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14th Annual Hill Country Film Festival
Escape to Fredericksburg, Texas for the 2023 Hill Country Film Festival! This celebration of independent film takes place in downtown Fredericksburg, with film screenings at the Great Hall at Hoffman Haus and the Nimitz Ballroom. HCFF will screen short and feature-length independent films, as well as host filmmaker Q&A, panel discussions, parties and more.June 1-4Fredericksburg -
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Ballroom Marfa Spring 2023 Exhibitions: Opening Celebrations May 26 & 27
Ballroom Marfa invites the public to celebrate the opening of two new exhibitions, Tongues of Fire & unlit: sof landin, in Marfa, Texas! Opening Celebrations take place on Friday, May 26 from 6–9pm and the Curator & Artist-led Walkthrough takes place on Saturday, May 27 from 12–1:30pm. Exhibitions and programs are free and open to all!May 26-27Marfa
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Isabel and the Runaway Train
Witness one family's journey to healing through the lens of a train ride gone awry, in this jazz/folk musical in which a 16-year-old girl runs away from home and finds herself trapped on a magical train full of people who won't stop running.Through April 30. Thu.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 1:30 & 7:30pm. $15-28. -
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Moontower Comedy Festival
If the proverbial 800-pound gorilla were weaponized, this would be its manifestation as living embodiment of the nation's comedy-industrial complex – now smack in the center of your own Downtown. Reigning supreme in the scene with more laughter than the King in Yellow has lack of masks, this annual conflagration brings the biggest and best names from all over, adds a happy helping of equally wise locals, and sets 'em onstage all over town (with the venerable Paramount as the epicenter) for your giggling diversion from humanity's headlong plummet toward the grave. More than 150 comics in more than ten venues for more than ten days – and who the hell's gonna survive the afterparties with less than a Krakatoa in their morning-after skull? We've got a plethora of solid coverage for you right here, but – do check the festival website for details.April 13-24. $99 and up. -
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Opening: Terrestris Temporalis
Kelley Collier Janes gives an artist's talk about the connection between her painted landscapes and the necessary connection to wild lands.Thu., April 21, 6:30-8:30pm -
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Out of Ink: Unusual Embrace
ScriptWorks' 23rd annual ten-minute play showcase features, among its wild diversity of characters, half-coyote/half-human teens, an improv troupe, a boy made of glass, and an invisible boy. This lively show reveals ScriptWorks members' interpretations of three mandatory script ingredients – a moment when a list becomes the only means to communicate; something that cannot be seen by the human eye; an unusual embrace – that provided inspiration during last fall's "Weekend Fling 48-hour Writing Retreat." The short scripts, written by Robin Anderson, Maggie Gallant, Ava Love Hanna, Andra Laine Hunter, Zac Kline, Briandaniel Oglesby, Greg Romero, and Anne Wynter, will be performed by an ensemble of actors under the direction of Lowell Bartholomee, Carl Gonzales, Ellie McBride, Christina J. Moore, and Sharon Sparlin.Through April 30. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $14-16 (pay what you wish, April 21). -
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Tapestry: All The Notes Are Already Here
Tapestry Dance co-founder Acia Gray will join interdisciplinary artist Zell Miller III and New York-based Nicholas Van Young to "walk a rhythmic and poetic and perhaps perilous path of questions, memories, perceptions, dreams, and solutions to the human condition, the American democratic illusion, and the fragile foundation of self-awareness through rhythm."April 21-24. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $35. -
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Edward Albee’s masterwork has been shocking audiences since it premiered on Broadway in 1962. Produced here by City Theatre, with direction by Karen Sneed and featuring Cal Kraines, Chiara McCarty, Meredith O’Brien, and Rick Smith.Through May 1. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 3pm. $15-25.
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Blanton Museum of Art: MemWars
Many artists work in multiple mediums, but for Lubbock-raised Terry Allen, music, performance, writing, and visual artwork are truly all part of the same practice. As a visual artist, he often creates immersive sculptural installations with an aspect of performance, incorporated through projections and video. For this ninth installment in the Blanton’s Contemporary Project series, Allen reveals a three-channel video installation and a related group of drawings.Through July 10 -
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Camiba Gallery: Im/perfect Home
Lorena Morales’ artistic practice is concerned with the idea of home, specifically our memories of home. Here she faces the reality that home is not always perfect.Through May 21 -
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Carver Museum: Peace to the Queen
The photographer, humanitarian, and educator Jamel Shabazz presents a career retrospective spanning four decades of work, featuring candid portraits of women of color – as curated by Ja’nell Ajani. "At a moment when Black and Brown women are more visibly leading the charge around movements for racial and economic justice, this exhibition has materialized and aligned at a critical moment in American history and Shabazz’s career."Through Sept. 17 -
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Christian-Green Gallery: Not Only Will I Stare
UT's Art Galleries at Black Studies presents this new exhibition, curated by Dr. Simone Browne, drawing attention to the interventions made by artists whose works explore the surveillance of Black life.Through May 21. Wed.-Fri., noon-5pm; Sat., 11am-2pm201 E. 21st -
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Cloud Tree Studios: Pink Moon
This is a show of bold and colorful new works by Austin's Lane Orsak. The artist refers to his creations as “graphic expressionism” and often uses graphic pencil, charcoals, acrylic paint, and Japanese oil pens. This collection, though, was painted by using only his hands.Through April 24 -
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Disney’s The Lion King
This is, yes, the highly acclaimed, soul-stirring, kinetically spectacular, elaborately costumed, omg-we're-running-out-of-adjectives stage adaptation of the Academy Award-winning 1994 film from Walt Disney Pictures.Through April 24. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 6:30pm. $35 and up. -
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Fallout Comedy
This hotbed of local performance is carrying on even more than usual, with an eclectic mix of live, mind-rocking comedy from some of Austin's best, all week long. Hey! The place is our cover story, as reported by Valerie Lopez! And, srsly, who would ever disagree with the sentiment of Monday night's Fuck This Week show? Check the website for details. -
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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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Link & Pin Gallery: Woman As Object
Robyn Jamison’s multimedia installation comes from her lifelong inquiry into the nature of being human. "The context of objectification sets the stage for inhumanity,” says the artist, whose work speaks to “a mythology of woman’s transformation from marginalization to personhood."Through April 30 -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: Nature Cult (early freeze, late sleet)
This excellent Downtown gallery features an exhibition of resin and extruded paintings by Donald Moffett.Through April 23 -
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MACC: Entropy
Recent works by Venezuelan artist Mery Godigna Collet, revealing the artist’s ability to transform deep research into profoundly moving works of art.Through June 22 -
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Martha's Contemporary: Hokey Pokey + What You See Is What You Get
Here's a two-person exhibition that features painting, installation, videography, and sculpture by Moll Brau and Wes Thompson. It's a deep dive into a pool of loneliness, triumph, and rebirth. It's a forest of mazes where fireflies provide the light. It's a show of creations from a pair of terrific, hardworking local artists and you don't want to miss it. -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: Chicano/a Art, Movimiento y Más en Austen, Tejas,1960s to 1980s
This exhibition serves as a primer on the rich and understudied Chicano art movement in Austin, presenting a variety of mediums, themes, and artists, bringing together revolutionary artwork with abstract, conceptual, and commercial art, to show the breadth of creativity these artists achieved.Through June 19 -
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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 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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The Contemporary Austin: The Whisperers
Tarek Atoui is a Paris-based artist and composer whose work explores the medium of sound through a highly collaborative process that generates networks of community involvement. The dynamic installations on view in this exhibition are both sound environments and spaces for activation through occasional live performances.Through Aug. 14 -
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The Rocky Horror Show
Here's ZACH Theatre's spin on the Richard O'Brien cult classic, a full, spectacular production complete with party-packs and audience participation, directed by Dave Steakley.Through May 1. Tue.-Fri., 7:30pm; Sat.-Sun., 2:30 & 7:30pm. $25 and up. -
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Umlauf Sculpture Garden
The Umlauf's famed Garden features expertly wrought sculptures, the bronze or stone cynosures from Charles Umlauf and others anchoring sight among the bright foliage and tree-towered paths. The current highlight is an exhibition of works by David Deming.Tue.-Fri., 10am-4pm; Sat.-Sun., 11am-4pm -
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UT Idea Lab: Never Alone
This is the first public exhibition of the work of Kendrick Mitchell and Christopher Williams, who are serving life sentences at the same maximum-security prison in southeast Texas.Through July 1. Tue.-Fri., noon-5pm210 W. 24th -
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Wally Workman Gallery: An Abstract Landscape
In which the painter Gordon Fowler returns to the landscapes of his youth in the hills of Austin, Texas, and brings a storied past to full, living color on canvas after canvas after canvas.Through May 1 -
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Women & Their Work: Delimitations
Through the use of Morse code, semaphore, and the flag form Alexandra Robinson appropriates symbols of American exceptionalism, which are informed by her upbringing and familiarity with military family life, and American ideals. The work in this exhibition is steeped in ideas of identity and signifiers that question place and how one exists in that place.Through June 2 -
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Wyld Gallery
This is Ray Donley's gallery of art by Native Americans, located in that company of artistic glory called Canopy and resplendent with creations from the original people of our struggling country.Call for appointment
