Arts calendar

Theater

'Bell, Book and Candle.' Romantic comedy about a New York witch. 7:30 p.m. Friday. $8 to $15. Salado Silver Spur Theater, 108 Royal St. www.saladosilverspurtheater.com.

'Esther's Follies: Cornucopia of Comedy.'A show with magic, musical comedy and names in the news. 8 p.m. Thursdays, 8 and 10 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, no show Nov. 26. 525 E. Sixth St. $20 general admission. 320-0553, www.esthersfollies.com.

'Farm to Market.' An original interactive play for ages 3-7. 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday. $8. Whisenhunt Stage, Zach Theatre Playscape, 1510 Toomey Road. www.zachtheatre.org.

'Hamlet.' The tale of revenge and royalty. 8 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 5:30 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 15. $12 to $25. The City Theatre, 3823 Airport Blvd. www.citytheatreaustin.org.

Diane Keaton. The Oscar-winning actress will talk about being an actress and director, as well as her passion for conservation and restoration. 8 p.m. Friday. The Paramount Theatre, 713 Congress Ave. $31.50-$142.50. www.austintheatre.org; 472-5470.

'The Little Mermaid.' A new musical adaptation. 10 a.m. Saturdays, 2 p.m. Sundays; check Web site for other days and times through Nov. 22. $3 to $10. Scottish Rite Theatre, 207 W. 18th St. 472-5436, www.srct.org.

'Murder by Poe.' Six Poe tales are woven together for a night of mystery. 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. $5 to $10. Bastrop Opera House, 711 Spring St., Bastrop. 512-321-6283, www.bastropoperahouse.com.

'Murder Ballad Murder Mystery.' Southern-gothic tales of torture and true crime. 8 p.m. today-Saturday. $10 to $30. The Vortex, 2307 Manor Road.www.vortexrep.org.

'Murder Mystery Dinner.' Audience interactive comedy based on Antiques Road Show. 7 p.m. Saturday. Spaghetti Warehouse, 117 W. Fourth St. $33.50 includes dinner and show. Reservations, 404-9123, www.capcitymystery.com.

'Staged by the Bell.' Presented by the Institution Theatre. 8 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 22. $10. The United States Art Authority at Spider House, 2906 Fruth St. 895-9580, www.theinstitutiontheatre.com.

'The Turn of the Screw.' A governess left to care for two children starts to see ghosts. 8 p.m. today-Saturday, 5 p.m. Sunday. $20. Austin Playhouse, 3601 S. Congress Ave., Building C 476-0084, www.austinplayhouse.com.

'Under the Gaslight.'A late-19th-century society woman is forced into lower-class neighborhoods by an evil man. 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday. $6. Mainstage Theater, ACC Riverside Campus, 1212 Rio Grande St.

'Wait Until Dark.' Adaptation of the classic Audrey Hepburn film. 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 14, 2 p.m. Nov. 7. $12. 216 S. Gaslight-Baker Theatre, Main St., Lockhart. 512-376-5653, www.gaslightbakertheatre.org.

Music

'Austin Lyric Opera.' Season opener 'La Boheme.' 6 p.m. Saturday, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday. $29 to $133. The Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Drive. 472-5992, www.austinlyricopera.org.

'Wild Basin Winds.' The woodwind quintet plays Czech music. 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Hope Presbyterian Church, 11512 Olson Dr. 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Grace United Methodist Church, 205 E. Monroe St. $10 to $20. www.wildbasinwinds.com.

Film

'¡No Marcharan!' A documentary that explores the day the Ku Klux Klan marched to the Capitol in 1983. 7 p.m. Friday. Resistencia Bookstore, 1801-A S. First St., 416-8885.

Other Worlds Film Series: 'A Trip to the Moon.' Part of the Ransom Center's Other Worlds exhibit. 7 p.m. Monday. Free. Ransom Center, 300 W. 21st St. www.hrc.utexas.edu/events.

Lecture

'Architecture and Desire.' A discussion with Austin architects. 7 p.m. today. Free. Women and Their Work, 1710 Lavaca. www.womenandtheirwork.org.

'Frances Kiernan on Biography: One Biographer and Two Very Different Women.' Former New Yorker Editor will discuss her experiences. 7 p.m. today. Free. Ransom Center, 300 W. 21st St. www.hrc.utexas.edu/events.

'Slide Lecture: Realism of Low Resolution.' Features the work of Chuck Close. 7 p.m. today. Free with admission. Adults $5, seniors, students or military $4, 12 and younger free. Austin Museum of Art, 823 Congress Ave. 495-9224, www.amoa.org.

'Umlauf Monthly Lecture Series.' Featuring Tom Hurt on 'Situational Architecture.' 7 p.m today. $5. Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Musuem, 605 Robert E. Lee Road. www.aveone.com.

Comedy

Cap City Comedy Club. Joe Rogan: 8 p.m. today, 8 and 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 8 p.m. Tuesday: Rachel Feinstein with Lucas Molandes. 8120 Research Blvd. $5.50-$49.95. 467-2333, www.capcitycomedy.com.

ColdTowne Theater. 'Pgraph with the Draft' 8 p.m. today, 'Eye for an iPhone' 8 p.m. Friday, 'Boy Toy' 7 p.m. Saturday, 'Stool Pigeon' 8 p.m. Saturday, 'Cagematch' 9 p.m. Saturday, 'Midnight Society' 11 p.m. Saturday, 'Improv City' 8 p.m. Sunday, 'Monday Night Mash' 8:30 p.m. Monday. 4803-B Airport Blvd. $5-$10. www.coldtownetheater.com.

Gnap Theater Projects. 'Dusk: Improvised Tween Erotica' 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 21. 'No Shame' 10 p.m. Friday, 'Saturday Night Special' 10 p.m. Saturday. $5 to $10. Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Road. www.gnaptheater.org.

Hideout Theatre. 'The Threefer' 8 p.m. Thursdays, 'The Double Barrel' 10 p.m. Fridays, 'Maestro' 10 p.m. Saturdays, 'Tuesday Jam,' 7 p.m. Tuesdays, 'Free Lunch with Improv' Noon Wednesday. 617 Congress Ave. $10. 443-3688, www.hideouttheatre.com.

Velveeta Room. Open mike with Jennifer Hill, 9:30 p.m. today. Comedy with Eric Krug, David James and Jennifer Hill: 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. 521 E. Sixth St. $5. 469-9116, www.thevelveetaroom.com.

Art galleries

Art on 5th. 'The Art of Still Life.' 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Saturdays through Nov. 8. Free. 1501 W. Fifth St. 481-1111, www.arton5th.com.

Austin Art Space Gallery. 'Artitude.' Opens Monday. 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays through Nov. 22. 7739 Northcross Drive, Suite Q. 771-2868, www.austinartspace.com.

Austin Museum of Art.'A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close' and 'Collection Selections: Focus on Faces.' 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays, through Nov. 8. 823 Congress Ave. Adults $5, seniors, students or military $4, 12 and younger free. 495-9224, www.amoa.org.

Blanton Museum of Art. 'Paolo Veronese: The Petrobelli Altarpiece' through Feb. 7, 'Teresita Fernández: Blind Landscape & Drawn Toward Light' through Jan. 3,'Jerry Bywaters: Lone Star Printmaker' through Nov. 8. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays, 1 to 5 p.m. Sundays. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Congress Ave. $3-$7, free Thursdays. 471-7324, www.blantonmuseum.org.

Big Medium. 'Mercury Retrograde: Animated Realities.' 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays or by appointment through Nov. 7. 5305 Bolm Road, Bay 9-12. 385-1670, www.bigmedium.org.

Creative Research Laboratory. 'Tell me everything, as you remember it.' Noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays through Nov. 7. 2832 E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 322-2099, http://uts.cc.utexas.edu/~crlab.

D. Berman Gallery. 'Katie Maratta and Owen McAuley.' 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays or by appointment through Dec. 12. 1701 Guadalupe St. 477-8877, www.dbermangallery.com.

Dougherty Arts Center. 'Narratives.' 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Fridays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 28. 1110 Barton Springs Road. 974-4025, www.ci.austin.tx.us/dougherty/gallery.htm.

Gay Fay Kelly Art. 'Teeny, Tiny Art Show.' Opens Monday. By appointment Mondays-Fridays through Dec. 18. 1811 W. Eighth St. 478-7676, www.gayfaykellyart.com.

Kirchman Galleries. 'Danville Chadbourne – Recent Works.' 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Thursdays-Saturdays, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sundays and Mondays through Jan. 4. 213 N. Nugent Ave., Johnson City. 830-868-9290, www.kirchmangallery.com.

Gallery Shoal Creek. 'René Alvarado.' 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 21. 2905 San Gabriel, Suite 101. 454-6671, www.galleryshoalcreek.com.

La Peña.'El Destino se Escribe en la Tierra, or Destiny is Written on the Earth.' 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays, closed Sunday and Monday through Nov. 21. 227 Congress Ave. 477-6007, www.lapena-austin.org.

Mass Gallery. 'Funky Junction Oracles: New Work by Dylan Reece.' 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays and noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 7. 916 Springdale Road. www.massgallery.org.

Mexic-Arte Museum. 'Viva la Vida.' 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 22. $1 to $5. 419 Congress Ave. 480-9373, www.mexic-artemuseum.org.

Mexican American Cultural Center. 'Flutter.' New work by Connie Arismendi. 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesdays-Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fridays, noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays, closed Sundays and Mondays through Nov. 28. 600 River St. 478-6222, www.ci.austin.tx.us/macc.

New East Arts Gallery. 'Caroline Martinez.' Noon to 6 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays, Mondays and Saturdays by appointment through Nov. 15. 1601 E. Fifth St. 477-9438, www.diversearts.org.

North Hills Gallery. 'Creations In Collage.' Opens Sunday. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sundays through Nov. 29. 7050 Village Center Drive. 345-1743.

Pump Project.'Fired Up: The Art of Craft: Ceramics, Glass & Steel.' Noon to 5 p.m. Wednesdays and Saturdays and by appointment through Nov. 7. 702 Shady Lane. www.pumpproject.org.

Russell Collection. 'Pissarro: Four Generations.' 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. through Saturday. 1137 W. Sixth St. 478-4440, www.russell-collection.com.

Sarofim Fine Arts Gallery.'Chinese Paintings: Facsimile Reproductions from the National Palace Museum, Taipei, Taiwan.' 1 to 5 p.m. weekdays through Nov. 24. Free. Southwestern University, East Rutersville Drive, Georgetown. www.southwestern.edu/sarofim.

St. Edward's University Fine Arts Gallery. 'Borderland.' 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays through today . Arts Building, St. Edward's University, 3001 S. Congress Ave. www.stedwards.edu/hum/art/student/index.html.

Texas State University Galleries. Gallery I: '9th Annual Alumni Invitational,' Gallery II: 'Jeanne Stern: Shadow Tiger.' 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekdays, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. weekends through Nov. 19. Joann Cole Mitte Building, Texas State University, 601 University Drive, San Marcos. 512-245-2611, www.finearts.txstate.edu/art/gallery.html.

Umlauf Sculpture Garden and Museum. 'WaterSparks: A Damian Priour Retrospective.' 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays-Fridays, 1 to 4:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays through Jan. 3. 605 Robert E. Lee Road. 445-5582, www.umlaufsculpture.org.

Wimberley Valley Art League Gallery. Exhibition juried by Walle Conoly of St. Edward's University. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays and 1 to 5 p.m. weekends through Dec. 7. Wimberley Community Center, 14070 RM 12. www.visitwimberley.com/artleague.

Women and Their Work. 'Erin Curtis: Perspective Threshold.' 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays-Fridays, noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays through Nov. 18. 1710 Lavaca St. 477-1064, www.womenandtheirwork.org.