May 10, 2024

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features

How to Adult: Advice for New Grads, and Anyone Else Still Trying to Figure This Thing Out

100 things we know now that we wished we knew then

BY THE EDITORIAL STAFF

news

Headlines / Quote of the Week

Suburbanites Opt to Leave Austin, While Voters Keep Austin Blue in Weekend Election

Turnout was about 6% for the historic election

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

Four in 10 UT Protesters Arrested Weren’t UT Affiliated. Were They “Outside Agitators”?

What UT calls outside disruption, students call a movement

BY LINA FISHER AND AUSTIN SANDERS

Troopers Pursue Criminal Charges Against Journalist Filming Palestine Protest

DPS alleges assault, journalism experts allege suppression

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

Adoptable Poison Ivy-Munching Goats Make Dramatic Return to Butler Hike-and-Bike Trail

They will be back

BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON

Appeals Court Keeps Austin Police Association Out of Oversight Lawsuit

The decision sends the Oversight Act suit back to trial court

BY AUSTIN SANDERS

food

Restaurant Review: Redbud Ice House

The latest concept from MaieB Hospitality crafts a modern Austin spin on a Texas classic

BY TAYLOR TOBIN

music

Crosstalk: Cheap Concerts, Tattoo Art Shows, and More Culture News

And the Parlor holds out for a reopening

BY CARYS ANDERSON

A Pickin’ Party, a Big Squeeze, and Mother’s Day Music Are This Week's Crucial Concerts

Some recommended sounds for your week

BY CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, DOUG FREEMAN, LAIKEN NEUMANN, ABBY JOHNSTON, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, KEVIN CURTIN, GENEVIEVE WOOD, CAT MCCARREY AND MICHAEL TOLAND

Live Music in Austin

BY DEREK UDENSI

Screens

Film Reviews

Aggro Dr1ft

Harmony Korine shot this experimental film about Miami hit men entirely in infrared

Evil Does Not Exist

A glamping development threatens a small mountain village in Ryûsuke Hamaguchi’s follow-up to Drive My Car

The Feeling That the Time for Doing Something Has Passed

Writer/director Joanna Arnow plays a thirtysomething New Yorker navigating various BDSM partners

Force of Nature: The Dry 2

Eric Bana returns as detective Aaron Falk, this time investigating a missing person case in rural Australia

I Saw the TV Glow

Probes the mystery behind an Are You Afraid of the Dark?-like children’s show

Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes

A young ape dares to question if maybe humans aren't the enemy after all

The Last Stop in Yuma County

A traveling salesman stumbles into a hostage situation

Lost Soulz

Gen-Z grabs the mic in this heartfelt rap road trip

Not Another Church Movie

Taking aim at Tyler Perry’s mega-popular Madea franchise, this spoof comedy stars Mickey Rourke as the Devil and Jamie Foxx as God

Poolman

In his directorial debut, Chris Pine plays a shaggy-haired poolman who gets ensnared in a mystery in Los Angeles

Srikanth

Uplifting biopic about Srikanth Bolla, a visually-impaired entrepreneur and industrialist
arts & culture

Arts Review: Austin Opera’s Carmen

Love and death mingle in a classic, crowd-pleasing opera

BY CAT MCCARREY

Affordable Art Fair Comes to Austin

Participating artist B. Shawn Cox discusses why the international art fair is sorely needed in ATX

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

Mother’s Day Events and More in This Week’s Community Events

Lots to celebrate this week around Austin

BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, CAT MCCARREY, BRANT BINGAMON, MADELINE DUNCAN AND LINA FISHER

Art Openings, Ballet, and Books in Our Recommended Arts Events

Find some arts this week

BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, CAT MCCARREY, MADELINE DUNCAN, KIMBERLEY JONES AND RICHARD WHITTAKER

columns

Opinion: Minimum Lot Size Reform CAN Make Austin’s Housing More Affordable

It worked for Houston. Why not Austin?

BY DR. JAKE WEGMANN AND MICHELE ANDERSON

The Off Beat: Hyperreal Film Club Announces Plans to Open Screening Space

Nomadic indie cinephiles put down roots later this summer

BY CARYS ANDERSON

The Off Beat: Inside 2024’s Austin Live Music Fund Applications, Opening May 21

Higher awards, now open to live music venues

BY CARYS ANDERSON

Qmmunity: Noisy

Straight cis people are getting too comfortable making pronoun jokes, and it’s annoying

BY JAMES SCOTT

Day Trips: Village Creek State Park

Celebrating the 30th anniversary of providing diverse forest along a free-flowing creek

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

The Luv Doc: Ask the Muleskinner

You go down there

BY THE LUV DOC

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

Free Will Astrology

Your weekly horoscope, May 10-16

BY ROB BREZSNY

Feedback

Letters to the editor, published daily
sports

The Verde Report: Brad Stuver Is Playing at an All-Star Level for Austin FC

The Verde’s goalkeeper has been consistently brilliant

BY ERIC GOODMAN

comics

Eyebeam

BY SAM HURT

This Modern World

BY TOM TOMORROW

Jen Sorensen Comics

BY JEN SORENSEN

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