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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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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

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Film

Special Screenings

Nacho Libre Make and Watch (2006)

HESS HIVE RISE! Awkward absurdist auteur Jared Hess might be rolling in the dough with Minecraft’s continued box office dominance, but nothing beats his Napoleon Dynamite follow-up: the tale of orphan friar-turned-luchador, Nacho frickin’ Libre. Forget Steve and his chicken jockeys, Nacho is Jack Black’s ultimate role – and his personal favorite, so there. This library viewing also lets you become one with the corn-crunching champion by joining the wrestling world and making your very own luchador mask. Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with stretchy pants, the Lord’s chips, and a muy excelente movie experience. – Cat McCarrey

Mon., May 5

St. John Branch Library

Film

Special Screenings

Barry Lyndon (1975)

In December 2021, X (né Twitter) user dotflan posted a 26-second video that would forever change how internet denizens interpreted period piece Barry Lyndon. By combining the thumping lyricism of 21 Savage’s “a lot” with Ryan O’Neal as perfect imbecile Lyndon failing up social classes before failing right back down to abject poverty, the once-thought-tedious historical epic finally reads to everyone as hilarious as it truly is. Pull on up to any Austin-area Drafthouse and join the growing Kubrick-funny reclamation movement. – James Scott

May 3-7

Alamo Drafthouse Mueller, Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, Alamo Drafthouse Village, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline
Music

Bartees Strange, Tré Burt, Elijah Delgado

Since his 2020 debut LP Live Forever, Bartees Strange has defied genre and expectations, and his new third platter Horror follows form in refusing to be boxed in. The Oklahoma native moves convincingly through a palette ranging from indie rock and funk to R&B and grandiose banger anthems, stylistically torquing a tension as he mines a bedrock of insecurities and traumas. Yet with production from Jack Antonoff, Strange allays the risks of his versatility with an undeniable ability to craft instantly earworming hooks and melodies. Tré Burt’s smooth grooves set the stage to open. – Doug Freeman

Mon., May 5, 8:30pm
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Parish
Film

Special Screenings

Love & Pop (1998)

Though this film is Neon Genesis Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno’s first-ever live-action motion picture, his North American fans never got a taste of his early DV styles. (DV here meaning digital video, since those consumer-grade cameras filmed most of the movie.) Rejoice then, lovers of Anno’s coming-of-age tales and late Nineties Nippon, as distributor GKids released a 2K restoration back in late February, stopping first in NYC. Based on Ryū Murakami’s novel Topaz II, the 1998 feature heads south for an appearance at AFS’s new-cult-classic series Lates. – James Scott

May 2-3 & 5

AFS Cinema
Film

Special Screenings

Noroi: The Curse (2005)

The found footage genre gained traction in the states with The Blair Witch Project, a scratchy camcorder-fuzzed terror about a film major getting more than she bargained for. Following in those footsteps – and in fact stepping quite beyond Blair Witch’s trail – is Japanese director Kōji Shiraishi’s fifth film. This pseudo-VHS rip spells major bad vibes from the very first scene, where you learn the director of the fictional doc you’re about to watch died in a house fire alongside his wife. What plays out over the short but never sweet 115-minute runtime are slow-burn scares of the metaphysical variety. Drafthouse drops screenings this Monday and Wednesday, but no sweat if you miss ’em. This is one scary movie that plays very well on a home screen with all the lights off. – James Scott

May 5 & 7

Alamo Drafthouse Slaughter Lane, Alamo Drafthouse Lakeline
Film

Special Screenings

Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)

Kicking off new HFC series “Freaks Only” where all cinematic picks are “by, for, and about freaks” is the sequel to body-horror must-see Tetsuo: The Iron Man. As experimental as its predecessor, Body Hammer digs into familial ties as a father undertakes a techno transformation after his son gets kidnapped. Carrying over from his first Tetsuo flick is actor Tomorowo Taguchi, who also appears in director Shinya Tsukamoto’s 1995 boxing throuple thriller Tokyo Fist. – James Scott

Mon., May 5

Hyperreal Film Club
Arts

Theatre

The Accidental Producer

Many may know the name Marc Seriff from that ol’ online business of his (AOL, for those not in the know), but here he’ll be talking about his theatre journey that started years ago at an Austin Musical Theatre production of West Side Story. Austin Playhouse’s producing artistic director Lara Toner Haddock moderates a discussion with Seriff where he’ll regale all about his and his wife’s many projects while artists re-create the events on stage. – James Scott

May 5 & 7

Austin Playhouse