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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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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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Edgar Cantero: Meddling Kids
Scooby wept. And the rest of us, we're weeping, too; but we're weeping tears of joy at the pleasure of reading any of the riotous, pop-culture-celebrating works of Edgar Cantero. And now the man's in town with the new paperback version of his phantasmagoric Meddling Kids at BookPeople tonight. And you should be there, too, to get you a copy of the book, and maybe also get all up in the author's face with "Dude, English isn't even your first language, how do you wield it so fucking well? What are you, the second coming of Vladimir Nabokov, but from Barcelona, bitten by a radioactive Marx Brother, and with a more distinctly, uh, anime sensibility?" Point being, we recommend the hell out of this event.Mon., June 18, 7pm
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Art on 5th: Alone Together
Cynda Valle creates luminous portraits using an antiquated technique of oil glazing and tempera paints, building up the surface of the canvas with more than 30 translucent layers, working at it as if she were possessed by the ghost of Hannes Bok. And the results are often astonishingly beautiful.Through June 24 -
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Atelier 1205: Thick and Thin
This show features Austin artists Carl Smith and Donna Starnes, and Starnes will be demonstrating her alcohol ink painting technique at the closing reception.Closing reception: Sat., July 7, 1-5pm -
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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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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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Refugee is Not My Name
This traveling art exhibition highlights photographic portraits, film, and stories of refugees from around the world who have resettled in Austin. Part of the Mayor's Book Club initiative? Indeed.Through Aug. 15. Free. -
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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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Terry Chastain: The Sketchbooks
The artist has spent years documenting his visions in 45 handbound sketchbooks during travels to cafes in Mexico, Havana, Paris, Berlin, Naples, and San Francisco; these drawings, collages, and little paintings are now on view within Wiggy's windows.Through Aug. 24 -
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The Blanton: Australian Ancestral Modern
This new exhibition from the Kaplan & Levi Collection features contemporary painting and sculpture by Australian Aboriginal artists, curated by Pamela McClusky, curator of African and Oceanic Art at the Seattle Art Museum.Through Sept. 9 -
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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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Visionary Art Workshop
Greg Pettit teaches this three-part painting class, helping each artist create a still life painting that incorporates their choice of visionary, fantasy, psychedelic, or abstract painting.June 21-July 5. Thursdays, 6-10pm. $250.Gallery Lucid, 7101 Easy Wind #3101 -
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Yard Dog: Western Futurism
Assemblage artist Jimmy Descant, who calls himself a Severe Reconstructivist, uses parts from the golden age of American manufacturing to embody his vision of the West – its people, environment, and social/political conditions.Through July 31
