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Volume 39, Number 2
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news
AISD's "School Changes" Process Places Equity Front and Center
“Historically, this is a very racist city, and unfortunately, this school district is a part of that system"
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Point Austin: Hanging Fire on Gun Control
After yet more deaths, Texas leaders vow to do ... something
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Deadline Crunch
CodeNEW set to drop in three weeks
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Assistant County Attorney Joins Race to Fill David Escamilla's Post
Laurie Eiserloh is the second candidate to officially enter hunt for Travis County Attorney
BY MICHAEL KING
Republican Incumbent Bill Flores’ Exit Raises Dem Odds in TX-17
Democrat Rick Kennedy currently running unopposed
BY MICHAEL KING
On Budget, Council Agrees to Disagree (Updated)
Spending plan includes $4.6 million in last-minute additions
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
City, Austin FC Break Ground on New Soccer Stadium
Construction of the 21,000-seat stadium has kicked off for Austin’s first major league sports team
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Controversial Pipeline to Cross the Hill Country
The PHP presents potential risks to Edwards Aquifer, and there is little Austin can do about it
BY MICHAEL KING
The Beto-Castro-Meter: We Need to Talk About Julián ...
Can Castro soldier on to Iowa, New Hampshire, and beyond?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Trio of Candidates Vie to Take on Rep. Michael McCaul
Three for TX-10
BY MICHAEL KING
Real Estate Council of Austin Wraps Its Mind Around Affordability
Developers group to learn about peer city challenges
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
food
Farm Careers Are Sprouting in Central Texas
Three sets of first-generation farmers share their paths to getting rooted
BY JESSIKA ROTH
Sugar Pine Cafe Stands Out From Austin's Japanese Food Pack
Charming North Austin restaurant boasts onigiri and homemade ice cream
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of September 12, 2019
music
Daniel Johnston's Death Begins Its Reverberations Around the Globe
“He’s legendary, but he was first a legend in his own mind, then he became a real legend.”
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Cheer Up Charlies Principal Maggie Lea Takes on Breast Cancer
Cheer Up Charlies co-owner reflects on business and mental health evolution following diagnosis. Meanwhile, the Convention Center expansion gets approval by Music Commission, and Project ATX6 announces a new lineup.
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
My Obsession: The Killer Looks of Edwige Fenech
Bow before the Queen of Giallo
BY SARAH JANE
Austin Film News: Linklater, Rodriguez, and a Case of Millennium Bugs
Production updates, new releases, and job opportunities
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Rob Zombie Resurrects the Firefly Family for 3 From Hell
Here to do the devil's work: Director talks how being cool is no excuse
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Now Streaming in Austin: Danger God
Stuntman Gary Kent looks back at a life on fire
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
R.I.P. Chad Holt
We've lost a quintessentially Austin figure
Film Reviews
Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles
The transcendent history of one of the greatest musicals ever
Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice
Life story of a music legend never reaches those blissful high notes
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
The life and pain of the jazz great in his own words and music
Rapid Response
A quiet celebration of the medics who make motorsports safer
Riot Girls
Part John Hughes, part Mad Max, all female empowerment
Tokyo Ghoul: 'S'
Manga adaptation leans into its kinky subtext
arts & culture
Michael Ray Charles' New Art Asks Hard Questions About Race and America
The internationally acclaimed artist returns to Austin with new work that, as ever, leaves us asking ourselves what we see
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Austin Playhouse's Holmes and Watson
The joy in this staging of Jeffrey Hatcher's play is seeing the good doctor deduce which of three Sherlocks is the real deal
Hyde Park Theatre's Hot Dogs at the Eiffel Tower
Maggie Gallant relates her search for her birth parents with slow-burn storytelling that captivates with its blend of cheekiness and honesty
The Secrets We Kept by Lara Prescott
Who runs the world? Secretaries, spies, and survivors in Lara Prescott's debut novel
columns
Qmmunity: It Takes a Village
Plus new queer music, queer history dishing, and the return of Gender Unbound
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Levelland
Mosaics on the High Plains
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Home schooling
As Confucius says, “There is more than one way to skin a cat.”
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Oops!
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
