Five Recommended Austin Arts Events: Our weekly pick of the top art events to get you out of the house – Arts
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BLiPSWiTCH: unusual X
Inviting local dance artists to partner with an artist from a different medium to create a one-off performance, this popular ongoing series has brought together more than 120 artists since it premiered in 2016. This year the 10th edition offers 10 different collabos: Anna Bauer & Fatih Omeroglu (sound designer); Anna Claire Brunelli & Henna Chou (musicians); BLiPSWiTCH & Sloane Lenz (wardrobe designer); Celeste Camfield & Brett Marcom (musicians); Errin Delperdang & Lindsey Taylor (animators); Alyson Dolan & Drew Silverman (composer); Ciceley Fullylove & Oolaf (musicians); Rachael Hanlon & Topaz McGarrigle (musicians); Oddalys Salcido & Reese Maultsby (drummer); and Erica Saucedo & Bryan Smith (musicians). Bonus: Live music from Chelsea Pribble and Pelvis Wrestley, oysters and champagne available for purchase, and there are local craft vendors to browse.
Sun., October 17th, 3 p.m.
The Curtain Theater, 7400 Coldwater Canyon
$ 10
blipswitchmovement.com
Conspiracy: Path of Miracles
Craig Hella Johnson and his Grammy-winning ensemble return to live concerts with this haunting choral masterpiece by Joby Talbot, inspired by the historic pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. This return itself is a bit like a historical pilgrimage: Conspirares Path of Miracles premieres 600 days after the company’s last personal concert.
Fri-Sat, October 15-16, 8pm
Lutheran Church of St. Martin, 606 W. 15.
512 / 476-5775
$ 25 and up ($ 10 for students)
conspirare.org
Austin Film Society: Doc Days
Four days of new documentaries this week before the Austin Film Festival light up the AFS screens and bring fresh non-fiction cinema from around the world – and opportunities for the audience to meet with guest filmmakers. The long weekend comes to life on Thursday with Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground, a lively exploration of the forces that created one of the world’s most enduring bands, and includes a live virtual Q&A with director Haynes after the screening, hosted by AFS- Founder Richard Linklater. This white flash of light is followed by Bernadette Weigenstein’s The Conductor, Carlos Corrals Dirty Feathers, Writing With Fire by Sushmit Ghosh and Rintu Thomas, Roberto Salinas ‘Cuban Dancer, Jonas Poher Rasmussen’s brilliantly animated Flee, Drew Xanthopoulos’ Fathom, Inside the Red Brick Wand by documentary filmmakers from Hong Kong; and the series ends on Sunday night with The Rescue by Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin about the rural Thai soccer team trapped in a cave in 2018.
Thu.-Sun., Oct. 14-17
AFS Kino, 6406 N. I-35 # 3100
512 / 322-0145 x3214
$ 10 per screening (full pass for $ 80)
austinfilm.org
Courtesy greyDUCK Gallery
greyDUCK Gallery: Small deeds
Here is a visual art exhibit featuring mixed media works – including collage, drawing, sculpture, video, and photography – by four Austin-based artists: Betelhem Makonnen, Christina Coleman, Deborah Roberts, and Tammie Rubin. The artworks explore black existence through “body, object, beauty, childhood and family narratives, fleeting perceptual experiences and time. Though each artist’s aesthetic approach is different, they are united by their belief in the power of small actions to guide and reinvent ours Everyday life.”
Opening: Saturday, October 16, 7-10 p.m.
greyDUCK gallery, 2213 E. Cesar Chavez
512 / 826-5334
For free
greyduckgallery.com
Zach Theater: Into the woods
The fairytale masterpiece by composer Stephen Sondheim comes to life outdoors in a contemporary reinterpretation for the strange and pandemic-influenced times of today. The musical surrounds you and uses Zach’s architecture and nature in surprising ways: Rapunzel lets her hair fall from the pot balcony, Cinderella loses her slipper on the stairs and the milk-white cow sculpture moans to life with Jack and his beanstalk. Oh, to be in the middle of it!
Until November 7th, Tuesday to Sunday, 7:30 p.m.
Zach Theater, 202 S. Lamar
512 / 476-0541
$ 25 and more
zachtheatre.org
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