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"Broadway’s funniest and longest running," they tell us of this play-about-a-play. Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, in which things go from bad to disastrous – with an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines). This hilarious spectacle at the Bass has a professional cast touring from Broadway – because, yup, it takes mighty big skills to pretend to fuck things up this badly.

The theme is "Mindfulness in the Workplace." There will be presentations from the Kindness Campaign and Live a Great Story, along with yoga and healthy snacks. It's free, but you gotta download the Bumble app.

This is the biggest fundraiser for the Anti-Defamation League. There will be a cocktail reception, followed by dinner and dessert, and a keynote from Christian Picciolini.

Signature Program: This 1977 Japanese film is a surreal, indefinable piece of horror/comedy, a must-see film for lovers of the inscrutable, the grotesque, the funky, and the eccentric.

In which author Michael Hurd discusses the untold story of African-American high school football. Note: Hurd also presents his newest volume at BookPeople on the Saturday before this gig.

A post-viral breakout via Pharrell-approved hit “Alaska,” NYU grad Maggie Rogers shaped a folk-influenced dance pop EP with natural sounds and refreshingly organic electronics. The rural Maryland songwriter/producer now previews a 2019 album with undeniable synth cut “Light On,” reflecting earnestly on her atmospheric rise. As Mallrat, Australian songwriter Grace Shaw, 20, delivers slick electro-pop with a hip-hop edge on In the Sky.

As Dallas psychobilly king Jim Heath prepares the forthcoming Whole New Life for November 30, he begins his yearly six-night “revidency” at SoCo’s venerable house of roots. Chock-full of special guests and hand-picked openers, the Rev.’s joined by Junior Brown the first two nights, Flaco Jiménez on Thursday. Opening: Whitney Rose (Tue.), Scott H. Biram (Wed.), and Joe “King” Carrasco (Thu.). Time to testify!

Behind brilliant 2016 debut End Position, Street Sects broke into industrial and hardcore circles nationally before many Austinites experienced their seizure-inducing concerts. Shaun Ringsmuth continues expanding a craftily composed melee of drum machine beats, black noise bursts, and B-movie samples on The Kicking Mule, while singer Leo Ashline’s gone extra cathartic. Noise punk marauders Exhalants and harsh art duo Burnt Skull maximize terror.

The life cycle of a monarch butterfly and its long-distance migration from Canada to Central Mexico is captured in this 3-D nature documentary that also focuses on the decades of fieldwork conducted by Canadian scientist Fred Urquhart.

A border guard can smell human emotions in this brand-new film written by Ali Abbasi (Let the Right One In).

Laser IMAX 3D: Track the 11-year journey of 1850s explorer Henry Bates.

This full-day event aims to empower area nonprofits by providing knowledge and tools that ensure success. Topics of interest include sponsorships, fundraising, event planning, donor retention, and more. Country music star Jack Ingram will deliver the keynote.

This native Austinite specializes in graphics that are deconstructed into patterns of light and shadow and then sprayed through layers of intricately hand-cut stencils onto canvas or found objects. Stop in at Art on 5th and see what he's worked up now.

In which 11-year-old artist Beck Seitsinger debuts his art in a gallery setting, joined by grown-up Austin artists B. Shawn Cox, Richard Ashby, and Scott Rolfe, all rendering a colorful exploration of the night.

A hatha meeting flow yoga class for all levels. Despite the name, all are welcome. For a longer reader see our coverage.

This new exhibition, organized by the Vitra Design Museum and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, presents the work of more than 120 artists and designers, displaying sculpture, prints, fashion, furniture, film, photography, apps, maps, digital comics, and more to show how African design generates innovative design approaches and solutions with worldwide relevance.

Before the TV series, there was the movie in which a Nineties Valley Girl discovers her true calling.