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In Search of Greater Justice With a Travis County Public Defender’s Office
Taking steps toward a much improved, more equitable local criminal justice system
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: On the Road to Sine Die
Almost adjourned, the Legislature's toll is still incomplete
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Turtles, Two-Steps, and Active "Shooters"
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
AISD Previews New Sex Ed Lessons
Updated curriculum addresses sexual orientation, gender identity, and consent
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Community First! Village Honored With Homelessness Memorial
Statues hope to humanize an often stigmatized community
BY LILLI HIME
City Council: Activists Push for Austin Public Library Policy Change
While the dais considers Convention Center expansion, scooters
BY AUSTIN SANDERS AND MIKE CLARK-MADISON
St. David's Named Austin FC's First Corporate Sponsor
Also zoning change for McKalla Place moves forward
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Project Connect's Blue Line to Connect Austin Airport to Downtown
Cap Metro moves forward with high-capacity transit plan
BY SARAH MARLOFF
LEGE LINES
Bad Bills Bite the Dust at the Legislature
Anti-voter, anti-worker, anti-woman, pro-slave-owner bills dead – for now
BY MARY TUMA
Chick-fil-A, Saved by the Legislature
Religious exemption bill heads to governor's desk despite testimony from LGBTQ Caucus
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Women's Health Care Left Unsaved at Lege
Bill targeting local Planned Parenthood moves toward adoption
BY MARY TUMA
Legislature Restores Public's Right to Know
Bipartisan public records bill likely to become law
BY MICHAEL KING
AISD Told to Pay More, Make Cuts Hurt Less
School change process seeks to improve academic programming access to all students
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
The Women of Hot Luck Fest Talk Food and Music
15 chefs share kitchen tunes & exclusive bites
BY JESSI CAPE
Joann's Fine Foods Has Us Wondering How Much Is Too Much to Pay for Chicken-Fried Steak
Top-notch service and attention to detail at SoCo's Austin Motel
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of May 23, 2019
music
Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu
Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton
BY DOUG FREEMAN, KAHRON SPEARMAN, RACHEL RASCOE, TIM STEGALL AND THOMAS FAWCETT
Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District
Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series
Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic
BY THE SCREENS STAFF
Austin Celebrates Godzilla's Global Impact
Here be monsters (here being Books Kinokuniya)
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd: Ultimate World
Austin-made surreal comedy needs your crowdfunding help, plus music poster doc and cartoon killers
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Aladdin
Another needless Disney remake buoyed on nostalgia and a handful of charming performances
Booksmart
The kids are better than alright in Olivia Wilde's raucous, resonant comedy
Non-Fiction
Olivier Assayas sharpens his teeth for this new attack on the question of art versus commerce
Photograph
Indian romance is best in its quiet moments
Walking on Water
Portrait of renowned environmental artist Christo is more of a thumbnail sketch
arts & culture
Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
The stories behind the art transformers of this year's Hall of Fame inductees
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Ground Floor Theatre's Dex & Abby
In this premiere production of Allan Baker's play, the bond of love between canines and humans is tenderly expressed
"Rosa Nussbaum: Horizonland" at Women & Their Work
The artist draws on her experience as a stranger in a strange land without her own wheels, viewing the world through the lens of a car window
Ghost Wall
Sarah Moss
columns
Qmmunity: The Harsh Reality of Lawmakers’ Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric
Plus Dining Out for Life, Violent Fems, and more events to do good, feel good
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Eagle Eye Observatory
Keep an eye on the night sky
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Getting Over Someone
We're programmed to dream up worst-case scenarios as a survival mechanism
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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