AFS Cinema
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Volume 38, Number 32
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news
Austin Struggles to Adjust as SB 4 Takes Its Toll on Immigrants
"We are not safer as a community when victims are running away from us rather than coming to us."
BY MARY TUMA
Austin at Large: Beto in the Fast Lane
O'Rourke bounces right back into an adoring, ambivalent Austin
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Changes...
Can’t live with ’em, can’t live without ’em
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Congress Wants to Look at David Whitley's Books
Investigation to look into Texas' voter list fiasco
BY MARY TUMA
Disappointment After Public Forum on Riverside Mega-Redevelopment
Nobody goes home happy after meeting hits a wall
BY MICHAEL KING
Timeline Set for APD Audit
Review of sex assault cases to kick off this fall
BY SARAH MARLOFF
“Sincere” Bigotry at the Senate
Religious-refusal bill moves to the House
BY SARAH MARLOFF
City Council Considers the Convention Center
Plans big and small for the city center
BY MICHAEL KING
Death Watch: One Man Spared, Another Set to Die
Mark Robertson seeks stay due to racist lawyer
BY SARAH MARLOFF
LBJ Summit Returns to “Race in America”
Five years after landmark civil rights event, there's plenty to talk about
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Lege Lines: "Texas Plan" Hits Home
School finance heads to the House floor
BY AUSTIN SANDERS, MARY TUMA AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
District Attorney Moore and First Assistant D.A. Montford Lose a Round in Survivors' Suit Drama
Federal judge allows for a possible second lawsuit
BY SARAH MARLOFF
food
New Waves at East Seventh Hangout Kinda Tropical
Reopening promises renewed inclusivity, curated menu
BY ALEX DETMAR
South Austin Irish Pub Features Practically Perfect Fish and Chips
Darcy’s Donkey is a welcoming addition to Barton Springs Road's Restaurant Row
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of April 4, 2019
music
How a Joke on Facebook Became a Punk Album With 17 Covers of the Same Song
Austin punks offer takes on Worm Suicide song "Babies Ruin Bands"
BY TIM STEGALL
Faster Than Sound: Tameca Jones Is Wide Awake
Soul singer Tameca Jones finds clarity with help from the SIMS Foundation, synchronized punk duo Being Dead baptizes a debut EP, and more
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Texas Platters Hall of Fame: Rank & File's Sundown
Punk drummer/singer Rhys Woodruff of Borzoi shares his love affair with the first cowpunk album
BY RHYS WOODRUFF
Texas Platters
White Denim
Side Effects
the Teeta
Teeta World
Danny Schmidt
Standard Deviation
Quin Galavis
Victim/Nonvictim, Pt. 1
Robert Ellis
Texas Piano Man
Sydney Wright
Seiche
Rebel Flesh
Kill ... With Your Kiss
Shitty Advice
Jump the Shark
Trump Card
Use Your Collusion
screens
Owen Egerton Gets Physical for Mercy Black
Childhood trauma lingers in this Netflix horror
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Josh Frank Writes Himself Into the History of the Marx Bros.
There ain't no sanity clause
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
ATX Film News: Award Winners, Toxic Vengeance, and Cheaper Nights at the Drafthouse
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd
Teen film Summer Nights needs your help
BY SAVANNAH J SALAZAR
Film Reviews
Babylon
Four decades later, this gritty and earnest recounting of black British life keeps all its power
The Best of Enemies
Unlikely alliances grow as conversation finds common ground in this historical true-life drama
The Brink
On the road with Steve Bannon as he tries to dismantle the world
Luz
German arthouse possession drama can't conjure up fear or questions
Pet Sematary
Latest Stephen King adaptation is a pretty good horror film, but nothing more
The Public
Emilio Estevez directs and stars in this social drama about who gets to use public spaces
Shazam!
DC finally gets to the heart of why we love superheroes
The Wind
Madness and jealousy on the American Great Plains
Woman at War
Saving the world, one wry laugh at a time in this Icelandic eco-comedy
arts & culture
Author, Poet, and Podcast Host Carrie Fountain Isn’t Trying to Trick You
The 2019 Texas Poet Laureate talks shop as she receives two Texas honors
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Penfold Theatre's Crime and Punishment
In this stage adaptation of Dostoevsky's novel, a fascinating glimpse into the more twisted corners of the human mind
Working: Researching, Interviewing, Writing by Robert A. Caro
The author of The Path to Power shares the methods and motivations he employs while producing his award-winning biographies
Shooting Lessons by Lenny Kleinfeld
Kleinfeld's newest Chicago-based crime thriller takes the safety off
columns
Qmmunity: Less Space, More Hate
Plus events to queer tech and fundraiser for QueerBomb's 10th anniversary
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Hotel Faust
Sleep in Comfort
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: A Real-Life Swipe Right
There is a difference between being likable and having a neurotic need to be liked
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Do I need a fishing license if I never catch anything?
BY LUKE ELLIS AND MARK GOLDBERG
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
