Culture Calendar: top picks for August 17–23, 2026
| CULTURE CALENDAR | AUGUST 17–23, 2026 |
What's worth it this week.
20 top-rated events across Austin. Skim below - full reviews live on the site.
PICK OF THE WEEK
AFS · Film · Mon, Aug 17 · 4:15 PM
Silence and hands on keys drive Jane Campion’s stark colonial isolation tale.
🎭 Artistic Merit – Jane Campion executes a film where silence functions as the primary dialogue, forcing the camera to do the work of expression.
Paramount · Mon, Aug 17 · 7:30 PM · Film
Ridley Scott’s restored neo-noir masterpiece, Vangelis-scored, dystopian Los Angeles.
AFS · Tue, Aug 18 · 6:00 PM · Film
Linklater's 12-year portrait of ordinary change, still quietly remarkable.
AFS · Fri, Aug 21 · 7:00 PM · Film
Silent film's raw faces of suffering
FirstLight · Mon, Aug 17 · 7:00 PM · Books
Miller recasts a minor goddess through exile, magic, and hard-won autonomy.
Hyperreal · Mon, Aug 17 · 7:30 PM · Film
Madonna’s tour doc blurs polished spectacle with raw backstage
Paramount · Tue, Aug 18 · 7:30 PM · Film
Keanu Reeves bends reality and dodges bullets at the Paramount.
NewYorkerMeetup · Tue, Aug 18 · 7:00 PM · Books
Calling all literary fiction lovers of the greater Austin Area! Join our weekly
8 MEANTIME
AFS · Wed, Aug 19 · 8:00 PM · Film
Grim 16mm portrait of a London family rotting in place, ungl
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