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Wanna Play, a new play by Austin playwright Christine Hoang, explores the awkward courtship of making new friends as an adult. After two online video gamers get zapped into The […]
Austin Rainbow Theatre closes its second season in a riotous and heartfelt celebration of queer identity. Lipstick by Lane Michael Stanley, an Austin favorite playwright, opens this April. Blending farcical […]
This uproariously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play is a modern revamp of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Fat Ham follows Juicy, a queer, pensive, young Black man finding his way in the world […]
WORKSHOP PERFORMANCE: Two Guatemalan sisters uproot layers of memory and mycelia. Through puppetry, movement, and uncanny fungal moments, Ixq'anil and Isabela grapple with inheritance, identity, and what emerges from decay,
Burlesque enthusiasts mark your calendar for Texas Burlesque Festival 2025! May 1st Mixer/Performance at Kick Butt Coffee May 2-3rd at the Rollins Theatre at The Long Center! Featuring New Orlean’s […]
Four brave adventures set off on a mighty quest. It has not gone well. Starring Gustavo Martinez, Nate Dunaway, Tobie Minor, CB Feller, and Kate Meehan, with live music by […]
The Mexic-Arte Museum has partnered with the Mexico City-based Colectivo Ultima Hora to create four fiberglass skulls that have been painted by four Austin-based artists: Ruben Esquivel, NIZ, Carmen Rangel, […]
AFS presents Doc Days, our annual festival of non-fiction cinema, featuring outstanding new documentary work from around the world with filmmakers in attendance. AFS Doc Days is an opportunity for […]
AFS welcomes Los Angeles’ famed Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) for its third annual Austin series, presenting a selection of the most acclaimed films from PAFF’s February festival. Established in […]
The Austin Asian American Film Festival (AAAFF) returns to the AFS Cinema (located at 6259 Middle Fiskville Rd, Austin, TX 78752) this June 25-29, 2025, celebrating their 17th year of […]
Sommer Henderson opened her studio Soul & Stone in December 2024 after receiving the Nexus Grant from the City of Austin. Since then, she has created a space where those […]
What? Great films, programs with cast members, fun parties, opportunities to socialize with festival goers. When? Opening Night: Thursday, October 30th, 2025. Saturday-Sunday, November 1st and 2nd. Saturday, November 8th […]