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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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A Doll's House
Henrik Ibsen's classic drama about the unravelling of a family is directed by Norman Blumensaadt for Different Stages, featuring Catherine Williams as Nora and Nate Dunaway as her husband.Through July 13. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm. $15-30. -
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Black Girl Love
This is a stage adaptation of Anondra “Kat” Williams' short stories about black girls in love. Featuring Faith Anderson, g’beda, Allegra Jade Fox, and Oktavea L. Williams, directed by kt shorb and Simone Raquel Alexander for GenEnCo. Join them for opening weekend as part of your Austin Black Pride celebrations!Through June 22. Wed.-Sat, 8pm. $15-35. -
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Henry V
Penfold Theatre stages this Shakespearean wartime classic out in that fabled Round Rock Amphitheatre in the park, featuring a fine cast directed by Liz Fisher.Through June 22. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. Extra show, Sun., June 23, 8pm. Free. -
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Sticker Soiree
Stickers, they tell us, are one of the most popular and accessible forms of street art. Celebrate their existence tonight, with more than 100 artists. Note: All stickers on display in the gallery will be available to purchase.Fri., June 21, 6-9pmPossum Park, 701 E. 53rd
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All Shades Considered: Group Exhibition
Ben Aqua curates a group exhibition of 17 QPOC Texans making art in photography, digital collage, illustration, performance, fashion design, new media, video, and painting to better visualize the artists' lived experience as brown queers in the Lonestar State.: Artists include: Adiean, Anthony Flores, Ben Aqua, Claudia G Aparicio Gamundi, Diego Mireles Durán, Henry N Rodriguez, House of KENZO, Isaiya Venegas, Josue Hart, Manuel Morales, Michael Anthony Garcia, Natalia Rocafuerte, Niko, p1nkstar, Jp Rivfe, Josh Garcia, S Rodriguez, Saakred, and Wayne Dean. Use #AllShadesConsidered on the gram!Through July 7. Free. -
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Atelier 1205: We Shake with Joy, We Shake with Grief
Witness here an array of life-sized and larger works recently created by Meena Matocha, the artist having wielded charcoal, ashes, soil, acrylics, and wax to create paintings that "combine abstraction and figuration, exploring the space between grief and joy, the place where heaven and earth converge."Through Aug. 4 -
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Big Medium: Memory Palace
In her first solo show at Canopy's anchoring gallery, Rehab El Sadek conceptualizes a meditative journey through personal past and the ancient world, drawing inspiration from classic architecture, modern architectural theory, world literature, and historical texts. And the Chronicle's Robert Faires reviews the show right here.Through July 3 -
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Blanton Museum: Ponytrap Concert
Hilary and Quentin Thomas-Oliver and their robot drummers welcome the solstice with heartfelt strings and much servomech percussion at this Friday night celebration that includes a pop-up print show of Picasso and Matisse works, an interactive "Follow-the-Leader"-style tour, and sunset filtered through the windows of Ellsworth Kelly's Austin.Fri., June 21, 6pm -
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Book of Will
Lauren Gunderson's excellent comedy features William Shakespeare's friends and fellow actors in The King's Men company doing whatever it takes to make sure that true versions of the Bard's plays survive – by compiling the First Folio, thwarting all the tailcoat-riding bastardized versions, faithfully recapturing the words that shaped their lives. Directed by Lara Toner Haddock for Austin Playhouse. And, prithee, what did our reviewer think of the show?Through June 30. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $36-42 (student discounts available). -
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Camiba Art: Adreon Henry's World
It's the first Camiba solo show for this master of silkscreening, vinyl weaving, and graphic manipulations. It's a look into the vivid and complex machinations of a creative mind via handmade manifestations that will delight your eyes. Recommended.Through June 29 -
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CANCELLED: Briana Saussy: Making magic
Anyone who preordered a signed copy of Saussy's book should call BookPeople for more info.Fri., June 21, 7pm -
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Carver Museum: Constant Escape
Founding members of the Austin-based Black Mountain Project – Adrian Aguilera, Betelhem Makonnen, and Tammie Rubin – debut a new body of work in sculpture, photography, text, and video. Also on display at the Carver: "Re-Membering Is the Responsibility of the Living," an installation by Taja Lindley.Through July 27 -
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Co-Lab Projects: Ebony Reprinted
What does Dana Robinson use to create her monoprints? Images that circulated in printed advertisements, images from which she's removed traces of exploitative white-dominated capitalist visual language to allow the individuals pictured to regain their agency in the world. Images from vintage Ebony magazine ads, in this show.Through June 29 -
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Davis Gallery: METROmorphosis
This new show features works by Annie Darling and David Elliott, the paintings and sculpture on display here offering each artist's own vision – always colorful, sometimes dazzling – of our quickly expanding and changing city.Through July 13 -
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Dimension Gallery: Niche Construction
This new show of beautiful sculptural works by Laura Latimer is informed and inspired by the way an organism physically modifies an environment or moves to another habitat that better suits its needs. (Kind of like the way Dimension's outdoor Sculpture Park moved across the street, y'might say, and you could experience that before or after viewing this fine exhibition.)Through June 22 -
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Geografía
This intimate, evening-length performance aims to celebrate the diverse perspectives that Latinx dancemakers in Texas bring to the shifting dance landscape.Fri., June 21, 8:30pm. $10-25. -
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Harry Ransom Center: The Rise of Everyday Design
Here's a new and detailed look at the history of the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain and America, showing how it transformed the homes and lives of ordinary people and how it continues to influence modern design.Through July 14 -
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ICOSA Gallery: Negative Space (and other planes of there)
Exploring the in-between of signifiers and narrative, Leon Alesi and Bug Davidson cite ancestral lineage, uncomfortable compromise, and abrasion of edges in this new two-person show of photography, moving images, installation, assemblage, and found objects.Through June 22 -
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Imagine Art: Rebirth & New Blooms
Here's a show that aims to "capture the essence of new growth, new beginnings, renewed spirit and heart," as curated by Lacey Richter.Through June 21 -
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Immortal Longings
That four-time Tony winner Terrence McNally explores the rich history of the Ballets Russes, Sergei Diaghilev’s itinerant Russian ballet company, in this newest play of his. See what happens in the the tempestuous relationship between Diaghilev and dancer Vaslav Nijinsky – as directed by Peter Rothstein for Zach Theatre, featuring choreography by Kelli Foster Warder. And here's that Robert Faires with a review!Through July 14. Wed.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2:30 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2:30pm. $30-93. -
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Iolanthe
Gilbert & Sullivan Austin's big summer production is this fanciful comedy that presents a topsy-turvy love story involving fairies and members of the House of Lords. (Oh, it must be nice – it must be niiiii-iiiiiice, to have Oberon on your side.)Through June 13-23. Thu.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 2 & 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $8-27. -
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Magical Mystical Michael
The locally based magician plies his tricky and comedic trade for your astonishment, accompanied by Devin White on guitar.Fri., June 21, 8pm. Free. -
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Martha Kelly
This local comic's been lighting up your screens all over, especially on that "Baskets" show, and we reckon the smart crowd's gonna be packing the theatre for these shows. Suggestion: Get your tickets early.June 19-22. Wed.-Thu., 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 7:30 & 10pm. $12-23. -
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MASS Gallery: A Little Accident, Like Any Other
Here's a new show that celebrates collaborative practice, mail art, drawing, and sound – by local artist Alex Robinson and Ohio-based Michael Kellner. Individual works from the artists are also included.Through July 7 -
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Mexic-Arte Muesum: Young Latinx Artists 24
This 24th annual exhibition is, as ever, dedicated to the professional development of emerging Latina/o/x artists and curators, with Tatiane Santa Rosa bringing together the works of eleven Latina/o/x artists defining Buen Vivir. -
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Ocotillo Worship: Art Show and Book Launch
This is a one-day exhibition featuring art produced alongside Jane Fleming's new poetry collection, Ocotillo Worship.Reception: Fri., June 21, 7-9pmVault Stone Shop, 4361 S. Congress #103 -
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Outside Mullingar
What's outside Mullingar? Well, for one thing, two introverted thirtysomething misfits named Anthony and Rosemary, in this Tony-nominated play by John Patrick Shanley (the author of Doubt and Moonstruck, no less). This is the Austin premiere of a very funny and heartbreaking love story, directed by Michael Cooper for Reverie Theatre Company and featuring live Irish fiddle music throughout.Through June 30. Fri.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $25-40. -
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Shakespeare at Ramsey Park: Cymbeline
Something for Nothing Theater presents this Shakespearean romance with just five actors playing all 32 characters, distilling theatre to its most basic elements: bodies moving in space, creating a story that comes to life in the spectators’ imaginations. Gonna be, we reckon, a whole lotta Shakesin' going on – directed by Deb Streusand right there in the great outdoors. Bring a blanket or chairs, pack a picnic, invite some friends, and join the fun.Through June 22. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. Free. -
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Strange Beasts VI: The Return Of The King
It's the city's best cinematic tie-in, we're thinking, as 19 amazing artists pay graphic tribute to Godzilla, the king of the kaiju, the master of all monsters – and his fiercest foes and greatest allies. Originals and prints available among many monstrous machinations.Through July 14 -
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The 512 Four Saxophone Quartet
"Playing a variety of swing, pop, jazz, and classical, the four saxophonists bring a new sound to the Austin music scene." Sounds legit, n'est-ce pas?Fri., June 21, 8pm. Free. -
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The Blanton Museum: Zulu Time
This new solo exhibition of two-dimensional and sculptural works by Brooklyn native Kambui Olujimi, now on view in the Blanton's Contemporary Project gallery, will revitalize your awareness of what's coordinated and universal. And, listen, the Blanton now stays open until 8pm on Fridays – through July 26.Through July 13 -
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The Contemporary Austin: Hi, how are you, Gonzo?
Abraham Cruzvillegas’ vibrant artistic practice begins with the concept of autoconstrucción, an idea rooted in transformation, exchange, and play. During the exhibition, a series of site-specific sculptures will be enlivened through music, performances, workshops, cooking, storytelling, artmaking, skateboarding, and more, in activations led by the artist’s collaborators from Mexico City and community partners from Austin. See our feature article for more.Through July 14 -
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The Dame Show
The Dame Show parodies the Game Show Network and highlights feminine issues in today’s society, with quirky hosts leading contestants through a battle of wits, wills, and women-ships.Fri., June 28, 8pm. $10. -
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The Divine Narcissus
This is paper chairs' new adaptation of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz’s, El Narciso Divino, reimagined by Austin playwright Elizabeth Doss, exploring an uncanny allegory that blends Greek myth and the Bible into a new world in which "canonical narratives are deconstructed and reimagined to create an immersive and wholly original theatrical experience." Witness a pageant put on by “Paganism” and “The Church," and a shepherdess (aka Human Nature) searching for her long-lost love.June 20-30. Thu.-Sun., 8:30pm. $15-30. -
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The People's Gallery: Exhibition 2019
Here's the 15th annual exhibition at Austin City Hall, presenting a wide array of painting, sculpture, drawing, and other media by 113 local artists. This year, the exhibition includes a special selection of photographs: The Bold Beauty Project of Texas, featuring images of Texas women with disabilities taken by photographers from across the state. -
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The Russell Collection: Ethereal
This is a curated collection of works from artists Kathy Buist, Katherine Houston, and Jaime Kirkland.Through June 29 -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Monsteras
This is the WWG's sixth solo show with local figurative painter Patrick Puckett, the artist's larger-than-life canvases deploying the color red to lend his singular figures an undeniable presence.Through June 23 -
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Zach Peterson
This Chicago-based road warrior with "a unique mixture of thoughtfulness, absurdity, and darkness" brings all of that good stuff – we provided the serial comma, gratis – to the Velv this weekend, with Ron Lechler opening.June 21-22. Fri., 9pm; Sat., 9 & 11pm. $10.
