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  • 43rd Annual Oktoberfest in Fredericksburg

    Enjoy 5 stages of live music- Oompah at its Best, All Weekend, kids area, artisans, food concessionaires, cold beverages, stein hoisting, family lederhosen and dirndl, waltz and polka contests! Family festive fun, all weekend!
    Oct. 6-8  
    Fredericksburg
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  • Food

    Food Events

    "Taco Mafia" Docuseries Debuts

    Austin PBS presents the highly anticipated premiere of its original eight-episode program that chronicles the journey of a group of trailblazing taqueros as they support each other's businesses and their community. The series features Nixta’s Edgar Rico and Sara Mardanbigi, Beto Robledo of Cuantos, and Discada’s Xose Velasco and Anthony Pratto. Local viewers can watch the first episode premiere on channel 18.1.
    Thu., Oct. 12, 8pm
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    Food Events

    Beer Release: Bob's Great Porter

    This excellent winter-is-coming porter returns to Blue Owl Brewing! It's available in six-packs and on draft in their tasting room tonight, so swing by for the season's first sip before Bob's Great Porter hits stores around Austin.
    Thu., Oct. 12, 3-10pm
  • Arts

    Books

    BookWoman Hybrid Poetry Reading

    SG Huerta is a queer Xicanx writer from Dallas, and the poetry editor of Abode Press, a new intersectional Texan press. Cindy Huyser hosts; an open mic follows.
    Thu., Oct. 12, 7:15pm  
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    Visual Arts

    Butridge Gallery: Access

    Witness, for your delight, Neal Flynn’s exhibition of mostly new assemblage, collage, and site-specific intervention exploring ideas relating to nostalgia, loss, violence, ownership, and modern Western culture.
    Through Nov. 25  
  • Arts

    Theatre

    Chronicles of an Indigenous Offspring

    Inspired by James Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son and Ta-Nehisi Coates' Between the World and Me, Zell Miller III uses hip-hop culture, jazz aesthetics movement, and spoken word to weave an authentic tapestry offering a picture of what it means to be a person of color in this southern city. This new show is "a therapeutic exhale that documents growing up Black in Austin, Texas," and "a love letter to cultural landmarks that have been erased from the city's consciousness, Chronicles also exposes the city's dark past. Famed photographer Ivan Millers's black-and-white images create a striking visual environment, and Miller's longtime musical collaborator Thomas "Hitman" Wheeler on percussion creates a funky sonic landscape.
    Oct. 12-Nov. 4. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $21-28 (pay what you can, Thursdays).  
  • Arts

    Classical Music

    Conspirare: We Sing Life

    This concert launches Conspirare’s 30th year and will include Samuel Barber’s “Agnus Dei” and the music of Sinead O’Connor, Shara Nova, Craig Hella Johnson, Alex Berko, and Jake Runestad.
    Thu., Oct. 12, 7:30pm. $45-80.  
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    Visual Arts

    Link & Pin Gallery: Chroma + Lux

    The name of this show derives from chroma, from the Greek khrōma meaning color, and lux, from Latin, meaning light. Now artists Larry Akers and Janet Brooks bring the two together in an exciting intersection of styles, methods, and materials.
    Opening reception: Thu., Oct. 5, 6-8pm
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    Visual Arts

    Narrated Memories: Artworks by ACC Alumni

    This show features the work of three exceptional ACC alumni – no less than Laurie Frick, Heather Parrish, and Michael Villarreal – who reference the collecting and rebuilding of memories in their work, taking fragments of information from data sets, historical sources, or personal memory and assembling the ideas into new artistic forms.
  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Ney Museum: A Night in the Landscape

    Explore Elisabet Ney's rugged but majestic limestone homestead and art studio, Formosa, and the unique surrounding landscape through a variety of hands-on horticulture experiences.
    Thu., Oct. 12, 6:30pm. Free.
  • Arts

    Theatre

    Sordid Lives

    Austin Rainbow Theatre presents their inaugural production: Del Shores’ raucous Texas comedy about "about accepting our loved ones for who they are," starring nationally acclaimed drag entertainer and local celebrity Nadine Hughes as Brother Boy. Directed by Christopher Preslar.
    Oct. 6-14. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 2 & 8pm; Sun., 2pm. $20.  
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    Out of Town

    State Fair of Texas

    There’s nothing like the excitement of one of the largest fairs in the country with inventive fried foods, great music, a thrilling midway, and interesting displays.
    Fri., Sept. 29-Sun., Oct. 22
    Dallas
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    Visual Arts

    The Long Time: High and Away

    This is a baseball-themed art show and a perfect excuse to head down to The Long Time, where sandlot baseball reigns supreme and the drinks are exactly what you need to refresh your weekend.
    Thu., Oct. 12, 6-10pm. Free.
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    Visual Arts

    Wally Workman Gallery: Continuum

    The painter Sarah Ferguson's new exhibition is an artistic journey delving into the profound connection between life, death, and the mysteries beyond. Through a harmonious interplay of finespun colors, shifting planes, and symbolic use of gold, her intention is to inspire viewers to delve into the enigmatic realms of existence and contemplate the patterns and milestones that govern our collective journey.
    Opening reception: Sat., Oct. 7, 6-8pm
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    Out of Town

    Welcome Home Fest

    The Kerrville Folk Festival Foundation presents four days of music at the Quiet Valley Ranch, including live performances from Adrianne Lenker, Kinky Friedman, Sir Woman, Kimya Dawson, Corook, and more. Tickets also include prime viewing for the annular eclipse and on-site camping.
    Oct. 12-15  
    Kerrville
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    Visual Arts

    Women & Their Work: Eye Moon Cocoon

    Virginia L. Montgomery's new solo exhibition is a surrealist thought-experiment about the philosophical praxis of atomic healing, featuring new video art, sound art, performance photographs, and sculptural objects that interweave psychoanalytic, mythological, and scientific textures.
    Opening reception: Sat., Oct. 7, 7-9 pm
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