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The long-running artists market hosts a 3-day outdoor music and shopping event with performances from Jackie Venson, Shinyribs and more.

Plus, Future Front Market returns to Fair Market and more queer events this week

Cluck rainbow capitalism, keep your pink dollars in Austin’s queer community at these events

Just like that, national Pride Month is here and queer. Unlike last year, this summer is sashaying into our lives with a quickening sense of possibility: Our much-loved LGBTQmmunity celebrations are returning to their pre-pandemic traditions, like next week's Austin Black Pride, while new events also flourish in the delightful forms of mini virtual film fests, thanks to the aGLIFF crew (see below), among other innovative ways. It's hard to describe how overwhelming (in a good way) it feels to just think about the prospect of walking into, say, Cheer Ups, on any given night to just soak up ...

When a young Keith Galloway Jr. couldn't sit still in church, his mother suggested he take up a seat next to the pianist. That sage advice eventually led the Ft. Worth native to UT-Austin's jazz program, where the keyboard maven finishes his sophomore year. His own solo musical outlet, KindKeith, a dreamy alternative R&B guise, debuted full-length bow Take What You Need last Friday in collaboration with longtime friend and co-producer Ian Salazar, who Galloway calls "Skinny." "With gospel music, you're taught jazz theory from the jump," says 20-year-old Galloway. "It felt like a job as a...