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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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Hip Haven's Moving Sale plus Estate Sale
Austin decor maker Hip Haven will be downsizing and moving to a new location. They'll have loads of great Hip Haven merchandise discounted from 15-50% off, plus 2000 square feet of vintage and antique items from multiple estates. Cash, card, or Venmo accepted. (Doors open promptly at 11--no earlybirds!)Sat. Apr. 27, 11am-5pmHip Haven Inc.
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Amadeus
Directed by Liz Fisher, starring Diego Arroyo Aceves as Mozart and Kareem Badr(!) as Antonio Salieri, this Tony Award-winning play (as scripted by the brilliant Peter Shaffer) features musical interludes with Mozart's beloved compositions. Listen: For one performance only, the music will be performed live by 40 members of the Central Texas Philharmonic; in the remaining performances, audiences will be treated to a "Mozart remix" by local composer Michael Morét. Because, as we've noticed, the Penfold Theatre Company likes to do things 1) right and 2) big.Through April 9. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 5pm. $5-31. -
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ArtUs Co: Artists of Central Texas
ArtUs Co hosts this Artists of Central Texas member showcase over two weekends, filling the gallery with exhibitions, artists talks, and demos.Through April 2 -
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Beerthoven: Nine Pins and Fairy Tales
Legend has it that Mozart wrote his trio for piano, clarinet, and viola after a rousing game of nine pins. Decades later, Schumann wrote a magical trio for the same instrumentation. Daniel Swayze and his Beerthoven crew sensed a theme, so they're taking a few pages out of Rip Van Winkle's book for this concert of music, magic, imbibing, and bowling – featuring Mozart's "Kegelstatt" Trio, Schumann's "Fairy Tales" trio, and Muczynski's "Time Pieces."March 25-27. Fri., 7:30pm; Sat.-Sun., 3pm. $10-30. -
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Coltman Chamber Music Competition
And here's the live semifinal and final rounds of the ninth annual Coltman Competition, where ensembles – brass quintets, string quartets, piano trios, percussion groups, and other ensembles mixed with winds, strings, harp, and piano – compete for cash prizes, performance opportunities, and bragging rightsMarch 26-27. Sat., 9:30am-5:30pm; Sun., 8am-3pm. Free. -
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Roald Dahl’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Broadway in Austin presents the spectacular touring show based on Roald Dahl's candy-coated masterpiece of delicious childhood subversion.March 22-27. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 7pm. $35 and up. -
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The Catastrophist
This new Lauren Gunderson play is intelligent, warm, and witty af in its behind-the-headlines relevance. Listen: Virologist Nathan Wolfe, named one of TIME's 100 Most Influential People in the World for his work tracking viral pandemics, has hunted viruses from the jungles of Cameroon to the basement of the CDC. Hear his story as he tracks the threats that come from without and within. Directed by Don Toner and starring Ben Wolfe for Austin Playhouse.Through April 9. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $27 and up.
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Cloud Tree Gallery: Dreams Carry Water
Recent figurative paintings by Lee Barber bring a flood of rhythmic shapes and harmonious colors at once narratively intriguing and soothing, turning the walls of this Eastside powerhouse of art into a multipartite work of oblique storytelling.Through April 10 -
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grayDUCK Gallery: When You Call My Name Quietly
This show by South Korea-born and Texas-based artist Soomin Jung features a series of landscape drawings rendered in gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper, simultaneously accurate and surreal.Through May 1 -
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Laguna Gloria
This local treasure of a venue, run by those Contemporary Austin folks who also bring us the Jones Center shows Downtown, is all about the outdoors – which is perfect for these trickily navigated times of ours, n'est-ce pas? Recommended: Stop by and breathe in the air, enjoy the lawns and gardens and the many examples of world-class sculpture arrayed across the property, and (as Frankie used to say) r-e-l-a-x.Thu.-Fri., 9am-noon; Sat.-Sun., 9am-3pm -
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Landmarks: Self-Guided Walking Tour
Use your smartphone to access self-guided tours of the outdoor public art sited by UT's award-winning Landmarks program any time you feel like it. BONUS: There's also a free, docent-led tour starting at Marc Quinn's "Spiral of the Galaxy" (1501 Red River) on Sun., Jan. 8, 11am. -
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Nature Studies: Arianna Jones
This is an exhibition of stone and brass works on cotton rag paper by Austin-based artist Arianna Jones, a culmination of mornings in COVID-19 confinement spent meditating along and in the Colorado River.Through April 2. Fri., 5-8pm; Sat.-Sun., noon-5pm. Free. -
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Northern-Southern: Fitting
Artists Rachael Starbuck, Michael Muelhaupt, and Jesse Cline live in a house in one of north Austin's less noticed neighborhoods. Professionally, Starbuck and Muelhaupt are sculptors, materials experts, and educators; Cline practices and teaches design. Their new work for this show engages with life – serving growth, offering comfort, and inviting play.Closing reception: Sat., April 30, 4-6pm -
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The Black Hair Experience
The Black Hair Experience "fuses the aesthetic of an art exhibit with the engagement of photoworthy activations," all inspired by the beauty, stories, and culture of Black hair. “This is a culturally inclusive experience that provokes real-time connections through the universal symbol of hair,” says co-founder Elizabeth Austin-Davis.Sat.-Sun., 10am-8pm. $30 and up.9600 S. IH-35 Ste. I-500 -
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The Blanton Museum: Invisibilia
This is the first retrospective of Colombian artist Oscar Muñoz's work in the United States. The exhibition includes 40 exemplary works from his most evocative series created between the 1970s and today, wherein the artist has "turned photographic processes inside out to underscore the intrinsic fragility and transient nature of the image," revealing "how the act of opening the aperture to light instantaneously transforms the present into the past and life into memory."Through June 5 -
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The Blanton: Fantastically French! Design and Architecture In 16th- to 18-Century Prints
Drawing primarily from the Blanton’s extensive holdings of French prints, this exhibition invites you to look closely at exquisite details, marvel at fantastic forms, and take delight in ornate embellishments that celebrate the creativity of imagination across three centuries.Through Aug. 14 -
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Wally Workman Gallery: Joye + Jaben
The Workman Gallery's storied walls are glorified this March by a two-person show featuring collage artists Lauren Jaben and Becky Joye.Through March 27 -
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West Chelsea Contemporary: Duel Diagnosis
This immersive exhibition features the artistic duo Dave Navarro and PADHiA – with special guest Al Diaz.Through April 17
