Manual Cinema?s Christmas Carol

Streamed Live from Chicago

Sat Dec 19 | 7 pm
Sun Dec 20 | 3 pm

Tickets: $15 per household

?A gorgeous mixed-media adaptation featuring live performance, stunning puppetry and animation, and live music.? ? New York Times

Manual Cinema?s Christmas Carol premieres this weekend. Watch as hundreds of paper puppets, miniatures, silhouettes, and a live original score come together to tell an imaginative re-invention of a cherished holiday classic. All ages are welcome!

line upon line percussion presents upstream

Texas Big Top Tent

Thu Dec 17 | 7 pm
Fri Dec 18 | 7 pm

Pay-what-you-can tickets start at $20 per two-person ?pod.?

Line upon line is an Austin-based percussion trio called ?riveting, always-surprising and delightful? (Austin American-Statesman). upstream includes the premiere of two new works made for the trio during the pandemic. Capacity for this outdoor performance is limited, masks are required, and seating is in socially-distanced ?pods? of 2 seats per pod.

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