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The Duality of Southwest Key
An East Austin nonprofit in the immigration debate
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: The Wages of Civility
The Supreme Court confirms that elections have consequences
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: And, We’re Off …
Council tees up CodeNEXT for a loooong drive, takes a breather
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: T. Don Hutto Detainee
Anonymous letter details devastation of family separation
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Jimobous Flanigous Takes Cedar Park
Or something like that …
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
No Dance Club Near Daffodil Apts
City, Foundation Communities help thwart Global Auto's plan
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
SCOTUS Lets Gerrymandering Slide
Only one of 11 house and congressional districts marked for redrawing
BY MARY TUMA
Say Goodbye to the Plastic Bag Ban
Texas Supreme Court rules city ordinances can’t override state law
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Council’s Last Licks
Closing up shop before summer break
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
CodeNEXT and Compatibility
News and tidbits from the land of the land use rewrite
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Soccer in Austin: The Knockout Stage
Showtime at McKalla Place
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Southgate-Lewis Survives Code Probe
City finds insufficient evidence Eastside house was operating as museum
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Williamson County Commissioners Court Ends Hutto Contract
No guarantee facility will close; contract expires in 2019
BY MARY TUMA
AISD Task Force: On the Money
New body charged with fixing school district's financial woes
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Piss or Spit
Drug testing at ATCEMS
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Stratford Drive: Let’s Work On It
Redevelopment plan goes back to drawing board
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
food
What’s the Deal With Styrofoam Cups and Plastic Drinking Straws?
Zero Waste Advisory Commission encourages Austinites to take small steps to reduce pollution
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Far Flung Correspondence: Chennai Cafe
South Indian fare brings the heat and opens the mind
BY EMILY BEYDA
ICYMI: Wingzup Wingbar & Grill
Everyone's favorite bar in Hancock Center offers more than award-winning chicken wings
BY JESSI CAPE
music
Arts Umbrella Human Influence Stirs Austin's Musical Diversity Melting Pot
Because the live music capital of the world can get pretty white male
BY CLARA WANG
Playback – Kinky Friedman: Between the Lines
Kinky Friedman's first album of original songs in 35 years: "How hard could it be?"
BY KEVIN CURTIN
First Concert: Rosa Madriz
Margin Walker director / booker Rosa Madriz describes a Houston Rodeo when she and her whole family took in Selena
First Concert: Matt Muñoz
Cactus Cafe manager Matt Muñoz revisits his first concert in El Paso: Van Halen
Texas Platters
Eric Hisaw
Street Lamp
the Sword
Used Future
Paul Cauthen
Have Mercy EP
Bob Livingston
Up the Flatland Stairs
the Watters
The Watters
screens
Sicario: Day of the Soldado Director Finds International Themes to Tex-Mex Thriller
Stefano Sollima goes border to border
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
My Obsession: Fresh Off the Boat
Asian cinema expert calls this sitcom the series America needs right now
BY JENNY NULF
When Artificial Intelligence Meets a Failing Mind
Sci-fi drama Marjorie Prime questions human identity
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd
Austin filmmakers need your crowdfunding help
BY CHARLIE NEDDO
Film Reviews
Damsel
Austin's Zellner brothers head out to demolish myths of the Old West with Robert Pattinson
Eating Animals
Natalie Portman narrated documentary about the ethics of farming versus factory farming.
Nancy
Andrea Riseborough spellbinds in this drama of self-delusion and second chances.
Sicario: Day of the Soldado
Cross-border thriller gets a bloodier, morally grayer sequel
arts & culture
Peter Bay’s MASS Appeal
The local maestro brings Leonard Bernstein’s massive stagework to Austin with a lot of help from a lot of friends
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Snapshot: Austin Ice Cream Festival
Where nostalgia for childhood runs as high as the temperature
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Shrewd Productions' The Afterparty
We’re invited to hobnob with history’s great minds up on the astral plane
Andrea Ariel Dance Theatre's Locked-In
A dance inspired by our rigid connection to our cell phones was more spontaneous and personal than its title implied
“Regional Fictions” at MASS Gallery
This thought-provoking show takes on the educational system's traditional narratives by juxtaposing the familiar with images that challenge it
columns
Gay Place
Know what queers know!
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Spring Branch
New barbecue joint resurrects old Hill Country roadhouse
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: An Octogenarian Don Draper
Why is the Luv Doc looking at 60-year-old penises?
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
World Cup: The Knockout Rounds Begin
The knockout rounds begin
BY NICK BARBARO
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