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  A New Leaf (1971)

  The first of her four-film directorial career, Elaine May’s dark comedy about wealth, romance, and good taste was a critical if not commercial success. Audiences weren’t ready for Walter Matthau in a sports car, I guess, or maybe they rebuffed a tale of wealth in decline, as Matthau’s playboy Henry Graham has squandered his whole inheritance by the film’s start. In order to keep himself living in the mode he’s become accustomed to, Henry must wed back into wealth, and who might he stumble upon but Henrietta Lowell – a monied botanist (played by May) whose plant knowledge far exceeds her social intelligence. The odds are against them, but that doesn’t stop an unlikely romance from unveiling itself over the 102-minute runtime. – James Scott

  Wed., May 21

  Hyperreal Film Club

• Arts

  Books

  Amplify Book Club: Pet

  Located within our Bat City’s big ol’ independent BookPeople is a book club dedicated to elevating authors of color like the writer of this month’s selection, Akwaeke Emezi. Nigeria-born and Brooklyn-based, Emezi’s work is “deeply rooted in the metaphysics of Black spirit, using the lens of indigenous ontologies to focus on embodiment, ritual, and rememory” according to their author bio. Amplify’s pick for March, Pet, was Emezi’s first young adult venture and received a Stonewall Honor. Its plot follows a young girl whose mother’s art comes to life in the form of Pet, “a creature made of horns and colors and claws.” – James Scott

  Last Monday of every month

  CoffeePeople

• Music

  Carrie Rodriguez's Laboratorio w/ Calexico

  Fresh off her composition collab of multimedia stage doc Postcards From the Border, Austin’s Texican vocalist and violinist Carrie Rodriguez spotlights more Latine perspectives with her latest installment of Laboratorio. Founded in 2017, this quarterly cultural celebration peers into the American experiment through always-fresh curations of music, art, and storytelling. Stretching from the State Theatre to the historic Paramount next door for the first time, this round welcomes Latin rhythm-infused indie rock purveyors Calexico – whose 2022 album El Mirador reads like an ode to Southwest borderlands – alongside decorated penner and Latin American art historian Roberto Tejada. – Amber Williams

  Sat., May 17, 8pm  

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  Paramount Theatre