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Blue Lapis Light: Belonging II Universe
Witness the high-flying dancers of Blue Lapis Light in an intimate, outdoor setting under the stars. This beautiful, breathtaking experience is a family-friendly show, and one that you'll never forget.Through Oct. 1. Thu.-Sun., 8:15pm. $25-65.5000 Plaza on the Lake -
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Girls Gotta Eat
In this show, Ashley Hesseltine and Rayna Greenberg of the Girls Gotta Eat podcast will answer burning questions about sex, dating, and relationships in a one-of-a-kind, interactive experience.Thu., Sept. 28, 8pm. $42.50-49. -
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Metamorphosis: The Giraffe Chronicles
Anna Ganina delivers a collection of surreal paintings that balance anthropomorphic absurdity with charm and poise. Take a good look at these wonderments, citizen, and you'll see glimmers of the uncanny shining through the elongated features of giraffe and female forms.Opening reception: Thu., Sept. 28, 6-9pm -
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Pipeline
The Alchemy Theatre presents Dominique Morisseau's urban drama about a teacher who finds herself caught between her devotion to her students and her desire to provide her only son with opportunities that seem out of reach. Directed by Simone Raquel Alexander.Through Sept. 30. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $35-45.Alchemy Theatre, 130 N. Pedernales #318 -
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Classical Music
Sienna Quartet: Swift on Strings
It's a night of music and celebration as the quartet takes a journey through Taylor Swift's most iconic eras.Thu., Sept. 28, 7pm. $35-70. -
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The Jigglewatts: Drag-Strip-Tease
The Jigglewatts are standing in solidarity against Senate Bill 12 with their siblings in art, the Texas drag community, to create an escape for both audience and artists, featuring an all-star cast of gender-illusion ecdysiasts: Jigglewatts Ruby Joule, Cosmic Danger, Ruby Lamb, Selma Bawdy, and Something Blue. Also, Nashville’s homegrown skinsation and founder of the Rhinestone Cabaret, Mona Von Holler; the naked rhinestone of burlesque, Eddie Divas; award-winning duet, Queertini Time; and Miss Austin Pride 2023, Monica Monáe Davenport.Thu., Sept. 28, 7-11pm. $20-150.
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Antigonick
This is Anne Carson's modern retelling of Sophocles’ classic Greek tragedy, offering a fresh perspective on timeless themes. Featuring guest Equity artists Matt Hislope as Kreon and Kia Zhani as the Messenger. Directed by Alex Bassiakou Shaw, and – bonus! – original music by Peter Stopschinski.Through Oct. 1. Thu.-Sat., 7:30pm; Sun., 2pm. $22-28. -
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Ao5 Gallery: When the Sun Dips
Carrie Graber, the hyperrealism oil painter from Palm Springs, brings new originals and limited editions to Ao5, presenting her breathtaking renditions of architectural wonders, swimming pools, sunlight, stylish figures, and more.Through Oct. 6 -
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Art & Parks Tour
This sweet opportunity comes to us from the Downtown Austin Alliance, the Pease Park Conservancy, and Ride Bikes Austin – so we know it's a damned good thing indeed. Take the self-guided Art & Parks Tour to explore the best of what Downtown Austin art and parks have to offer through this selection of curated murals, artworks, and green spaces. You can sign up anytime, so click that URL and get ready to learn the most vibrantly visual parts of your city soon – live and in person. -
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Austin Central Library: Mother/Land
Yuliya Lanina’s exhibition delves into the Austin-based artist’s complex and personal relationship with the war in Ukraine. Through animation, sculpture, and installation, Lanina continues her introspective exploration of the emotional and physical impact of war and trauma. See our cover story on this powerful work right here.Through Nov. 5. Free. -
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Dance
Ballet Austin: Classes
Learn your way to physical grace with a dance class at Ballet Austin. There are so many varieties to choose among – ballet, barre, contemporary dance, hip-hop, tap, cardio dance fitness, Pilates, and more – and all taught by professional instructors. See website for details.$3-7 per class. -
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Cabarex: Origenes
ProyectoTEATRO, in collaboration with the Vortex, ¡Escándalo! and other Latinx artists, invites you to jump back in time with this comedic and risqué time-traveling journey to discover the origins of the Latino world (well, at least their version of how it all began).Through Oct. 8. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-37. -
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Comedy
Cap City Comedy Club
That's right: Cap City Comedy Club, the longtime cornerstone of Austin's comedy scene for nearly four decades is at a new venue in the Domain. And here's Valerie Lopez with a closer look at what's in store for the scene via the venue. Click for details! -
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Davis Gallery: Darden Smith
Darden Smith is a songwriter, poet, photographer, and visual artist who embraces the abstractions of Texas’ wide-open spaces in all their intimate detail. Through his latest work he takes you into his travelog sketchbook and minimalist creations.Through Oct. 28 -
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De Colores: A Collection of Cut Paper Works
The Fine Arts gallery of St. Edward's University presents artist Guadalupe Hernandez's exhibition of papel picado, cut-paper designs of portraits and street scenes inspired by his childhood memories in Mexico.Through Sept. 28 -
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East Austin Comedy Club
Founded by comedians Raza Jafri and Andre Ricks, this club that operates out of Tiger Den on the Eastside is the city's only BIPOC-owned comedy venue. -
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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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Flatbed Press: The Inky Photographers
This is a new exhibition of polymer photogravures curated by Matthew Magruder. (Polymer photogravure is a process that involves etching photo images into a printing plate which, after inking, can transfer images to paper using a traditional etching press.) Featuring works by Howard Hilliard, Elena Lipkowski, Christos Pathiakis, Bonnie Maxey, Peter Nickel, Michelle C. Halsall, Karolina Phillips, Kevin Black, Andrew Kennedy, Susan Cohn, William Tolan, and more.Through Oct. 14 -
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Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Art
From ceramic vessels to greenstone jewelry, 200 works of classical Maya art (250-900BC) depict the relationship between the royal courts of ancient Maya and their supernatural entities.Through Jan. 7. $8-15. -
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Harry Ransom Center: Art In Words
Featuring collaborations between fine presses and artists, examples of typographic and concrete poetry, and experimentations in pop and surrealism, the exhibition puts prints by Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Ed Ruscha in conversation with works by Charles Henri Ford, Kristin Calhoun, David McGee, and others.Through Feb. 4. Free. -
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Harry Ransom Center: The Long Lives of Very Old Books
Explore the stories behind books published by Europeans between the mid-15th and late 17th centuries, tracing them from printing houses into the hands of generations of collectors and bookbinders and, ultimately, modern research libraries like the Ransom Center.Through Dec. 30. Free. -
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Ivester Contemporary: I Am a Clay Hill
This is a solo exhibition of new work by Kalee Appleton, featuring photographs captured during an artist residency in the Val d'Orcia region of Tuscany during the summer of 2023.Through Oct. 14 -
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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: The White Paintings
Begun in 2018, the White Paintings are artist Veronica Ceci's ironic response to the male-dominated history of abstract art. Textural elements – towels, sheets, and mops – have been sourced directly from the artist’s labor as a professional cleaner. Mixing new materials with old, the artist juxtaposes the dream potential of cleanliness with its unavoidable and imminent failure as the dirt of time accumulates.Through Sept. 30 -
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Lora Reynolds Gallery: FREE FOOD (for thought)
You recall that the Reynolds Gallery recently moved from Downtown to West Sixth, right? Yes – and now here's their fourth presentation of drawings and wall paintings (of single words or short phrases!) by Kay Rosen.Through Nov. 11 -
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Lydia Street Gallery: Harmonizing the Rapture of Color
Although Madelon Umlauf's paintings are inspired by nature, she often chooses color palettes that are atypical of what's seen in nature, reflecting a belief that abstract art is the key to a full comprehension of reality.Closing reception: Sun., Oct. 29, 4-6pm -
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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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McLennon Pen Co. Gallery: Lightning Is an Angry Rainbow
Patrick Quinn is the gallery’s first artist-in-residence; his residency culminates in this exhibition of airbrush paintings made exclusively during the duration of his stay.Through Oct. 14 -
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Mexic-Arte Museum: 40 years of Dia de los Muertos
This exhibit presents an impressive collection of relevant artworks created by artists with an intimate connection to the Mexic-Arte Museum and the Austin community.Through Jan. 7 -
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Museum of Illusions
Enter the fascinating world of illusions in this new venue that boasts a stunning array of intriguing visual, sensory, and educational experiences among new, unexplored optical wonderments.$20-24.11010 Domain #100 -
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Northern-Southern: The Source
Ceramic sculpture by Evan Horn; paintings by Lauren Moya Ford. Horn sculpts with clay dug from the Texas riverbeds, hand-shaped ceramic forms twisting like vessels imitating liquids. Ford guides watery ink fields into candid invocations of memory, spirit, womanhood, and the body. Together, this brilliant stream flows beauty into your eyes and heart.Through Oct. 15 -
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Old Bakery Gallery: Franklin Mendez
Retrospective of paintings by Franklin Mendez, an Austin-born Marine Corps and Vietnam veteran with a civilian career spanning 35 years in the corporate art world.Through Oct. 21 -
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Preacher Gallery: Ocular Nocturnes
Witness a panoply of explorations into the symbiosis of mysticism and metaphysics, from the minds of Alyssa Taylor Wendt, Bruce Lee Webb, and Jaime Zuverza. These Texas-based artists create paintings, sculpture, and ceramics in collaboration with a spiritual cosmology all their own.Through Oct. 19 -
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Really Small Museum: Seeking Laetiporus – Chicken of the Woods Fry
"Seeking Laetiporus" celebrates the annual emergence of a unique and delicious mushroom which fruits across Central Texas and is known as chicken of the woods. Join the gang from Central Texas Mycological Society for a tasty mushroom fry at this delightful streetside venue tonight.Thu., Sept. 28, 7-8pm. Free.1311 Harvey -
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Comedy
South Austin Comedy Club
South Austin’s first dedicated comedy venue is spearheaded by local comics Martin Henn, Andre Ricks, and Raza Jafri, and brings top-notch acts to South Austin every Wednesday through Saturday. Note: The upcoming comics – including nationally touring acts, local sweethearts, and everyone in between – will be listed on Instagram each night.Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm -
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The Creek and the Cave
This snazzy spot for local and national stand-up acts has shows almost every night of the week. -
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The Hideout
The diverse lineup of hilarious, always surprising improv shows continues, with Pgraph and Maestro and the Big Bash and more, for the most unexpected delights of in-person entertainment.$10 and up. -
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Transient: Capturing Life In Motion
This is a solo exhibition featuring the work of William Vázquez, who immerses himself in the act of photography, vividly portraying candid yet spontaneous and fleeting moments of life.Through Oct. 15 -
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Umlauf Sculpture Garden: Apropos
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. Bonus: "Apropos" is a juried group exhibition of contemporary art exploring an aspect or aspects of Umlauf’s work – featuring new pieces by Darcie Book, Janet Brooks, Nathan Burgess, Bella Cheng, Avery Connett, Matt Donner, Sarah Fagan, Leslie Kell, Ellen LeBlanc, Gary McElhaney, Jennifer Pate, and more.Through Nov. 26 -
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Unchained.Art: Tactile Intimacy
This is an exclusive showcase of oil paintings by M. J. Hale, an English-born painter whose use of impasto textures, thoughtful color choices, and occasional collage elements endow his work with a tactile quality.Through Oct. 15 -
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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 -
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Yard Dog: Birdland
Citizen, do your eyes a favor and head over to Yard Dog in Canopy this weekend to see this fantastic exhibition of carved and painted woodblock portraits of birds by Canadian artist Lisa Brawn.Through Sept. 30