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TODAY'S EVENTS

Colin Stetson, Future Museums

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Keep Austin Loud Fest Day 1 w/ Mikky & the Doom, Subpar Snatch, fifi knifefight, Fak3 5miles, SpaceGoonz at The Far Out Lounge & Stage

Fiesta del Alma w/ Alejandro Escovedo, Indigo Girls, Gina Chavez, DONNA at Antone's Nightclub

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

First Look: 1972 Pub on the Drag

ATX TV Festival Adds Max's Duster

PHOTO GALLERIES

Austin Psych Fest 2025

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Review: Marvel Assembles a New Team in Thunderbolts*

City Council Contemplates $100 Million Homeless Spending Plan

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May 2, 2025
Vol. 44, No. 35

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First Look: 1972 Pub New women’s sports bar sets up shop in central ATX

ATX TV Festival Hits the Road With Max's Duster Plus The Gilded Age panel and the Ted Lasso crew

Day Trips & Beyond: May Events Roundup Warm up for summer with frozen margs and fests around Texas

After Six Years in Jail, Charges Dropped Against Devonte Amerson Prosecutors never had eyewitnesses, video, DNA, or fingerprints

Field Guide Festival Returns With Huge Portions and Huge Passion Food fest celebrates local chefs and farmers

NEWS

Sixteen Austin Schools Drop From B to F Ratings Under New State Measure

A state takeover of the district’s school board becomes likelier

by Brant Bingamon

Pivotal Vote on Future of I-35 Approaches

Council must decide in May to cap or not to cap

by Austin Sanders

Abrupt Changes in SXSW Executive Leadership Mark New Era President and two VPs are among those exiting

Pivotal Vote on Future of I-35 Approaches Council must decide in May to cap or not to cap

Headlines / Quote of the Week

City Council Contemplates $100 Million Homeless Spending Plan About half would be to maintain current levels of service

Man in Prison for Decades Over Killing of His Sexual Abuser Is Released Judge says: “All of the systems failed you”

FOOD

First Look: 1972 Pub

New women’s sports bar sets up shop in central ATX

by Haris Qureshi

Field Guide Festival Returns With Huge Portions and Huge Passion

Food fest celebrates local chefs and farmers

by Taylor Tobin

Restaurant Review: Micklethwait Craft Meats’ Freshly Opened Brick-and-Mortar Food truck’s long-awaited Springdale shop keeps up the standard of excellence

Strip Mall Spotlight: North Park Shopping Center Mangonadas, taquerias, supermercados, and more on North Lamar

First Look: Traphouse Caribbean Popular Downtown eatery stakes claim as nightlife staple

Wheatsville Launches Fundraising Campaign to Open New North Austin Locations Co-op’s Guadalupe store closes in 2026

Weekend Wine: J. Lohr’s Riverstone Chardonnay Exceptional wine from the Arroyo Seco

MUSIC

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025

Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

by The Music Team

Kingfish, Mavis Staples, Antone’s Allstars, and More Reviews From Austin Blues Festival 2025

Soul and jam sessions galore at Moody Amphitheater

by The Music Team

Kingfish, Mavis Staples, Antone’s Allstars, and More Reviews From Austin Blues Festival 2025 Soul and jam sessions galore at Moody Amphitheater

Explosions in the Sky, Kim Gordon, Dinosaur Jr., and More Reviews From Austin Psych Fest 2025 Alternative nation packs the Far Out Lounge

White Weddings, Rock & Roll, and More Crucial Concerts Dungeon crawling, avant sax, and other amplified options for the week

Momma Are Officially Rock Stars Indie rockers’ second headline tour lands at Mohawk Sunday

Austin FC and Urban Heat Launch Merch Collab Team Verde reps local post-punks

SCREENS

ATX TV Festival Hits the Road With Max's Duster

Plus The Gilded Age panel and the Ted Lasso crew

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Thunderbolts*

SHOWTIMES >

ATX TV Festival Hits the Road With Max's Duster Plus The Gilded Age panel and the Ted Lasso crew

Updated: SXSW Announces Penske EVP as New Festival Head Jenny Connelly replaces ousted longtime head Hugh Forrest

Huge Changes in SXSW Leadership Fest boss Hugh Forrest among several high-profile departures

God, Texas, and Film Incentives The devil's in the details for Texas' multibillion dollar plan

Getting Weird on the Back Nine With Austin Comedy The Salamander King Director Austin Nichols takes his ATX golf comedy to Dallas

ARTS & CULTURE

Austin Yards Where Weird Finds a Home

Seven front lawns that push beyond garden gnomes

by Caroline Drew

Visual Arts Review: Bolm Arts’ “Brave New Textiles”

Central Texan fiber artists reclaim the medium from fast fashion

by Anderson Dean

Austin Yards Where Weird Finds a Home Seven front lawns that push beyond garden gnomes

Cinema, Comics, and Crafts in This Week’s Arts Events Weekday nights are for arting

Visual Arts Review: Bolm Arts’ “Brave New Textiles” Central Texan fiber artists reclaim the medium from fast fashion

Local Jane Austen Scholar’s Latest Work? A Graphic Novel Janine Barchas' The Novel Life of Jane Austen is out April 29

Art Prom, Pup Crawl, Eeyore’s Birthday, and More Recommended Events A smattering of ways to fill your weekend

COLUMNS

The Austin Chronic: Proposed Bill Would Mark “A Step in the Right Direction” for Medical Marijuana in Texas

On the table: easing of operational pains for dispensaries and allowing for THC inhalers, but critics still see much room for improvement

by Kevin Curtin

The Endless Soul Searching of Ageless Singer Tomar Williams

Tomar and the FCs frontman shares scores of stories ahead of the band's third album release

by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: See You at the (Queer) Movies

Local filmmaker and UT professor PJ Raval hosts his students’ queer short film showcase at Hyperreal Film Club

by James Scott

Day Trips: Sunny Hill Flower Farm, Luling

Central Texas farm offers a blooming good time

by Gerald E. McLeod