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features
Blaze: The Man, The Music, The Movie
A Letter From Guest Editor Ethan Hawke
Blaze director on why it’s time for us all to act like grownups and demand integrity from our elected officials
BY ETHAN HAWKE
The Ballad of Townes & Blaze
The twisted but not-so-tall tale of Van Zandt and Foley, Lonesome Dove meets Barfly
BY SYBIL ROSEN
Back to the Tree House
Writer Sybil Rosen and actress Alia Shawkat on falling in love with Blaze Foley again, and for the first time
BY ERIC KOHN
Playing Townes
Charlie Sexton and Richard Linklater talk about the role of a lifetime
BY ETHAN HAWKE
4am With a Head Full of Whiskey
Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey's late-night daydream
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Outlaw Sounds
Ethan Hawke and Ben Dickey on their favorite Blaze Foley and Townes Van Zandt songs
BY BEN DICKEY AND ETHAN HAWKE
news
Beto O'Rourke and Ethan Hawke in Conversation
Two Texans discuss politics, fear, and the power of Willie Nelson to bring us back together
BY ETHAN HAWKE
Point Austin: What You Say, and How You Say It
Ballot language argument is a snapshot of polarized Austin politics
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Major League
Pushed by mayor, City Council takes the leap
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Steve Adler
The mayor is glad to be getting a soccer team
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Equity Office Complaint Spurs Racial Tension
One probe may spark another
BY MARY TUMA
Probation Failing Young Offenders
Texas Criminal Justice Coalition report says there has to be a better way
BY MICHAEL KING
Latino Civil Rights Group Cuts Ties With Southwest Key
UnidosUS cuts East Austin nonprofit out of funding and affiliate benefits
BY MARY TUMA
Council: Throwin’ Shade
City Council, hotter than an August sun
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council Approves Deal for Soccer at McKalla Place
Members vote 7-4 in favor of Precourt plan
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Central Health Lays Out Its FY 2019 Budget
For your health
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Election Notes: Down to Deadline
Filing time is upon us now
BY MARY TUMA, CHASE HOFFBERGER, AUSTIN SANDERS AND NINA HERNANDEZ
The Champion of Camelback?
Jonathan Coon pursues a complex project near the Pennybacker Bridge
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin ISD Receives "B" Grade from Texas Education Agency
District's overall score was 89%
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
ICYMI: Ski Shores Cafe
“Big cheeseburgers and good french fries”
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Playback: This Is Not Traditional
Tim Kerr and Jerry Hagins remain unconventional in Up Around the Sun, plus an update on World Class Capital Group
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Blowing the Dust Off Punk Record Collections
Jason Blackmore explores punk musicians' record collections in Records Collecting Dust II
BY TIM STEGALL
Film Reviews
Alpha
The first-ever boy and his dog story
Blaze
The life and legacy of Austin's ill-fated Duct Tape Messiah
Breaking & Exiting
An unlikely meet-cute in this suicide rom-com
Crazy Rich Asians
Joyful rom-com puts the American fish out of water among Asia's 1%
An Interview With God
God gets interviewed. Surprisingly, not by Oprah.
McQueen
The triumphs and tragedies of the late bad boy of British fashion
Minding the Gap
Sundance-lauded Hulu skateboarder doc surpasses Thrasher equation
The Night Is Short, Walk on Girl
A madcap animated ramble through Kyoto's drinking district
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda
The great composer, somewhat explained
Skate Kitchen
Hybrid narrative/doc gets to the heart of NYC skater life
The Third Murder
Japanese legal procedural puts the justice system on trial
arts & culture
Snapshot: Pride Austin Parade
There's no raining on this parade
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Ground Floor Theatre's There and Back
This new play by Raul Garza lets us spend a lifetime with an immigrant and all the decisions she makes
ZM3 Live Productions' Echo of a Refugee ... Me?
Zell Miller III's latest was a state of the city address that called out Austin for gentrification and policies harmful to its black citizens
columns
Gay Place
Queer comedy returns to ColdTowne
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Kingsland
Tiny homes make a big splash in vacation rentals
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Bro Nights
An inspirational paragon of manly virtue and self-confidence
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
