripping Springs Ranch Park Event Center
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  • Film

    Special Screenings

    The Edge of Seventeen (2016)

    First off, no, this isn’t a Stevie Nicks biopic. But I promise: You won’t be too disappointed. Before Hailee Steinfeld’s fangtastic Sinners turn made audiences long for her to just spit in their mouths already, she tackled a very different metamorphosis: the tricky, volatile transformation from grumpy teendom into semi-functioning adulthood. When Nadine (Steinfeld) finds her annoyingly perfect brother (Blake Jenner) in bed with her best and only friend (a pre-White Lotus Haley Lu Richardson), an already looming nervous breakdown crashes into existence. Add a dash of Kyra Sedgwick as the mother that just doesn’t understand, and a giant heaping of Woody Harrelson’s hip English teacher mentor, and BOOM. You’ve got a perfect coming-of-age flick. – Cat McCarrey
    Wed., May 28
    Hyperreal Film Club

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      Special Screenings

      Switchblade Sisters (1975)

      Given the dishonor of a double Siskel and Ebert thumbs-down, this Jack Hill-directed exploitation action flick survives thanks to schlock savant Quentin Tarantino re-releasing it on his personal label Rolling Thunder Pictures. All the hallmarks of a foul film make an appearance: prison lesbians; sexual assault as revenge; and the director citing The Fountainhead as an inspiration. However, a seamy scene or two of girl gang violence – or an entire runtime of 91 minutes’ worth – is just the right amount of poison to keep the cinephile mind from getting too respectable. Drafthouse screens the Arrow Video and AGFA restoration as part of their Time Capsule series, currently focused on the year 1975. – James Scott
      May 27-28
      Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline

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      Special Screenings

      AGFADrome Presents Terminating Mystery Movie

      Normally mystery movies are, you know, mysterious, but when film preservation freaks the American Genre Film Archive tease “a neon-soaked, cyber-robotic salute to plagiarism, lasers, and crotch violence against men” that hails from Southeast Asia, it’s not hard for fans of a certain 1989 Indonesian supernatural horror starring Barbara Anne Constable to know what they’re implying. Unless this is a grand bait-and-switch, newcomers should brace themselves for high-quality mullets, machine gun massacres, eye lasers, and snakes where snakes shouldn’t be. – Richard Whittaker
      May 27-28
      Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      American Graffiti (1973)

      One of the biggest myths in Hollywood is that George Lucas became a big deal with Star Wars. Well, only if you don’t count the massive critical and commercial success of his five-time Oscar-nominated ode to the teenage California car culture in which he grew up, all set to a diegetic soundtrack of the best of early Sixties American pop. Its seemingly aimless anti-structure, set across one night in Modesto, was a precursor to Slacker, and it matches Dazed and Confused for a packed cast of future stars, including Richard Dreyfuss, Harrison Ford, Suzanne Somers, Joe Spano, and Ron Howard in his first major “grownup” role after growing up onscreen in The Andy Griffith Show. But beyond the revving engines and that soundtrack, relayed to the world by legendary DJ Wolfman Jack, it’s Lucas’ most touching eulogy for the dying American dream. – Richard Whittaker
      May 28 - June 1
      Doc's Drive In Theatre

    • Community

      Events

      Art Night

      Ah: To create is to live, wouldn’t you say? How about you live it up on North Loop, then, and join lefty hangout Monkeywrench for their weekly art night. Bring your own supplies, or partake of their provided creation collection – including button-making supplies, markers, and collage ephemera – if you’re a little light on materials. Whatever you do, just make something that makes you happy. That’s what this whole life is all about. – James Scott
      Wed., May 28
      MonkeyWrench Books

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      Events

      Kerrville Folk Festival

      Since 1972, there’s only been one fest with the length (18 days!), the talent (Dale Watson! Fruition! Carsie Blanton!), and the craft-building (songwriting, guitar, and harmonica workshops all fest!) to bring everyone out into nature like Kerrville Folk Fest.
      May 22 - June 8
      Quiet Valley Ranch

    • Qmmunity

      Arts & Culture

      Mr./Ms./Mx/Elite Austin Pride Pageant 2025

      Come to think of it, my faithful Chronicle reader, I don’t see a ton of difference between the cutthroat competitions on Toddlers & Tiaras and this year’s Pride pageant. There’ll be wigs, fake tans, and sequins galore; all that’s changed is these haute hopefuls are old enough to buy their own flippers. Wednesday’s competitors vie for one of four titles – the masculine Mr. Pride, the feminine Ms. Pride, the non-binary Mx. Pride, and the over-40 category of Elite. Who will embody this year’s theme of Queer Icon best? You’ll have to attend to find out! – James Scott
      Wed., May 28
      Rain on 4th

    • Community

      Events

      Pop Up Library Stops

      Amidst the multitudinous resources our local libraries offer in their brick-and-mortars, Austin Public Library also goes on the road! Throughout every month, APL packs up their stuff into a van and drives around town to various places. A visit to one of these mobile van pop-ups gives anyone the opportunity to sign up for a library card, check out books, put in item requests, and even return rented reads. This week’s upcoming stops include Anderson Mill Senior Activity Center (May 27, 11am), Marshalling Yard Emergency Shelter (May 28, 9am), and the Esperanza Community (May 28, 2pm). Head to library.austintexas.gov/events to see future pop-ups in your area. – James Scott
      May 27-28
      Multiple locations

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Ran (1985)

      In the last 30 years, The Austin Chronicle has only given two films a five-star rating: The 1997 re-release of Fritz Lang’s German Expressionist masterpiece M, and the 2000 re-release of Akira Kurosawa’s bushido King Lear adaptation, Ran. What does five stars mean around here? That a movie is as perfect as a film can be. That’s Ran, now remastered in 4K. – Richard Whittaker
      May 24-29
      AFS Cinema

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      Special Screenings

      The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)

      Drafthouse’s Weird Wednesday series invites characters like Barfin’ Barbara, Nat Nerd, and Ali Gator to the screen this week. Eighties kids probably recognize those names from the Garbage Pail trading cards craze that was made into a live-action film. For some reason the grotesque effects and the crude jokes did not go over well with critics? Were they wrong? Only one way to find out. Even if you agree that this isn’t great cinema, you can still find some weird, freaky joy in this bonkers obscurity. – Blake Leschber
      Wed., May 28
      Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

    • Community

      Events

      Yiddish Songs of Resistance with Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour

      “Brothers and sisters in work and in need/ all who are scattered far and wide.” So goes “The Oath,” the official anthem of the General Jewish Labour Bund, one of the first groups to truly recognize the menace of the rising Nazi party and Stalinist authoritarianism. In prewar Europe, Yiddish quickly became the language of resistance, and Austin’s preeminent Klezmer revivalists Mazel Tov Kocktail Hour celebrate that tradition with a night of songs to reinvigorate the spirit of defiance. Now, sing along: “Brider un shvester fun arbet un noyt, Ale vos zaynen tsezeyt un tseshpreyt!” – Richard Whittaker
      Wed., May 28
      Terrazas Branch Library
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