James Renovitch

4 weeks 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.

1 month 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.

1 month ago | 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.

2 months ago | 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.

2 months ago | austinchronicle.com | Derek Udensi |Carys Anderson |James Renovitch |Raoul Hernandez

Metal, punk, Mary J, and more worth seeing Laurie Gallardo Thursday 13, State TheatreGoth never goes out of style, even around Valentine’s Day. The dark-hearted are invited to join multi-Austin Music Award-winning deejay/host Laurie Gallardo for a spooky bedtime story told with more than a tinge of the macabre. To get you in the mood, Carrie Rodriguez and David Pulkingham will offer an instrumental amuse bouche before Gallardo shows you why her voice is so renowned.