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.
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!
After two long COVID years, Los Tres Reyes Magos return to celebrate Octavitas and bring gifts for the kids. Enjoy performances, singing, and dancing for all.
Local singer, bandleader, producer, Bandstand Presents founder, and general overachiever Christian Wiggs continues his quest to connect Austin’s fertile jazz scene with the rest of the planet by bringing in Steven Feifke for a co-leader show. The latter Manhattan School of Music-trained pianist and composer has been credited with revitalizing the big band form, writing for everyone from Michael Dease and Chad Lefkowitz-Brown to the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra and Jerry Seinfeld’s Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. With his own wide-ranging sensibilities, serial collaborator Wiggs should prove an excellent foil for Feifke’s swinging, melody-first aesthetic.
A rare gathering of five film communities under one roof: Indie Meme, aGLIFF, Austin Jewish Film Festival, Austin Asian American Film Festival, and Cine Las Americas will be on hand for mixing, mingling, and a screening of five short films.
The Hi How Are You Project and American Campus Communities present a concert with Umi and DannyLux as part of the fifth annual celebration of the life and legacy of the late great Daniel Johnston, both a tribute and a call to action to remove the stigma around mental health, and to encourage open conversations about well-being.
Any divide between the clever-yet-sincere folk lyricism of John Craigie’s albums and the stand-up-comedylike storytelling of his live performances was only exemplified by his dual 2022 releases: the restrained and emotionally roiling LP Mermaid Salt and a hilarious recording of him pondering the Beatles, Abbey Road Lonely. The Portland folkie touches down on South Lamar for two nights with Grace Rowland, known for leading beloved coffee-shop-Americana combo the Blue Hit and then psych-folk favorites the Deer. The singer and multi-instrumentalist also captivates in a stripped-down setting, accompanied here by husband Jack Wilson.
There’s no searching for the sale rack at this shopping event: Every single rack is a sale rack. Find seriously chic deals, and score the biggest bargains of the shopping season from your favorite local boutiques and designers.
Jan. 21-22. Sat.-Sun., 11am-5pm; VIP early shop Sat., 9:30-11am. $10; $25 VIP early shop.
This much-loved epicenter of Filipino and Vietnamese fusion is offering half off on orders of their FnV Crispy Spring Rolls – filled with pork and shrimp with woodear mushroom, served with leaf lettuce, pickles, herbs, and choice of Nước chấm or pinakurat. Bonus: They'll be passing out the traditional Chinese Red Envelopes, stuffed with discount coupons for future meals.
This is a whole big festival day, organized by Paper + Craft Pantry's Pei Sim and artist Kathy Phan. Right there in the lovely surrounds of Springdale General, you can celebrate while shopping and supporting upwards of 24 Asian-owned small businesses from across Texas; and there'll be lion and dragon dances; more to the point of this Food section, tho, purveyors of delicious noms will include Banh Babes, The Cookie Counter, Cookie Wookie Kitchen, and more.
Sun., Jan. 22, 11am-5pm. Free entry, or VIP ($50).
This new play by Mattie Barber-Bockelman is about "three bros searching for an epic surf on the last day of summer." In the multimedia performance, set in a loosely imagined 2060s rich with vibes, grooves, and laughter, a group of young women riff on the surfer bro trope to examine how friendship, the pursuit of freedom, and growing up will be affected by climate catastrophe. Directed by Teresa Cruz for the Vortex.: DUUUUUUDE: See our full review right here.
Through Jan. 28. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 6pm. $15-37.
Fathom Events: Audrey Hepburn's legendary first starring role netted her an Oscar for her performance of a rebellious princess exploring Rome on her own.
Jarrott Productions presents Adam Rapp's intense and intimate play about fiction – the kinds we read and the kinds we live – starring Rebecca Robinson and Tucker Shepherd, directed by David Jarrott.
This exhibit showcases materials from the State Archives documenting the official work and daily business of the state’s chief executive spanning 100 years. Can't visit in person? It's available to explore online.
The first BCO concert of the year features special guest James Shields performing Mozart's Clarinet Concerto. The orchestra will also perform works by Corelli and Witt.
A great selection of local farmers bringing fabulous pastured meats, eggs, dairy, vegetables, and fruits, plus prepared-food vendors, artisans, bakers, and of course, live music.