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Atelier Dojo: Remote Studios
The local powerhouse of figurative painting, the art school that's the smart school for artists of all kinds, they've got a painting-along-at-home series going to help you keep your skills honed in these socially restrictive times, featuring live costumed models posing on camera and a thriving community of creatives rendering that lovely human biotecture from their separate studios. "Join us for a three-hour costumed-model drawing session. Use any supplies you wish, listen to music, share your work, chat with others. It’s a great way to stay connected with your art community!"Tuesdays, 1:30-4:30pm; Fridays, 6:30-9:30pm; Saturdays, 9:30-12:30pm. $5. -
Arts
Visual Arts
“Temperate Grasslands”
We’re in that liminal space of summer, where life is lush and blooming, right before it succumbs to death by heat. Big Medium’s curator Coka Treviño has collected an exhibit full of garden scenes representing that magical explosion of garden growth. In her own words, it’s a way “to forget how heavy it feels to be a human.” There’s constant discovery in the wide variety of works, from dozens of artists like the established Dawn Okoro and up-and-comers MuthaGoose. Join the opening reception this Friday to view interpretations of glorious greenery. – Cat McCarreyThrough August 4 -
Community
Events
Buddhist Book Study
Do you enjoy contemplating the deep questions that come with being human? Join conversations facilitated by Asenath Avinash based on Buddhist books from great teachers to explore these questions and meditate. Drop-ins welcome; no registration required.Tuesdays, 6:30-8:30pm. Donations appreciated. -
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Arts
Comedy
Comedy Bang! Bang!
Don’t miss this live performance of humanity and the animal kingdom’s podcast, where host Scott Aukerman interviews world-class improvisers playing zany characters.Thu., July 25 -
Arts
Visual Arts
Good Dad Studios’ Second Saturdays
Ho-hum, I hear you say. What on Earth am I to do on a second Saturday that both supports my local community and fulfills my desperate need for artistic consumption? Well, well, well: I might have a place south of Oltorf that’s got over 140 artists, small businesses, and nonprofits right in one building. This place is also open to the public every second Saturday – how convenient! – with rotating activities like live music or artmaking and a ding-dang food truck court. Oh, and this place, yes, this place called Good Dad Studios is also painted the most eye-blinding shade of magenta you can imagine so there’s literally no way you can miss it while cruising on the frontage road. Do you think, maybe, this place might solve your little second Saturday plans problem? Yeah. I thought so. – James ScottSecond Saturday of every monthGood Dad Studios, 2801 S. I-35 -
Film
Special Screenings
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person (2024)
Wed., July 17, 10:00; Thu., July 18, 11:20am -
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Film
Special Screenings
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Spirited Away may have made anime icon Hayao Miyazaki a household name internationally, but he made his first truly great film 17 years earlier with 1984’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Influenced by the European and American fantasy epic writers he so admired like J.R.R. Tolkien and Ursula K. Le Guin, Miyazaki formed a world millennia past environmental collapse, where humans are dwarfed by giant insects and living in harmony with nature has become a perilous endeavor. Spectacle and heart meld in this true landmark of Japanese cinema. If you only ever saw the horrifically dubbed and butchered Warriors of the Wind cut as a kid, here’s a chance to walk among its rippling fields of gold the way Miyazaki meant. – Richard WhittakerWed., July 17, 6:40; Thu., July 18, 9:50 -
Film
Special Screenings
Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Spirited Away may have made anime icon Hayao Miyazaki a household name internationally, but he made his first truly great film 17 years earlier with 1984’s Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. Influenced by the European and American fantasy epic writers he so admired like J.R.R. Tolkien and Ursula K. Le Guin, Miyazaki formed a world millennia past environmental collapse, where humans are dwarfed by giant insects and living in harmony with nature has become a perilous endeavor. Spectacle and heart meld in this true landmark of Japanese cinema. If you only ever saw the horrifically dubbed and butchered Warriors of the Wind cut as a kid, here’s a chance to walk among its rippling fields of gold the way Miyazaki meant. – Richard WhittakerThu., July 18, 11:45am -
Music
The Aristocrats [control room]
The virtuoso power trio to end them all, the Aristocrats perform a delicate balancing act at every show. British guitarist Guthrie Govan (Asia, Hans Zimmer), American bassist Bryan Beller (Steve Vai, Dweezil Zappa), and German drummer Marco Minnemann (Joe Satriani, Mike Keneally) shove their progressive rock/shred metal/jazz fusion gumbo right in your face, but do it with genuinely sticky melodies and self-aware humor. These guys understand the absurdity of their craft (titles from new album Duck: “Sgt. Rockhopper,” “This Is Not Scrotum,” and “Muddle Through”), which makes them as likely to evoke belly laughs as dropped jaws. – Michael TolandWed., July 17, 8pm
