Home Events

for Thu., May 21
  • 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  
    Palmer Events Center
  • 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  
    Vuka North
Recommended
  • Arts

    Theatre

    Austin Shakespeare: Vita and Virginia

    This is a live-Zoomed reading of a new play based on correspondence between Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf, featuring actors Sharron Anderson and Helen Merino, directed by Ann Ciccolella for Austin Shakespeare.
    Thu., May 21, 7:30pm. Donations accepted.  
  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Carver Museum: High Signs and Beacons

    This is a project of CarverMuseumATX, Six Square, the City of Austin Equity office, and the African American Heritage Facility, calling on artists, poets, scholars, and writers of African descent to join in a mutual aid effort. It's an invitation to engage with the isolation, uncertainty, and essential chaos of these times – and your voice is essential. See website for details.
  • Arts

    Theatre

    Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore

    Austin's Gilbert & Sullivan society streams video of their 2014 grand summer production of this rousing classic and features a watch party with commentary from directors, original cast members, and GSA board members.
    Through May 29. Free.  
  • Arts

    Books

    Marion Winik: The Big Book of the Dead

    The celebrated Austin author presents her book of personal remembrances, showing how we love, grieve, and grow. Winik will be in livestreamed conversation with Jennifer Chenoweth of the Oakwood Cemetery Chapel and Arro Smith of Save Austin's Cemeteries.
    Thu., May 21, 7pm. Free.  
  • Community

    Sports

    May Is Bike Month

    Bike Austin, Austin’s largest bicycling advocacy and education organization, is encouraging residents to take to the bike lane throughout May for Bike Month 2020. With thousands of Austinites working from home, social distancing, and spending less time in their vehicles, streets all over town are quieter and safer, so now the community has a unique opportunity to encourage neighbors to get outside and ride together, apart. Share photos of solo or family rides on social media using #BikeMonthATX and #IBikeTo____ (fill in your own reason for biking) and enjoy these healthy streets.
    May 11-31  
    Citywide
  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Northern-Southern: Baton

    This is a group show by relay, begun in July of 2020 as a method of socially distancing a community in the height of the pandemic: Artists took turns alone in the space, each adding to the exhibition. Now, as it nears its close, the exhibition resembles a community in which work converses and overlaps. With Adreon Henry, Vy Ngo, Dawn Okoro, Leon Alesi, Matt Steinke, Sev Coursen, Stella Alesi, and more.
    Closing reception: Sat., July 24, 3-9pm
  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Northern-Southern: Left In Leaves

    This is a group show of artistic interventions across the city of Austin, freely left in outdoor public spaces throughout May. (Note: Email the gallery for a map to the sites.) Who's involved in this fine endeavor? Sterling Allen, Ted Carey, Adreon Denson Henry, Sarah Fagan, Rachel Freeman & Korey Weiss, Emily Lee, Sean Ripple, Amy Scofield, Meghan Shogan, Amanda Julia Steinback & Staci Maloney, Alyssa Taylor Wendt, and Suzanne Wyss. Documentation will be shared on the Northern-Southern website and social media; at the conclusion of the month, the maps will be collected in a print zine, in which each artist will be interviewed. Northern-Southern will mail it to you upon request. And, look: The Chronicle's Robert Faires shares his own experience of the project.
    Through May 31
  • Community

    Events

    Sofa Sessions Benefiting SIMS Foundation

    In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, Sofa Sessions brings local musicians to your living room to raise funds for nonprofit SIMS Foundation, which provides mental health care to musicians and has experienced a higher demand due to COVID-19. Follow SIMS on social media (@simsfoundation) for lineup announcements throughout the month. Donate online or by texting SIMS to 44321.
    Throughout May  
    Online
  • Qmmunity

    Nightlife & Parties

    Virtual Lizzy Caroloke

    Log into the Zoom meeting, mute yourself until your turn, then sing yer a$$ off from your living room and out into the interwebs.
    Thu., May 14, 6pm; Thu., May 21, 6pm. Free.  
    Online
  • Arts

    Theatre

    Virtual Vortex: For Fear the Glass May Shatter

    Here's a video broadcast of David DeMaris' operatic play that explores the science and struggles of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Wolfgang Pauli, whose personal crisis led him to Carl Jung as a patient, friend, and critic. The score recapitulates 20th-century music and features "neurophysics dream music built from oscillating fields and statistical mechanics." Directed by Bonnie Cullum.
    Thu., May 21, 8pm. Donations accepted.  
All Events
  • Qmmunity

    Arts & Culture

    "High Signs & Beacons" Open Call

    The George Washington Carver Museum, Six Square, the African American Heritage Facility, and the city's Equity Office are calling on artists, poets, scholars, and writers of African descent to join a public art project that will be displayed throughout the African American Cultural Heritage District. 8-12 creative teams (one visual artists; one writer/poet/scholar) will be chosen to develop a large outdoor sign with text-based artwork.
    Deadline: Fri., May 22  
    Online
  • Qmmunity

    Community

    "The Dating Show: Queerantine Edition" Open Call

    Looking to meet some cuties for dates or maybe more? **link in bio**: We're recruiting for an online Dating Show game hosted by Kelly Kline! 💞 The dating show will be pre-filmed with us in the coming weeks before we get to share it with The Q's audience. Come have some fun with us and find yourself a virtual quarantine boo ✨: All LGBTQ+ people between the ages of 18-35 interested in participating are invited to fill out our Submission Form. Link in bio!
    Ongoing  
    Online
  • Community

    Events

    2020 Artbox Program Survey

    The city's Artbox Program offers local artists the opportunity to beautify utility boxes, which you've probably appreciated on your commute to work or walk about the neighborhood. Four new Artboxes are on the way, in City Council districts 5, 6, 8, and 10, and the four artists designing the boxes have created two options each. Vote for your favorite design for each box by May 21, and while you're voting, get more information about current Artboxes around town that you may have missed.
    Survey closes Thu., May 21  
    Online
  • Music

    3ten ACL Live presents Stream Come True w/ Folk Uke

    Benefiting HAAM. Tip the artist at PayPal.me/folkuke
    Thu., May 21, 8pm  
  • Film

    Special Screenings

    AFF at Home

    AFF at Home is Austin Film Festival’s way of promoting a sense of community, engagement, and creativity in a time of distance and restrictions. The latest session focuses on writing for animation, and you can catch up on previous content covering screenwriting topics like dialogue, character, comedy, and more via the website.
    Ongoing  
    Online via AFF
  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Alamo on Demand

    Make any Tuesday terror-iffic, any Wednesday weird, and the rest of the week fantastic with Alamo Drafthouse curated picks via Alamo on Demand. If a film is there, it's because an Alamo programmer loves it. It's kinda like going to your favorite video store when you could do that, mixed with going to your favorite theatre, when you could do that too. Staff picks, cult classics, Found Footage Fest and Master Pancake, Weird Wednesday and Terror Tuesday, Fantastic Fest faves, they're all there for rental or purchase.
    Ongoing  
    Online via ondemand.drafthouse.com
  • Community

    Out of Town

    April Dressed in All Its Trim: An Online Exhibition

    The art project began before the current pandemic erupted, but feels even more appropriate now as a group of Texas-based artists contributed artwork that explores the hopefulness of spring.
    Through May 31  
    Online from Studio Comfort in Comfort, Texas
  • Qmmunity

    Arts & Culture

    Art Heals Festival Submissions

    WhatsintheMirror is seeking work by anyone dedicated in using art to end HIV & mental health stigma – visual artists, theatre artists, singers, dancers, workshop and panel ideas, and more – for its inaugural multimedia social justice arts fest (tentatively Aug. 27-31). See online for instructions.
    Ongoing  
    Online
  • Community

    Out of Town

    Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

    The museum presents 31 Days of Asia virtually spotlighting online a multitude of Asian art, cultural programming, and Asian-focused experiences.
    Through Sun., May 31  
    Crow Museum of Asian Art of the University of Texas at Dallas
  • Music

    Austin Americana Live w/ Love & Chaos, Jeff Plankenhorn

    A $20 donation at the link will allow access to the stream presented by One-2-One Bar & C4AC. Virtual doors open 15 minutes in advance.
    Thu., May 21, 6pm  
  • Community

    Civic Events

    Austin Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors Meeting

    See agenda for details.
    Thu., May 21, 10:30am  
    Online
  • Community

    Kids

    Austin PARD Coloring Pages

    Austin's Parks & Recreation Department has put out a set of downloadable coloring pages to honor several Austin favorites, from Auditorium Shores to Zilker Botanical Garden.
    May 19-31  
    Online
  • Community

    Events

    Austin Scavenger Hunt

    Explore Downtown in search of storied buildings, green spaces, and famous concert venues, all while solving riddles, trivia questions, and completing photo challenges. Now available: "Roam From Home," with family and date night scavenger hunt activities you can do without leaving the house.
    Anytime. $12.99-24.99.  
    Online and at home
  • Film

    Special Screenings

  • Community

    Events

    Best Food Trucks

    Best Food Trucks is offering an order-ahead service to help practice social distancing, and bringing food trucks to underserved communities. You can find trucks near you by going to the online map.
    Ongoing  
    Citywide
  • Community

    Sports

    Bikin' Betties Solo Scavenger Hunt

    A fun way to get involved with Social Cycling Austin while maintaining a safe social distance. You'll bike to several locations around town and snap a selfie, then post using selected hashtags. Check the FB event page for all the details, and have a fun, safe, socially distant ride!
    Through Tue., June 1  
    Citywide
  • Film

    Special Screenings

  • Community

    Sports

    Breath & Body Yoga Online

    Austin's Breath & Body Yoga owner and director Desirae Pierce is available via phone or Skype to provide tips and guidance to Austinites looking to stay physically active and strengthen mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic. Breath & Body is also offering live remote Zoom classes daily that are available to the public.
    Ongoing  
    Online
  • Community

    Events

    BSC Reopening Business Safely Global Forum

    Business is not as usual. This is a safe place to talk about business concerns, share ideas, and hear from weekly business expert guests.
    Thursdays, 12-1pm. Through Dec. 16. Free.  
    Online
  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Bullock Texas State History Museum: This Light of Ours

    This show features images by activist photographers of the Civil Rights Movement, telling a visual story of the struggle against segregation, race-based disenfranchisement, and Jim Crow laws in the 1960s. These photos capture the day-to-day struggles of everyday citizens and their resolve in the face of violence and institutionalized discrimination – with more than a dozen additional images representing activism and protest in Austin's own history.
    Tuesdays-Sundays. Through Dec. 6

Information is power. Support the free press, so we can support Austin.   Support the Chronicle