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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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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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LOGOS Poetry Collective: Naomi Shihab Nye and Carrie Fountain
Here's an evening of poetry and communal conversation featuring U.S. Young People’s Poet Laureate Nye and Texas Poet Laureate Fountain, enhanced with live music by guitarist Darrel Mayers of Motes Float Aloft.Thu., Sept. 12, 7:30pm -
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Ney Museum: Mujeriego
The multimedia artist Michael Anthony García creates in-camera photo-collage portraits of local women of color to relay their stories. Seems like the man's at every arts event in this town, doesn't it, brightening a room with his beard-surrounded smile? Now here's a show of his vivid, narrative-rich images, right there in Hyde Park's venerable gem of a venue.Thu., Sept. 12, 6:30-8:30pm -
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Phoebe Robinson
She's the co-creator and co-star of 2 Dope Queens; she's the author of the bestselling You Can’t Touch My Hair & Other Things I Still Have To Explain; she's Phoebe Robinson, hell yes, and she's here in Austin to rock the Cap City stage.Sept. 12-14. Thu., 8pm; Fri.-Sat., 7:30 & 10pm. $30-40. -
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Susanna Dickinson Museum: Notes from the Border
The photographer Ilana Panich-Linsman gives us a small glimpse into the lives of those detained and displaced, via images captured on the U.S.-Mexican Border.Through Sept. 22411 E. Fifth -
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W&TW: Red Dot Art Spree
This highly anticipated annual event staged at Women & Their Work features more than 150 works by some of the best contemporary artists in Texas (and beyond) and includes a silent auction amid a swanky surround of catered food and drinks.Thu., Sept. 12, 7-10pm. $125-200.
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Art for the People: Adventure, Fantasy, and Fun
Here's an exhibition – adventurous, fantastic, and let's not forget fun – by 57 Texas-based artists, featuring a diversity of styles and mediums.Through Oct. 5 -
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Art. Sex. Magic.
Here's a satirical, surreal, and sincere exploration of the inspirations and pitfalls of the creative process that unfolds as the archetypal hero’s journey, presented by artist and performer Jade Fusco. Not one of those shows mired in the dead past, this narrative takes place in our present, wasteful consumerist society and social-media age – where "nothing is built to last and the majority of art and identity exists on the internet."Thu.-Sat., Sept. 12-14, 8pm. $30. -
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Artifacts of Human Trafficking
Artists around the world have created works in a variety of media, based on the words desperation, isolation, and deceit, for this show curated by Austin's own Amie Stone King.Through Sept. 15Shepherd of the Hills, 3525 Bee Caves Rd -
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Big Medium: Sanctum
This new exhibition, curated by Alyssa Taylor Wendt, brings together a collection of international artists to present work – video, installation, photography, painting, and sculpture – in conversation around the concept of genetic memory. Featuring Beili Liu, Cordula Ditz, Scott Vincent Campbell, Birthe Piontek, Jaime Zuverza, and including an excerpt from Wendt’s latest film, The Memory Inheritance.Through Oct. 5 -
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Blanton Museum of Art: This Is the Day
This new show highlights new developments in Jeffrey Gibson’s genre-bridging practice, with 50 works made between 2014 and 2018 – including intricately beaded wall-hangings and punching bags, paintings, ceramics, garments, helmets, and a new video commissioned for this exhibition.Through Sept. 29 -
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BookWoman Poetry: Gabrielle Langley
The award-winning author reads from Azaleas on Fire, her first book of poetry.Thu., Sept. 12, 7:15pm -
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Butridge Gallery: The IN Between
Through intimate portraits and abstract landscapes, Vy Ngo depicts the experience of physically and emotionally living in two different cultures, her show here a reflection of the space in which many children of immigrants live within their identities, their communities, and in the context of the American Dream.Through Oct. 5. free. -
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Co-Lab Projects: That's Not Going Anywhere
David Culpepper, founding member of Ink Tank Collective, presents a new show of works – models, maquettes, other mordant manifestations – in this busy Springdale General outpost of Co-Lab Projects.Through Sept. 28 -
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Cowboys in Space and Fantastic Worlds
Yippee ki yay, space cadet, it's time to head 'em off at the Pass Nebula as the State History Museum presents an exhibition that spans more than 150 years of Western and science fiction history and features 100-plus artifacts (including props from Star Trek, Star Wars, Firefly, and other skiffy media fare). And our arch-geek himself, the estimable Richard Whittaker, also a part-time Sith Lord, reviews the show for you here.Through Dec. 1 -
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Cyrano de Bergerac
In the midst of 17th-century Paris, Cyrano de Bergerac stands alone in his ugliness, intelligence, and aesthetic lifestyle … until he falls in love. The classic play by Edmund Rostand comes to life in a new, fast-paced translation, directed by Jennifer Rose Davis for the Archive Theater. And here's our review of the show.Through Sept. 29. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $15-$35. -
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Dance Nation
Here's the regional premiere of Clare Barron's Pulitzer Prize finalist, in which an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. "If their new routing is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at the Boogie Down Grand Prix in Tampa Bay … but, in Clare Barron’s raucous pageant of ambition and ferocity, these young dancers have more than choreography on their minds, because every plié and jeté is a step toward finding themselves, and a fight to unleash their power." Directed by Jenny Lavery for Theatre En Bloc. And you can see our review right here.Through Sept. 15. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. $15-35. -
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Dimension Gallery: I, Too, Am
This new exhibition by ceramicist Tammie Rubin cites Langston Hughes’ 1926 poem, "I, Too," a work that itself references Walt Whitman’s "I Sing the Body Electric." Here Rubin turns the gallery into an immersive installation of rock formations, mesas, mountains, and hills, as carved from construction foam and enveloped in resin, juxtaposing the majestic grandeur of the varied American landscape with how those same inspired ideas of vastness and expansion often fall short for its citizens. Recommended.Through Sept. 22 -
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Holmes and Watson
"It’s been three years since Sherlock Holmes went over Reichenbach Falls and was declared dead. When Dr. John Watson receives a cryptic telegram stating that three asylum patients are each claiming to be the late Sherlock Holmes, Watson is compelled to investigate. Could Holmes really be alive after all this time?" Jeffrey Hatcher's fine tribute of a play is directed here by Don Toner for the start of Austin Playhouse's 20th(!) season, and our Robert Faires reviews it right here.Through Sept. 29. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $32-38. -
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Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower
"What kind of parent knits their daughter a wool swimsuit? Or gives her a briefcase for her 11th birthday? Or keeps her in the dark about where she came from?" British actor and comedian Maggie Gallant – a longtime FronteraFest favorite – shares her childhood embarrassments and adulthood discoveries as she unleashes a Pandora's Box of hope, lies, and un très magnifique French Papa, in this hilarious and heartwarming one-woman show, as directed by Ken Webster for HPT.Through Oct. 5. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $22-28. -
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Landmarks Video: Children of Unquiet
The artist Mikhail Karikis' Children of Unquiet from 2014 gets the big screen treatment here, and you can watch: Videos are accessible to all and free to view.Through Sept. 30ART Building, 2301 San Jacinto -
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Les Miserables
Cameron Mackintosh presents the new production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony-winning musical phenomenon, direct from its acclaimed Broadway return. Remember how good it was? How it roused the rabble and galvanized the crowd? How it stirred the heart and the mind to greater glory? Could it be even better now? Listen: "New staging and re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo." We daresay, hell yes!Sept. 10-15. Tue.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 7pm. $30 and up. -
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Link & Pin Gallery: BIG Little Show
Works by 29 artists in a variety of media, each piece no larger than 15 inches in any direction. Featuring Leslie Kell, Jo Lagattuta, Carol Hayman, Shruti Mehta, Jane Pomeroy, Pete Holland, and Joy Timmons.Through Sept. 22 -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Roy McMakin and Rosy Keyser
McMakin brings us recontextualized furniture and untold (actually, very carefully quantified) numbers of coats of paint, with his "Two Bowls, a Cabinet Door, Two Tables, and a Window (with a Blue Wall)," and Keyser's got a new showcase of her vivid "Works on Paper."Through Nov. 9 -
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Malvern's Novel Night
David Odle presents Markus, his first horror novel; Dustin McKissen spooks us with The Poor and the Haunted.Thu., Sept. 12, 7pm -
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Patrick Radden Keefe: Say Nothing
The 1970s. Spy games and dirty schemes and the violence of guerilla war. The author presents his book on the bitter conflict in Northern Ireland and its aftermath.Thu., Sept. 12, 7pm -
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Plano
Paper Chairs co-founder Dustin Wills returns to Austin to direct this new Will Arbery play that seems like, according to The New Yorker, “a David Lynch script performed as screwball comedy.”OK, and listen: "Three sisters are suffering from strange household plagues. The men in their lives keep disappearing or doubling; time keeps leapfrogging; and the slugs just won’t go away. Plano, Texas, seems to be not just a nearby city but also a malevolent existential state."Yeah, we like the sound of that. And those "three sisters" are played by Elizabeth Doss, Heather Hanna, and Hannah Kenah, so we're already lining up to get tickets. And Janelle Buchanan and Harold Fisch are in the show, too, FTW. And that newly returned-to-Austin Rubber Rep duo (that's Josh Meyer and Matt Hislope, yes) are also part of a don't-you-miss-it theatrical event.Recommended? Well, here's an update: We saw the show since we originally wrote this blurb. Our response? First: FUUUUUUUCK. Second: You know how they – whoever they are – say "If you only see one show a year, then see this one," right? Well, that. But, regardless of how many shows you see, don't miss Plano.Bravo and brava, Paper Chairs, what a freaky-ass masterpiece of stagecraft.Through Sept. 28. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $20-30. -
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Rhea Butcher with Ava Smartt
Holy comic queermos! The one and only Rhea Butcher is coming to town, and our own most lovely (and super raunchy) Ava Smartt opens.Thu., Sept. 12, 8-11pm. $20-25. -
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Russell Collection: Peter Max Retrospective
Here's an exhibition from the studio of the legendary Max, featuring a significant nod to Woodstock, celebrated at three separate receptions.Receptions: Sept. 14-15. Sat., 6-8pm; Sun., 1-3pm. Free, but you have to RSVP for the receptions. -
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Scriptworks: Fronterafest 101 Workshop
This workshop, led by ScriptWorks and FronteraFest producer Christina J. Moore, will guide participants through the process of preparing a piece for the upcoming FronteraFest. From resources for finding actors, directors, and rehearsal space to the ins and outs of the technical rehearsal, this class will cover it all. You think something just appears on stage, all ex nihilo? Don't be caught unprepared – give your project the solid foundation it deserves!Tue., Sept. 17, 7:30-9:30pm. $10. -
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SouthPop: Shoot Like a GRRRL
This exhibit showcases the work of Martha Grenon, one of Austin's premier music photographers, her images capturing the excitement of bands performing in Austin since the early Eighties.Through Sept. 28 -
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The Jigglewatts Burlesque: Violet Crown Follies
Enjoy the Jigglewatts' end-of-summer bash, where live music from Austin's own surfalicious Del-Vipers provides the soundtrack to a bodacious beach party fantasy.Thu., Sept. 12, 8pm. $20-160. -
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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 Umlauf: Michael Ray Charles
Yeah, no, this is a monumental showing of work – including a series of paintings commissioned for the exhibition – by one of the best, most provocative artists working on this planet. The former Austinite (he taught at UT for 20 years) Michael Ray Charles "is known for art that investigates the legacy of historic racial stereotypes of African Americans. Since the 1990s, he's created complex, layered paintings that challenge stereotypes, power dynamics, and social and cultural hierarchies." Ah, words can't even – but our Arts Editor Robert Faires offers a fine preview right here.Through Jan. 3 -
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The Waverly Gallery
Babs George stars in this Kenneth Lonergan tale of the final years of a generous, chatty, and feisty woman's battle against Alzheimer's disease. The show, a powerful work that "captures the life force of a woman and the humor and strength of a family in the face of crisis," is directed by Michael Cooper for the Alchemy Theatre. Look: Trey Gutierrez reviews the production right here.Through Oct. 5. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $32-45. -
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Viewpoints Acting Workshop
Three Cups Collaborative offers this opportunity to discover or renew the power of your physicality, voice, and creativity in a 2.5-hour workshop lead by Stephanie Courtney.Thu.-Sat., Sept. 12-14, 12:30-3:30pm. $45. -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Cynosures
Austin-based artist Sarah Ferguson has experimented with the trifecta of light, color, and perception for two decades, creating vibrant and immersive experiences for the viewer. See this show and witness spectral manifestation as never before.Through Sept. 29
