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Affordable Art Fair Austin
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!May 16-19Palmer Events Center -
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Courthouse Nights in Lockhart, Texas!
Don't miss the return of Courthouse Nights in Lockhart! Centered around the beautiful Caldwell County Courthouse lawn, the FREE and family-friendly live music series features an all-star lineup with Dale Watson, EZ Band, Deadeye, Rattlesnake Milk, and Simons Says. Held every third Friday of the month from April to August!Fri. Apr. 19, 7pm-10pmLockhart, Texas
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Special Screenings
Austin Film Festival
The eight-day film festival focuses on industry creatives more than celebrity red carpet fodder. Festival pass costs range from $65 to $650 for the all-powerful Producers Badge, and are available online or at the venues (get $10 off Film Passes with promo code CHRONFP). Highlights include Terrence Malick’s latest film, A Hidden Life; Hirokazu Koreeda's The Truth; and a screening of the Crazy Ex-Girlfriend documentary feature with series creators Rachel Bloom and Aline Brosh McKenna in attendance.Oct. 24-Oct. 31Various locations -
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Dance
Dance Waterloo: Vital
The public is invited to act as both observer and participant through a series of free dance performances by Dance Waterloo, inspired by Waterloo Greenway’s revitalization of Symphony Square, Waller Creek, and the surrounding urban greenspace.Thu.-Sun., Oct. 24-27, 7:30pm. Free. -
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Early Voting
Cast your vote for Propositions A and B, two city-based citizen initiatives placed on the ballot by local petition drives; one Travis County prop regarding the Hotel Occupancy Tax; and 10 state constitutional amendments. For more info and our endorsements, visit austinchronicle.com/elections.Oct. 21-Nov. 1. Mon.-Sat., 7am-7pm; Sun., noon-6pmWherever you see a “Vote Here/Aquí” sign -
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Halloween and Dia de los Muertos
House of Torment
Step into your worst nightmare at this fright farm in North Austin. Known for its high production values and immersive scare tactics, this is one up from watching horror movies all month. New this year are outdoor horror screenings for those who enjoy their spine tingling in fear.Oct. 3-6, 9-31; Nov. 1-2. $20+. -
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Nightlife & Parties
A Night Of Swine & Roses
Give into your dark (queer) side – leather, latex, drag, what have you – with house beats by Landlord. DJ Alpha opens.Fri., Oct. 25, 9pm-1am. Free. -
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Arts & Culture
A Spooky QueerTowne
Those meddling QT kids are back with terrifyingly funny comedy and queer lols from the awesomest Dana Yanoshak, Adam Protextor and Stephanie Thoreson, and an interview with Trace Thurman of Horror Queers podcast (but hey, Thurman's part of the Chron's queer fam too so check him out!).Fri., Oct. 25, 7-8pm -
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Theatre
BedPost Confessions: Fly as I Dare
Stories shared here explore themes of sexuality, gender identity, dating, marriage, masturbation, break-ups, health, and more. This month's featured performers are Chola Magnolia, Nikki DaVaughn, sex therapist Adam Maurer, and the ladies of Rapt Aerial Dance: Tolly Moseley, Kari Burke, and Angela Kaylor. With your hosts, Miranda Wylie and Sadie Smythe, and music by Eddie Campos Chorizo Funk.Wed.-Fri., Oct. 23-25, 8pm. $30. -
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Boner Bizarre: Down With the Sickness
A night to explore your medical fetishes with the most erotic, filthy variety show in town. It's a dystopian nightmare without access to healthcare.Fri., Oct. 25, 9pm. $15. -
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Everybody
We all die alone, right? Or … do we? This Austin premiere – nominated for a Pulitzer, penned by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins – is equal parts Christian Morality Play, 2017-soaked dialogue, and lottery draw, transporting the audience into themselves and each other. To evoke the randomness of death, each show will feature a different arrangement of the cast (out of a possible 120 combinations). Anybody who happens, by sheer coincidence, to actually die during the performance of this macabre thing … well, they'll likely get a standing ovation, don'tcha think?Through Nov. 1. Thu.-Sat., 7pm; Sun., 2pm. Extra show: Sat., Nov. 2, 2pm. $5-15.UT Student Activity Center, 2201 Speedway -
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Ghost Quartet
Penfold Theatre brings a bounty of ghostly elegance to your Halloweening season, as Liz Fisher directs Dave Malloy's happily haunted musical about love, death, and whisky. Listen in as four friends drink and spin yarns about two fairy-tale sisters, a tree house astronomer and a lazy evil bear, a subway tragedy, and the ghost of Thelonious Monk, the disparate narrative threads interweaving into a centuries-long tale of encounters with the otherworldly. (Note: The final two performances will be at the Driskill Hotel, with pre-show entertainment beginning at 7:30pm. Oct. 31: Ghost stories told by paranormal expert Nathan Jerkins. Nov. 1: Round Rock Ballet Folklórico share traditional Día de los Muertos dances and discuss the importance of the holiday.) Also? Our reviewer? Was rather blown away.Through Nov. 1. Thu.-Sat., 8pm; Sun., 5pm. $16-31 ($45, for Oct. 31 and Nov. 1 shows). -
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Comedy
Industry Showcase
The Velv's Industry Showcase brings "top" industry representatives from all over the city to see some of Austin’s new rising comics. So, ah, maybe you’ll see someone get discovered … and maybe you won’t? Bonus: Hosted by Glenn Rose.Fri., Oct. 25, 8pm. $5. -
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It Is Magic
In this new Mickle Maher show, at a community theatre audition for a new adaptation of The Three Little Pigs intended for adult audiences, "two sisters set out to search for an actor to play the role of the Wolf. As they struggle to cast the right actor, they're quickly confronted with the darkness inside the audition room – and themselves." A setup like that is compelling enough; knowing it's scripted by the man who brought us There Is a Happiness That Morning Is and The Strangerer and so many other hefty shards of hilarious and cutting brilliance that, well, hell – we like good theatre, what can we say? And this one's directed by Mark Pickell for Capital T and features Jill Blackwood, Kathy Catmull, John Christopher, Robert Pierson, and Rebecca Robinson. UPDATE: And now this production's been reviewed by our own Robert Faires.Through Nov. 23. Thu.-Sat., 8pm. $20-30. -
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KUTX Rock the Park w/ Zettajoule, SaulPaul
The preeminent promoter of Austin’s “sound of our town” put its money where its radio frequency sits on the dial (98.9) this summer with huge, free, community gatherings for White Denim and Moving Panoramas that net some 10,000 locals combined. Local synth-pop duo Zettajoule, Meggan Carney and Matt Sheffer, and rapper/looper SaulPaul now encore. Face painting opens festivities at 5:45pm.Fri., Oct. 25, 6pm -
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Reverend Horton Heat's Continental Hayride w/ James Intveld, Deke Dickerson, Jimmy Dale Richardson
A week of rockabilly madness ties up as guitarist Jim Heath’s fourth annual Continental Hayride burns down the joint. Friday guests gritty raconteur James Intveld, six-string scientist Deke Dickerson, and belter Jimmy Dale Richardson, while Saturday/Sunday croons behind Charley Crockett returning home behind new LP The Valley. The Sabbath also delivers Kelly Willis and swinging redemption.Fri., Oct. 25, 9pm -
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SVT: Three Headed Festival
Salvage Vanguard Theatre roars back to the foreground of Austin's stagework scene with this second annual showcase of works and workshops curated by Kate Taylor. Examine the power of curses, the stranglehold of categorization, and the courage to overcome in two weekends of solo performances featuring dancer and choreographer Kelsey Oliver, actor and visual artist Kriston Woodreaux, and actor and activist Crystal Bird Caviel. Also: a pre-show interactive exhibit by Alyssa Dillard, a movement class led by Oliver, and that grotesquely gorgeous (and vice versa) Rogue at Rogge Monsters’ Ball. Ah, there's so much to see and do, we reckon that a full-festival pass is the best way to go. See website for details!Through Oct. 27. Thu.-Fri., 8pm; Sat., 10:30am, 2, 5, 8, & 10pm; Sun., 5 & 8pm. $5-25. -
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The Austin Séance
Find out what the local spirits have to say as A. Lucio and Jake Cordero of The Austin Séance lead a series of fascinating sessions, each of which includes a brief exploration of American spiritualist history, a contemplative guided meditation, and, of course, a séance.Oct. 24-26. Thu., 7pm; Fri.-Sat., 7 & 9pm. $15-30. -
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Comedy
The Black Vault
Don't mistake this for comedy, exactly. The Black Vault is a fully improvised show that spins horror tales in the style of H.P. Lovecraft, the writer best known for his "Cthulhu Mythos." The show explores many of Lovecraft’s themes – ancient unspeakable terror, impossible twisted dreamscapes, unseen forces from beyond the stars that infect our minds, and the real horrors that humanity inflicts upon itself – but, note: This new production tells tales of creeping alien horrors via the experiences of those not typically represented in Lovecraft’s work. In other words: Boo-yah, Howard Phillips, you old dead racist! Ia! Ia!Through Oct. 26. Fri.-Sat., 8pm. $15. -
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Comedy
The Hideout's 20th Anniversary Celebration
Two entire decades of this popular venue's comedy and other improv shenanigans? Yes, and now they're celebrating at that Scottish Rite, with a night of samplings from past shows, and a photo booth to take commemorative photos with your friends, and all your favorite troupes mixing and mingling, and – oh, hell, you know: IT'S A PARTY!Fri., Oct. 25, 8pm. $20. -
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Theorist Fest: Finding Fisterra
Theorist Fest, a four-day weekend of creative wonderment, features 85 multidisciplinary artists from across the United States – and Mexico, Brazil, Ecuador, England, South Korea, and India – performing all over the heart of Downtown Austin (but mostly centered at the MACC). Listen: In collaboration with Jennifer Chenoweth's Fisterra project, XYZ Atlas interviewed more than 200,000 people about why they feel a sense of belonging to a place. Now witness the myriad answers, as vividly and kinetically evoked by the likes of Maleek Washington, Manuel Vignoulle, Compañia Sunny Savoy, Daniel Martinez, Vivian Olviedo, Alberto Hiromoto, Group Acorde, and so many others. Aye, there will be informative panels and installations, too – this is a free and many-splendored explosion of arts from your Theorist friends, and highly recommended.Oct. 24-27. Free. -
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Dance
Ventana Ballet: Undead
Here's an immersive, adults-only Halloween show featuring professional dance and theater artists, where "you'll encounter the shadows of the night, where only the undead gather." Remember: In dance, as in journalism, IF IT BLEEDS, IT LEADS.Fri.-Sat., Oct. 25-26, 8pm. $25. -
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Visual Arts
AARC: Fall Into Art
The Asian American Resource Center presents four exhibitions that reflect on community, cultural heritage, and nature in various mediums: "Colours of Life: An Indian Perspective" by Shruti Mehta; "Pink Lotus" by Marcella Kourkova; and the group shows "Everything That Matters" and "Abstractions of AVAFest."Through Dec. 14 -
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Special Screenings
America's Musical Journey (2018)
Laser IMAX 3D: Follow Aloe Blacc as he traces Louis Armstrong’s footsteps through the colorful locales and cultures where America’s music was born.Fri., Oct. 25, 11am, 1pm, 3pm -
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Special Screenings
Angst (1983)
Lates: A disturbingly wonderful (or vice versa, perhaps) story of a psycho killer who terrorizes a family.Fri., Oct. 25, 9:30pm -
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Halloween and Dia de los Muertos
APL After Dark: Spooky Scary
The 21+ crowd is invited to explore the mystical, the unusual, and the spooky, including a collection of antique ouija boards and séance tools, ufologists on hand, a Halloween makeup crafting station, and more.Fri., Oct. 25, 7-10pm. $7. -
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Special Screenings
Apollo 11: First Steps Edition (2019)
Laser IMAX 2D: Timed to the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11 – and made exclusively for science centers and museums – Apollo 11: First Steps Edition reconstructs the exhilarating mission with never-before-seen footage and newly discovered audio recordings.Fri., Oct. 25, 10am, 12pm, 2pm, 4pm -
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