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As Tax Protests Begin, Travis Central Appraisal District Catches Heat
The causes and effects of the ongoing TCAD controversy
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
Point Austin: Another Year of the Gun
As the carnage continues, the Legislature shrugs again
BY MICHAEL KING
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NAKED CITY
Travis Flats Affordable Housing Complex Breaks Ground
122 apartments soon to be available for low-income residents
BY LILLI HIME
Ken Paxton Sues San Antonio for Cockblocking Chick-fil-A
Attorney general keeps choking the chicken
BY MARY TUMA
David Whitley Back in Abbott’s Office With Promotion, Raise
Disgraced former secretary of state keeps failing upward
BY MARY TUMA
Texas Department of Transportation to Eliminate Traffic Deaths by 2050?
Texas envisions safer roads
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Decriminalizing Homelessness at City Council
No sit/no lie, no more
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
More Survivors Willing to Join Sexual Assault Class Action
Attorneys for the survivors’ lawsuit presented to Public Safety Commission Monday
BY SARAH MARLOFF
How the Revenue Cap "Reform" Will Affect Austin and Travis County
Senate Bill 2, explained
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
With Session Over, AISD to Wrap Up Budget
Employee compensation still at issue in upcoming spending plan
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Eight of Our Favorite Summertime Fruit Beers in Austin
Core-cooling beer options to counter rising temperatures
BY ERIC PUGA
CBD Companies Find Practical Uses for Marijuana Compounds
Canvas 1839’s scientist and Willie’s Remedy explain cannabis molecules
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 6, 2019
music
Reliving Roky Erickson: July 15, 1947-May 31, 2019
Creature with the Atom Brain
BY KEVIN CURTIN
AUSTIN TERROR FEST
Church of Misery's Doom-Boogie Bounces Back From a Mutiny
The serial killer-obsessed fourpiece comes to Austin Terror Fest
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Windhand Frontwoman Dorthia Cottrell Haunts the Austin Terror Fest
Feeling comfortable covering Townes Van Zandt
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Progressive Black Metallurgists Panopticon Cast Dark Folk Into the Mix
Austin Lunn and his Blaze Foley tattoo come to Austin Terror Fest
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
French Black Gaze Band Alcest Explores Past Lives at Austin Terror Fest
“Religious people are sure about what they believe, whereas spiritual people never know”
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Reunited Chicago Extremists Indian Try to Top Their Swan Song
Austin Terror Fest welcomes reignited doom quartet
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
14 Austin Terror Fest Picks
The best metal for brave ears
BY THE MUSIC STAFF
Austin Terror Fest Album Reviews
Seven platters spanning the spectrum of extremity
BY THE MUSIC STAFF
screens
ATX TELEVISION FESTIVAL
Veronica Mars, All Grown Up at the ATX Television Fest
Series creator Rob Thomas explains why the cult show has to change
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Livin’ la Queer Latinx Vida
The convention-busting writers' room of Starz' drama comes to ATX Television Festival
BY BETH SULLIVAN
ATX Television Fest Heads to Letterkenny
"You were talking with your pals the other day ..."
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
How Did How Did This Get Made? Get Made?
Paul Scheer brings his live movie podcast to Austin
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Now Streaming in Austin: "The Outfit"
Yen Tan's political comedy "The Outfit" asks if the clothes make the man
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Dark Phoenix
The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told
Halston
Documentary about the life of the master couturier and milliner should have learned his lessons about simplicity and elegance
Late Night
Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling spark and bond in this timely and charming media satire
Rocketman
A biopic of Elton John be as spectacular and catty as the man himself
The Secret Life of Pets 2
The cute critters return, but breaking the pack up means no one has as much fun
The Tomorrow Man
Lithgow and Danner give a charming edge to this predictable doomsday prepper meet-cute
Too Late to Die Young
The pains of adolescence laid sweetly bare in this Chilean period piece
arts & culture
Terrence McNally Knows About Lasting Impact
About to open a new play at Zach Theatre, the Tony Award-winning playwright talks about what endures
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
City Theatre's Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show
Two great performances drive this production, but the feminist comedy feels stuck in the Eighties
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company's Everything! Everything! Everything!
The achievement of this new work is that it lives up to its name, including all that is remarkable about KDHDC
"Likesness" at Northern-Southern
In this group exhibition, people who depict people are the luckiest people in the world
columns
Qmmunity: Austin Sparkles With Black Pride
ABP's fourth annual Pride Weekend, dykes you should know, and more events for your Summer of Pride
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Avery Island, La.
Take a cool tour of a hot sauce factory
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Your Annoying Boyfriend
You should never ignore patterns
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
2019 Women’s World Cup: Everything you need to know
BY NICK BARBARO
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