This year’s Mozart's free World Coffee Festival will feature samples from the 30 countries that provide the beans for Mozart’s special blends. Guests can taste the sweetness of a Colombian coffee drink brewed with sugar water and served with a chaser of lemonade. And yes, “ Tinto con Aqua Panella” will be served free of charge to the attendees this year. Music and Fun!
Prost! To Gemütlichkeit and Cheer Since 1981
Oktoberfest Celebrates 45 Years in the Polka Capital of Texas! For 45 unforgettable years, Fredericksburg’s Oktoberfest has brought the spirit of Bavaria to the heart of Texas. This beloved family-friendly festival is packed with three days of lively music, joyful dancing, hearty toasting, and warm Gemütlichkeit.
Formerly of cult punk troupe Mika Miko, Jennifer and Jessica Clavin push L.A. rock as Bleached. Their simple, garage-styled work finds new clarity on Don’t You Think You’ve Had Enough?, wherein disco and pop-punk propel cuts like “Hard to Kill.” California deadpan garage crew the Paranoyds and local punk melody-makers Pollen Rx open.
Shorts Program: The best short films of this year’s Sundance Film Festival, specially curated by the festival for audiences nationwide, including Alexandra Lazarowich's short doc "Fast Horse" about the return of the Blackfoot bareback horse-racing tradition.
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.
Artists around the world have created works in a variety of media, based on the words desperation, isolation, and deceit, for this show curated by Austin's own Amie Stone King.
Innovators present ideas for products that use data, technology, and design to improve transportation systems. Attendees will be be asked to vote for their favorite.
Representatives from four local nonprofits (Urban Roots, Central Texas Food Bank, PEAS, and Community! First Village) share how they're utilizing their harvests, plans for their fall gardens, and volunteer opportunities.
After seven cycles of competition, Nadine Hughes is rounding up the all-stars to compete for Austin’s Miss Superstar. Every week, the queens will have to rise to a new challenge to snatch the crown. – A. Micah Mills
Social Cycling Austin presents Bikin' Betties, a weekly, beginner-friendly, all-ladies bike ride that ends with drink specials and fun activities (karaoke, minigolf, outdoor movies, etc.) Along the way, bond with other two-wheelin' ladies. Join the Facebook group for ride details.
Among the lessons students will learn are personal development, BMX bicycle safety, bicycle handling and maneuvers, bicycle care and maintenance, and BMX ethics in the park.
Through intimate portraits and abstract landscapes, Vy Ngo depicts the experience of physically and emotionally living in two different cultures, her show here a reflection of the space in which many children of immigrants live within their identities, their communities, and in the context of the American Dream.
Our girl Miss Kitty Litter is bringing you an exclusive sneak peek at season two to find out who gets crowned the queen of camp. Fingers crossed for Kitty, cuz you know she's vying – read our coverage here.
The willful self-destruction of humanity by Earth’s most formidable species – humans – is the topic of New Orleans-born and Dallas-raised photographer Tia Boyd. Through a series of portraits, Boyd reveals "a surviving race of godlike women warriors who have come to terraform the planet for future inhabitants." And here's our full review of the show.