Austin's performing arts center on Lady Bird Lake is home to Austin Opera, Austin Symphony and Ballet Austin, with a terrace looking back at the skyline.
The Austin Film Society, founded by Richard Linklater in 1985, runs this two-screen art-house cinema for repertory, international and independent film.
The Blanton is the University of Texas at Austin's art museum, with European, American and Latin American collections and Ellsworth Kelly's chapel-like building, Austin, on its grounds.