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A Prayer for Peace
A Prayer for Peace is a poem in movement: a site-specific aerial dance work dedicated to joining the global community and those working for peace. Blue Lapis Light's latest large scale public work comes to Austin and features aerialists soaring off buildings, live musicians, and critically acclaimed dancers bringing Sally Jacques' transcendent work to life.Sept. 18-22 & Sept. 26-29, 8:30pm5508 Parkcrest Dr. -
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MalBu Markets Presents Sound Bazaar at The Pershing
Join MalBu Markets for the Sound Bazaar Market! The event features local vendors, live music, an arcade room, a photo booth, and free entry with raffle giveaways. Proceeds support the Autism Society of Texas, offering a fun-filled night of shopping, games, and community for a great cause.Sat. Sept. 28, 6pm-10pmThe Pershing
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Colson Whitehead
This isn't a just world. I mean, we're blessed that the author will be presenting at the Blanton tonight, it's good to have him, like, walking around the city, you know? But if this were a just world, a reading by this veritable giant of literature would fill the Erwin Center in a heartbeat. Srsly – check out the man's Zone One or The Intuitionist even before you get around to Underground Railroad, his latest; we reckon you'll agree. Thanks for bringing him to town, Michener Center!Fri., April 20, 7:30pm -
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Mirando Hacia Arriba [Looking Up]
This new collaboration between Aurelio Planes, Chamacos Dance Company, and ProyectoTeatro uses Cuban contemporary dance to explore a new vision of the human experience, inspired by the apocalypse. Ah, that ol' apocalypse!April 20-22. Fri.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 4pm. $10-20. -
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Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest
Oh, this? Yeah, it's, tbh, it's kind of a big deal. Because there's a panoply of nationally renowned comedians swarming over Downtown this weekend, taking stages and slaying audiences in those diverse styles that have so endeared them to stand-up aficionados everywhere. The Paramount on Congress is the epicenter for this multipartite takeover – see right here for our continuing coverage.April 18-21 -
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Sixth Street Gallery: Soul of America
"Some say the America of today is unexpected, surprising, and unforeseen; while others say they saw it coming long ago." In an effort to facilitate conversation on where America is today and where we're headed, Sixth Street Gallery has partnered with Artists 916 to present a show featuring art in a diverse range of styles and mediums, all exploring the theme.Through May 20 -
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The Book of Mormon
This nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Note: Contains explicit language. Explicit … ? Oh, right, the whole hilarious thing was dreamed up by South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker with Robert Lopez.April 17-22. Tue.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 7pm. $30 and up.
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AgavePrint: Furlong
The photographer Raymond Meeks, often inspired by collaboration with writers of poetry and short fiction and the merging of image and text, presents a collection of works that play with memory and place and the ways in which a landscape can shape an individual.Through May 6 -
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As You Like It
City Theatre presents their staging of Shakespeare's most famous romantic comedy, as directed by Levi Gore.Through May 6. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 3pm. $10-25. -
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Atelier 1205: Japonisme À Trois
David Lamplugh, Jeffrey Primeaux, and Valérie Chaussonnet show their drawings, paintings, and sculpture inspired by Japonism, the historical French art movement itself inspired by the aesthetics of Ukiyo-e. Hell, we'd recommend solo shows from each of these artists; this three-in-one deal is unmissable!Through April 29 -
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Austin Art Garage: Whimsy & Wonder
Whimsy and wonder, indeed: If anyone can evoke those feelings in a show of new paintings, it's gonna be that Lauren Briere with her sci-fi-inflected "Robots & Rowboats" series. -
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Austin Chamber Ensemble: Andrew Cooperstock
Here's a posh recital and reception, featuring the acclaimed pianist performing selections from his recently released CD, Leonard Bernstein: Complete Solo Works for Piano.Fri., April 20, 7:30pm. $25-50.Private location revealed w/ ticket purchase -
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Austin Latino New Play Festival
This eighth annual festival unites playwrights and audience members in conversation surrounding four new works of Latino theatre, with playwrights Augusto Amador, Victor Cazares, Ramon Esquivel, and Dania Ramos teaming up with local talent for staged readings.April 19-21. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 3 & 8pm. Donations accepted. -
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Ballet East: Bajo La Luna
This springtime production features new works by Raices de Arte Español from San Antonio, the UT Mariachi Ensemble, Ballet East's own Folklorico group, Hip-Hop Crew from Killeen, and Lotus Contemporary.April 20-21. Fri.-Sat., 7:30pm. Donations accepted. -
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Big Medium: Behind The Mask
Join textile artist Olaniyi Rasheed Akindiya – that's Akirash, mononymically – for the debut of his newest show, featuring works exploring masquerades and costumes, inspired by Nigeria's Egungun Masquerade festival.Reception: Wed., April 18, 6-9pm. Final performance: Sun., April 22, 4pm -
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Carver Museum: Punk Noir
Behold this new series of large paintings by Dawn Okoro, exploring the black punk spirit. You already knew black is beautiful; with this exhibition, black may be even more beautiful – and punk AF. And here's what our reviewer thinks of the show.Through July 21 -
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Catherine Lee: The Ney Project
A retrospective of Texas artist Catherine Lee's work in diverse media will be anchored by her monumental sculpture Hebrides #6: Clach An Trushal, on loan from the Contemporary Austin.Through May 6 -
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Comanche Motion: The Art of Eric Tippeconnic
This exhibition is enhanced with artifacts providing historical context for the paintings, rich with the unbroken connection the Comanche people have with their roots. Also, Rodeo: The Exhibition. Boy howdy, it's the history of the Texas rodeo – vibrant, interactive, and fully documented in this fine new show.Through Jan. 2. $9-13. -
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Daniel Peña: Bang
This book, a novel that vividly portrays the impact of international drug smuggling on the innocent, is presented by its author tonight.Fri., April 20, 7pm -
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Flatbed Press: Pine
The crux of Jill Wilkinson’s work is drawing: Drawing from trees, drawing from the memory of trees, drawing from the muscle memory, drawing the void, drawing from the drawing. Now witness a fine selection of those original drawings – and the monoprints created from them.Through April 27 -
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Flatbed Press: Vasculum
Spencer Fidler’s practice is to collect plants from his property in Las Cruces, N.M., and draw them daily at four times their scale. Read our review right here, then see what such devoted work means for your floratropic eyes, in this new show at Flatbed.Through May 19 -
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Fusebox Festival
Here's the annual festival of live performance and music and film and all manner of vibrant presentation, from the popular to the arcane and many sizzling points between, as curated by a wide-ranging team of cultural instigators, and featuring artists local and national and from across the globe. Many of the gigs are already booked solid, mind, but there are still a few shows available for the art-hungry public.April 18-22 -
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Gallery Shoal Creek: The Pink Bow Project
Presenting a large-scale multimedia work by Karen Hawkins, displaying more than fifty nine-foot-tall fabric panels, each covered in 1000 pink hair bows, the bows representing the number of substantiated female child sexual-abuse cases reported annually to Child Protection Services agencies.Through May 12 -
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grayDUCK Gallery: Weave
This new exhibition from Elizabeth Chiles begins with a central question of how to visually express various points of intersection of our lives and the breath, light, and time that holds them. The works on display here include collages and natural pigment paintings made from wild flowers and grasses.Through May 20 -
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Grounded
Listen: When a fighter pilot in the United States Air Force gets unexpectedly pregnant, her superiors reassign her, post-maternity leave, from flying F-16s to the "chair force," as a reluctant drone pilot. Street Corner Arts presents George Brant's compelling drama, starring Sarah Danko, directed by Benjamin Summers. Our reviewer, a military brat himself, had this reaction to the show.Through April 21. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $15-20. -
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Harry Ransom Center: Vaudeville!
This exhibition reveals the story of where American entertainment all began, featuring photographs, manuscripts, and other documents and artifacts related to Harry Houdini, Mae West, W.C. Fields, Bert Williams, George M. Cohan, Burns & Allen, Tony Pastor, the Nicholas Brothers, Barbette, and others. Step right up, citizen, as our own Robert Faires tells you more about it right here!Through July 15. Free. -
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Link & Pin Gallery: Discovery
Dwain Kelley’s sculptural assemblages explore a palette of old wood, metal, gold leaf, cloth, glass, rocks, and other materials toward the unearthing of another time.Through April 29 -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Black and White
The sixth show by Tom Molloy in this elegant space is an exhibition of new drawings and found photographs that explore race – the social construct central to much of the injustice and inequality in America. Bonus: Mariah Robertson in the Project Room.Through June 2 -
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MASS Gallery: MASS + 1
This is a group show of MASS members who've each invited a plus-one to show alongside or collaborate. So, who are the lucky additions? Who are the exhibition partners chosen by artists Ida Behjat, Andrea Calo, Ted Carey, Michelle Devereux, Erin Gentry, Jules Jones, Drew Liverman, Rick Mansfield, and Scott Proctor?Through April 29 -
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Performance Park
Bonnie Cullum and her diverse army of creatives present this immersive theatrical scavenger hunt that encompasses the entire Vortex compound with thematic games, riddles, music, dance, and mystery, featuring Tarot Major Arcana characters among your guides and gurus and puckish performers. Read more about it in this preview.Through May 12. Thu.-Sun., 7:15 (with different entry times until 8:15pm). $15-35. -
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Shakespeare In Love
This is a new adaptation of the beloved, Oscar-winning film – and it's one of Austin Playhouse's biggest productions to date, in which a fine cast is directed by Don Toner and Lara Toner Haddock. And – did our reviewer love this show?Through April 22. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $20-44. -
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SouthPop: The History of Austin Aquafest
Here's a graphic tribute to the annual and much-beloved event that highlighted Austin’s cultural uniqueness from 1962-1998. -
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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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Stiff
Part stand-up comedy, part PowerPoint presentation, this "fast-paced story about moving slow" is a first-person account of what it means to reassess goals and ambition when confronted with a life-altering diagnosis. Pay heed, citizen, as Penfold Theatre presents award-winning Dallas actress Sherry Jo Ward chronicling her struggle with Stiff Person Syndrome.April 19-20. Thu.-Fri., 7:30pm. $10-15. -
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The Blanton: Form into Spirit
Here's a show exploring the conceptual origins of Ellsworth Kelly's last great work, the 2,715-square-foot freestanding building called Austin – a monumental structure with colored glass windows, a totemic wood sculpture, and 14 black-and-white stone panels in marble and granite – the opening of which coincides with this Carter E. Foster-curated exhibition.Through April 29 -
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The Contemporary Austin: Against a Civic Death
Rodney McMillian's social critique of American histories, injustices, and structures of power explores the changing symbol of the White House and the concept of civic death.Through Aug. 26 -
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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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UTNT: Milton, MI
The UT New Theatre program presents Paz Pardo's comedy about about threesomes, poetry, and the failure to communicate. Directed by Adam L. Susan.April 20-22. Fri., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $15-26. -
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Violet
"Twelve troubled years after a childhood accident left her severely scarred, Violet embarks on a pilgrimage to visit a televangelist she believes will heal her." This heartwarming musical, based on The Ugliest Pilgrim by Doris Betts, is directed by Nick Mayo and features a fine cast of St. Ed's students with guest actors David Long, Jarret Mallon, Christina Stroup, and Gregory Truvillion. Bonus: musical direction by Peter Stopschinski.Through April 22. Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $23-28. -
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Visual Arts Center: 2018 Thesis Exhibitions
Presenting "Affordable Dream House," for the Studio MFA; "If This Then That," for the Design MFA, and "Catalyst," for the Senior Design grads.Through May 11 -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Will Klemm
This is a solo show with the Austin-based painter who's shown nationally since 1993 and is a veteran of more than 50 one-man exhibitions. This newest phase of work focuses on the horizon and the soft transitions that occur above and below.Through April 28 -
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Yard Dog: Off the Record
St. Louis artist Kerry Smith's new series features his gouache and oilstick paintings of iconic record album art.Through May 27
