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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 23-25Dripping Springs Ranch Park Event Center
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The Front Festival
Helmed by women and queer creative collective Future Front, this Labor Day weekend festival celebrates the end-of-summer holiday with this Austinite’s favorite activities: appreciating local music, film, and art, and doing a lot of swimming. The main event launches Friday, when the Contemporary Austin-Laguna Gloria hosts over a dozen independent Texan filmmakers for a movie showcase; on Saturday, Cheer Up Charlies welcomes musical acts Pam Reyes, Never, promqueen, p1nkstar, and more. Thursday and Sunday bookend the event with, respectively, night and day parties at the LINE Hotel pool, featuring DJ sets and pop-up art exhibits to boot. – Carys AndersonAug. 29-Sept. 1Various locations -
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American Pie Emo Night w/ Thomas Ian Nicholas Band, the Dude Ranch (Blink-182 tribute)
It’s all Kevin’s fault, really. If he hadn’t convinced the guys to enter into a sex pact in the first movie, then we never would have got the nine films (and counting) of the American Pie franchise. Join Thomas Nicholas, the actor who unleashed all that horny humor, for a special 25th anniversary screening and Q&A celebrating the original in all its dessert-penetrating glory. Plus, Nicholas was clearly at band camp, because the night will also feature a performance from his band, with support from NYC’s finest Blink-182 cover band, Dude Ranch. – Richard WhittakerThu., Aug. 29, 6:30pm -
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EARS: Easley/Arrington/Read/Satterwhite
Two guitar quartets remain oddly rare in jazz. Fortunately, Austin has the debut of EARS, a veritable murderer’s row of local talent. Drummer Aaron Easley has shared the stage and studio with Andre Hayward and Adrian Ruiz; guitarist Carter Arrington plays with Kirk Covington and British keys-wielder Benjamin Croft; guitarist Matt Read studied with Julian Lage and Fred Hamilton to become an in-demand sessioneer; and bassist Billy Satterwhite studied under bass legend Robert Hurst and the late Geri Allen. It’s unknown what direction EARS will take – hard bop, fiery fusion, experimental atmospherics, all of the above – but the show heralds the arrival of a major ATX ensemble. – Michael TolandThu., Aug. 29, 8pm -
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Queer Film Theory 101: Back to School
Pack your pencils, papers, and cute animal-themed folders because this month’s live Queer Film Theory 101 is all about those linoleum-lined school halls. With four queer film “professors” – aka people who like movies and signed up for stage time – explore the queer awakenings baked into classroom-set media. Hosts Mike Graupmann and Lesley Clayton promise no pop quiz, but you will be enrolled in “a one-night crash course curriculum covering some of the best (and queerest) films from yesteryear.” Oh, also, yours truly will be there presenting my own childhood fave: Teacher’s Pet The Movie. Be there or earn a failing grade in having fun! – James ScottThu., Aug. 29 -
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Sapphic Pop Karaoke Night
Sing your sapphic heart out with Local Queer ATX. Plus: a chance to win a $25 bar tab!Thu., Aug. 29 -
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Thee Gay Agenda: Best in Show
Bark, bark; meow, meow; honk, honk: These are the sounds you can expect from the newest Thee Gay Agenda variety show. Running for two nights only – with night No. 1 being a masks-on performance – witness the animal-style antics of your favorite queer performers. Beau Elliot, Mase Kerwick, Kelsey Oliver, Sinful Purchase, Khattie Q, and Irielle Wesley bring their furry & fabulous selves, while Emmet Hunker MCs and Schi the God spins as the night’s DJ. Grab a ticket and see who’ll be crowned Best in Show! – James ScottAug. 29-30 -
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"Native America: In Translation"
One thing I’ve loved about newer theatre or museums is the space given for land acknowledgement – statements about the ancestral roots of the space being used. Space that was not always ours, but taken. The Blanton’s latest exhibit tackles that question, but pushes the boundaries. It’s not just about what Native America was, but what it can be. Curator and lauded artist Wendy Red Star has assembled nine other Native artists to create a rich exploration of what life in America is today. Shown through a variety of mediums, something is guaranteed to resonate with the audience. Whether it’s the photos, paintings, videos, or multimedia works is up to you. – Cat McCarreyAug. 4-Jan.5 -
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“Carros y Cultura: Lowriding Legacies in Texas”
Thanks to Seventies funk band War, the word “lowrider” often calls to mind the unforgettable sax riff of the band’s 1975 No. 1 single. But lowrider can mean a snazzy customized car with hydraulics or a person who works on such a vehicle, and the culture around these cars has strengthened Mexican American communities in the Southwest since the Forties. Learn more about them at this exhibit featuring an interactive touchscreen mural, cars and bikes on display, and stories about the people who make lowriding a community. A member reception takes place May 18. – Kat McNevinsThrough Sept. 2 -
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“Straight Like That” Exhibit
Art is communal, stronger when visions are shared. ICOSA already showcases the connections between Austin artists on the regular, but with “Straight Like That” the web grows to include the Houston-based Throughline Collective. With a selection curated by Mueni Loko Rudd, a Kenyan American curator and preservationist dedicated to expanding the cultural landscape of art, visitors to ICOSA’s latest show can witness a vibrant exhibit of Texas-based artists pushing the boundaries of what is expected from art. The pieces vary in form and theme. But all evoke new insights into what Texas art can be. – Cat McCarreyOpening recption: Sat., Aug. 17; runs through Sept. 17 -
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Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Carole King is one of those once-in-a-generation songwriters, the kind who absolutely deserves not just a jukebox musical, but this type of theatrical biography on stage. A lot of folks know her seminal album Tapestry and her collaboration with longtime platonic soulmate James Taylor. But she had a thriving songwriting career beforehand. Beautiful tracks her stunning girl group anthems (“One Fine Day” or “Loco-Motion,” anyone?) and her fraught relationships with male collaborators. Can they keep this “natural woman” down? Of course not, but watch her rise while grooving to King’s victorious anthems.July 31-Sept. 8 -
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Cap City Comedy Club
That's right: Cap City Comedy Club, the longtime cornerstone of Austin's comedy scene for nearly four decades is at a new venue in the Domain. And here's Valerie Lopez with a closer look at what's in store for the scene via the venue. Click for details! -
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Look, grown-ass adults wearing whiskers and singing about a Jellicle Ball is always going to be a little goofy, but that willingness to play make-believe is why we go to the theatre. Nobody expects strict realism, which is why the 2019 film was such an unmitigated disaster, and why Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sung musical, based on T.S. Eliot’s 1939 poetry collection Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, is far better suited for the stage at Georgetown’s historic Palace Theatre. Grizabella’s ballad “Memories” may be the song that puts people in seats, but don’t sleep on the magical “Mr. Mistoffelees.” – Kimberley JonesThrough Sept. 8 -
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Da' Homies
Thursdays, 10:30pm, Thursdays, 10:30pm, Thu., Dec. 5, 10:30pm, Thu., Dec. 12, 10:30pm and Thu., Dec. 19, 10:30pm. $10 cover (21+). -
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