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Affordable Art Fair Austin
Affordable Art Fair Austin will launch in May 2024, showcasing original contemporary artworks ranging between $100 to $10,000. Welcoming a whole host of local, national and international exhibitors, their spectacular first edition is set to be unmissable!May 16-19Palmer Events Center -
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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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Tales of a Blerd Ballerina
The Vortex Tapas Series 2021 begins with a new work-in-progress production of Valoneecia Tolbert’s Tales of a Blerd Ballerina. Presented both as live broadcasts each evening and with limited in-person seating opportunities at the VORTEX, this play centers the Blerd (black nerd) experience, embracing diverse communities and generating vital conversations around black identity, pulling concepts and style from the Afro-Diaspora and Jazz Aesthetic within stories of growing up as a Blerd child of the Eighties. Directed by Florinda Bryant.Through April 18 -
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The Cohen New Works Festival
UT Austin presents the biennial Cohen New Works Festival, the largest collegiate festival of its kind, this year featuring 33 all-new works by undergraduate and graduate students. The virtual event will include live and pre-recorded performances, digital installations, and daily panel discussions with professional artists.Through April 16. Donations accepted. -
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The Office! A Murder Mystery Parody
Wait, live theatre? And it's outside? And it's a murder mystery? And it's based in the, uh, let's call it the Dunder-Mifflinverse? Yes! The Paramount presents Bob and Tobly McSmith's immersive theatrical diversion in which characters from "The Office" will journey with you along five walkable locations Downtown as they "use their keen detective skills to find clues, catch red herrings, plant evidence, and lock up the Scranton Strangler."Through April 25. Wed.-Sun., multiple times daily. $39.50. -
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2021 Bowl for Kids
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Texas is bringing glitz and glamour to their annual fundraiser. The goal is to raise funds to put 80 kids into a caring match with an adult mentor, and you can participate from home by donating, forming or joining a fundraising team, and via online activities including a "Golden Age of Hollywood" costume contest.Through April 23 -
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Engage Series: LGBTQIA Quality of Life in Central Texas
Austin Queer Cultural Center founder Queen Austin, community advocate Awais Azhar, Outyouth’s Sarah Kapostasy, and Equality Texas CEO Ricardo Martinez reflect on the state of LGBTQIA life in the greater Austin area and actionable steps to improve quality of life.Wed., April 14, 10amOnline -
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Hold Me Well
Shrewd Productions presents this virtual world premiere of Eva Suter’s sci-fi re-envisioning of Shakespeare's Othello, depicting "a desolate, Central Texas inhabited solely by women after a catastrophic war has eradicated the male population. With the threat of another war and a new romance quickly unfolding before them, five women bound by the tragedy must entrust their lives to one another in order to save themselves and humanity." (Well, damn – count us in on that action, tyvm.) Directed by Rudy Ramirez, starring Ellie McBride, Hayley Armstrong, Elizabeth Mason, Emily Rankin, and Taylor Flanagan. Note: Click here to view the original trailer for the show.Through April 30. $8. -
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Northern-Southern: Baton
This is a group show by relay, begun in July of 2020 as a method of socially distancing a community in the height of the pandemic: Artists took turns alone in the space, each adding to the exhibition. Now, as it nears its close, the exhibition resembles a community in which work converses and overlaps. With Adreon Henry, Vy Ngo, Dawn Okoro, Leon Alesi, Matt Steinke, Sev Coursen, Stella Alesi, and more.Closing reception: Sat., July 24, 3-9pm -
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Pepsi x Valentina's = FREE BBQ
Valentina's Tex Mex BBQ, one of the local eateries that will be purveying their tasty wares within the Austin Football Club's Q2 Stadium, has partnered with PepsiCo to give away their excellent 'cue – in the form of barbecue sandwiches and brisket tacos – and of course Pepsi's own Mango and Wild Cherry and Zero beverages – for one delicious day only. No, for real, this is all totally gratis, from 11am until 3pm (or until it's gone) on Wed., April 14 at Valentina's brick-and-mortar on Menchaca, as part of the global beverage giant's "The Taste of Your Texas" promotion.Wed., April 14, 11am-3pm -
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Texas Cultural Trust: The Business of the Arts and the Art of Business
Gay Gaddis of T3 talks with Texas Monthly Editor Tom Foster about what all Texans should know about the business of the arts and the art of business. Bonus: A behind-the-scenes tour of the business maven’s private art studio, gallery, and artwork will follow the discussion.Wed., April 14, 11am. Free. -
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Virtual 2x2 Afterschool Storytime
Read two stories selected by Texas librarians, then discuss and do a related activity. Recommended for ages 5 and up.Wednesdays, 3:30pm
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A Neighbor in Need A/C Giveaway
Do you know of a homeowner in your area whose heating and air system no longer works? Someone that needs a new system but can’t afford it? Tell Del's Heating & Air Conditioning their story, and Del’s will provide one winner with a new HVAC system.Through April 15; winner chosen April 30www.delsacservice.com -
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AHS Car Raffle
You could win a Mazda Miata convertible through the 17th annual Austin Humane Society car raffle powered by Roger Beasley Mazda. Each ticket provides one night of safe and warm shelter, nutritious food, quality medical care, and lots of love for a cat or dog who is waiting to find a home.Tickets available now; drawing held April 17. $20; three tickets for $50. -
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AISD Eliminating Disparities in Discipline and Punishment Workgroup
Community members and district staff will give an update on group progress and next action steps to eliminate racial disparities in AISD’s discipline and punishment. For more on racial disparities in AISD’s suspension rates, revisit our 2018 article “AISD’s Suspension Situation.”Wed., April 14, 5:30-7:30pmOnline -
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AISD Special Education: Transition Course
VELA, AISD’s Parent Engagement Support Office, and AISD’s Department of Special Education discuss how families of special ed students can start planning for adulthood.April 14-May 5. Wednesdays, noon-1pm. Free (registration required).Online -
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Ana Sisnett Week
allgo, UT’s Queer and Trans People of Color Agency, and UT’s Gender and Sexuality Center celebrate the legacy of the GSC library's namesake, the late writer, artist, and community activist Ana Sisnett, with weeklong virtual programming. Check out here for complete schedule.Mon.-Fri., April 12-16. Free.Online -
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Behind the Scenes: Art of the Hollywood Backdrop
Visit mid-century Hollywood without leaving Austin through an up-close view of these Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studio assets. This first-ever public viewing of 12 historic Golden Age of Film backdrops provides a look into the nearly lost art of hand-painted Hollywood scenic art. Bonus: Re-creations of other backdrops in the collection, as painted by UT scenic art students training with Karen Maness. And, look: Robert Faires reports on the show right here.Extended through April 18. $5-12. -
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BizAid Business Orientation Webinar
A general overview of opening a small business or re-evaluating an existing business during its growth.Wed., April 14, 10-11am. Free (registration required).Online -
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ChingonX Fire: Group Exhibit
Inspired by the Mexican American Cultural Center's annual La Mujer celebration – and by the first feminist of the New World, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz – this online group exhibit is curated by April Garcia and features womxn-identifying and nongender-specific artists whose artwork is tied to activism, feminism, cultural. and gender identity storytelling, environmental protection, and socioeconomic parity.Free. -
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City of Austin "How to Help" Portal
Looking for the right way to help your community during the pandemic? Or do you have a volunteer opportunity that you want to list? Visit the city's "How to Help" portal to make a match. The portal includes ways to help from home, donation drives, and active community engagement opportunities.OngoingOnline -
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Club Latinitas
Enrollment is open and ongoing for this free bilingual afterschool club for all girls age 9-14, which includes fun, educational activities with technology and media.Through May 21, 4-6pm -
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Davis Gallery: Altered Allusions
When an image is stripped of its clarity, we are left with two things: an allusion to something familiar and the viewer's interpretation. These provocative new works by Nate Szarmach explore the space between image and interpretation, uncovering the ways that familiar religious imagery, cultural christianity, and personal history influence our spirituality. Our Robert Faires reviews the show right here.Through April 24 -
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Donate Blood, Get a Free Whataburger
We Are Blood is partnering again with Texas favorite Whataburger to give all blood donors a voucher for a free burger while supplies last. Appointments are mandatory; schedule online or call.Through April 18We Are Blood donor centers & mobile drives -
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Esquina Tango Outdoor Classes
Esquina Tango has a full calendar of socially distanced, donation-based outdoor classes like samba, salsa aerobics, and of course, tango. Check out the full calendar online.Ongoing -
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Flamingo Cantina presents Mau Mau Chaplains
Donate to the Flamingo Cantina GoFundMe: bit.ly/2vsLmemWednesdays, 8:30pm -
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Flatbed Press: Transcending Language
This is a collection of works created by artists at Flatbed whose practice has focused entirely on non-objective abstraction, the exhibition curated out of the studio's deep archive of works from the 30 years they've operated as a collaborative print studio in Austin. "It might seem as if each artist has developed a new language that speaks perfectly to us without translation. As music can transcend words, so visual abstraction transcends audible language as well." Including works by Taiko Chandler (Denver, CO), Ann Conner (Wilmington, NC), John Robert Craft (Clarendon, TX,) Anna Craycroft (New York, NY), Anthony DiMichele (Friday Bay, WA), Winston Lee Mascarenhas (Dallas, TX), Denny McCoy (Wimberley, TX), Samson Mnisi (Johannesburg, South Africa), Greg Murr (Berlin, Germany), John OBuck (New York, NY), John Pavlicek (Houston, TX), Larry Scholder (Dallas, TX), Joe Segal (St. Augustine, FL), Bettie Ward (Santa Fe, NM), and Joan Winter (Dallas, TX).Through May 1. Wed.-Fri., 10am-5pm
