James Renovitch

3 weeks ago | austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |Richard Whittaker |James Renovitch

Recommended happenings for your calendar's enjoyment Thursday 15 - Sunday 18, Palmer Events CenterCouldn’t fuel your private jet for Art Basel this year? Can’t afford even a painting of a private jet? That’s where you may be wrong, as the Affordable Art Fair may be the way to get an original work on your walls.

2 months ago | austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |James Renovitch |Richard Whittaker

The weekdays are filled with events worth leaving the house Monday 31, Hyperreal Film ClubThis 1983 sequel to the Alfred Hitchcock slasher came 23 years after the original, which is kind of like if they made a Signs sequel today. Ol’ Norman Bates, once again played chillingly by Anthony Perkins, is back on the street after his sentence at a psychiatric hospital is completed. Well, not the street exactly ... he’s back at the Bates Motel! Seems unwise.

2 months ago | austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |James Renovitch |Kimberley Jones

Art, crafts, and more weekday fun Monday 24, St. John Branch LibraryLike learning new crafts but hate interacting with children? The library has you covered with another monthly installment of its Crafty Adult series. This time you’ll learn the basics of creating a shadow box with your favorite fungi heavily featured. All supplies and instruction are included, but be prepared to let your creative juices (and hot glue) flow after you get the hang of things.

Feb 27, 2025 | austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |James Renovitch |Cat McCarrey

"The Memory of the Missing Thing" by Denise Prince Through April 5, Ivester ContemporaryOil of Olay? No: Oil on canvas, painted by second-time solo Ivester Contemporary exhibitionist Denise Prince as part of her new show kicking off this Saturday, March 1. These works dig into our current relationship to beauty as seen through product advertisements – you know, the big glossy images scattered throughout fashion mags you read in a salon waiting room – and test those visual limits.

Feb 20, 2025 | austinchronicle.com | James Scott |Katherine McNevins |James Renovitch |Cat McCarrey

The chilly weekend is heating up Through March 22, Hyde Park TheatreAny vagina-having person has felt this title’s truth. (Or knows its cousin, “My uterus is trying to kill me.”) Finally, Yola Jean Lu is putting words to this universality, curing that vagina pain with healthy doses of laughter and sobs. This one-woman show broke barriers at Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and just this past month won over audiences at Austin’s own FronteraFest.