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Austin Animal Center Strains to Maintain Its No-Kill Status
City shelter struggles with overcrowding and volunteer dissatisfaction
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Austin at Large: Put on Your Shrinking Caps
So why – let alone how – do we "need" to "reform" Texas property taxes?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Good Change Is Good
Greg Casar’s affordable housing resolution
BY NICK BARBARO
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Promotes Air Pollution
State regulator barely even tries to hold industry accountable, advocates say
BY MICHAEL KING
Human Rights Campaign Calls Texas a "High Priority" for LGBTQ Equality
A long way to go, but public opinion trends toward legislative action
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Catholic Diocese Discloses Alleged Abusers
Bishop names 22 clergy "credibly accused" of sexual offenses with minors
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND SARAH MARLOFF
With Little Enthusiasm, City OKs Opting Into Oak Hill Parkway Project
Plus more items from City Council's first substantive meeting of the year
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
“Affordability Unlocked” With More Density, Casar Hopes
Proposal aims to make the city's money go farther by making projects larger
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Lege Lines: The Voters Speak, the Governor Listens
Abbott leaves the red-state red-meat back at the mansion
BY MARY TUMA, SARAH MARLOFF AND MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Dell Medical School Team Unveils Plans to Reinvent Austin State Hospital
Rising from the ashes of the aging mental hospital
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Eastside Parents Want Bus Routes Back
Reduced service in Montopolis, Johnston Terrace bad for students, activists claim
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Calls for Audit of APD Rape Cases
Start-to-finish review responds to growing concern from advocates, survivors
BY SARAH MARLOFF
food
Dear Glutton: How to Have a Romantic Low-Key Valentine's Day in Austin
It’s the little things, not heart-shaped confetti, that count most
BY EMILY BEYDA
Single Barrel Whiskey for the Right Price at Jack Allen's Kitchen
High-quality, approachable whiskeys to get you out of your comfort zone
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of February 7, 2019
music
Altamesa Maps Lone Star Existentialism on Sophomore Stunner Idol Frontier
Evan Charles and Sean Faires brave the myth of the Southwest
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Spider House Ballroom Will Cease Live Entertainment
Longtime local venue converts to arcade bar following co-owner misconduct allegations, code violations, and artist payment delays
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Texas Platters
Bright Light Social Hour
Jude Vol. 1
Charlie Faye & the Fayettes
The Whole Shebang
The Damn Times
Gotta Get There!
Mark Deutrom
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A. Sinclair
Catpaws
Rob Baird
After All
Bruce Smith
'Til the Wheels Fall Off
Terry Klein
Tex
Go Fever
Daydream Hawker
Quiet Company
On Corners & Shapes
Beth / / James
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screens
Pet Sematary Remake to Close SXSW Film
Midnighters, Festival Favorites, plus shorts all announced
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Concordia University Organizing Austin’s First Varsity E-Sports Program
School plan approves practice space and on-campus arena
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
Anime Beyond Miyazaki Arrives in Austin
Films like I Want to Eat Your Pancreas are changing American tastes for Japanese animation
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Behind the Wheel With Netflix Documentary The Gentleman Driver
The weird world of millionaires in endurance racing
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation
The Academy's five favorite animated shorts, plus two ringers
2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
Tales of love and hate dominate these Oscar hopefuls
2019 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Childhood trauma dominates this year's narrative short list
I Want to Eat Your Pancreas
Bizarre title for a tender story of dealing with death
The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part
Everything is still pretty awesome as this sequel builds on the first film
Lords of Chaos
The true crime story that made black metal truly sinister
The Prodigy
Childhood possession horror leaves us in two minds
Skid Row Marathon
Homeless runner documentary goes from sleeping rough to pounding the pavement
Tito and the Birds
Brazilian animation goes for the throat of Late Capitalism
arts & culture
Lifestyle Brand Collective Blue Supports Diverse Creators in Austin
Missfits Festival embodies their mission of putting community first
BY SHAVONE OTERO
Arts Reviews
The Vortex Repertory Company's Heartland
Gabriel Jason Dean's new drama makes a sensitive study of three people in two different countries and where they belong
The Hideout Theatre's Grand Misery
This improvised send-up of the musical Les Miz is as much fun as the real show is serious
"Future Artifacts of Sprawl and Sting" at Georgetown Public Library
Stuart Wallace blazes his way through a wasp factory of natural assemblage
columns
Qmmunity: On Hedwig, Hate Crimes, and Not Backing Down
Plus, Austin's queerest pre-Valentine's events
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Boerne Brews
Four places to sample craft beer in Boerne
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: A Very Simple Formula
Your right to smell like ass extends right up to where someone else's nose begins
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Dogs and nuisance issues (poop, leashes, and noise)
BY LUKE ELLIS AND MARK GOLDBERG
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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