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for Wed., April 18

  • 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 16-19  
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    Palmer Events Center

  • 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-8:30pm  
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    Vuka North
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  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Anything (2017)

    aGLIFF Presents: A widower and a trans woman form a complicated relationship. Skype Q&A to follow the screening with writer/director Timothy McNeil and associate producer Kylene K.Steele.
    Wed., April 18, 7:30pm  
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    Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

  • Music

    Ibeyi, Sudie

    Ibeyi is simultaneously hopeful and defiant, a safe haven of soulful harmonies topping a potent mix of reggaeton, jazz, and electro R&B as rare as twins Naomi and Lisa-Kaindé Díaz themselves.: Even over Skype from Paris, the latter principal songwriter and lead vocalist exhibits the poetic tone and warm demeanor evident in the pair’s music. Yoruban culture blankets their sound alongside Santería, the sisters’ religion, so the first and final song from last year’s sophomore full-length Ash supplicates Eleggua.: “He’s the god that opens and closes the path,” explains Díaz. “I think it’s very important to start with a song that means a lot to you. The first song on the album has to be really tight.”: The in-between tracks are similarly fitting, organized storytelling as a form of protest driven by beats that summon dance – courtesy of Naomi who’s in charge of rhythm and drums.: “When we were doing the first album, Naomi said to me, ‘The second one there’s going to be more hip-hop and more dancing songs.’”: They followed through. “Me Voy” features Spanish MC Mala Rodríguez and takes on the reggaeton rhythms the sisters grew up on in Cuba, while “Away Away” meshes traditional Yoruba drums with Auto-Tune. Other songs including “No Man Is Big Enough for My Arms,” which samples Michelle Obama, and “Transmission,” featuring mother Díaz reciting Frida Kahlo and Claudia Rankine reading from her novel Citizen: An American Lyric, take on a more subversive tone.: “We were doing the album during the American election when Trump had said ‘grab them by the pussy,’” recalls the singer. “Michelle Obama did this absolutely amazing speech in response to that awful sentence and we were touched.”: Read More with Lisa-Kaindé Díaz at austinchronicle.com/daily/music.
    Wed., April 18, 6:30pm  
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    Mohawk

  • Arts

    Dance

    Long Live the Wedded!

    In which the French choreographer Sandie Donzica invites an Austinite Cassie Reveles to perform a physical theatre duet within the timeframe of a wedding, the two artists talking, acting, dancing, and singing together, exploring wedding traditions, portraying the subtle forces that bring two people together or apart.
    April 16 & 18. Mon. & Wed., 8:30pm. Free.  
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    The Vortex

  • Arts

    Books

    BedPost Confessions: UnDone

    Stories told at this popular event explore themes of sexuality, gender identity, dating, marriage, masturbation, break-ups, health, and more – featuring Simon Studd, Jami Shofner, Felix Morgan, and Adam Maurer. With your hosts, Mia Martina and Sadie Smythe. And music stylings by DJ Chorizo Funk. Bonus: giveaways from Adult Video Megaplex, Package Menswear, and MaryJae.
    April 18-19. Wed.-Thu., 8pm. $12-20.  
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    The North Door

  • Music

    Foo Fighters, The Struts

    Wed., April 18, 7:30pm  
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    Circuit of the Americas

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

    David Lean's 1962 Oscar winner in glorious 70mm.
    Wed., April 18, 7pm  
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    Alamo Drafthouse at the Ritz

  • Arts

    Comedy

    Moontower Comedy & Oddity Fest

    Oh, this? Yeah, it's, tbh, it's kind of a big deal. Because there's a panoply of nationally renowned comedians swarming over Downtown this weekend, taking stages and slaying audiences in those diverse styles that have so endeared them to stand-up aficionados everywhere. The Paramount on Congress is the epicenter for this multipartite takeover – see right here for our continuing coverage.
    April 18-21  
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    Paramount Theatre

  • Qmmunity

    Community

    National Transgender Testing Day

    The Q is dedicating seven hours of free HIV and syphilis testing for members of the trans community. (Of course, all are welcome to come out, and testing is always free.)
    Wed., April 18, 1-8pm  
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    The Q Austin

  • Arts

    Theatre

    The Book of Mormon

    This nine-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical follows the misadventures of a mismatched pair of missionaries, sent halfway across the world to spread the Good Word. Note: Contains explicit language. Explicit … ? Oh, right, the whole hilarious thing was dreamed up by South Park's Matt Stone and Trey Parker with Robert Lopez.
    April 17-22. Tue.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 1 & 7pm. $30 and up.  
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    Bass Concert Hall

  • Community

    Sports

    UIL Soccer Championships

    Class 5A & 6A Finals: Sat., April 21, 11am.
    $7, students; $12, adults; $30, all-tournament pass.
    Georgetown ISD Athletic Complex, 2275 N. Austin Ave., Georgetown
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