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Masked/Unmasked

April 15, 2013 11:20 am by: Mike Lee

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There are two exhibitions currently on display at Austin's Mexic-Arte Museum, exploring different but connected aspects of Latin American, and specifically Mexican culture. In the main gallery, Masked takes a look at the history of Mexican dance masks, which for years have been tied to cultural and religious celebrations. The colorful masks are steeped in history but have also become popular more recently as souvenirs and wall decor. In the back gallery, Unmasked celebrates a more pop culture version of the Mexican mask: those worn by luchadores, or Mexican wrestlers. Luchadores have been popular in Mexico for decades; they're sort of a combination of athlete and super hero, appearing not just in the wrestling ring but also in dozens of popular movies and television shows....
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Skakespeare in Wimberley: The Merry Wives of Windsor

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Skakespeare in Wimberley: The Merry Wi...

All this month, the Wimberley players are bringing some Elizabethan Era entertainment to the Hill Country. Their new production of The Merry Wives of Windsor is being staged as it would have been in Shakespeare's day, with universal lighting, no set pieces, and with seating on three sides of the...
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Ready Player One

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Ready Player One

Austin-based writer Ernie Cline is best known for his film work (the cult favorite Fanboys is based on his script), but he's now a novelist as well. The idea for Ready Player One, Cline's debut novel, had been rattling around in his head for a past decade or so; he'd work on it here and there...
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Ethan Azarian: One Man Show

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Ethan Azarian: One Man Show

Austin musician and artist Ethan Azarian is known for his in-house galleries, which have become a holiday tradition. He's so associated with in-house galleries, in fact, that it's notable that his current show takes place somewhere other than in his home. After spending the last few years...
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Now Now Oh Now

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Now Now Oh Now

The Rude Mechanicals are known for their unusual, highly collaborative performances, and their latest, Now Now Oh Now, is certainly in keeping with that ethos. It’s an interactive promenade piece, which means that the small audience (limited to only 30 per performance) should wear...
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Fusebox Festival

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Fusebox Festival

Started nearly a decade ago as an underground festival funded mostly by organizer Ron Berry's credit card, Austin's Fusebox Festival has grown into an arts fest behemoth. In this, its eighth year, Fusebox will span twelve days and fifteen venues, and will feature artists from around the world. The...
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The New Movement

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The New Movement

The New Movement isn't just a comedy theater; in addition to nightly shows, they also offer improv classes, tour regularly, and work on film and television projects. For the past three years, though, they've been doing that work while based out of a former laundromat on Austin's East Side. That...
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Wit

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Wit

Margaet Edson's Pulitzer Prize winning play Wit is currently running at City Theatre. It’s the story of poetry professor Vivan Bearing and her battle with cancer, a disease that's touched the lives of many of the cast and crew. Judith Laird, who, like the character she plays, is a...
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Web Exclusive: Dayboynightgirl

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Web Exclusive: Dayboynightgirl

Arts Eclectic isn't on the air this week (we're off to make room for this month's Get Involved feature). The bad news is that this feature on Da! Theatre Collective's new show Dayboynightgirl...
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The Intergalactic Nemesis Book Two: Robot Planet Rising

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The Intergalactic Nemesis Book Two: Ro...

We here at KUT have long been supporters of The Intergalactic Nemesis, airing an early version of the sci-fi radio drama on the late, great SoundSight back in the past century. Over the past decade and a half, The Intergalactic Nemesis has undergone many changes, starting...
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Austin Sketch Fest

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Austin Sketch Fest

There hasn't been a comedy festival in Austin for days now, and if you're looking to fill the comedy fest-shaped hole in your soul, The Austin Sketch Fest (which bills itself as "Austin's Only Festival") is here...
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LAFF: Ladies Are Funny Festival

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LAFF: Ladies Are Funny Festival

Austin's a city of festivals, which shouldn't be a big surprise -- it's the natural result of having so many people who are really passionate about so many things. Austin's current festival takes place this week: LAFF, or Ladies Are Funny Festival. It's a celebration of women, comedy, and women in...
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Journey: Tradition to Innovation

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Journey: Tradition to Innovation

Anuradha Naimpally is a performer of the classical Bharata Natyam, and has been dancing worldwide for some three decades; for the past twenty years, she's made Austin her home. Her latest performance piece,...
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The Dragon Play

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The Dragon Play

This month, Shrewd Productions is presenting the first-ever production of Jenny Connell's The Dragon Play. The new work features two storylines, one concerning a married couple in Minnesota and one centered on a young boy and a dragon in central Texas. The lines between these two moments...
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Art on the Green

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Art on the Green

All this spring, AMOA-Arthouse is hosting an artist-designed miniature golf course at its Laguna Gloria and Jones Center locations. There are nine holes at Laguna Gloria, each designed by a local artist or design team, and a tenth bonus hole in the lobby of Arthouse at the Jones Center...
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