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Kadampa Meditation Center Austin
This evening talk offers a special visit with renowned Buddhist teacher and NKT-IKBU Deputy Spiritual Director Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. Gen-la will share Buddhist advice on developing our love as a way to protect our self from suffering and learn to become truly happy. Our life then becomes immensely meaningful in benefiting others with our mind of unconditional love.Fri. May 3, 7pm-8:30pmVuka North -
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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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Final Call for RENT: Relief of Emergency Needs for Tenants
This program through the city of Austin provides full rent payment for income-eligible renters financially impacted by COVID-19. Get all the details on their FAQ and apply online.Applications due Tue., Dec. 8, noon -
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Garrison Brothers x Austin Bakeries
September is National Bourbon Heritage Month, did you know? Which is why three local bakeries are offering bourbon-infused baked goods using whiskey and ingredients from Garrison Brothers Distillery. Hayley Cakes Bakery presents a downright decadent chocolate brownie cupcake made with bourbon wheat flour. Easy Tiger's limited-edition artisan bread features the red winter wheat, paired with, OMG, a homemade brown butter bourbon spread. And that Teal House Coffee and Bakery created a fine mess o' bourbon caramel sticky buns topped with roasted walnuts. And all these divine treats are available through Sept. 30. -
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High Noon Talk
The Bullock Museum presents Dr. Dwight Watson for a talk on his book Race and the Houston Police Department, 1930-1990: A Change Did Come. Watson traces how the HPD reacted to social, political, and institutional change – and specifically, how it responded to and in turn influenced racial change.Wed., Sept. 30, noonOnline -
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La Peña: Art In Times of Pandemic & Resistance
This timely exhibition is divided into three parts: an online exhibition at La Peña’s website; an on-site exhibition at La Peña gallery; a series of video interviews that will be available for the duration of the exhibit.Through Sept. 30. Free. -
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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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Party for the Parks
Party with Austin Parks Foundation at home! In celebration of APF’s mission to connect people and parks, they are bringing attendees an evening of tasty bites and local sips, raising much-needed funds for our city's parks, trails and green spaces. Tickets include a three-course dinner from Emmer & Rye, drinks from local favorites like Zilker Brewing, and entertainment by multi-instrumentalist Jackie Venson.Wed., Sept. 30, 7:30pm. $125.Virtual -
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Platonic (2020)
aGLIFF presents a virtual evening including dinner, music and the web series Platonic with director Erin Buckley and musician Tina G.Wed., Sept. 30, 7pmOnline via www.agliff.org -
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Platonic & Plates
aGLIFF hosts a virtual screening of director Erin Buckley's new web series Platonic, and Tina Gassen (of hip-hop/soul duo God-des & She) is serving up the evening with an interesting twist by sharing some fancy fromage sandies and Bloody Mary recipes during the show. Post-screening Q&A with Buckley and live performance from Gassen.Wed., Sept. 30, 7pm. Members, free; nonmembers, $10.Online -
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Politicians & Musicians: Get Out the Vote Letter Writing Parties
Join Swing Left ATX and Vote Forward for an entertaining night of music, community action, and getting out the vote! Volunteers will send heartfelt handwritten letters to unregistered and low-propensity voters, which has been shown to significantly boost voter turnout. Each Wednesday features a Texas House candidate and Texas musicians to entertain during the letter-writing.Wednesdays, 6:30pm. Free.Virtual -
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Storytelling Under the Stars
Multicultural Refugee Coalition presents its annual fundraising event, which includes panel conversations between former refugees, nonprofit social enterprise founders, filmmakers, and the former mayor of Clarkston, Ga., “the most diverse square mile in America."Wed., Sept. 30, 7:30-9:30pm. $200 per car. -
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Texas Farmers' Market: Instagram Farm Tours
Take a live Instagram tour of five popular farms featured at the Texas Farmers' Market: Petals, Ink. Florals; Belle Vie Farm; Chickamaw Farm & Ranch; Bernhardt’s Farm; and Animal Farm Center. Note: Each free tour will be about 30 minutes long, including a public Q&A. Check the website for details!Through Oct.28. Free. -
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Texas Tribune Festival
For 10 years The Texas Tribune Festival has invited people from all over the state and country to talk about all things policy, politics, and current events. This year, the entirely virtual conference will feature a month of programming with more than 250 speakers and 100 engaging conversations. With speakers such as Hillary Clinton, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Ted Cruz, and Willie Nelson, you won’t want to miss it!Through Sept. 30. $49-199.
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"Come & Take It" (2018)
Join the #CocksNotGlocks movement on their Days of Action campaign to inspire civic engagement through activism and voting. After kicking off with a screening of the short film, there will be a live panel discussion featuring the founder of the Cocks Not Glocks Campaign. Read more about the film here.Wed., Sept. 30, 6:30pmOnline via www.aaafilmfest.org -
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Absolute Beginning Pilates Group Reformer Workshop
Pilates is one of the best workouts around, and if you're new to it and/or the Pilates Reformer equipment, this workshop is a perfect place to start. Everyone is a beginner in this workshop.Wednesdays, Oct. 7-Nov. 11, 6:15-7pm. $150 for six weeks. -
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ACL Live & W Austin present Zac Wilkerson
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AISD Launches New Support Web Pages
Austin ISD has launched new web pages full of resources, FAQs, and instructions to support Community Learning Spaces and caregivers as students begin learning remotely for the first four weeks of school. Community Learning Spaces are facilitated by community organizations, groups of parents, faith-based organizations, or public entities that provide in-person support to students during times of remote off-campus instruction, and you can find one online if needed.Beginning Sept. 8 -
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AISD Produce Boxes
Austin ISD will continue to provide free, local Farm Fresh Boxes from the Common Market Texas through October 7. Boxes feature a variety of Texas-grown vegetables and are available at no cost to families with children under the age of 19, and are available until they run out. Children may accept the boxes, or they will be provided to the adults accompanying children or with documentation of the children they are picking meals up for.Wednesdays through Oct. 7, 10:30am-12:30pmVarious locations -
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Alamo on Demand
Make any Tuesday terror-iffic, any Wednesday weird, and the rest of the week fantastic with Alamo Drafthouse curated picks via Alamo on Demand. If a film is there, it's because an Alamo programmer loves it. It's kinda like going to your favorite video store when you could do that, mixed with going to your favorite theatre, when you could do that too. Staff picks, cult classics, Found Footage Fest and Master Pancake, Weird Wednesday and Terror Tuesday, Fantastic Fest faves, they're all there for rental or purchase.OngoingOnline via ondemand.drafthouse.com -
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Andiamo Ristorante: Half-Price Sale on Wine
This beloved Italian joint celebrates its 16th year of operation by offering all bottles of wine at 50% off through the end of September. So we're feeling glad for them – ah, sweet sixteen! – and we're feeling glad for us, because, mmmmmm, dook-dook-dook.Through Sept. 30 -
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Art Scared
The San Marcos Art League is seeking elementary to high school students for a temporary public art installation designed for windows of participating establishments on the historic downtown square. Kids will paint a: section of a designated window on Sat., Oct. 24, with a Halloween-themed image.Registration deadline: Oct. 10Apply online -
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Austin Film Festival & Conference
For its 27th annual iteration, AFF is virtual, and is packed with film screenings and events, including five days of panels and intimate roundtables with the world’s biggest names in film and eight days of film premieres, screenings, and Q&As.Oct. 22-29Online via www.austinfilmfestival.com -
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Austin Scavenger Hunt
Explore Downtown in search of storied buildings, green spaces, and famous concert venues, all while solving riddles, trivia questions, and completing photo challenges. Now available: "Roam From Home," with family and date night scavenger hunt activities you can do without leaving the house.Anytime. $12.99-24.99.Online and at home -
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Austin Self-Guided Hemp Tour
Learn more about hemp while social distancing. Visit all seven retail locations for special discounts, education, and free swag.Through Oct. 22. Free.Citywide -
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Bao'd Up: Mulan Movie Night Pack
This Chinese comfort food eatery (with four Austin locations) presents a Mulan Movie Night Pack for the whole family. "Bao is a traditional Chinese cuisine and was definitely enjoyed by Mulan in her time," says Executive Chef Ting Li. The Movie Night Pack is meant to serve four, costs $34.99, and includes two brisket bao, two BBQ chicken bao, two buffalo chicken bao, two egg cream bao, two chicken plates, two Thai teas, Szechuan fries, and salad. Oh, dude, that is a lot of really good food.Through Sept. 30 -
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Bullock Texas State History Museum: This Light of Ours
This show features images by activist photographers of the Civil Rights Movement, telling a visual story of the struggle against segregation, race-based disenfranchisement, and Jim Crow laws in the 1960s. These photos capture the day-to-day struggles of everyday citizens and their resolve in the face of violence and institutionalized discrimination – with more than a dozen additional images representing activism and protest in Austin's own history.Tuesdays-Sundays. Through Dec. 6 -
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Camiba Art: Daydreams
Dallas-based artist Charlotte Smith continues to explore the physical boundaries of paint as an artistic medium, rendering her pigmentations' progress as something wholly fresh and enticing, and the walls of Camiba are vibrant with these new works.Through Oct. 17 -
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Carolyn Wonderland w/ A. Whitney Brown's Little Big Picture
Venmo: @Carolyn-Wonderland; PayPal.me/wonderchickenWednesdays, 8pm
