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  • Meet Co-ops Transforming Austin's Food System

    The co-op model offers an alternative to low wages and high turnover. Taste food from new local co-ops free from 2-4 p.m. Learn what it means to be a values-focused restaurant, farm, bakery, or grocery store. Hear about cooperation across the food system, worker-consumer collaboration, and success stories.
    Sat. June 21, 2pm-4pm  
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    Dell Jewish Community Center

  • Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival

    Grab your friends and come to the Fredericksburg Craft Beer Festival! Give your palate a treat, enjoy the tastes, textures and aromas- you will find a new favorite brewery! If you prefer a glass of wine or seltzer – they’ll have that too. Lively music, food, games, brewers panel and more. Come See What’s on Tap! Sponsored by the Fredericksburg Rotary Club.
    Sat. June 14, 11am-6pm  
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    Downtown Fredericksburg Market Square
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  • Arts

    Visual Arts

    Artist Talk: KB Brookins & Sari Shryack

    Sari Shryack self-describes as an “artist, mother, and color connoisseur” on website “Not Sorry Art” (get it? Sari, not sorry). Expressing a love for color all the way to her brightly hued hair, the oil and acrylic painter brings vibrancy to artistic expressions inspired by a 1990s and early Aughts girlhood. Local Black trans author KB Brookins works with words, film, and digital collage to explore what freedom looks like in multimedia exhibit “Freedom House,” based on Brookins’ excellent poetry collection of the same name that “manifests a world where Black, queer, and trans people get to live.” Hear from both artists about their processes, inspiration, and techniques at this free talk. – Kat McNevins
    Wed., Sept. 4
    Dougherty Arts Center

  • Music

    bs, Snoozer, Proun

    Something in the Philadelphia water seems to produce top-tier indie rock, with gritty duo Snoozer serving as an excellent case study. Consisting of brothers Mike and Tom Kelly (the latter of whom travels as fellow Philly talent Alex G’s touring drummer), the siblings stride into Austin in anticipation of LP Mid-Earth. Lead single “Love’s Permission” deftly balances tense distortion with heartfelt lyricism, while the head-bang self-loathing of “Behave” hits home. Local alt-rock favorites Proun and BS join. – Genevieve Wood
    Wed., Sept. 4, 10pm. $10 cover (21+).
    Hotel Vegas

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    Hyperreal Film Club’s Secret Screenings

    No longer are they showing weeknight films at Hotel Vegas, where the door always swings open and the chairs creak. Hyperreal Film Club reveals their new Eastside clubhouse with a full-ish week of secret movie screenings. Pick a day that works for you and nab your ticket: Whatever you catch is sure to be a real classic, total headspinner, or new weird favorite you stump for whenever your friends call the movie’s honor into question. The new space has cushy seats, a front door that stays closed, and a bathroom that will definitely not have drywall holes by opening night. Definitely! – James Scott
    Sept. 3-6
    301 Chicon

  • Music

    Jim Ward, Nate Bergman [inside]

    In the pantheon of El Paso music, Jim Ward stands as the blue-collar working man that helped build and expand the hardcore sound of the city. From founding member of the essential At the Drive-In in the 1990s to fronting power trio Sparta in the 2000s and alt.country-tuned Sleepercar, Ward’s unassuming presence belied the crashing and creative catharsis of his sound. 2021’s solo effort Daggers recruited a rhythm section of Incubus’ Ben Kenney and Thursday’s Tucker Rule to deliver a pandemic gem riffing deep on Ward’s influences. His solo show will sweep across Ward’s entire storied career. – Doug Freeman
    Wed., Sept. 4, 9pm  
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    Mohawk

  • Community

    Kids

    Playdates in the Park

    The weather should be cooling off (right? please? absolutely please?), so what better way to celebrate than a day at the park? The acclaimed park playdates return after a brief summer hiatus, kicking off fall with a bilingual bonanza. In addition to crafts and a movement session with Creative Action, followed by a family dance party, there will be a storytime with local illustrator Eliza Kinkz. Her latest book with Jesus Trejo, Papa’s Magical Water-Jug Clock, promises adventure as whimsical and zany as Kinkz’s pictures. If you want to take some of that spirit home for the kids, the fun can continue with printables from her website. Music, games, and literacy? That’s the full package, baby. – Cat McCarrey
    Wed., Sept. 4
    Mary Moore Searight Park

  • Qmmunity

    Community

    Reading the Rainbow

    Speed-read the James Baldwin classic Go Tell It on the Mountain so you, too, can participate in the Austin’ public library’s LGBTQIA+ book club. If you can’t make it in-person, there will be a virtual option.
    Wed., Sept. 4
    Twin Oaks Branch Library

  • Music

    RESCHEDULED FROM 7/11: GZA, Inspectah Deck, more [garage]

    Austin, Houston, Dallas – no San Antonio. So reads this Wu-Tang duo’s Texas trek, signaling the capital finally taking its rightful place among the second-biggest and most populous state’s leading destinations. Days after Brownout cousins Money Chicha blow out the Garage, GZA rolls in with Inspectah Deck. Famously backed by the dual axe-wielding ATX Latins in 2012, the Long Island MC crowed “Expect more shows from us,” so hopefully a special guest or two pulls into the Garage. “The chemistry is amazing,” GZA continued those dozen years ago, brandishing his solo rap enshrinement Liquid Swords. – Raoul Hernandez
    Wed., Sept. 4, 7pm  
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    Empire Control Room & Garage

  • Film

    Special Screenings

    The Baby (1973)

    Sometimes “weird” isn’t a strong enough descriptor for a movie, but unless the Drafthouse launches a new series called Fucked-Up Friday, then weird may be the best word for The Baby. It’s a film that poses more questions than it answers. Like, what was writer Abe Polsky thinking when he wrote a movie about four women fighting over a grown man who is being kept as an infant? How did veteran TV director Ted Post make this and direct Clint Eastwood in Magnum Force in the same year? And how quickly can you get a shower to wash this movie off you? Spoiler: You never can. That’s what makes it so awesome. – Richard Whittaker
    Wed., Sept. 4
    Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

  • Community

    Events

    Travis County Job Fair

    It’s easy enough to apply for job opportunities with the county (seriously – there’s more than 100 job openings right now: governmentjobs.com/careers/traviscounty). But how often do you have the chance to chat face-to-face with the folks doing the hiring? You’ll get just that on Wednesday at the Travis County Administration Building, where from 10am-2pm you can speak directly with hiring managers and human resources representatives who can tell you all about the jobs they’re looking to fill in the following departments (and more): Accounting and Finance, Attorney, Audit, Community and Social Services, Court Administration, Engineering, ITS, Maintenance, Medical, Administrative, Public Safety. Park at 800 Lavaca (entrance is located on Guadalupe); validation (for parking; we can’t guarantee the other kind) available to attendees. – Kimberley Jones
    Wed., Sept. 4. More Info.  
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    700 Lavaca
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