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Gabriele Galimberti - The Ameriguns & Toy Stories: Artist Talk & Reception
Internationally acclaimed Gabriele Galimberti’s first US exhibition of “Ameriguns” & “Toy Stories” comes to Austin! The people in these images are from all walks of life, with no particular political party, race, culture, or gender in favor. Ameriguns and Toy Stories deliver striking images exploring the timely issues of gun culture and the impact of modern inequalities on children.Fri. Apr. 12, 6pm-9pmLydia Street Gallery -
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Romeo y Juliet
A bilingual adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most cherished works, Romeo y Juliet recounts the tale of two star-crossed lovers, daughters from the feuding houses of Capulet and Montague, reimagined in Alta, California in the 1840’s prior to the annexation of California to the United States.Apr. 10-21UT Theatre and Dance
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Co-Lab Projects: Good Mourning Tis of Thee
Alyssa Taylor Wendt and Sean Gaulager have curated up a conceptual group show that addresses grief, loss, death, architecture, and urban development, wrangling more than 65 artists and performers from Texas, New York, Detroit, and Seattle. "The show is especially relevant as the building is slated for subsequent demolition to make room for a planned development on the site."Through Nov. 25721 Congress. -
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Davis Gallery: The Afterlife of Artifacts
We could probably just mention that this exhibition (featuring a quintet of assemblage artists) contains work by Steve Brudniak and watch the smarter crowds gather for some deep gawking … but we wouldn't want to diss the talented likes of Barbara Irwin, John Sager, Larry Seaman, and Steve Wiman – whose complex three-dimensional creations are also well worthy of your time.Through Nov. 25 -
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The Lucas Brothers
You know these funny guys from Maria Bamford's Lady Dynamite, right? Or from anywhere comedic on your favorite small screen – because they've been all over it. Unless you don't, like, do TV or the internets and so you know them mostly from Montreal's Just For Laughs thing? Anyway, you'll love this show.Nov. 24-25. Fri.-Sat., 8 & 10:30pm. $16-23.
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A Tuna Christmas
No, no, Jaston Williams – who created this wacky small-town wonderment with Joe Sears and Ed Howard – that Jaston ain't in this version, now, hon, but he sure 'nough directs it and brings "the third smallest town in Texas, where the Lion’s Club is too liberal and Patsy Cline never dies" back to hilarious holiday life with just three actors playing all 25 of the Tuna citizens.Through Dec. 31. Wed.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2:30 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $25 and up. -
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Art for the People Gallery: Saturday Sale
No, they're not selling Saturdays, FFS. If Saturdays were artisanal and especially local, they probably would, yes; but what this bustling retail market does offer is plenty of local artists' creations and crafts, and they're having one sweet sale this Saturday, and … well, we just wanted you to know. Because maybe you wanna stop there on your way to or from Bouldin Creek Cafe? Yes, that is a good idea, thank you!Sat., Nov. 25, noon-6pm -
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Art on 5th: Bill Mack
He's the renowned creator of metal sculptures in which dynamic figures threaten to escape the bond of their frames, and you can meet this Minneapolis-based artist here tonight.Through Dec. 6 -
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Art.Science.Gallery.: TX*SCI
That excellent gallery in Canopy presents a group exhibit featuring work by Texas artists who are inspired by any of the natural sciences as a majority of their current artistic practice. Which, lucky for the viewer, means that the talents represented include Laurie Frick, Jules Buck Jones, Calder Kamin, Cathy Savage, David Martínez, and more. Quant suff! Recommended!Through Nov. 26 -
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ATM Gallery: What Hell YOU Playing?
Work that presents each artist's vision of the end of a certain period of time, featuring new pieces by Brittany Anele, Berkeley Beauchot, Ben Harral, Ryan Lee Moore, Sarah Nation, and more.Closing reception: Fri., Dec. 8, 7-10pm -
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Big Medium: Skin Thick
Big Medium presents the inaugural Tito's Prize exhibition, featuring winner Zack Ingram.Through Dec. 16 -
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Camiba Art: Speechless
Margaret Smithers-Crump, an artist whose career spans 37 years, renders her chosen base materials – Plexiglas and polycarbonate – so that they take on a natural, organic, and living quality. Coral reefs? You may believe you're among them.Through Dec. 2 -
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Carver Museum: State of Ascension
Mixed-media vessel works by Rejina Thomas, featuring art she created during the past two decades, with themes positioning the womb as a metaphorical looking glass from which viewers experience and understand the world.Through Feb. 28 -
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Clear to Partly Crazy
In which Greater Tuna's multitalented Jaston Williams storms the Downtown stage with his one-man comedy show about subjects all Texans understand: cheerleading, tornadoes, and certifiably insane blood relatives.Nov. 24-26. Fri., 1pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $25-37. -
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Collection Rert: Celebrating Leftovers
Unsold art leftovers priced on the cheap comprise this funky little afternoon show that's local AF. And almost as much fun, we reckon, as a little turkey dubstep.Sat., Nov. 25, 2-7pm2608-B Rogers -
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De Stijl: you i i i everything else
In which Elizabeth McDonald Schwaiger and Seth Orion Schwaiger exploit the original function of the gallery building – a modest bungalow – and create a domestic environment, a painting-filled home, a hypothetical household that reflects our current anxious times. "Human behavioral science, psychological theory, geo-political power structures, scientific and technological experiments, and the history of art and of science are just some of the subjects both artists mine and explore."Through Dec. 161004 W. 31st. -
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Flatbed Press: Moments in Movement
Taiko Chandler’s monotypes and monoprints are energetic explorations investigating the transience and ephemeral nature of day-to-day life.Through Dec. 30 -
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grayDUCk gallery: Doing Work
Who's doing work? Visual artist Raul Gonzalez is doing work. He's been doing work – paintings and drawings created to shift public perception of working-class immigrants and the role of stay-at-home fathers, now filling the walls of this elegant gallery. And this is what our reviewer thought of the show.Through Dec. 3 -
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Harry Ransom Center: Mexico Modern
The rise of modernism in Mexico was activated by artists, museum curators, gallery owners, journalists, and publishers both in Mexico and the United States. This exhibition explores two decades of dynamic cultural exchange between the two countries, featuring important artists such as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, José Clemente Oroxco, and others.Through Jan. 1 -
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It's … subterranean!
It's that underground space Downtown, swarming with improvisers and stand-up comics and sketch artists and sexual misconduct allegations. Monday nights feature Fuck This Week, wherein your moans, groans, gripes, and complaints are turned into comedy gold. They let Rob Gagnon do his Sandbox thing on Tuesdays at 9pm, Wednesdays get some work done in the Garage, Thursday brings that twisted look at dating apps – Fuck. Marry. Kill. – and Friday returns you to the Stoned vs. Drunk vs. Sober shenanigans. Saturday, there's the Megaphone Show, and – ah, see website for details. -
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J.R. Brow
He's no turkey! The locally based and nationally enjoyed Brow does the post-tryptophan honors onstage at the Velv this year, with Nick Saverino and friends a part of the whole laugh-wracked spectacle.Nov. 24-25. Fri., 9pm; Sat., 9 & 11pm. $10. -
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MASS Gallery: Staycation 2
What in the world? How about an exhibition featuring 10 Austin-based artists whose work reflects on humanity's relationship to the natural world? Yes, featuring Ryan Cronk, Dave Culpepper, Bethany Johnson, TJ Lemanski, Rebecca Marino, and more. And, listen, this is also the local debut of Barry Stone's new Daily, in a Nimble Sea book – with accompanying photos on display – and our code is all glitchy with joy just thinking about it.Through Dec. 16 -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: Diego and Frida
Mexic-Arte celebrates the 110th anniversary of Frida Kahlo’s birth with "A Smile in the Middle of the Way," an exhibition that takes an intimate look at the relationship between Kahlo and Diego Rivera, as seen through the lens of notable photographers of that time, including images by Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Ansel Adams, Guillermo Kahlo, Leo Matiz, Nickolas Muray, Edward Weston, and Guillermo Zamora.Through Nov. 26. $5 ($4, senior citizens, students). -
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Much Ado About Nothing
This is Austin Shakespeare's production of the Bard's classic rom-com, directed by Ann Ciccolella there in the Long Center, with Beatrice and Benedick being played by Gwendolyn Kelso and Marc Pouhé. Bonus: Songs featuring mezzo-soprano Shelley Auer. And here's our reviewer's take on the whole thing.Through Dec. 3. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $22 and up. -
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Old Bakery Gallery: Light and Shadow
Contemporary oils by Debbi Smith Rourke; recent photographs by Bill Oakey and Jack Marshall.Through Dec. 6. free. -
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Prizer Gallery: Birds' Nests and Refuge
In which habitat photographer Sharon Beals has documented birds’ nests and eggs from all over the world (produced by species both thriving and endangered) and writers Chaitali Sen, Ching-In Chen, Dena Afrasaibi, and Maria Reva offer poetry and prose that investigates contemporary immigrant experience in the U.S. and the depth and complexity of questions of home. -
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SouthPop: Elbow Grease
The new exhibition here features the art of Jon Narum, Nicholas Russell, and Sam Yeates, three artists who've been involved in the Austin music scene since the early Seventies. And the opening reception's got beer, wine, and live music by John Inmon.Through Dec. 2. $5. -
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Stand-Up Comedy Workshop
This is the workshop Hannah Kenah led for Rude Mechs while they were creating their Field Guide. Together, you'll write, you’ll share – and there'll be a mic and a stool. Sign up now for this one-day class that's low-pressure, high-fun, and makes the last Sunday in September worth waking up for.Workshop date: Sun., Sept. 30, 3pm. $20. -
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Stephen Clark Gallery: Notes on the Universe
This is a showcase of recent work by the internationally acclaimed photographer Keith Carter, whose images have been shown in more than 100 solo exhibitions in 13 countries.Through Jan. 13 -
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The Contemporary Austin: John Bock + Wangechi Mutu
Bock's Dead + Juicy exhibition centers around a newly commissioned film that was shot in and around Austin, blending classic Westerns and dark comedy with spooky thriller and horror aesthetics. Mutu offers a new, site-specific edition of Throw, 2017, a painting created by the artist throwing black paper pulp against the wall, resulting in an abstract composition that dries, hardens, and then degrades over time.Through Jan. 14 -
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The Member of the Wedding
Carson McCullers’ adaptation of her own novella is presented by Different Stages, featuring Taylor Flanagan, Chelsea Manasseri, and Jago Mystiek among a fine cast under the direction of Karen Jambon.Through Dec. 9. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-30. -
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The Seafarer
It's the Austin premiere for this Conor McPherson play about luck, the past, and the power of friendship. Darkly funny? Riddled with perilous personal history and booze? We did say McPherson, did we not? Directed by Karen Sneed for City Theatre. And this is what our reviewer thought of the show.Through Nov. 26. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $15-25 ($10, Thursdays). -
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The World Goes 'Round
Here's a tribute to Broadway legends Kander & Ebb, featuring songs from Chicago, Cabaret, The Rink, Kiss of the Spider Woman, and many more. Austin Theatre Project's David Blackburn has reimagined the show and set it in the Paradise Cafe, a "typical coffee shop with a live five-piece band."Through Dec. 2. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 5:30pm. $15-30. -
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Top Comedy Spot on Airport
Yes, there's Sugar Water Purple on Wednesday nights. And this Thursday features Friends For Now, a daring supergroup of improv, and then the sketch shenanigans of Pendulum. Friday brings Movie Riot and the laugh-inducing ladies of Loverboy and that Live at ColdTowne stand-up showcase hosted by Carina Magyar. Then there's Saturday, with the Dave Buckman-directed Roast of St. Nick and the love-stinks larking of Missed Connections ATX, followed by a gathering of that mysterio-hilarious Midnight Society. And Sunday's got a Stool Pigeon spieling up the laughs for you, and – see website for more. -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Low Places
Color, you say? You want a wealth of color brightening your people-forward compositions? Patrick Puckett's large, boldly painted canvases explore the human figure, inspired by the artist's life in the American South.Through Nov. 25 -
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Wild Horses
Allison Gregory's new play, a world premiere presented by your adventurous friends at The Vortex, takes on the pathos and hubris of teenage years, the struggle for identity, independence, authenticity, and the desire to find a place in this complicated world. Starring Jennifer Coy Jennings; directed by Rudy Ramirez. And here's what our arts editor Robert Faires thought of the show.Through Dec. 9. Thu.-Sun., 8:30pm. $15-35. -
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Women & Their Work: Good Days & Bad Days on the Internet
In which Rachel Stuckey, inspired by the creepy content generated on dark corners of the web, dissects the emotional pull of technology – with performative video, projection mapping, signal manipulation, and custom software. And this is our reviewer's reaction to the show.Through Jan. 11 -
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Yard Dog: Lost Souls
A vivid section of new work by the Mekons' Jon Langford adorns the Yard Dog walls, flooding the intimate SoCo space with phantasmagorical paintings and monoprints.Through Nov. 28
