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Volume 38, Number 37
ON THE COVER:
news
Turning Williamson County a Bluer Shade of Purple
Wading through the new political landscape of the Austin suburbs
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Point Austin: Rising to the Defense
Travis County tries to level the courtroom playing field with a public defender's office
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Ends at Odds
Good deeds, bad deeds, restricted deeds
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
CAMPO Throws Money at I-35
$400 million in new funding will go to the "Capital Express" project
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Williamson County Residents Organize to Remove Confederate Monument
Meanwhile the Texas Legislature tries to block monument removals
BY MICHAEL KING
Council Previews Fall's Main Event: A Land Development Code Revision
A code, foretold
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND AUSTIN SANDERS
New Study Shows How Scooters Can Hurt
City works with CDC to analyze injuries to riders; Lege weighs in
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
AISD Board Debates Path for Future School Closures
AISD Board gets closer to "school change"
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
LEGE LINES
Local Businesses Stand Up for Sick Leave
Committee hears bills that would prevent Austin from regulating certain employment practices
BY MARY TUMA AND AUSTIN SANDERS
No Sales Tax for Schools
Senate approves its version of school finance, with a few notable changes
BY MARY TUMA AND AUSTIN SANDERS
County Pushes Public Defender Plan Forward
Commissioners Court votes to proceed with indigent defense office – but not everybody's happy about it
BY MICHAEL KING
Women’s Jail Closer to Funding
Justice advocates worry efforts to decrease incarceration will decelerate
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
food
Empowering the Syrian Refugee Community One Mediterranean Recipe at a Time
A mother's story of falafel and family
BY EMILY BEYDA AND JESSI CAPE
Thai Fresh Chef Offers Mother’s Day Cooking Class With Her Mom
Learn to cook Thai green curry and glass noodles
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of May 9, 2019
music
The Infinites Get Loopy at the Intersection of Jared Leibowich and Dan LeVine
Zoltars' frontman and Ghetto Ghouls' guitarist come together in the hypnosphere
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
Faster Than Sound: Unbounded Agency for the Underrepresented
Anita Obasi’s parties make space for queer artistry, Jay Wile’s croon tricks fans of Frank Ocean, and more recommendations for KVRX Fest
BY RACHEL RASCOE
A Pictorial Tribute to the Birth of American Sharks' New Album
The long-awaited sophomore disc 11:11 finally has its due date
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
My Obsession: Fleabag
Snarky British comedy mines the prick in all of us
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Drafthouse Revisits the Year Jim Carrey Ruled the Box Office
Go back to 1994 with the three faces of Jim
BY THE SCREENS STAFF
ATX Film News: What Kat Candler Did Next
Fear the Walking Dead returns, The Son sets, and more
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Now Streaming in Austin: Master of Dark Shadows
New documentary bites into the legacy of the Gothic soap
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Carmine Street Guitars
Spend time with the quiet artisans who make the instruments that rock & roll is built upon
El Chicano
A new superhero for the Latinx community (and everyone else)
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote
Long-gestating commentary on fantasy and delusion is Terry Gilliam at his most Gilliamesque (for better or worse)
Meeting Gorbachev
Werner Herzog talks with the architect of Glasnost about what went wrong with U.S.-Russia relations
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Pika pika pika? Pika pika pika pika pika pika pika.
Poms
Because even Oscar-winners must make cheerleading comedies
Tolkien
The trials and triumphs of the man who would create Middle Earth
UglyDolls
Ugly is as ugly does in this animated toy movie
arts & culture
Enjoying and Making Art at the 2019 West Austin Studio Tour
Artists offer demos, workshops, and experiences to get you in on the creative action
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Austin Playhouse's Summer and Bird
This world premiere production gives audiences of all ages the chance to travel to a mythical land of wonders
Diverse Space Dance Theatre's Memoirs and Armours
The company's season closer showed the young dancers' commitment to a shared vision and their potential as artists
"Rachel Kalisky: Glassnet" at CAMIBAart Gallery
New works fuse glass and metal mesh in a mesmerizing display
columns
Qmmunity: A Landmark Hearing, but LGBTQ Voices Still Needed at the Capitol
Plus Guerrilla Queer Bar's Spring Fling and more qweeah events
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Gladys Porter Zoo, Brownsville
Zoological and botanical park is more than just a zoo
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: The Old Dude
The word "immature" is both overused and ineffective
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
