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"Rach star," get it? And "Rach star." Hyuk! But, seriously, folks – your Austin Symphony Orchestra presents a night in which, among other delights, the stellar pianist Orion Weiss heralds this new decade of who-knows-what-happens-next with a thoroughly kickass rendition of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3. (But since we're all doing music-and-star riffs here, in honor of maestro Weiss' nimble fingers, let's also provide some relevant Jethro Tull to hold you until the concert.)

Christina P., renowned for her one-hour special Mother Inferior on Netflix, is a stand-up comedian, writer, TV personality, and host of two podcasts: Your Mom's House and That's Deep, Bro.

Why would you miss a show whose lead babe is described as "fierce, femme, and falling apart"? Back for one night only, so don't sleep on this comedy gold.

The Umlauf's just ending its fantastic exhibition of Michael Ray Charles' work (the only solo U.S. show of his in 18 years) and you can get a final look at the show and catch a sneak preview of Cherise Smith’s new book – a retrospective of the man who rose to prominence in the 1990s for works that engaged American stereotypes of African-Americans. Recommendation: Get a copy of the book tonight and you can have it signed by the author and the artist right there.

Come on over and celebrate the seventh anniversary of this robust, city-impacting organization, and enjoy the Winter SprATX Ignite Program Showcase, live music, adult beverages, live painting, and more.

This luminous drama, based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage by My Big Fat Greek Wedding's Nia Vardalos, is about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions which have no answers. One hell of a fine cast – Barbara Chisholm, Crystal Bird Caviel, John Christopher, and Lowell Bartholomee – is directed by Rosalind Faires for Austin Playhouse.

Jerónimo Reyes-Retana's newest work is an interactive 24-track sound installation that's responsive to the process of data transmission among local internet servers. The installation utilizes an array of digital modules of data-collection that react to the activity of local Wi-Fi networks, materializing data traveling in the form of electric charges, radio waves, and light pulses imperceptible to human senses.

This is an extensive group exhibit focused on the personal philosophies of premiere Austin and Central Texas artists. Sacred geometry, the importance of family, life and death, our connection to nature, and spirituality are among the perspectives that the artists (Randall Reid, Sam Yeates, Jan Heaton, Faustinus Deraet, David Leonard, Denise Fulton, and John Sager, among others) have focused on. What a fine follow-up to that excellent "Lone Star Wild" show, and what a glorious way to bid 2019 farewell!

Tom Bandage, inspired by the machinist’s craft and the volumetric simplicity of Bauhaus, attempts to capture the shape of thought through geometric contortions of material, removing traditional construction materials such as concrete, metal, and acrylic from their urban contexts and applying them to abstract conceptions of form and space.

Listen, this comic was voted Austin’s Best Local Comedian of 2018 on Do512. She was a finalist in the Funniest Person in Austin contests in 2016 and 2018, and she's performed at BABESFEST, Out of Bounds, and Moontower Comedy Festival in Austin. What more do you want? You want, like, Andrew Clarkston opening the show? Done and done.

The San Antonio-based author presents his new legal thriller.

Witness the curated collection of photography by Austin grief therapist Jill Arechiga.

The Brazilian artist Lucas Simões "thinks of his new works as drawings, even though they carry no graphite and have some dimensionality. He draws with an industrial laser, cutting angular or curved shapes into blackened steel plates, essentially turning them into elaborate paperclips that pinch, pull, and compress his trademark stacks of tracing paper." It's like … a little metal shibari for sheets of pulp? Ingenious, to be sure, and visually intriguing.

From griffins and giants to demons and dragons, monsters have enthralled people throughout time. In medieval art and literature, these fanciful creatures give form to fears, curiosities, and fantasies of the unfamiliar and the unknown. This new exhibition, organized by the Morgan Library & Museum in New York, presents a lively array of monsters that appear in more than 50 illuminated manuscripts from the European Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Each of the three sections of the exhibition – "Terrors, Aliens, and Wonders" – will explore the ways monsters functioned as the embodiment of power, the representation of marginalized groups in society, or the inspiration for awe.

The complex relationship between contemporary art and anthropology shapes the subject of "The Sorcerer’s Burden: Contemporary Art and the Anthropological Turn," an 11-artist exhibition representing a wide range of media – including painting, sculpture, photography, video, and performance. And here's our own Robert Faires with a full review of the show.