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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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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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ACL Music Festival 2018
In 2002, two Austin institutions – the long-running public television music showcase, Austin City Limits, and the city’s beloved, 351-acre Zilker Park – combined forces for the first ACL Festival. Thanks to homegrown mega promoters C3 Presents, they’ve been making sweet music together ever since.Oct. 5-7 & 12-14 -
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Boo at the Zoo
See what the animals get up to at night and take a ride on the haunted train running every 20 minutes. Costumes make it more fun. Tickets are limited.Fridays & Saturdays through October, 6:30-9pm. $17.50. -
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Confessions of a Mexpatriate
In Raul Garza's very funny and thought-provoking play, a Mexican-American urban sophisticate who wants to connect with his roots ventures deep into the Mexican interior and, ah, learns a thing or two about himself and the world. Featuring Mical Trejo, as directed by Ken Webster for Hyde Park Theatre. Note: When this excellent show debuted a few years ago, Robert Faires interviewed the playwright right here and – this just in! – reviews the current show.Through Oct. 20. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $23-27 (pay what you can, Thursdays). -
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Die Felicia Birthday Spooktacular
It's a birthday blood bash to celebrate Zane Zena's birthday and Louisianna’s dragiversary. Drew Hart and Rhonda Jewels are descending on hell hound performers Moana Lisa, Papi Churro, Mascara Rivers, Rosalind Hussell, and Sticky Gold. And if that wasn't cause to scream, then maybe Bloody Rose Boutique and Matt Thomas' Creepshow pop-up shop will put that nail in the coffin. 18 and up welcome to scare up the place.Sat., Oct. 6, 10pm. $6. -
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ICOSA Gallery: We Can See Through Time
In their second collaboration, Matt Rebholz and Rachel Wolfson Smith transform rocks, plants, and bits of urban detritus into fantastic landscapes, the materials cropped, collaged, and reimagined as layered red and blue drawings. Note: You'll be provided with a pair of 3-D glasses as a point of entry into these disorienting spaces. And Melany Jean reviews the show right here.Through Oct. 6 -
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Inversion Ensemble: I, Too, Sing America
Provocative songs of our shared history, with topics ranging from gun violence and equal rights to resistance and witchcraft trials – with texts by MLK, Alice Duer Miller, Michael Dennis Brown, and more. Also, a new composition by Carlos Cordero, the winner of Inversion's first Emerging Composer Contest, and new works by Trevor Shaw, Adrienne Inglis, Stephanie K. Andrews, Robbie LaBanca, Marjorie Halloran, Melissa Dunphy, Paul Ayres, and more.Sat., Oct. 6, 7pm; St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 8134 Mesa. Sun., Oct. 7, 3pm; Redeemer Presbyterian Church, 2111 Alexander. Donations accepted. -
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Northern-Southern: Equivocation
Aaaaaaaaah, that's it: Drop everything and make sure you catch this show. Because Shawn Camp's latest installation, featuring a new set of those large and abstractly geographical paintings that he renders partly opaque, partly translucent, and partly transparent – and then cycles lighting through them – and accompanies them with a resonant soundtrack – this is what's filling the fierce little gallery on 12th. But maybe you should read Melany Jean's take on the show before you go?Through Oct. 13. Saturdays, 3-6:30pm -
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Special Screenings
Reflections on a Legacy: East 12th Street
Join Council Member Ora Houston for the premiere of this short film giving texture to the development of the Eastside corridor through the accounts of three longtime residents.Sat., Oct. 6, 11:30am. Free. -
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Saturday Social With Lesbutante & the Boss
Summon the squad, gather your grrrls, and getcher groove on. It's ladies' night, after all.First Saturdays, 9pm. Free. -
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Texas Stars
The hometown hockey team plays the first two games of the season, facing off against the Grand Rapids Griffins on Friday and the Milwaukee Admirals on Saturday.Fri.-Sat., Oct. 5-6, 7pm -
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Texas Teen Book Festival
Getcher YA-YAs out, we might suggest, in the sense that YA of course refers to Young Adult, a marketing term used by booksellers, a marketing term that some folks insist means novels that usually aren't as goddamn boring as regular adult novels, and so where else will you be this Saturday? Unless you're enrolled in Hogwarts and can't skip that Dark Arts class; unless all of Panem is riveted to your every gambit of survival; unless you're anxious about missing the latest episode of Oh? Wow! Thing!, citizen reader, this is where you'll be.Sat., Oct. 6, 8am-5pm -
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Food Events
Wheatsville: Big Co-op Fair
Wheatsville Food Co-op on South Lamar invites the public to kick off National Co-op Month at this second annual celebration, featuring carnival rides, a climbing wall, face-painting, behind-the-scenes tours of the store, and a pleasing plethora of free samples from local purveyors. Family-friendly? And then some!Sat., Oct. 6, 10am-1pm -
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Yard Dog: The Party's Just Getting Started
Party's just getting started, yeah, and is that Bob Schneider music they're playing? Maybe. But maybe it's also some of this, excuse me, fucking righteousvisual work that the man's been up to recently. We fairly raved about his monochrome etchings, back in the day; this new full-color painting/collage thing Schneider's doing is at least as impressive – and more vibrant across the spectrum of light. Been to Yard Dog lately? Here's you a good excuse.Through Oct. 21 -
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Your Mother's Copy of the Kama Sutra
Now this is the regional premiere from that excellent playwright and theatrical badass Kirk Lynn, about "what it means to see and be seen, to love and be loved, to know and be known. And sex, too." Directed by Alexandra Bassiakou Shaw for your slightly foxed friends at Present Company.Through Oct. 15. Thu.-Sun., 8pm. Extra shows: Mon., Oct. 8 & 15, 8pm. Donations accepted. -
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YWCA Survivor Support Group
The YWCA is offering free drop-in support groups for those adversely affected by the Supreme Court confirmation hearings. Survivors of abuse and assault are welcome, as are supportive members of the community.Tue., Oct. 9, noon; Wed., Oct. 10, 10am. Free.
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Special Screenings
"Flight of the Butterflies" (2012)
The life cycle of a monarch butterfly and its long-distance migration from Canada to Central Mexico is captured in this 3-D nature documentary that also focuses on the decades of fieldwork conducted by Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart.Sat., Oct. 6, 12pm -
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#HAVEYOUSEENUS?
During the first weekend of Austin City Limits, Austin Youth Collective will run a three-day-long campaign to raise awareness about homeless youth living in our city limits. Join them for a concert with the Human Circuit Thursday, followed by a public poster-making event Friday, and Saturday they'll be tabling at the corner of Lamar and Barton Springs Rd.Oct. 4-6Various locations -
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* Some Humans Were Harmed In the Making of This Show
This is a "drag, puppetry, self-help testimonial play" by CB Goodman, inspired by the 1903 execution of Topsy the elephant – fuck you, Thomas Edison – and staged with contemporary human characters. And En Route Productions has Bridget Farr, Delanté Keys, Ellie McBride, Elizabeth Mason, Andrew Rodriguez, Katy Taylor, and Roz Mandola portraying those characters, so we reckon it'll be a wild, worthwhile ride. And, according to Arts Editor Robert Faires, it's even more than that.Through Oct. 6. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $20 (pay what you can, Oct. 1). -
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A Cosmic Equinox
Celebrate the fall season with a petting zoo, a seed planting station, and a hay-bale prize hunt. Proceeds from a bake sale will be donated to the SIMS Foundation.Sat., Oct. 6, 11am-5pm -
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A Wild Idea: 20th Anniversary Celebration of the Water Quality Protection Lands Program
Spend a Saturday morning hiking Onion Creek and exploring a crawl-through cave exhibit with experts from Austin Water. Stay for tacos, live music by Harvest Thieves, and the premiere of A Wild Idea, a documentary about the history of Austin's Water Quality Protection Lands program.Sat., Oct. 6, 10am-3pm. Free.WQPL Onion Creek Unit (directions sent upon registration) -
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A Wild Idea: 20th Anniversary of the Water Quality Protection Lands
A full day of celebrating conservation efforts with guided hikes, tacos, live music from Harvest Thieves, a crawl-through cave simulator, and a 30-minute documentary film about the Water Quality Protection Lands.Sat., Oct. 6, 10am-3pm. Free.Onion Creek Management Unit of the Water Quality Protection Lands (Driftwood area) -
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AARC 5th Birthday Celebration
Enjoy family-friendly activities including button and pom pom flower making, washi paper wish crafting, and mandala decorating. Meet the new facility manager and learn more about the future of AARC.Sat., Oct. 6, 1-3pm. Free. -
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AARC Fifth Birthday Celebration
Bring the family to celebrate the Asian American Resource Center with a variety of activities, refreshments, and live ukulele music by Sho H.Sat., Oct. 6, 1-3pm. Free. -
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ACL Afterparty @Aussie’s
A silent disco party after the fest – only five bucks to get in if you show them your wristband.Sat., Oct. 6, 10pm. $10-20.
