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Weekend Arts Pix
Thursday
Jana Swec and Jared Theis.
Co-founder of the East Austin Studio Tour and one-third of the artist collaborative Sodalitas, Jana Swec shows her delicate, highly detailed ink drawings. Musician and artist Jared Theis crafts slabs of clay that mimic music with their intricate designs. Opening reception: 6 to 8 p.m. today. Regular hours: noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays. D Berman Gallery, 1701 Guadalupe St. Free. www.dbermangallery.com.
Thursday through Sunday
‘Windows.’
Performance poet Zell Miller III offers a challenging new high-energy movement-filled theater piece in which 10 archetypal characters navigate violence, racism and oppression. 8 p.m. today-Sunday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Road. $10-$30. www.upriseproductions.org.
Friday and Saturday
Jorge Caballero.
Famed guitarist Caballero returns to Austin and joins New York violinist Maria Conti as well as local talents, mezzo-soprano Liz Cass and cellist Douglas Harvey. The program ranges from Bach to Piazolla to Peruvian songs. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Mexican American Cultural Center, 600 River St. $25-$50. www.austinclassicalguitar.org.
Friday-Sunday
‘See the Music, Hear the Dance.’
American Repertory Ensemble brings intimately scaled ballet and live chamber music to the stage. Among the short pieces on the program is Lar Lubovitch’s pas de deux ‘My Funny Valentine’ and a new piece by Austin composer Stephen Barber. Favorite re-stagings of dances by artistic director David Justin include ‘Just a Regular Joe.’ 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. McCullough Theatre, University of Texas campus, 2350 Robert Dedman Drive. $20-$38. www.americanrepensemble.org.
Saturday
‘Public Art Crawl.’
Join the City of Austin’s Art in Public Places staff for a tour of studios and working spaces of artists who are in the process of making public art. Participants will be shuttled to various studios. Artists are Jill Bedgood, James Talbot, Stephanie Strange, Hawkeye Glen and Lizzie Martinez. 10 a.m. Tour leaves from City Hall, 301 W. Second St. Free (reservations necessary). 512-974-9308.
‘Half & Half: Part One.’
The annual summer love fest between the artists and art historians of UT’s Department of Art and Art History brings the artwork from 15 graduate students in two exhibitions curated by art and art history graduates. ‘Part One’ includes artists Kate Abercrombie, Sonya Berg, Sam Dahl, Scott Eastwood, Santiago Forero, Robert Melton, Marya Spont, and Jeff Stanley. Curated by Kara Carmack, Ariel Evans, Bonnie Gammill, and Lauren Hanson. Opening: 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday with a life performance by guest artist Jennifer Remenchik at 7 p.m. Gallery hours: noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Aug. 8. Creative Research Laboratory, 2832 East Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Free. uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab
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