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Primary Update: GOP Winning Turnout Race

Early voting in the Republican and Democratic party May 29 primaries began on Monday, but so far voter apathy has won the day as turnout barely crawls into single digits. Read More | Comment »

News 1:38PM Fri. May. 18, Richard Whittaker

From the Vaults: One From the Heart

As the Alamo Drafthouse embarks on its celebration of the action films of the Summer of 1982, I'd like to put forward my pick for the best film that momentous summer: Francis Ford Coppola's One From the Heart. Released in August and unfolding over the course of a July 4th weekend, the film was panned by most critics from the get-go. Read More | Comment »

Screens 1:30PM Fri. May. 18, Marjorie Baumgarten

New Sentencing Hearing for Arena

A unanimous Texas Supreme Court ruled today that Michael Arena, sent to prison for an alleged sexual assault that even the victim says never happened – is entitled to a new sentencing hearing. Read More | Comment »

News 10:55AM Fri. May. 18, Jordan Smith

Portland, You Are in Us

Not turning up for flat track Roller Derby? Uh. That's so 2001. The Hipster City Showdown brings Portland's finest to the ATX this weekend, and gives you a chance to see the new Texas B-team, the Firing Squad, before your friends. Read More | Comment »

Sports 9:00AM Fri. May. 18, Richard Whittaker

Pardon O. Henry!

It's been 150 years since William S. Porter's birth and now Grits for Breakfast blogger Scott Henson has launched a campaign to have President Barack Obama issue a posthumous pardon that would, finally, clear the writer's name. Read More | Comment »

News 8:50AM Fri. May. 18, Jordan Smith

Majority Minority

Texas is one of five U.S. states with a majority minority population, according to U.S. Census Bureau data released this week. Read More | Comment »

News 8:29AM Fri. May. 18, Jordan Smith

Horns Look To Fend Off Bears

The unranked and snake-bitten Longhorns baseball team (29-18, 12-8 Big 12) will close out the 2012 regular season against No. 7 Baylor at a decided disadvantage. Forty-four slots separate the Bears and Horns in the national rankings, and Texas’ starting rotation is in shambles from underachievement, injury, and unidentified insubordination. Read More | Comment »

Sports 4:16PM Thu. May. 17, Russ Espinoza

They Won't Leave You Hanging

Good things come in threes. Read More | Comment »

Arts 3:40PM Thu. May. 17, BRNNR

Adopt Me. Please.

The Austin Humane Society and Austin Pets Alive! came to the rescue of the Austin Animal Center this week, after news dropped that the city shelter was bursting at the seams and may have to euthanize a contingent of four-legged friends. Now, the Austin Humane Society is hoping you'll find it in your heart to adopt one of the furry friends in their care. Read More | Comment »

News 3:19PM Thu. May. 17, Jordan Smith

IDEA's Admission Lottery Today

IDEA Public Schools is touting that it has exceeded its enrollment target for IDEA Allan and had to go to a lottery to allocate seats. So how impressive are their numbers? Read More | Comment »

News 2:51PM Thu. May. 17, Richard Whittaker

Paul Banks & the Carousels gotchya by the throat
 

The Good Music Club: Paul Banks & the Carousels

As video content mounts, audio of its local tapings now streams at TGMC's radio station. This week's ocular installment, meanwhile, Paul Banks & the Carousels, spotlights the local trio's namesake frontman with a voice in no need of all that Yim Yames' reverb … Read More | Comment »

Music 1:45PM Thu. May. 17, Raoul Hernandez

Cannes You Dig It?

Hi hello bonjour! Read More | Comment »

Screens 11:52AM Thu. May. 17, Vincent Van Horn

Not So Much With Teh Suck, Actually

So I'm driving away from Tiny Park Gallery near North Loop last Saturday afternoon. Read More | Comment »

BRNNR BLG 9:51AM Thu. May. 17, Wayne Alan Brenner

Domaines Paul Mas Winery Tasting

Jean de Castelnau, the export director for Domaines Paul Mas winery in France’s Languedoc, was here in Austin for a trade tasting and later for a small party at Justine's. Read More | Comment »

Food 12:56AM Thu. May. 17, Wes Marshall

Houston Men Reunite Over Texas Wine

Alphonse Dotson (shown here with his wife Martha) with Damian Mandola both grew up in the wards of Houston. Damian’s grandfather owned the grocery stores that Alphonse’s parents shopped at. “They were a blessing for us because they were the first grocers that would give us credit,” Alphonse explained. Read More | Comment »

Food 5:28PM Wed. May. 16, Wes Marshall

Local Board Game Gets $900K

Time to take another trek to the ever-lucrative world of Kickstarter funding. Another in a long line of Austin-based gaming successes including Venus Patrol, God of Blades, Thunderbeam, Banner Saga, and Starlight Inception has wildly exceeded their needs. That game is Ogre by Steve Jackson Games which asked for $20,000 and got more than $900,000. (!) Read More | Comment »

Screens 4:59PM Wed. May. 16, James Renovitch

Derby's Hipster City Showdown

Little Roller Derby history: Aside from being the first modern flat track league, the Texas Rollergirls created one of the first all-star travel squads, the Texecutioners. Finally, this weekend, they'll get a little support from new B-Team the Firing Squad in their massive face-off against Portland's Rose City Rollers. Read More | Comment »

Sports 4:56PM Wed. May. 16, Richard Whittaker

Jonathan Toubin Returns to Austin

Less than six months after incurring life-threatening injuries when a taxicab ran over him as he slept in a Portland, Ore., hotel room, New York Night Train proprietor Jonathan Toubin is back at the turntables. Read More | Comment »

Music 4:35PM Wed. May. 16, Greg Beets

'Do-Deca-Pentathlon' Descending

Did seeing the just-released trailer for the Duplass brothers' new comedy The Do-Deca-Pentathlon get you pumped? Turns out you won't have to wait all that long: The Austin Film Society's Best of the Fests program will sneak the film June 4, a whole month before its national release date. Read More | Comment »

Screens 4:27PM Wed. May. 16, Kimberley Jones

'The NFL Beat': USFL Making NFL Inroads

Jim Steeg oversaw the creation of an annual holiday that accounts for the consumption of 1.25 billion chicken wings and 30.4 million bags of chips. As a student in the lifelong class of Pro Football Hype 101, I know one thing is certain: Steeg is not just a professor; He built the school and wrote the books. Read More | Comment »

Sports 2:50PM Wed. May. 16, Alex Dunlap

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