On this dreary June day, many of Austin's art galleries will be celebrating the openings of vibrant new exhibits. Consider enhancing your day by checking out one or more of the following events... In what can only be described as a perfect fit, Austin based Leah DeVun's latest show Our Hands on Each Other is opening tonight at Women and Their Work Gallery. DeVun's latest work is a collection of photographs, portraits, and lightboxes that document feminist and queer communities from the 1970s through today. For tonight's opening, DeVun will build a new collective women's space as part of a performance piece. Viewers will be invited to help construct the wooden structure and pay homage to feminist past and present. more ›

Got reels? Dusty old boxes of family films? Long-untouched Super-8 or 16mm treasures? Home Movie Day wants you to bring your stash to the Carver Museum this Sunday. Not only can you see your (or your parents') films projected on the big screen at the swank Boyd Vance Theatre, but there will also be Home Movie Day elves on hand who will inspect and repair your films AND give pointers on proper storage and care... more ›

THURSDAY [14] dance • Constellation, a site-specific dance work from Sally Jacques at Pickle & Thornberry Federal Courthouses (9pm) art • Guest Tour with Ellen Cunningham-Kruppa at Blanton Museum of Art, MLK at Congress (Thursdays are always free at the Blanton,12:30-1:30pm) art • Opening reception for "Just Been Fired," the mostly at Gallery Lombardi (7-10pm) art and books • Blanton Book Club at Blanton Museum of Art, MLK at Congress 6-7:30pm) books • Reginald... more ›

Costa Rica SA | Costa Rica, Inc. (Costa Rica) Hideout Theater, 11 AM The film explores with satirical black humor some absurd aspects of the Dominican Republic - Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA); such as the inclusion of war weapons as objects of commerce for Costa Rica, a country without an army, or the incorporation of Central American undersea resources as part of the United States’ definition of territory. Costa Rica, Inc. was... more ›

WEDNESDAY [10] DJ • Cut Club at The Mohawk film • KLRU Presents: Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes with discussion led by UT's Dr. S. Craig Watkins at Carver Museum and Cultural Center (6pm, Free) film • Open Screen Night at Alamo Downtown (7pm, $5) film • Idiocracy at Beerland (7pm, Free) film • Transamerica at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm,Free) film • The Glamorous Life of Sachiko Hanai at Alamo Drafthouse (9:45pm) film • Weird... more ›

Due to its rather lackluster presence, that statue has now been repealed by the UT Barbara Jordan Statue Committe. Today, they're calling for help from all of Austin--not just students--in order to gain input before the next selection process, as opposed to afterwards. To date, 75 artists have applied and the committee hopes to narrow that number down to five by January. more ›

Cine Las Americas is hosting a special screening of the critically acclaimed Letters from the Other Side. The documentary on Mexican immigration was directed by Austinite Heather Courtney. The free screening at the George Washington Carver Museum is open to the public and will feature a Q&A with women featured in the film, with a reception to follow. Beyond just a screening, the evening is a celebration of sorts, as the women from the... more ›

MONDAY [20] film • Cine Las Americas presents Letters from the Other Side at Carver Museum (6:30pm, Free) film • Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple at Alamo Downtown (7pm) film • Mouchette at Texas Union (7:30pm) film • "City of Men," Episodes 5 & 6 at Spider House (8pm, Free) film • Hedwig and the Angry Inch at Rounders Pizzeria (8pm, Free) film • Who Killed the Electric Car at Café... more ›

To imagine the love child of Maya Angelou and Kara Walker is to envision -- however hypothetically -- the potent soulfulness expressed by Gee's Bend Quilts, now on show at the Austin Museum of Art. more ›

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This Friday and Saturday, Women & Their Work presents Natasha Tsakos' "UpWake Part III" at the Carver Museum. This multi-media dance performance combines clowning, dance, and dreams with a backdrop consisting of projected digital animations and an original soundtrack. "Up Wake Part III," after the successes of Parts I and II that were commissioned by the Miami Light Project, is the last installment of the Zero Trilogy. The play follows Zero, a toon character, throughout... more ›

Some of Austinist's more sheltered friends are terrified of venturing to the Eastside. When we first moved here, we were innundated with warnings of how I-35 forms the border between the "good" part of town and the inner-city; to many of these aspiring suburbanites, venturing across the divide is to welcome certain doom. more ›