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True Love and Lawsuits in the Wedding Capital of Texas
'Til death do us party
BY KATE GROETZINGER
Beside the Point: Represent, Represent
County commissioners consider the right form of indigent defense
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Public Notice – CodeNEXT: Where We Stand
Taking stock after a hectic week
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Jolene Kiolbassa
Almost midnight on CodeNEXT
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
City Clerk Validates Petition to Put CodeNEXT on Ballot
The city’s land use code rewrite is one step closer to public vote
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Texas Public Policy Foundation Files Suit Against City’s Sick Leave Ordinance
Surprise, surprise
BY MARY TUMA
The Austin Neighborhoods That Believe Certain Things and Exclude All Others Council?
The Austin Neighborhoods Council seeks to shut the door
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
SCOTUS Hears Texas Redistricting
Gerrymandering of congressional and state maps currently at high court
BY MARY TUMA
Council: I Get Around
On Birds, byways, and bridges
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
CodeNEXT: Take Four?
When is an addendum really a new draft?
BY SARAH MARLOFF
State’s Teen Pregnancy Booklet Riddled With Anti-Choice Propaganda
Pregnant minors in foster care given medically inaccurate literature
BY MARY TUMA
What Does the IBM Broadmoor Rezoning Mean for North Burnet?
Developer’s request would double office space, add hotels, condos, and multi-family residences
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
At Court With Precourt
Legal volleys in the fight for the Columbus Crew
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Harrell: Attempted Murder or Self-Defense?
Trial of 2016 cop shooting leaves context out of question
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
food
Down Home Ranch Builds Community With Farm-to-Table Goods
At home on the ranch
BY ACACIA CORONADO
A Look at Women Leaders in the Kitchen and at Austin Food + Wine Festival
We chat with the other 25%
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Food Events
music
LEVITATION 2018
After Two-Year Hiatus Levitation Hits the Clubs
Droning on with Slowdive, Electric Wizard, Ian Svenonius, and Bedouine
BY MICHAEL TOLAND, DAN GENTILE, TIM STEGALL AND RACHEL RASCOE
Recommended Shows for Levitation Weekend
The sounds may be scattered all over Austin, but here are a few must-see performances
BY GREG BEETS, KEVIN CURTIN, CLARA WANG, RACHEL RASCOE, LIBBY WEBSTER, MICHAEL TOLAND, CHRISTINA GARCIA AND ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Levitating Platters
Ty Segall
Freedom's Goblin
Imarhan
Temet
Panda Bear
A Day With the Homies
Ariel Pink
Dedicated to Bobby Jameson
Ulan Bator
Végétale
Suuns
Felt
Sextile
Albeit Living
Stonefield
Far From Earth
Mien
Mien
Ministry
Amerikkkant
No Joy
No Joy / Sonic Boom
Waxahatchee
Out in the Storm
screens
Hill Country Film Festival Brings Movie Magic to Small-Town Texas
Hollywood meets Fredericksburg
BY MAE HAMILTON
Fear the Walking Dead Hits Big After Move to Austin
Plus more local production updates
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Cine Las Americas Explores the Global Faces of Latino and Indigenous Cinema
Not just the border
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Avengers: Infinity War
Earth's mightiest heroes face their greatest, most nuanced threat
Grace Jones: Bloodlight and Bami
Cultural icon Grace Jones, caught raw and wondrous.
The Rider
Powerful docudrama of life on the range.
Super Troopers 2
Vermont's finest return, and this time they're Canadian.
Traffik
Sleazy modern exploitation falls off its poorly staked moral high ground.
arts & culture
Celeste Ng Loves Independent Bookstores
The author of Little Fires Everywhere helps us prep for Independent Bookstore Day
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Snapshot: Side Project Sundays at Kitty Cohen’s
Don’t call it a sidepiece – these artists are pouring a lot of creativity and energy into their second and third bands
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Girls Girls Girls' Broad Ambition
In this improvised musical, the women of this acclaimed troupe take it to the Eighties and take over the workplace
Texas Early Music Project's Complaints Through the Ages
This TEMP concert collected brief melodic grievances from across the centuries, half heartfelt, half silly
"Spencer Fidler: Vasculum" at Flatbed
This solo show reveals the artist's daily practice of preservation of craft and creativity
columns
Gay Place
Tarik Daniels celebrates the release of his first novel and GQB raises cash for SAFE
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Flophouze Hotel, Round Top
Repurposed shipping containers become chic lodging
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Standard Waiting Period
Once you've broken up with someone you pretty much relinquish your role as life coach
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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