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• Music

  Andre Hayward Quintet, Mitch Watkins Trio (6:00)

  Tue., May 27

  Elephant Room

• Music

  Andrea Marie & the Magnolia Band

  Sat., May 31, 7pm

  Angel's Icehouse

• Music

  Andrew Blanton

  Fri., May 30, 8pm

  Lone Star Court Hotel

• Music

  Eartha Colson feat. Alex Coke, Joe Woullard, Brad Andrew, more

  Thu., May 15, 8pm

  Monks Jazz Club

• Arts

  Comedy

  East Austin Comedy Club

  Founded by comedians Raza Jafri and Andre Ricks, this club that operates out of Tiger Den on the Eastside is the city's only BIPOC-owned comedy venue.

  Tiger Den

• Food

  Food Events

  Foreign & Domestic 15th Anniversary

  Founded back in 2010, Ned and Jodi Elliott’s chef-forward restaurant may have changed ownership after seven years – switching from the Elliotts to Nathan Lemley and Sarah Heard – but the kitchen’s never lost its passion for good food. This fine dining establishment celebrates staying the course for 15 years with an anniversary dinner series. Each edition features guest chefs and FND folks creating collab menus for one-night-only sensations. First among them is a Monday, April 21, feast from chefs Chris Sapp (FND) and Taylor Hall (Apis) with Barley Swine mixologist Chelsea Carter. Further programming features Lemley and Parkside Projects chef Shawn Cirkiel (April 28), Heard and Chef’s PSA’s André Natera (May 12), and a big ol’ party on May 18 featuring a parking lot roast pig. – James Scott

  April 21 & 28, May 12 & 18

  Foreign & Domestic

• Arts

  Comedy

  Hysteria!

  Previously under the moniker “Whose Life Is It Anyway?” this comedy variety show skewers the Lone Star State’s backwards movement on reproductive rights. Carolyn Kelleher and Caroline Penca play hosts/producers/directors to a cast of comedic talent that includes such luminaries as Becca Andrews, Ricky Corragio, Rainny Daze, Kim Egner, Sandra Fountain, Judy Lee, Chelsee Lopez, Shannon Mullery, Martha Neil, and Kat Williams. Be there this Saturday, or be an aborted little cell clump! – James Scott

  Saturdays

  ColdTowne Theater

• Film

  Special Screenings

  National Theatre Live: Vanya (2024)

  On film and stage, he’s played Hamlet, Ripley, Moriarty, and Hot Priest; here, he adds eight more roles to the canon, all within the same show. Andrew Scott plays the entire cast of Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya – including the urbane Serebryakov, his much younger second wife Yelena, his dowdy daughter Sonya who’s been stuck running the family estate, the doctor Sonya loves unrequitedly, and poor old Uncle Vanya. This radical rethink – adapted by Simon Stephens, directed by Sam Yates – first ran in 2024 in London, which is where this live taping derives from. An Off-Broadway stint concludes May 11, so the film version is almost certainly the closest you’ll get to the swooningly received production. – Kimberley Jones

  May 9 & 15

  Alamo Drafthouse Mueller

• Film

  Special Screenings

  One Crazy Summer (1986)

  In a special pre-summer session of Drafthouse’s midweek weird-out, local filmmaker Andrew Bujalski presents an Eighties oddball object known best perhaps by the talents it begets. There is, of course, John Cusack in the lead role – also playing as director Savage Steve Holland’s muse despite his claim that his first outing with Holland, Better Off Dead, was “the worst thing I have ever seen.” Granted, that’s a paraphrased quote from the director, but despite previous objections, Cusack still returned to him as high school grad Hoops McCann, whose lack of a b-ball scholarship fuels a balls-out summer. Hijinks, as you might imagine, ensue. – James Scott

  Wed., May 14

  Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

• Qmmunity

  Nightlife & Parties

  Riot Fair

  I’ve analyzed the projections and looked at all the research: My conclusion is rock solid. Yes, I’ve concluded that this Thursday night on Fourth Street will be a riot … for Riot Fair, that is. Tear down the house with host Riot Girl, cast members Titty Androgynous & Venus Rising, and DJ Ruby Knight. Their drag spectacular will shock white streaks in your hair, spin your chair, and make you shout – as will the nice early start time of 8:30pm. Look, sometimes you need to riot responsibly on a school night! – James Scott

  Thursdays, 8pm. 18+, $10; 21+, free.

  Oilcan's

• Arts

  Comedy

  South Austin Comedy Club

  South Austin’s first dedicated comedy venue is spearheaded by local comics Martin Henn, Andre Ricks, and Raza Jafri, and brings top-notch acts to South Austin every Wednesday through Saturday. Note: The upcoming comics – including nationally touring acts, local sweethearts, and everyone in between – will be listed on Instagram each night.

  Wed.-Sat., 7:30pm

  South Austin Comedy Club

• Music

  Theresa Chen Septet

  The first Taiwanese American to teach full-time at a music college, pianist Theresa Chen molds minds at Texas A&M University-Kingsville. She matriculated at National Taiwan Normal University, earned her doctorate of musical arts at the prestigious Eastman School of Music, studied with mentors as diverse as Gary Versace, Harold Danko, and Edoardo Bellotti, and performed with Dave Liebman, Ingrid Jensen, Allison Miller, Andre Hayward, and many others. Dedicated to studying women in jazz, applying jazz to Christian liturgies, and promoting jazz in Asia, Dr. Chen fronts a horn-heavy septet drawing on the music from her album Whispering to God. – Michael Toland

  Tue., May 13, 8pm

  Monks Jazz Club