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.
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!
The obvious: Hollywood rarely achieves accurate LGBTQ+ representation, but that hasn't stopped us from finding queer underlying subtext in movies. So come listen to guest panelists discuss which films helped them define and explore their queerness.
Cinema of Taiwan and Hong Kong: This debut feature by a future global cinema leading light (What Time Is It There?, I Don't Want to Sleep Alone) shows his unique voice already in place in this story about young people and petty criminals in Taipei.
Beginning Thursday, almost three dozen acts soundtrack a cruise through 12 venues hosting the 17th annual Lonestar Round-up. Chicken shack fryers Southern Culture on the Skids man the Continental Club all week. Find the full schedule of events at www.lonestarroundup.com/schedule.
"Indian-Americans Shape the Nation," a traveling exhibition created by the Smithsonian Institution, makes an artifact-rich stop at the Asian American Resource Center – with a vibrant collection of photographs, art, and interactive learning stations.
Whimsy and wonder, indeed: If anyone can evoke those feelings in a show of new paintings, it's gonna be that Lauren Briere with her sci-fi-inflected "Robots & Rowboats" series.
A summit celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Fair Housing Act. Hosted by Austin's Equal Employment & Fair Housing Office, the Texas Workforce Commission Civil Rights Division, and UT's LBJ School of Public Affairs. For a full breakdown of keynotes and sessions, see schedule.
Tue., April 3-Thu., April 5; times vary see schedule. $75-$225.
Behold this new series of large paintings by Dawn Okoro, exploring the black punk spirit. You already knew black is beautiful; with this exhibition, black may be even more beautiful – and punk AF. And here's what our reviewer thinks of the show.
A retrospective of Texas artist Catherine Lee's work in diverse media will be anchored by her monumental sculpture Hebrides #6: Clach An Trushal, on loan from the Contemporary Austin.