This past fall Chaddick Dance Theater created a site-specific work that was filmed at First Street Studio in April of 2021. The performance, now available for viewing, is Side Effects of Uncertainty – a three-part dance series that roams through the emotions and psychological effects the company endured during the global pandemic. Featuring CDT dancers Kat Harber, Katie Mae Hebert, Cameron Oefinger, and Christine Wong, with choreography by Cheryl Chaddick, video by Maria Forsythe, and lighting by Sam Chesney. See website for details.
The 23rd annual festival provides a rare showcase of films and videos from Latin America (North, Central, South America, and the Caribbean) and the Iberian Peninsula, celebrating film made by or about Latinx people around the world and indigenous groups of the Americas.
Council tackles a lengthy 127-Item agenda, which includes a resolution directing city staff to participate in Capital Metro’s Equitable Transit Oriented Development Study, as well as the final vote on raising the general homestead exemption to the state maximum of 20%, among other items. This is Council’s last meeting before its July break.
Here's a curated program of heart-opening music, featuring a solo performance by Conspirare’s own Craig Hella Johnson, giving you the lowdown on the acclaimed company's musical mission.
Now here's a show that's well worth seeing: The new exhibition from Gladys Poorte, displaying paintings and drawings of a new world populated with unknown peoples, animals, and plants. A world rife with untold treasures and dangers. A place, as wrought so colorfully by Poorte, that it might've been the homeworld for that legendary Codex Seraphinianus.
Take a journey through time exploring the hidden clues of Austin with Escape the Box, an outdoor guided tour, scavenger hunt, and escape game all in one! It entertains groups of 2-6 at $75 per group. The box features a number of puzzles and clues that can all be found in wonderful Austin neighborhoods along with discounts to participating businesses.
Ongoing; see website for scheduled pickup times. $75.
Esquina Tango has a full calendar of socially distanced, donation-based outdoor classes like samba, salsa aerobics, and of course, tango. Check out the full calendar online.
Gilbert & Sullivan Austin presents a new streaming series of scenes created by Austin theatre artists, offering a fresh take on classic selections from G&S operettas H.M.S. Pinafore, The Mikado, and Ruddigore.
This Play-Per-View event will reunite the principal cast members of USA’s hit drama series Royal Pains with series creator and executive producer Andrew Lenchewski and writer/director/executive producer Michael Rauch in a special live reading of the series finale, “Uninterrupted.” Emmy winner Henry Winkler will moderate a discussion and fan Q&A with the cast and creators following the reading.
Sun., June 6, 6pm; available on demand until Jun 13
A retreat/getaway with luxury cabins and yurts, a pool, community areas, walking path, and more. Disconnect from tech and make connections with nature, yourself, and other humans.
Here's a solo exhibition of paintings by Houston-based artist Bradley Kerl, featuring work that often reflects the fleeting moments and meditative spaces of the artist’s quotidian life. Featuring work, we note, of gorgeous colors and patterns in the service of depicting this modern life. As reviewed here by the Chronicle's own Robert Faires.