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  • Kadampa Meditation Center Austin

    This evening talk offers a special visit with renowned Buddhist teacher and NKT-IKBU Deputy Spiritual Director Gen-la Kelsang Jampa. Gen-la will share Buddhist advice on developing our love as a way to protect our self from suffering and learn to become truly happy. Our life then becomes immensely meaningful in benefiting others with our mind of unconditional love.
    Fri. May 3, 7pm-8:30pm  
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    Vuka North

  • 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 16-19  
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    Palmer Events Center
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  • Music

    Exquisite Corpse II w/ Chief Cleopatra, Chucky Blk, the Point, Joey Tea, Twisted June

    Exquisite Corpse rises from the dead for a second installment celebrating Texas art and culture. This year, Caravan Collective founders Matan Benyamin, Josh Tsang, and Marielle Glasse joined forces with Austin booker For Spite Creative and host Far Out Lounge to amass an “art-stravaganza” on a larger scale, compared to the event’s 2020 origins at Monkeywrench Books. “We noticed there weren’t a lot of opportunities for DIY artists to showcase their work and wanted to create events, and projects, that moved across mediums to intentionally build collaborative artistic spaces,” Benyamin says over text.: This observation led to the founding of Caravan (@caravancollectiv on Instagram), and the first iteration. Exquisite Corpse II continues live music and art installation staples while debuting a freshly orchestrated market of roughly 20 local vendors. Onstage, returning veterans the Point showcase a raw blend of Peruvian chicha- and psych-inspired rock via new EP Berto’s Banquet alongside Twisted June’s snazzy hip-hop experimentation. Fest newcomers Joey Tea, Chucky Blk, and Chief Cleopatra join the mix before DJs Noamiash and Nov31. Nearly three years since its creation, this Exquisite Corpse seems alive and well.
    Fri., Dec. 30, 6pm. $12 advance, $15 at the door.  
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    The Far Out Lounge & Stage

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      The Mutt-Cracker (Sweet!)

      Circus Chickendog brings a talented crew of canines (Mouse, Moose, Coyote, Squirrel, and Skeeter) and circus artists to the Vortex for an incredible show, with rescue dogs doing their thing, Darren Peterson's masterful juggling and unicycling, acrobats Balyssa Ball and James Kent bending and flipping, and an original score that samples Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker Suite. Directed by Melissa Vogt. Note: No shows on Dec. 24-26. See website for detailed schedule.
      Through Jan. 5. Sun., 4:30pm; Mon.-Wed., 4:30 & 6:30pm; Thu., 4:30pm. $15-37.  
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      The Vortex

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      Comedy

      Chistosos Comedy

      Big Laugh Comedy presents "some serious Latino fire," featuring "a lineup of killers who know how to roll their Rs and can dodge a sandal coming at them." That's, to name names, "Big" Al Gonzalez, Isreal Garcia, David Flores, Irma Ruiz, and Jason Rodriguez.
      Fri., Dec. 30, 10pm. $20.  
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      Vulcan Gas Company

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      Explore Austin Music

      Austin Music Award winner and native Austinite Will Taylor takes guests behind the scenes of the live music underground, acting as a guide and photographer through a nature and music venue tour.
      Fri., Dec. 30, 5:30-9:30pm. $30-50 suggested donation.  
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      SquareRut Kava Bar, 1601 Barton Springs Rd.

    • Music

      Flux Pavilion

      British dubstep DJ best known for 2011 track “I Can’t Stop.”
      Fri., Dec. 30, 9pm  
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      Kingdom Nightclub

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      Civic Events

      Holiday Tree Recycling

      For city of Austin curbside customers, recycling a holiday tree is as easy as setting it at the curb by 5:30am on the regularly scheduled compost collection day. Trees that are 6 feet or taller must be cut in half. Everyone is welcome to drop off their trees at Zilker on one of three collection days: Sat., Dec. 31; Sat., Jan. 7; or Sun., Jan. 8, 10am-2pm. Volunteers are also needed for those days, if you're still in the giving spirit! Trees collected at Zilker will be turned into mulch and available for free on a first-come, first-served basis beginning Jan. 12, 9am. Get more deets online.
      Dec. 26-Jan. 8
      Curbside or at Zilker Park Polo Fields, 2225 Andrew Zilker Rd.

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      In the Mood for Love (2000)

      World Cinema Classics: Sight & Sound Critics Top 5: The period romance following a pair of lovers whose spouses are having an affair is No. 5 on the list.
      Fri., Dec. 30, 7:45pm  
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      AFS Cinema

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      Special Screenings

      Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975)

      World Cinema Classics: Sight & Sound Critics Top 5: Kicking off a series of the top five films in Sight and Sound's 2022 critics poll, ranking the greatest films of all time every 10 years. This French masterpiece about a widow who does sex work to support herself and her son took first place, the first time a film by a female director made No. 1.
      Fri., Dec. 30, 3:45pm  
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      AFS Cinema

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      Classical Music

      La Follia: End the Year with Bach

      Put some Johann in your favorite Sebastian this weekend and you'll take the glorious memory of a little Bach to the future, as Eric Taeyang Mun performs the maestro's Cello Suite No. 1; James Andrewes and Keith Womer perform the Violin Sonata in C minor, and Joan Carlson sings in the secular cantata “Non sa che sia dolore”.
      Dec. 30-31. Fri., 7:30pm; Sat., 3pm. $25-30.  
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      Redeemer Presbyterian Church

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      Patti Smith tribute w/ Liz Burrito, Transy Warhol

      Liz Burrito and Transy Warhol celebrate the legendary punk rock songwriter on her 76th birthday.
      Fri., Dec. 30, 10:45pm
      Chess Club

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      Peppermint Parkway

      A mile-long drive-through display of lights as well as a plaza full of music, food, and magic. New this year, attendees can pick up a Christmas tree during their visit with the addition of Wonder Woods. Circuit of the Americas gets in the holiday spirit by giving away free trees to families in need and offering low-cost trees to others. Also new, a Holiday Market with homemade sweet treats, gifts, and holiday swag for the kids.
      Through Dec. 30  
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      Circuit of the Americas

    • Music

      Shinyribs, Scott Strickland, Tony Kamel

      Beaumont boogie king Kevin Russell shares a distinct musical grounding with local openers Tony Kamel of bluegrass heroes Wood & Wire and songwriting protégé Scott Strickland, both originally from Houston: Gulf Coast grit and groove. We texted the Shinyribs ringmaster for the lowdown on his 2022-ending carnival. “Oh gosh,” he writes back, “expect the usual high-energy party and also a good dollop of Bobby Boudin swamp-pop: eccentric sentimental ballads on a bed of Texamericana Salad. And wear your dancing shoes, because only the pros come out on NewYearsEveEve. This, I’m told, is the inaugural of what will be an annual event at ACL Live."
      Fri., Dec. 30, 8pm  
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      ACL Live at the Moody Theater

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      TC Superstar, Sad Cops, Kiki Machine, Motorsports

      Regardless of spiritual affiliation, a religious experience is guaranteed when synth-wave divinity TC Superstar resurrects at Swan Dive. Limited stage space equates no tangible bounds for the groove-busting collective, whose conceptual preoccupations include the American dream of cable TV. Supporting act Sad Cops haul emo-pop fusion over from Denton (the Midwest of Texas, sources say), while dreamy locals Kiki Machine flood luscious indie-pop with Mitski-meets-Avril edge. Motorsports, a wailing grunge-infused trio, joins the bill, promising new tunes alongside May’s dynamo triple-single Group Therapy For Being The Best All The Time.
      Fri., Dec. 30, 9:30pm
      Swan Dive

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      Sports

      Texas Stars

      Vs. Tucson Roadrunners.
      Fri.-Sat., Dec. 30-31, 7pm  
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      H-E-B Center at Cedar Park

    • Arts

      Visual Arts

      Tito’s Vodka for Dog People: Distillery Dogs

      This is a 25-piece art collection featuring vibrant artwork created by local and national artists – Judy Paul, John Walker, Joel Ganucheau, Jeff Skele, Hope Perkins, and more – inspired by the many distillery dogs rescued over the years, the paintings now on display at the Long Center.
      Through Dec. 30. Mon.-Fri., 10am-5pm
      Long Center for the Performing Arts

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      Events

      Two-Step Night

      Learn how to two-step for the first time or brush up on your skills with a lesson from Dancin' Austin (6pm), then show off your moves at the dance with live music (6:30-8:30pm).
      Fri., Dec. 30  
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      Jester King Brewery

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Vertigo (1958)

      World Cinema Classics: Sight & Sound Critics Top 5: Hitchcock's masterwork placed second on the list of greatest films of all time.
      Fri., Dec. 30, 7pm  
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      AFS Cinema
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