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features
Cast Your Ballot Now in the 35th Annual Best of Austin Readers Poll
Find out who made the finalist round
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
news
Arts Groups Lose Promised Grant Money in Friday Night NEA Massacre
Leading Austin cultural institutions face slashed finances
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Surveying the Litany of Anti-Queer Bills Moving Through the Texas Legislature
The wave includes reboots of drag, book, and bathroom bans
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Bill Would Ban Teaching DEI Topics in Many College Classrooms
Proposal targets lessons on systemic racism
BY LUCCIANA CHOUEIRY
Two Years After Voters Approved Austin Police Oversight Act, the Measure Remains Unfulfilled
Report details progress and shortfalls of implementation
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Elders: Meet Mary Lou Gibson, Journalist and Austin’s Voice of Saints
A woman of hundreds of articles and few words
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
music
How Three Austin Songwriters Found Family in Next of Kin
On debut EP Homemaker, Lili Hickman, Madison Baker, and Caelin reach queer country transcendence
BY DOUG FREEMAN
The Handyband Collective Cleans Up the Sound of Home Maintenance
Group of musicians takes odd jobs to the next level
BY CAROLINE DREW
Album Review: Emerging Indie Act West 22nd Has Nowhere to Be
Cross-genre debut album embraces heartache, desire, and nostalgia
BY CATALINA PEREZ
Lucy Dacus, a Gary Floyd Retrospective, an EXTC, and More Crucial Concerts
Sounds all over town and all over the musical spectrum
BY CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, AMBER WILLIAMS, JAMES SCOTT, TIM STEGALL, LINA FISHER, DOUG FREEMAN, KAHRON SPEARMAN, KYRA BRUCE, RICHARD WHITTAKER AND JOE GROSS
Live Music in Austin
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Clown in a Cornfield
A clown terrorizes teens in a former factory town
Fight or Flight
A plane full of assassins fight over the same target
Juliet & Romeo
Shakespeare's tragedy reimagined as a pop musical
Magic Farm
A crew accidentally arrives in the wrong country for a film shoot in this absurdist comedy
Shadow Force
Retired spies on the run
arts & culture
Jamal Hussain Strings Nature, Tech, and Spirit Together With Light
New Media artist unpacks upcoming Dougherty exhibit
BY CAROLINE DREW
Theatre Review: Raw Anger in Search of Revenge in FEAST.
Veteran actor Katherine Catmull chews through Megan Gogerty’s vengeful script
BY CAT MCCARREY
Friends Fair Spins a Wider Austin Art Scene Web
Local fine arts collective hosts a three-day gallery gathering, boosting Austin’s art profile
BY CAT MCCARREY
Fashion, Heritage, Ballet, Puns, and More Weekend Events
Arts and culture to fill your days
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, CARYS ANDERSON, TIM STEGALL, CAT MCCARREY, JAMES RENOVITCH, LINA FISHER, KIMBERLEY JONES AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Trivia, Traitors, and Torches in This Week’s Recommended Events
Venture forth on the weekdays
BY JAMES SCOTT, CAT MCCARREY, CARYS ANDERSON, KIMBERLEY JONES AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
columns
Opinion – A Plea: Don’t Robinhood My H-E-B
An H-E-B devotee wonders why Austin shoppers have to pay for grocery bags
BY ELAINE KASPER
Qmmunity: Thee Gay Agenda Holds Court
Get your gavel for new variety show Justice Is Served
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Lake Mineral Wells State Park & Trailway, Mineral Wells
North Texas state park is an outdoor enthusiast’s paradise
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Negativity and Paranoia
Jesus, people! How are you not getting it?
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 9-15
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Austin FC Coach: My Players Can’t Handle the Heat
What kind of message is Nico Estévez sending here?
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
