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Get Ready Central Texas Emergency Preparedness Fair
Join the City of Austin’s Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management for their Get Ready Central Texas Emergency Preparedness Fair! The event is free, family friendly, and open to the public. A limited number of emergency kits are available. More info is available at the link below.Thurs. Sept. 19, 3pm-7pmACC Rio Grande Campus
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National Fossil Day
Celebrate at the newly opened museum by getting hands-on with real specimens at the touchable fossils table and viewing amazing fossils throughout the museum that covers natural history over the last 600 million years in Texas. You can even bring your own fossils to be identified by a paleontologist (10am-noon and 2-4pm).Wed., Oct. 11, 10am-4pm. $6-10; free for museum members. -
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DAC Nights: Total Eclipse of the Art
In preparation for Friday's solar eclipse, come to the Dougherty Arts Center tonight and build your own eclipse viewing kit. Learn about eclipse glasses and pinhole viewers to construct your own safe means of viewing the rare celestial event.Wed., Oct. 11, 7pm. Free. -
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DAC: Triple Show Artists' Reception
Head over to the Julia C. Butridge Gallery for the artist reception for "Access" by Neal Flynn, "The Parallax Project" by Zoe Pettit, and "Boxed In" by Jacob Guzman.Wed., Oct. 11, 7-9pm -
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Ellen Bartel: Tales of a Gen X Nobody
Author, longtime dance champion, and acclaimed choreographer Ellen Bartel presents her new book and speaks to her role as a young dancer and performance artist finding her way in Austin after moving from New York. Bonus: She'll have photos, programs, and posters of past events to share, too.Wed., Oct. 11, 7pm. Free. -
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Janelle Monáe, Dreamer Isioma, Nana Kwabena
Is there anything Janelle Monáe can’t do? In the age of hyperspecialization, Monáe is a Renaissance artist to the very core, defying rigid categorization time after time by marching to her own beat. At 37 years old, she’s already an eight-time Grammy nominee, award-winning actor, and recently authored her first book. Fresh off the release of her triumphant fourth studio album, The Age of Pleasure, Monáe continues to carve her own path by doing what she does best – and that’s whatever she wants. Genre-bending Chicago artist Dreamer Isioma and Grammy-nominated producer Nana Kwabena also perform.Wed., Oct. 11, 7pm -
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Party for the Parks: Taco Mafia
The Taco Mafia is the featured food partner for Austin Parks Foundation's annual fundraiser, Party for the Parks, and they'll be dishing up the best of their tasty noms for dinner, amid an evening of live music (Portugal. The Man), delicious drinks, and general festival fun.Wed., Oct. 11, 6-10:30pm. $500. -
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2023 Legacy Business Month
Preservation Austin's inaugural Legacy Business Month is designed to encourage Austinites to celebrate and support the institutions that define so much of Austin’s culture. Pick up a passport to guide your way through 13 local businesses that have been in operation for 20 years or more, such as Peter Pan Mini-Golf, the Paramount Theatre, and Cisco’s, and show your love to some of Austin's most iconic treasures.Oct. 1-30. Free.Passports available at BookPeople, 603 N. Lamar; Zilker Taproom, 1701 E. Sixth -
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Austin Central Library: Mother/Land
Yuliya Lanina’s exhibition delves into the Austin-based artist’s complex and personal relationship with the war in Ukraine. Through animation, sculpture, and installation, Lanina continues her introspective exploration of the emotional and physical impact of war and trauma. See our cover story on this powerful work right here.Through Nov. 5. Free. -
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Beginnings: Stories in Fused Glass
This is a group show of fused glass by Texas artists, hosted by Helios Fused Glass Studio and curated by Kari Minnick, Malina Cipleu, and Kristine Shafer.Through Nov. 18 -
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Blue Starlite Halloween Classics Pass
Blue Starlite has a new offering for Halloween Month: Buy a pass and get access to all the spooky screenings you can handle, including Shaun of the Dead, The Craft, and of course the original Halloween.Oct. 1-25. $95.Blue Starlite Downtown & Central locations -
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Butridge Gallery: Access
Witness, for your delight, Neal Flynn’s exhibition of mostly new assemblage, collage, and site-specific intervention exploring ideas relating to nostalgia, loss, violence, ownership, and modern Western culture.Through Nov. 25 -
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Butridge Gallery: Boxed In
Jacob Guzman depicts people of color and aspects of daily inner-city working-class struggles, inspired by his personal experiences and resistance to stereotypes and comparisons,Through Nov. 4 -
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Buzz Kill Comedy
Hosted by Carlton Wilcoxson and Angelina Martin, and featuring the best local and national comics every Wednesday.Wednesdays, 9pm. Free. -
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House of Lepore and Kind Clinic team up for this bi-weekly class on "practices for ballroom members to commune and develop their craft across various ballroom categories (i.e., Vogue Performance, Sex Siren, Runway, and Face, etc.)." Kind Clinic will also provide STI/HIV rapid testing services.Every other Wednesday, 7-10pm -
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College of Liberal Arts Book Fair
Browse new faculty publications for sale, get free book giveaways from the libraries of your fave faculty members, hear live music from Butler School of Music students, pick up free swag, get a book signed, and hear readings from COLA faculty authors.Wed., Oct. 11, 1-5pm. Free.WCP Ballroom North, 2201 Speedway room 2.410, UT campus -
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Coraline (2009)
A fantastical animated adventure about a young girl exploring a secret world accessed through a strange door in her new home.Wed., Oct. 11, 1pm, 4pm -
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Davis Gallery: Darden Smith
Darden Smith is a songwriter, poet, photographer, and visual artist who embraces the abstractions of Texas’ wide-open spaces in all their intimate detail. Through his latest work he takes you into his travelog sketchbook and minimalist creations.Through Oct. 28 -
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Elvira's Haunted Hills (2001)
Vault of Horrors: Start with the campy horror-comedy, then dive into the vault with executive occultist Saul Ravencraft at Mama Merlot's.Wed., Oct. 11, 7:25pm -
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Epilepsy Support Group
Listen to the experiences of other people with epilepsy and other seizure disorders. Tuesdays are for family group, and Wednesday is for adults.Second Tuesdays & Wednesdays, 7pm. Free.Online via Zoom
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