1. “Where the Wild Things Are” at the Long Center

(Article by Arianna Auber, republished from http://www.statesman.com/news/lifestyles/the-planner-7-days-7-things-april-10-16/nqzsS/)

11 a.m. Wednesday and Thursday, 4 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, 7 p.m. Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday, 1 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. $17-$25. The Long Center, 701 W. Riverside Drive. thelongcenter.org.

Everyone’s favorite children’s book from Maurice Sendak is now a live interactive theater show. This version of “Where the Wild Things Are” is so interactive, in fact, that the audience helps transform Max’s bedroom into the various landscapes of his adventures as they sail along to the land of the Wild Things. It’s the perfect kid-friendly event that will immerse your children in wonder.

2. Laurie R. King at BookPeople

2 p.m. Sunday. Free. 603 N. Lamar Blvd. 512-472-5050, bookpeople.com.

This author of novels set in the Victorian era has modernized Sherlock Holmes with her books pairing him up with Mary Russell, an American-Jewish scholar-flapper more than capable of keeping up with his cases. In “The Murder of Mary Russell,” she finds her life in danger after a man arrives on the doorstep claiming to be their housekeeper’s son. BookPeople is donating 5 percent of sales from this event to the Austin Public Library Foundation, an amount King will match.

3. The Driskill Hotel’s Collaboration Beer Dinner with Vox Table

6 p.m. Monday. $40. 604 Brazos St. 512-439-1234,eventbrite.com/e/the-craft-series-at-1886-a-collaboration-beer-dinner-with-vox-table-tickets-22708114582?.

Local beer and food enthusiasts will enjoy this beer dinner at the Driskill Hotel’s 1886 Cafe and Bakery. The culinary team at the restaurant is collaborating with Vox Table chefs Joe Anguiano and Dominique Labeaud and with Infamous Brewing to offer a casual evening with four courses and four craft beers. Although you’ll need to reserve your and your dinner guests’ spots on the Eventbrite site, you won’t pay for the feast until after the dining and drinking is done.

4. “Meteora” at Art Science Gallery

Noon-6 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday through April 30. Art Science Gallery, 916 Springdale Road, Building 2 #102. 512-522-8278, artsciencegallery.com.

Data artist Kim Dembrosky makes colorful, geometric ceramic colleges, each tile hand-painted and color-coded to show the daily high and low temperatures as measured by a single weather station in a specific location. Elizabeth McClellan creates drawings from paper and pigment left out to interact with weather events. And Mark Nystrom constructed an apparatus to suspend a pen outfitted with sails over paper to create real-time pen-and-ink wind drawings. — Jeanne Claire van Ryzin

5. Dierks Bentley, Kacey Musgraves at ACL Live

9 p.m. Thursday. $99-$139. 310 Willie Nelson Blvd. acl-live.com.

The annual Mack, Jack & McConaughey fundraiser has nabbed two bright lights for its gala event. Bentley was the best thing about last year’s iHeartCountry show at the Erwin Center, and Musgraves has become a frequent visitor to Austin in part because of her friendship and collaboration with Willie Nelson. Proceeds benefit programs dedicated to empowering children, including the Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas. — Peter Blackstock

6. Way Off Broadway’s “Getting into the Habit”

8 p.m. Friday and Saturday through May 7, 3 p.m. April 24. $10-$20. 11880 West FM 2243 Bldg. 4, Leander. 512-259-5878, wobcp.org.

Into the quiet convent of St. Philomena in Maine, a famous middle-aged film star comes looking for sanctuary. Or does she have an ulterior motive? The only way she can stay is by “getting into the habit” and fooling the resident nuns (who are neither meek nor unsophisticated) into thinking that she is authentic. But surely there are consequences for her outrageous behavior. This comedy by Morna Murphy Martell is coming to the stage for the first time.

7. The Waller Creek Pop-Up Picnic

6:30 p.m. Saturday. Free to attend; baskets are $20-$175. Palm Park, 711 E. Third St. wallercreekpicnic.org.

Although this event is a fundraiser for the Waller Creek Conservancy, it’s no black-tie gala. Instead, families can spread out blankets for a casual community picnic, with the option of bringing their own dinner or purchasing a picnic basket. Chefs from Austin restaurants, like Olamaie, Juliet and Salt Lick BBQ, have prepared dinners for two. Although most have to be reserved ahead of time, Easy Tiger and Goodall’s Kitchen will also provide a limited number of baskets for walk-up guests.

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