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Opening Reception of "Tenfold" Exhibition
McLennon Pen Co. Gallery is proud to announce its move to a new, expanded home at 1114 W 5th St in Clarksville. The inaugural exhibition titled Tenfold will debut the art gallery's first official artist roster including artists based in Austin, New York, Los Angeles, and Kansas City.Thurs. June 5, 6pm-9pmMcLennon Pen Co. Gallery
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The Play That Goes Wrong
"Broadway’s funniest and longest running," they tell us of this play-about-a-play. Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, in which things go from bad to disastrous – with an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). This hilarious spectacle at the Bass has a professional cast touring from Broadway – because, yup, it takes mighty big skills to pretend to fuck things up this badly.Oct. 23-28. Tue.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 7pm. $25 and up. -
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The Lollipop Girls Meets Terrible Things
After enjoying the curated art, drinks, and conversation among Blackfeather's seductive collections of vintage clothing, step outside for short films from two of Austin's brightest artists: Denise Prince's The Lollipop Girls Struggle on the Hard Earth and Peter Mattei's Terrible Things.Thu., Oct. 25, 7pm. Free. -
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Waterbed Comedy Party: Super Business OmniCon
Enhance your life, transform the way you work, and learn how to make your dreams into reality at Austin's premier fake business conference! Hosts Mac Blake and Brett VerVoort leverage the synergy necessary to take your corporate gameplan to the next level by presenting conference speakers Andrew Murphy, Angelina Martin, Ariel Greenspoon, Lance Gilstrap, Mike Wiebe & John Buseman, Tyler Groce, and Sahana Srinivasan.Thu., Oct. 25, 10pm. $8 ($5, students).
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Austin Séance: Halloween Series
A. Lucio and J. Dyer bring the séance experience to skeptics and believers alike, with each sitting held in the intimate Pony Shed located in the Vortex courtyard.Oct. 25-31. Thu.-Mon., 7 & 9pm; Mon.-Tue., 9pm. $16. -
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Big Medium: War Tuba Recital
It reflects well on the whole Tito's Prize thing, we think, that this year's recipient is one of the most interesting and relentless, one of the most community-oriented, artists in our creativity-glutted town. Whether you're an aficionado of the possibilities of visual art or the unexplored potential of musical instruments, Steve Parker's latest confluence of those two realms will delight your senses and inspire much thought.Through Nov. 18 -
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Blanton Museum: Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design
This new exhibition, organized by the Vitra Design Museum and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, presents the work of more than 120 artists and designers, displaying sculpture, prints, fashion, furniture, film, photography, apps, maps, digital comics, and more to show how African design generates innovative design approaches and solutions with worldwide relevance.Through Jan. 6 -
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Camiba Art: Translations
This is an exhibit of recent artworks – moody and texturally three-dimensional abstract paintings – by Winston Lee Mascarenhas.Through Dec. 1 -
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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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Dimension Gallery: Seasons of Fruition
That intimate but powerful gallery on Springdale has selected its fellowship artists for the coming year, and this is the inaugural group show for those chosen, reflecting on the dichotomy between things and projects coming ephemerally into fruition before disappearing or transforming. Reason for rapt anticipation: Jade Walker, Suzanne Wyss, Magdalena Jarkowiec, Laura Latimer, David Wright, Tammie Rubin.Through Nov. 11 -
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Flatbed Press: (Im) Possibilities: A Retrospective of Dysfunction
Over the course of two years at Flatbed, Gareth Maguire has created an array of monotypes and monoprints, each piece a map of the moods, the music, and the surroundings that he's experienced inside and outside the studio.Through Nov. 3 -
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Gallery Shoal Creek: My Heaven and Hell Are the Same
An exhibition of work by Shawn Camp, Shawn Camp, in which the acclaimed geo-abstractionist presents a series of pieces influenced by his recent residency in Stöðvarfjörður, Iceland, subtly conjuring the rugged terrain, glacial ice, and volcanic ferocity of the sub-arctic island nation.Through Nov. 18 -
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Gallery Talk: Moyo Okediji
The acclaimed art historian brings his deep knowledge to the fore in exploring the Blanton's "Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design" exhibition.Thu., Oct. 25, 12:30pm. Free. -
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grayDUCK Gallery: Serene Disturbance
Listen: "Scattered along the shores of a growing lake, small volcanic rocks disintegrate from endless fractures. Left behind in the wake of a glacier’s now constant recession, these scarred tokens from the mountain show an array of colorful shards between their dark crevices." And this new exhibition by Dameon Lester is the exploration of one such rock, transmediated via modest materials and repetitive minimal shapes, abstractly focusing on our cause and effect with nature.Through Oct. 28 -
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Harry Ransom Center: Archaeology and Romance
Ed Ruscha, anyone? We'll bet yes – we're big fans ourselves – and now here's a diverse selection of the celebrated American artist’s books, photographs, drawings, and pprints. With archival production materials, preliminary sketches, and studio notebooks; with more than 150 objects providing visitors an unprecedented look into Ruscha's creative process. And the Chronicle's Melany Jean tells more about this show right here.Through Jan. 6 -
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Jeff Abbott: The Three Beths
There are two famous Abbotts in the Lone Star state these days. This one isn't the treacherous cretin who's currently stinking up the Governor's Mansion; this one is the man whose name is – rightfully, we'd insist – synonymous with Well-Wrought Crime Thriller. And here he is tonight, smart and charming, presenting his latest.Thu., Oct. 25, 7pm -
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Lewis Carnegie: Aletha St. Romain
The locally based illustrator (professionally, for more than 30 years) is finally "cleaning out her flat files" and selling her art. Prints and originals – paper collage, watercolor, acrylic, and mixed media. The visuals will benefit your eyes; the sales will benefit, in part, the Austin Humane Society.Reception: Thu., Oct. 25, 6:30-9:30pm -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Gumbo of Gravel
Here's an exhibition of lithographs and sculpture by Ed Ruscha. "Paradox and absurdity have just always been really delicious to me," says the artist. "I've always been dead serious about being nonsensical."Through Nov. 3 -
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Mark Normand
Normand's been all over your TV set and at Moontower in 2016, he's among Time Out’s “21 New York Comedy Scene Linchpins" – and, whoa, they even spelled linchpin correctly – and now here the man is in the ATX. Ready, as ever. To crack you up, citizen, to crack you up.Oct. 24-27. Wed.-Thu., 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 7:30 & 10pm. $12-23. -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: Viva la Vida
This exhibition presents Mexic-Arte’s 35-year quest to educate the public about the significance of Dia de los Muertos, offering displays of art, ofrendas, and archival materials as a historical survey and a testament to the holiday’s unique character in the region.Through Nov. 25 -
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Old Bakery Gallery: Color Me Happy
Featuring the three-dimensional work of Cindy Debold and the photography of Roger McBee.Through Oct. 31 -
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Once
Based on the 2007 Oscar-winning film, Once is an enchanting, modern love story about the complexities of relationships and the power of music to connect us all. Directed for Zach Theatre by Dave Steakley, with musical direction by Allen Robertson. And here's what our reviewer thought of the show.Through Oct. 28. Wed.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2:30 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $25 and up. -
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SouthPop: It's a Plaid, Plaid, Plaid, Plaid World
The year's final exhibition at SouthPop is a celebration of the life and art of that Austintatious punk cowboy Davy Jones, with part of the show reserved for selling the man's creations.Through Dec. 7 -
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Stephen F. Clark Gallery: Rick Williams
This group show celebrates the gallery's 25 years of showing the best of regional photography (and Lance Letscher's collages), and features a tribute to the career of Rick Williams.Through Dec. 1 -
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Submerge Gallery: Rare Jewelry
Here's a collection of rare jewelry, featuring pieces from the 19th century to modern day, and new work from sculptor Amanda Robin Wood, photographer Tico Mendoza, and painter Kathryn Goodnight.Reception: Thu., Oct. 25, 1-3pm; 5:30-7:30pm -
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Taking it to the Streets: A Visual History of Protest and Demonstration in Austin
The Austin History Center's latest exhibit spotlights local efforts to create social change over the decades, including the Civil Rights and Women's Liberation movements. Residents are invited to upload personal photos of recent marches and rallies for inclusion.Through Oct. 28. Free. -
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Testify: Demons
This month's show in the popular and longrunning series offers true tales of exorcisms, night terrors, making monsters, Halloween gone wrong, and living through hell. We see you shiver in antici …Thu., Oct. 25, 7:30pm. $5-6. -
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The Art of Ice Cream
This? Is one of those ooooh-this'll-look-great-on-Instagram pop-ups that all the like-hungry kids are flocking to, cameras at the ready, surfaces polished for posing. The venue's packed with a colorful array of ice-cream-themed environments, obvs, and so they'll offer you free samples of frozen confections, too. Note: See David Brendan Hall's photo gallery of the place right here.Through Dec. 30. Wed.-Mon., 11am-8pm. $15-25.3208 S. Congress -
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The Contemporary Austin: Other Forms of Life
If someone's going to be presenting other forms of life, how lucky for those forms and for the viewers of those forms, that it's the New York–based artist Huma Bhabha, here offering an unforgettable array of human, alien, god, plant, animal, and machinelike entities, rendered in her unique combination of representation and abstraction, in two dimensions and three, in whatever media works best. Celebrated in professional art circles, welcomed with a mixture of wonder and fear by ordinary citizens with eyes to see, Bhabha's creations provide an infusion of transgenre brilliance and savagery that Austin, in particular, needs right about now.Through Jan. 13 -
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The Fault
Theatre Synesthesia presents a play by Katie Bender, in which three sisters struggle to reconcile the culture of their itinerant family with their disparate ambitions and addictions. Directed by Devin Finn. And here's Robert Faires' review of the show.Through Oct. 27. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $20.Sky Candy, 2400 E. Cesar Chavez #204 -
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The UMLAUF Prize Exhibition: Slippery Clump
Prize juror Sedrick Huckaby has selected French Canadian sculptor Shanie Tomassini as this year's winner, and so the artist receives a full exhibition of her work, featuring oversized sculptures, fountains, and negative-space forms installed throughout the Umlauf’s six-acre site. And what does the Chronicle's Melany Jean have to say about this?Through Nov. 4 -
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The Unexpected Guest
This classic Agatha Christie whodunit starts off with a stranger seeking refuge in a nearby house … only to find a man shot dead and his wife standing over the corpse with a smoking gun. Um, yeah: Awkwarrrrrrrd. The drama that ensues is directed by J. Robert Moore for TexARTS and stars Aaron Black, Mary Cox, Sarah Fleming Walker, Jeff Jeffers, Brandon Lindsey, Tyler Keyes, Carson Petocz, Val Williams, and Ben Wolfe.Through Oct. 28. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $43-60. -
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The Winery Comedy Tour
Here's an event featuring much specialty wine and three stand-up comedy performances – a combination that's "sure to brighten your Thursday night." Who's in the lineup that's chosen from Herron Entertainment's "deep roster of nationally touring comedians," though? Damned if we know. Maybe they've written the names in, like, invisible pixels somewhere?Thu., Oct. 25, 8pm. $15. -
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This Day Forward
Nicky Silver's comedy is directed by Perry Crafton for ACC Theatre.Through Nov. 4. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $8. -
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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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Tryouts
Salvage Vanguard Theater presents the world premiere of this play by Boston-based experimental playwright Adara Meyers. Tryouts, directed by Diana Lynn Small, "casts a satirical gaze on women, femininity, and motherhood, inspired by Leonardo da Vinci’s The Virgin and Child with St. Anne, and Sigmund Freud’s debunked maternal psychosexual essay on the painting."Through Oct. 27. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $10 (pay what you wish, at the door). -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Shadows
Mia Carameros and Holly Wilson's work incorporates the idea of the shadow both literally and figuratively, through Carameros' botanical creations and Wilson's narrative sculptures.Through Oct. 27 -
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Women & Their Work: Many Mini Murder Scenes
Candace Hicks' new show features a series of rooms constructed in miniature and vignettes created from cut paper, each reconstructing a tableau plucked from crime fiction, offering viewers the experience of playing a detective searching for clues. See our review right here.Through Nov. 8