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Behind Enemy Lines at ALEC's Right-Wing Policy Conference
Activists say the American Legislative Exchange Council backs corporate interests over people
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: Is There a Lawyer in the House?
Legal opinions abound in the lead-up to November's elections
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Mapping Our Transitions
Staff briefing starts to put corridor rezoning in focus
BY NICK BARBARO
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Abbott Doubles Down on Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Even After El Paso
Texas governor’s anti-immigrant streak continues
BY MARY TUMA
Matthew McConaughey Appointed to UT Professor-dom
Local Academy Award-winning actor now "professor of practice"
BY SARAH MARLOFF
City Council Moves Along From the Ballot to the Budget
4700 Riverside inches forward, propositions tweaked
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Mobile Home Residents Protest Negligent Management
Tenants struggle with disrupted gas and trash services
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Anti-LGBTQ Nonsense Sucks Up AISD Oxygen
Texas Values, Concerned Parents of Texas sow fear and misinformation
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
The Beto-Castro-Meter: A Tier of Their Own
Iowa is 23 weeks away, how are our 2020 presidential Texans doing?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Death Watch: Crutsinger Seeks Last-Ditch SCOTUS Appeal
Following the Aug. 21 execution of Larry Swearingen, Crutsinger could be the fifth Texan killed this year
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Dems Vie for Incumbent Rep. John Carter’s Round Rock Seat
North of Austin, a range of liberals in TX-31 contest
BY MICHAEL KING
food
10 Kid-Friendly Austin Restaurants That Parents Won't Hate
Dine out with small humans without sacrificing quality or losing your mind
BY MELANIE HAUPT AND ROD MACHEN
29th Annual Austin Chronicle Hot Sauce Festival Contest Winners
The people and critics have chosen the best of the fest
16 Austin Cooking Classes to Spice Up Your Kitchen
Brush off the culinary cobwebs, or learn a whole new skill
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 29, 2019
music
PHOTOS: The Austin Music Yearbook
Can you name these local musicians?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: 12 Years of Peligrosa Drives ¡Eso Es!
Local DJ collective sets a mood at Margin Walker’s new fiesta-val of all Latinx talent
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
Raising Hell and Blazing Trails in the New Molly Ivins Documentary
A personal look at the journalist's powerful and profound Lone Star legacy
BY MARY TUMA
Behind the Camera With the Capital City Black Film Festival
Celebration of film places more emphasis on making it into the industry
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd: A Stray Dog’s Ruff Life
Help a new animal welfare documentary crowdfund its way to festivals
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
After the Wedding
American remake of Danish Oscar contender flails into melodrama
Bennett's War
Veteran saves the farm off the back of a bike
Brittany Runs a Marathon
Rom-com takes a run at body positivity
Don't Let Go
Sci-fi crime drama gives a cop a chance at redemption
Honeyland
The sweet and the bitter of life as a Macedonian apiarist
Killerman
Amnesia: Cinema's easy fix to make a bad guy seem good
Midsommar: The Director's Cut
More time in the Land of the Midnight Sun
Ne Zha
Chinese animated legend tells a recognizable story with gusto
Piranhas
Naples' juvenile gangsters are more than mini-goodfellas
Raise Hell: The Life and Times of Molly Ivins
The legend of Texas journalism gets the coverage she deserves
Todos Caen
Pickup artist meets his match in this Mexican comedy
arts & culture
"Shoot Like a Grrrl" Takes You on a Club Crawl Through Lost Austin
Photographer Martha Grenon's exhibit at SouthPop covers the Austin music scene in the Eighties and Nineties
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Color Arc Productions' The Mamalogues
In the world premiere of Lisa B. Thompson's play, the lives of single black mothers are seen, and felt
Liz Behan: One Woman at Dusk at ColdTowne
Laura de la Fuente’s solo show is a charged combination of clever writing, memorable characters, and spirited performance
Cold Storage
David Koepp
columns
Qmmunity: Generation Q?
Plus queer events for a long and wet weekend
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Hot Wells County Park
Ruins of historic resort anchor SA park
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: He Doesn't Fish
There is no legitimate excuse for racism, sexism, or supporting our demonstrably imbecilic president
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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BY NICK BARBARO
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