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Though May is Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Austin’s premier Asian American Film Festival serves up AAPI cinematic talent through June, too.

Eager to watch a tragic, thought-provoking, sociopolitical tragedy? Experience the student-performed, professionally directed classic (which feels like an understatement), in a replica Elizabethan theatre space by Lake Austin.

School’s out for summer! And out forever, at least in Beyond August Productions’ Exit Strategy. The story of a run-down high school finishing up its final year before eradication, Exit Strategy follows students and staff on the edge of displacement. Education is a hellscape in the best of times. One can only imagine the anarchy within a school on the brink of annihilation. In cases like that, does anything matter? Get ready to test those limits with Exit Strategy, showing the humor and madness in dire circumstances. – Cat McCarrey

I can’t describe the effervescent joy that crept inside my spirit when I visited my first H Mart in Dallas. It was a seminal experience on my road to becoming a bona fide K-pop girlie. Japanese Breakfast frontwoman Michelle Zauner’s experience in the aisles of the most unhinged yet satisfyingly over-the-top grocery shopping extravaganza – I’m talking everything from produce to kitchen appliances, face masks, all manner of snacks, and a whole-ass food court – is an incredibly poignant look into the oftentimes contemptuous relationship dynamics between a mother and daughter, something that so many of us as mother’s daughters can relate to. Written with veritas and staggering vulnerability, Crying in H Mart is as much an emotional hurricane as the megastore it’s named after. – Cy White

For the rest of this month and into the next, Flatbed Press, local bastion of multiple originals, is putting you on to the next gen of Austin printmakers. For the third year in a row, this annual exhibition features work from students receiving a printmaking degree from any college in the Austin area, including UT, ACC, St. Edward’s, Texas State, and Southwestern. The work ranges from traditional to experimental, both in form and process. Hot tip: While you’re there, make sure to step out of the gallery and check out the working press portion of the building. – Lina Fisher

It’s the second coming of surrealism at Ivester Contemporary. Josias Figueirido aptly updates the legacy of Dalí and Chagall with his vivid dreamscapes. His exhibit presents spirit guides Piri the Dreamer and Flying Coyote in increasingly absurd settings, smoothly bubbled characters possessing hypnotic shininess. Paintings of them hang in eerily vivid flashe paint, existing harmoniously beside their animated counterpoints in an immersive, interactive reality. It’s the wondrous love child of Cartoon Network and modernism. You don’t want to miss it.: – Cat McCarrey

So it goes: Newspapers and alt-weeklies and circulars and all other types of print media continue to dwindle as big business gobbles them up, spits ’em out, and moves on to whatever new toy the other kids are playing with. We here at ye olde Austin Chronicle think this stinks! And we’re doing a li’l somethin’ somethin’ about it. Free Press Forever, kicking off this Thursday, is a mini music series/donor drive held once a month in our new offices’ courtyard. To get on the invite-only list, donate $5, $10, or any dollar amount and you’ll be entered to win passes for upcoming Free Press Forever shows – featuring hot local music acts, complimentary bevvies, rotating food options, giveaways, and more. While this Thursday’s show is full up, keep an eye on austinchronicle.com/support for future chances to help keep Austin print-positive.– James Scott

Oscar upsets don’t come much bigger than a charming documentary about backing singers overturning a slate of heavy hitters about global political turmoil. Yet that’s exactly what happened in 2013 when 20 Feet From Stardom beat out The Act of Killing, chronicling mass killings in Indonesia, and the history of the Egyptian crisis in The Square. Morgan Neville’s look at the performers – most of them Black women – who have filled out the sound of musicians that you love, returns to the big screen courtesy of everyone’s favorite volunteer-staffed community radio station.– Richard Whittaker

Nine years ago, a Supreme Court ruling made same-sex marriage legal in the U.S. of A. While progress has been up and down since then – oof, actually it’s been more down than up – the historic moment marked a turning point for the queer community legislatively. As the office who issued Texas’ first gay marriage license, the Travis County Clerk’s Office celebrates the 2015 ruling with a whole week of free wedding ceremonies. Check countyclerk.traviscountytx.gov for further details on marriage license deadlines, specific locations, and other bureaucratic minutiae – and I’ll bring the rice! – James Scott

In Link & Pin’s Summer Exposure series, they’re presenting three artists for two weeks each. Kicking it off are Jan Pomeroy, Denise Elliott Jones, and Kristy Battani. Their work perfectly complements each other, exhibiting worlds full of vibrant colors and rich, evocative texturing. Play along with their vivid sightscapes this Thursday, in conjunction with East Austin Arts District’s Third Thursday walks. Or wait for the artist reception on Saturday, for wining and dining and art aplenty. – Cat McCarrey

Kicking off June 27 and through the end of the year, The Austin Chronicle presents "Free Press Forever," a mini music series and donor drive held once a month in the courtyard of the Chronicle's new office digs! If you understand how important free and independent journalism is, please consider supporting the hardest-working free press in town (that'd be us) with a donation of $5, $10, or whatever you can afford. As part of your donation you'll be entered to win passes to an upcoming Free Press Forever show with performances by local & must-see music artists, complimentary beverages, rotating food options, giveaways, and more! Learn more and donate now at austinchronicle.com/support.

Calling all lovers of intergenerational family tales – maybe a niche crowd, but definitely a good one. Zach presents to you The Lehman Trilogy, winner of five Tony Awards. One of those Tonys? Best Play. Decide whether it deserved the honors, all while following the infamous Lehman family from their arrival in America through the 1900s until their infamous financial firm (spoiler alert) collapsed in 2008. If you miss Succession but wished it had just a smidgen more early 20th century immigration struggle and concrete financial crisis, you’ve got to check this out. – Cat McCarrey

Doomscrollers unite: This drag show hosted by the inimitable Solovino calls to mind the internet quicksand we all drown in every time we open social media. Performances from drag artists Rosalind Hussell, Liz Dexia, Ethel Institution, Munster Mash, Bubu, MK Ultra, and Psyril Cybin pull from broadband brain-rot to create entertainment you won’t soon forget. Log on, baby, and see what the World Wide Web’s got for you. – James Scott

Hoo-wee! Does anything feel better than a dip in the pool during a hot Texas summer? While some among us may be privileged to own private watering holes, most of us get to enjoy the great Austin PARD’s work at the 44 public aquatic facilities to choose from this summer. You’ve got regional, neighborhood, and community pools; a wading pool; splash pads; and the crown jewel: Barton Springs. Check austintexas.gov/pools-splashpads for up-to-date info on which pools are open, what their entry fee is, and whether you have what it takes to be a public pool lifeguard. Now, outta the way if you don’t wanna get wet: I’m gonna do a cannonball! – James Scott

Thanks to Seventies funk band War, the word “lowrider” often calls to mind the unforgettable sax riff of the band’s 1975 No. 1 single. But lowrider can mean a snazzy customized car with hydraulics or a person who works on such a vehicle, and the culture around these cars has strengthened Mexican American communities in the Southwest since the Forties. Learn more about them at this exhibit featuring an interactive touchscreen mural, cars and bikes on display, and stories about the people who make lowriding a community. A member reception takes place May 18. – Kat McNevins

That's right: Cap City Comedy Club, the longtime cornerstone of Austin's comedy scene for nearly four decades is at a new venue in the Domain. And here's Valerie Lopez with a closer look at what's in store for the scene via the venue. Click for details!

Traveling in Mexico, you frequently encounter changarritos – portable food carts or tienditas run by hardworking entrepreneurs. The carts usually operate outside of any formal regulation and, in that way, mirror the resilience and creativity of Mexican culture. In 2005, artist Máximo González appropriated the concept of the changarrito as a way for artists to take their work directly to the people. The idea came to Austin’s venerable Mexic-Arte Museum in 2012, with dozens of artists displaying art and interacting with the public outside the Downtown gallery. The concept is back and will run through August. – Brant Bingamon

Art and … math? Not as improbable as it may seem, especially when seen through the veil of fantasy. And that’s exactly what artist/gallerist/therapist Deanna Miesch does. Compiling works inspired by 1800s mathematician Edwin A. Abbott’s imaginary world of Flatland (with touches of fellow mathematician Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland, of course), Miesch presents reality with a fanciful twist. Her visuals show our world, blurred or tilted a little askew. It’s easy to see portals to another world in every line and angle. What dimensions will you discover? – Cat McCarrey