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COMEDY
BOB SAGET
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A whole lo a folks know Bob Saget from saccharine shows like Full House and America’s Funniest Home Videos. Less known is that his standup act is pre y much exactly the opposite of those acting and hosting gigs, featuring darker and more off-color jokes. Apparently, going blue paid off: Saget’s comedy specials have popped up anywhere from HBO to Amazon Prime to Netflix. He earned himself a Grammy nom with his 2014 stand-up album That’s What I’m Talking About and even scored a New York Times bestseller with his book Dirty Daddy. If that’s not enough, he directed the cult classic Norm Macdonald flick Dirty Work and has been involved with a host of other TV and film projects. For his current tour, which includes a one-night stop here in the Alamo City, Saget is presenting fans with more than an hour of new material. $60240, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., LOL Comedy Club, 618 Northwest Loop 410, (210) 541-8805, improvtx.com/sanantonio. — Mike McMahan
FILM
LA LA LAND
Moviegoers can lay out a blanket and hum along to “City of Stars” under San Antonio’s night sky at Slab Cinema’s upcoming screening of the 2017 Oscar-nominated film La La Land. La La Land tells the story
of Mia and Sebastian, brought together in Hollywood by their shared passion for music and dreams of making it big. However, as romance buds, the trajectories of their individual successes and dreams bring forth difficult questions about the future of their relationship. The screening is one of three scheduled for the month at Slab’s Legacy Park location, preceded by Singin’ in the Rain on June 1 and followed by The Motorcycle Diaries on June 22. All shows begin at dusk, about 15 minutes after sundown. Seating is limited and tickets are required. $5-10, 8 p.m., Slab Cinema, 103 W. Houston St., slabcinema.com. — Dana Nichols
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TUE | 06.08
FILM
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
You may have heard of a small series of art films known as the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Kidding aside, Marvel movies are blockbusters among blockbusters, and the comic brand is poised to crush the rest of 2021, with no less than four films set to drop before year’s end. Arguably the most anticipated is Spider-Man: No Way Home, debuting in December. The internet has been lit up with rumors of casting and cameos, but let’s slow that roll. Even Spidey fans have aging brains. Having trouble remembering what happened in the last installment, 2019’s Spider-Man: Far From Home? No worries. Slab Cinema has a fun summer evening featuring a dusk screening of the film to jog those pre-COVID memory banks. Far From Home features regular leads Tom Holland, Samuel L. Jackson and Zendaya, as well as the franchise debut of Jake Gyllenhaal as Mysterio. The movie will be preceded by family-friendly activities. Heck, the festivities are even pet-friendly, so feel free to bring your friendly neighborhood spider. Free, 7 p.m., Travis Park, 301 E. Travis St., (210) 207-3677, slabcinema.com. — MM
TUE | 06.08
FILM
FLIGHT
Online screenings have become a thing during the pandemic, and even as reasons abound for optimism about COVID, it’s not too late for an evening that doesn’t require leaving home. Texas Public Radio’s Cinema Tuesdays continues its series of online watch parties with 2012’s Flight. The film stars Denzel Washington as a commercial airline pilot who is hailed as a hero after a miraculous landing, though he’s later revealed to have been under the influence of drugs and alcohol. The story is
“loosely inspired” by the crash of Alaska Airlines Flight 261 in 2000. Flight marked director Robert Zemeckis’s return to live-action cinema, 12 years after Cast Away. The film earned Washington an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor and was generally well-reviewed, currently sporting a 77% on Ro en Tomatoes. Register for TPR’s event in advance to be eligible for a door prize, then join the discussion after the film in a virtual lobby. Free (requires Amazon Prime), 7:30 p.m., tpr. org/tpr-cinema-tuesdays. — MM
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FRI | 06.11 TUE | 06.15
MICHELANGELO’S SISTINE CHAPEL: THE EXHIBITION
Travel in time and space and experience Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel without leaving the city of San Antonio. The exhibit will include 34 reproductions of Michelangelo’s works that adorn the Sistine Chapel in Italy, including “The
Creation of Adam” and “The Last Judgement.” Rather than craning your necks to admire the works on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, visitors can walk through a 9,000-squarefoot mansion’s three stories and come up close with the works while sipping on drinks. The near life-sized exhibit is to fi ll the spaces of the Lambermont Events venue, marking the fi rst time the touring exhibition will be hosted in a historic house. Those who haven’t visited the chapel will have the opportunity to admire Michelangelo’s works for the fi rst time, while those who have will be able to do so from a new perspective and closer than before. Ten-thousand Texans are already in the virtual queue to visit the show, so book your tickets sooner rather than later to secure your spot. $10-$23.50, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Thursday through Sunday June 11-September 6, Lambermont Events, 950 E. Grayson St., sistinechapelexhibit.com. — DN
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FRI | 06.11 TUE | 06.15
Characterized by swift and feathery brushstrokes, unblended dabs of color and sketchy depictions of everyday French life, Impressionism made its fi rst big wave in 1874 when a group of tradition-bucking artists united for a pivotal group show. Among the works on display was Claude Monet’s Impression, Sunrise — a moody painting capturing a hazy morning on the Port of Le Havre. While initially criticized for its unfi nished look, that 1872 painting gave the emergent Impressionists a name — thanks to a critic who used the term derisively. As Impressionism rose to prominence in the 1880s, American artists fl ocked to France to glean what they could from masters like Monet, who unwi ingly drew throngs of aspirants to the picturesque village of Giverny. Informed by the hallmarks of the movement — especially its celebration of outdoor scenes illuminated by shifting daylight — American artists began to bring their sensibilities to the table. Perhaps more spinoff than imitation, the resulting genre comes to light this summer in “America’s Impressionism: Echoes of a Revolution.” Representing a collaboration between the San Antonio Museum of Art, Pennsylvania’s Brandywine River Museum of Art and Tennessee’s Dixon Gallery and Gardens, the traveling exhibition assembles more than 70 paintings by American icons Mary Cassat and William Merri Chase, Monet mentees Willard Metcalf and Theodore Wendel, and bluebonnet-loving Texas artists Julian Onderdonk, Dawson Dawson-Watson and José Arpa, among many others. $12-$20, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday through September 5, San Antonio Museum of Art, 200 W. Jones Ave., (210) 978-8100, samuseum.org. — Bryan
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SPECIAL EVENT
DRIVE-THROUGH CELEBRATION: LIMITLESS! FUN
For the drive-through celebration of its grounds expansion, the McNay Art Museum is encouraging visitors to think outside the box — and inside their cars. Tied in with the current exhibition “Limitless! Five Women Reshape Contemporary Art” — a show highlighting trailblazing artists Martine Guti-
errez, Letitia Huckaby, Yayoi Kusama, Sandy Skoglund and Jennifer Steinkamp — the drive-through event is the second of its kind to be held at the McNay. Beginning at Emporia Boulevard, the driving route guides families through the museum’s expanded grounds and new outdoor sculptures with activity stops along the way. Participants will get access to creativity kits and H-E-Buddy goodie bags, and they can take part in interactive activities such as creating a block print using the weight of their cars. The museum’s grounds expansion is part of a $6.25 million landscape master plan announced in fall of 2019. Work on the project is slated for completion this fall. Registration for the event begins June 7 and spots are limited. Free, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., McNay Art Museum, 6000 N. New Braunfels Ave., (210) 824-5368, mcnayart.org. —
DN
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