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  Singin’ in the Rain in the Park (1952)

  What better spring musical is there than Singin’ in the Rain, a Hollywood Golden Age classic wherein Gene Kelly prances around in Technicolor and Cyd Charisse stunts on everyone (those gams!). With some of the best choreography and songs of all time, Hyperreal Film Club invites you to a “film history fairy tale about the death of silent film. Sometimes the journey is inspiring and joyful, and sometimes it is exhausting and exploitative … it’s both a monument to the movie musical’s past and a playful slap from its future.” The screening will follow an 8:30 music video premiere for Tele Novella’s “Eggs in One Basket.” – Lina Fisher

  Thu., April 25

  Pease Park

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  H-E-B Free First Sunday

  Explore the story of Texas through three floors of exhibits showcasing artifacts from around the state.

  First Sundays, 10am-5pm. Free.  

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  Bullock Texas State History Museum

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  Hill & Adamson: The Clarkson Stanfield Album

  Art conservation can be a contradiction: to destroy to preserve. Thus it is with the HRC and its efforts to restore the Clarkson Stanfield album, one of the most remarkable volumes in the history of art photography. More correctly known as “100 Calotypes by D. O. Hill, R.S.A., and R. Adamson,” the collection of over 100 salted paper prints was collated by the photographers for landscape artist Stanfield and depicts the lords, laborers, clergy, and scientists of 19th-century Scotland and the landscapes in which they lived. Currently undergoing repairs, the center staff are using its deconstructed state to display 39 plates, along with more works from Hill and Adamson, as separate works since the first time they were bound. – Richard Whittaker

  Thursdays-Sundays. Through June 2

  Harry Ransom Center

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  Little Texans: Trees

  Now that eclipse fever has died down, we can focus on solid ground again. For this special family program from the Texas history museum, the fine folks of Texas A&M Forest Service swing by to teach little ones all about trees. Kiddos will take in a woodsy storytime, learn how to identify trees, and branch out to some hands-on activities celebrating the trunked treasures that keep the world going ’round. Programming is ideal for kids ages 2 to 5, and is free with membership or museum admission from 10:30 to 11:30am. – Kat McNevins

  Thu., April 18

  Bullock Texas State History Museum

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  Preservation Austin Historic Homes Tour

  You know how everyone’s always saying Austin was so much cooler 10 years before you got here? Now you can visit the magical before-times that only exist in legend by touring over a century’s worth of Austin’s architecture, history, and culture via Preservation Austin’s 31st annual homes tour. This fundraiser for the nonprofit will feature five cool homes each day from 10am to 5pm, spanning styles from the humble log cabin to the charming midcentury marvel. A peep at the preview photos reveals they’ve got some real stunners on display this year. – Kat McNevins

  Sat. & Sun., April 20-21

  Multiple locations