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Cap City Comedy Club
That's right: Cap City Comedy Club, the longtime cornerstone of Austin's comedy scene for nearly four decades is at a new venue in the Domain. And here's Valerie Lopez with a closer look at what's in store for the scene via the venue. Click for details! -
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ColdTowne Theater
ColdTowne's new brick-and-mortar place is totally open, and who knows what they'll shake this city with next? But one truth remains: ColdTowne is a designated den of gold, baby, sweet comedy gold. -
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Fences
August Wilson made plays about Black lives with the deliberate purpose to show white America that the idea that their Black neighbors were impossibly different was an illusion. At the same time, his work was deeply rooted in exploring how that illusion damaged Black people, and nowhere is that more painfully clear than in Fences, the defining work of his 10-part Pittsburgh Cycle. In Troy Maxson, the big man of the neighborhood, white audiences could see the frustrations and pride of a man who made the best he could of being a garbageman, a job any of them could have. At the same time, Wilson embedded his story in the injustices of the Negro baseball leagues and racial profiling. This new production by Austin-based director Jeremy Rashad Brown promises to prove both the power of Wilson’s work and the tragedy that it’s still agonizingly relevant. – Richard WhittakerThrough March 16 -
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Guiding Light (record release), Wiccans, Blood Rite, Criminal Assault
Fri., Feb. 14, 9pm. $15 cover (21+). -
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Hickoids, Gary Lindsey & the Pleasure Tide, Cruel Summer TX, DJ Brother Jamal
Fri., Feb. 14, 8pm. $15 advance, $20 door (all ages). -
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Irene Antonia Diane Reece: “Don’t Cry for Me When I’m Gone”
Forgotten histories, missed connections – there’s a distinct sense of grief only members of a diaspora can understand. Houston-born photographer and activist Irene Antonia Diane Reece concentrates on these phenomena in her work, capturing images of Black Americans in her attempts to protect Black history and decentralize whiteness in the artistic sphere and beyond. Layering text from Black Southern archives onto photos, her multimedia installation “Don’t Cry for Me When I’m Gone” highlights the weight of the loss that comes from the death of loved ones – and the importance of archivism in ensuring their memories live on. – Carys AndersonThrough March 6 -
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Jaycie Carver & Venison Whirled, Space Law, Hollowearth
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Jiab Prachakul: Sweet Solitude
Whoever says Austin isn’t a fine art town can get the hell out of here. We continually break artistic ground with innovative and international taste. The Contemporary once again adds to that rep by hosting artist Jiab Prachakul’s first solo museum show. Born in Thailand, living in France, and with a solid film background behind her, Prachakul’s work has a bold style and clear point of view. Heavy graphic lines and soul-stirring colors fill her art. Each moment could be a film still, each stroke staking her claim on a far-too-Western art world. Widely accessible but intensely intimate, Prachakul’s scenes beg for close inspection. Join the Contemporary, and the artist herself, in examining her offerings during Friday’s opening night festivities or in conversation on Saturday, Feb. 1. – Cat McCarreyThrough August 3 -
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