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for Wed., Jan. 8

  • 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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  • Music

    Warren Hood

    If you’re gonna play in Texas… Warren Hood was a revered fiddle player long before he answered Alabama’s famous proclamation on the field at the Nov. 23 Texas-Kentucky game, but that DKR performance likely tipped off a whole new audience to the Austin Music Hall of Famer’s talents. The son of Champ Hood and the longtime accompanist of late crooner Toni Price, Warren Hood was classically trained at Berklee before launching this weekly ABGB residency with Marshall Hood, Willie Pipkin, Nate Rowe, and Jordan Cook, where he plays originals, classics, and a few Uncle Walt’s Band favorites. – Carys Anderson
    Wed., Jan. 8, 6pm
    The Austin Beer Garden Brewing Co.

    • Community

      Events

      Dungeons & Dragons for Teens

      It’s never too early to be a huge nerd, so why not tap into that improvisational storytelling instinct during adolescence? Ages 13-18 are invited to take part in a five-session campaign that brings their characters to the astral plane for wild and wacky antics at Spelljammer Academy. Seats are limited, so apply to join only if you’re able to make at least four out of the five sessions. Email [email protected] to register, and happy travels! – James Scott
      Wed., Jan. 8
      Milwood Branch Library

    • Arts

      Books

      Fresh Start by Gale Galligan

      Who doesn’t wish for a second first impression? Ollie Herisson – protag of author Gale Galligan’s newest young readers offering – has gotten plenty of tries, as her diplomat father’s work moves the family around the globe constantly. But after her parents decide to settle down in Virginia, Ollie must deal with having had her last first impression – and what comes afterward. In conversation with Austin’s Gabriela Epstein, Galligan hits up BookPeople to chat awkward school memories, making comics, and possibly their many pet rabbits. – James Scott
      Wed., Jan. 8
      BookPeople

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Candy Mountain (1987)

      A recent biopic on folk music scene strummer Robert Zimmerman calls to mind creative scenes past – always heralded as grittier than today’s more slick and brand-centric landscape. But nostalgia for yesterday’s guitar-wielding heroes isn’t solely the domain of James Mangold’s directorial oeuvre. Nay, nay: In 1987, filmmaker Robert Frank and author Rudy Wurlitzer embarked on their third collaboration with this Sixties-inspired tale. Narratively riffing on real-life experiences Frank and Wurlitzer’s nomadic lifestyles afforded them, the film follows a young musician trying to balance a desire for financial success with his artistic integrity – alongside a cast dotted by cool-guy music tastemakers like Tom Waits, Joe Strummer, and Leon Redbone. Perfect viewing for the January doldrums, especially this new 2K restoration courtesy of Film Movement. – James Scott
      Jan. 6 & 8
      AFS Cinema

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      I Know Who Killed Me (2007)

      A vintage of the pre-Christmas movie Lindsay Lohan rebrand, this schlock vehicle didn’t so much shock viewers upon release as made them weary. Like many of its ilk, director Chris Sivertson’s film borrows heavily from Italian slasher subgenre giallo in ways both bad and slightly more bad. However, as has happened for almost every Aughts-era flop, a reappraisal has been launched for Lohan’s dual-identity thriller that continues with Hyperreal’s screening. While Chronicle critic Steve Davis labeled it “a bloody mess, in more than one sense,” HFC programmer Cynthia Muñoz maintains the film offers much to fans of “camp, giallo, or re-examining the toxic way 2000s media treated young women.” – James Scott
      Wed., Jan. 8
      Hyperreal Film Club

    • Community

      Kids

      Magnet Mania!

      Are we sure we trust magnets? The way they attract or repel depending on their orientation? Seems suspicious. Luckily your kids can get educated on the actual science of magnets before, like us, they get too old and jaded to learn how they work. This workshop for ages 3 and up will exercise critical-thinking and problem-solving skills with some help from magnetic toys and tiles. Just keep an eye on those metal-loving objects; you never know when they might turn on you. – James Renovitch
      Wed., Jan. 8
      Windsor Park Branch Library

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Rashomon (1950)

      Something magical happens after you watch Rashomon. Suddenly, around 80% of pop culture makes way more sense to you. Jokes from The Simpsons and Community finally land. References are clear as day. You might even be emboldened enough by this sudden clarity that you’ll feel the urge to watch movies clearly cribbing from Rashomon’s multiple-perspective structure, like The Usual Suspects or The Last Duel (which is totally worth checking out; it’s probably Ridley Scott’s best movie from the past decade). But even without the sudden cultural cachet, Rashomon is worth the watch. It’s a deserving masterpiece from unequivocal genius Akira Kurosawa, a telling analysis of whether individual memories are actually trustworthy. – Cat McCarrey
      Jan. 8 & 10-12
      AFS Cinema

    • Film

      Special Screenings

      Secret Celluloid Mystery Movie

      While usual Weird Wednesday programmers Laird Jimenez and Morgan Hyde take a well-deserved breather, the Drafthouse’s freakazoid film night gets shaken up with a mystery movie hosted by cartoonist Rory Blank. Known widely as this year’s Best of Austin Cartoonist/Comic Creator and known nichely as Hot Dog by those who’ve sweated within the late 4th Tap Brewing space during Party World Rasslin’, Blank’s dry humor fits the repertory program’s off-kilter viewing choices. Hints about the night’s film title are thus: It’s only screened in Austin once over the past 20 years, and a remake is on the 2025 box office slate. Happy guessing! – James Scott
      Wed., Jan. 8
      Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar

    • Arts

      Books

      YA for Adults: Time and Time Again by Chatham Greenfield

      I suppose you’re never too old for melodrama, which lies at the heart of most young adult novels. Austin Public Library plays into the latest phenomenon of older peeps enjoying teenage tomes by hosting a book club just for y’all. This month’s pick comes from Floridian Chatham Greenfield, whose debut novel follows queer Jewish teens falling in love while stuck in a time loop that threatens their budding romance. Expect a sunny setting and plenty of sweaty situations – because of the Sunshine State’s humidity, obvs. – James Scott
      Wed., Jan. 8
      Hampton Branch Library
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