It’s almost February and the chills have started to set in. Colder weather doesn’t necessarily mean your plans are iced out.” To make planning the month easier, we have compiled a list of events happening in and around Austin.
Blanton Museum of Art Presents “Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia” Opening Day
Location: The Blanton
Dates: 2/20
Oscar Muñoz: Invisibilia?is the first retrospective of this Colombian artist’s work in the United States. Beginning with his early charcoal drawings from the late 1970s, the exhibition will include approximately 40 exemplary works from his most evocative series created between then and the present day. Since the late 1980s, Muñoz has sought to reinvent the medium of photography, creating hybrid works that splice photographic processes with drawing, painting, printmaking, installation, video, and sculpture, as well as interactive works. He turns photographic processes inside out to underscore the intrinsic fragility and transient nature of the image. This project is long overdue. It seeks to elucidate the philosophies and the poetics underlying this seminal artist’s body of work, as well as the unstable imagery he has created, which, nevertheless, becomes indelible in our imaginations.
Austin Oyster Festival
Location: Republic Square
Dates: 2/26/22 - 2/27/22
An annual, first-class foodie event honoring the oyster in Austin, TX held every year on the last Saturday in February.
Black History Month
Location: Various
Dates: Throughout the month
Various venues and events will be held throughout the city to celebrate important people throughout African-American history.
ZACH Theatre presents The Cat in the Hat
Location: Zach Theater
Date: Throughout the month
Everyone’s favorite cat comes to mischievous life in ZACH Theatre’s production of the Dr. Seuss classic. Sally and her brother are stuck home in the rain, when a Cat comes knocking at the windowpane! But the Cat has brought friends, Thing One and Thing Two, who make messes and problems and oh, what to do?! Mischief and mayhem and laughter galore, bring the kids—they’ll clamor for more!
Austin Humane Society presents 15th Annual Puppy Bowl and Puppy Bowl
Location: Yard Bar
Date: 2/15/2022
Are you ready for some football? The Austin Humane Society’s beloved Puppy Bowl is back and better than ever in 2022! The 15th annual event, presented by Heritage Ranch by H-E-B, will be held on Saturday, February 12 from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. at the AHS shelter (124 W. Anderson Lane). The fun will continue that afternoon with an event at Yard Bar (6700 Burnet Road) from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Broadway in Austin: Tootsie
Location: Bass Concert Hall
Dates: 2/22/2022 - 2/24/2022
It’s “far and away the funniest musical of the season” (Daily News). It’s “the most uproarious new show in years” (The Hollywood Reporter). It’s “the best comedy on Broadway” (Forbes). No matter how you say it, TOOTSIE is unanimously funny! It’s a laugh-out-loud love letter to the theatre, based on the Oscar®-nominated film. Featuring a Tony®-winning book by Robert Horn and an outrageously clever score by 2018 Tony® winner David Yazbek.
