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Laundry & Bourbon with Lonestar
Laundry and Bourbon with Lonestar, two companion one act plays set in backyards of a small Texas town. Three ladies come together to talk about their life's ups and downs. Lonestar follows the life of three small town boys and the events that have shaped them. Both shows give us highs & lows with humor spread around, for good measure.Apr. 19-May 5Navasota Theatre Alliance -
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Hip Haven's Moving Sale plus Estate Sale
Austin decor maker Hip Haven will be downsizing and moving to a new location. They'll have loads of great Hip Haven merchandise discounted from 15-50% off, plus 2000 square feet of vintage and antique items from multiple estates. Cash, card, or Venmo accepted. (Doors open promptly at 11--no earlybirds!)Sat. Apr. 27, 11am-5pmHip Haven Inc.
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Albert Huffstickler Birthday Celebration
Poetry readings and birthday cake celebrate the late, great poet laureate of Hyde Park – with MC W. Joe Hoppe, David Jewell, Sylvia Manning, David Thornberry, and Larry Thoren. Bonus: free copy of Huffstickler's Walking Wounded with every purchase on this day.Sun., Dec. 17, 4pm -
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Guzu Gallery: They’re Coming To Get You
It's a holiday horror art show here at Guzu in the Center of Austin Fandom, featuring new renditions of the iconic heroes and villains of the grisly genre. By whom, precisely? By some of the best illustrators around: Chet Phillips, Billy Perkins, Katherine Kuehne, the incredible brotherly duo of Half-Human, Tessa Morrison, and more.Through Jan. 1 -
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Holy Cross Sucks
It's Rob Nash, y'all, back at last! The man returns to the Vortex with his terrific solo show, based on his own adolescence at a Jesuit high school in Texas. Yes, the multitalented theatre savant and Off-Broadway sensation works those 1980s pop-culture references for all they're worth in this coming-of-age tale, performing an array of unforgettable, eminently quotable characters and situations both poignant and ridiculous and so true to life they'll make you laugh even as you squirm with recognition. The cast includes “the punk,” “the homo,” “the fat kid,” “the virgin,” “the nerd,” and “the slut” – and, that's right, the entire cast is Nash himself, directed by Jeff Calhoun, no less, the man who brought the world Disney's Newsies. Remember how much high school sucked? That's how much this show doesn't, at all.Dec. 14-17. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35. -
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ICOSA: Tiger Strikes Austin
Here's a nation-spanning collaboration between artist-run spaces in Austin and Los Angeles, featuring a panoply of treasures created by L.A.-based artists from Tiger Strikes Asteroid and Monte Vista Projects. Creation and solidarity, beauty in making and strength in numbers: You'll find them here.Through Jan. 6702 Shady #190
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A Cool Yule
Your favorite TexARTS performers from the past year – Lauren DeFilippo, Julie Foster, Jarret Mallon, and more – share the holiday magic with a plethora of holiday standards served up all cabaret-style, directed by Susan Finnigan.Dec. 14-17. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm -
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A Peasants' Holiday Masquerade
NunaMaana Immersive Dance Theater, directed and choreographed by Tara Alperin, presents an interactive and comedic soirée wherein the Shakespearean-era peasantry doll themselves up as royalty, welcoming you with tasteful sweets, a bit of drink, and much mingling and mafficking. Best mind that fellow in the pallid mask, Cassilda, as the twin suns sink behind the lake.Dec. 16-17; Sat.-Sun., 8pm. $25-75.Atmosphere Coworking, 2400 E. Cesar Chavez #208 -
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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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Abuelita's Christmas Carol
Alex Garza returns to Austin with this one-man holiday play inspired by his maternal grandmother, featuring a wacky cast of characters – the pig ghost named Agapito, for instance – and "just a little more music than before."Dec. 16-17. Sat., 7pm; Sun., 3pm. $10. -
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Art for the People: Batch Austin
Get a taste of snacks and drinks from local makers today – Bloody Marys! Coffee! Popcorn! Caramels! – as this lively gallery on South First hosts a sample-happy afternoon with offerings from Barbecue Wife, Bloody Revolution, Stellar Gourmet, Little City Coffee, Cornucopia, and Coover Caramels.Sun., Dec. 17, noon-4pm -
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Ballet Austin: The Nutcracker
It's the 55th year for this Austin holiday tradition, with all the colorful characters, pomp, and pageantry among the confection-filled Court of the Sugar Plum Fairy, where sweets of all kinds come to life, featuring Stephen Mills' choreography for hundreds of dancers, lavish sets and costumes, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra whipping that beloved Tchaikovsky score into glorious shape.Dec. 19-23: Tue.-Thu., 7:30pm; Fri.-Sat., 2 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $19-90. -
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Christmas Belles
This thoroughly Southern-fried downhome comedy, scripted by Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, and Jamie Wooten, brings us up close and personal with the three Futrelle sisters of Fayro, Texas: Frankie is overdue with twins, Twink’s in jail, and Honey Raye is trying to keep the Tabernacle of the Lamb’s Christmas pageant from spiraling out of control. Directed by Jessica McMichael for City Theatre.Dec. 14-15; Dec. 28-30. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $10-25. -
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Coco Picard & Friends
Join the author of the graphic novel The Chronicles of Fortune, along with literary co-conspirators Devin King, Anthony Madrid, Nadya Pittendrigh, and Julia Hendrickson, for this afternoon's comics-loving and poetry-friendly party.Sun., Dec. 17, 2pm -
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Dance Nature/Nature Dance
Here's a brief afternoon of dance performances embedded in the unique landscape of Sparky Park, a little kinetic wonderment right there in the neighborhood and delightfully out-of-doors. Bonus: It's free and family-friendly.Sun., Dec. 17, 2pm. Free.Sparky Park, 3701 Grooms -
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Gallery Lucid: Winter Art Market
An array of jewelers, painters, photographers, and craft artists present their wares at the sculpture courtyard next to Black Star Coop.Dec. 16-17. Sat.-Sun., noon-5pmMidtown Commons, 7020 Easy Wind -
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La Pastorela
Teatro Vivo invites you to this bilingual holiday play directed by Alexis A. Arredondo, in which shepherds, on their way to where the angel San Miguel has told them that the Child of Light will be born, encounter an array of "zany devils and fun-loving angels." Bonus: live music from Clemencia Zapata and friends.Through Dec. 17. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 4 & 8pm; Sun., 4pm. $15-20 (pay what you can, Thursdays). -
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Link & Pin: Heads In the Cloud
The art of Jeffrey Butterworth takes on "what a seemingly normal existence can yield, not shying away from sex-crazed middle-aged men, housewives avoiding the sex-crazed middle-aged men, and cats with boobs." Um, dude. Somewhere between Raymond Pettibon and The Far Side, you say? We'll definitely check it out.Through Dec. 30 -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: Latina Legends and Nacimientos
This new "Latina Legends" show features the works of more than 200 artists, while "Naciamentos" displays an array of traditional Mexican Nativity scenes.Through Jan. 7 -
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Miss Bennet: Christmas At Pemberley
Austin Playhouse presents Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon's sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, in which the oft-overlooked, bookish middle sister Mary has come into her own as a confident woman full of curiosity and wit. Directed by Lara Toner Haddock.Through Dec. 23. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $16-36. -
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My Seasons with the Astros and Expos and Phillies
In which Hyde Park Theatre's acclaimed actor/director (and unsurpassed monologist) Ken Webster explains his strange obsession with former major league catcher John Bateman, that obsession including the long-running Twitter feed in which Webster tweets as Bateman, providing a heady amalgam that's part fact, part fiction, part baseball, part history, and part popular culture, chronicling the years 1966-1972. Should you see this one-night-only show, O general Chronicle reader? Well – you like what Webster's done onstage previously? Or you like baseball? Either of those, then the answer is yes. Both of those, then – hell, you're probably already in line, grabbing you some peanuts and Cracker Jack.Sun., Dec. 17, 7pm. $10-50. -
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Of Mice and Music: A Jazz Tap Nutcracker
Well, of course it's Tapestry Dance Company presenting this modern and percussive take on the holiday classic, led by that nationally acclaimed Acia Gray, featuring the Mouse King who leads an army of tapping mice in their spectacular battle against The Nutcracker. Bonus: live music, making the ol' Tchaikovsky jump all jazzwise and jaunty.Through Dec. 17. Thu.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $23 and up. -
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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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REVEL: Invoke the Light
As the days grow darker, Invoke String Quartet and pianist Carla McElhaney invite you to shine bright with a musical and poetic celebration in the spirit of the season. We're the Austin Chronicle, and we approve of this message.Sun., Dec. 17, 12:30pm. $10. -
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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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The King and I
The Rodgers and Hammerstein classic, yes, presented in all its romantic splendor. Directed by Bartlett Sher, it's the latest offering of Texas Performing Arts' excellent Broadway in Austin series.Dec. 12-17. Tue.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 7pm. $30-140. -
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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.
