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Why Aren’t UT Students Getting Rape Kits?
The numbers don't add up
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Beside the Point: All Eyes on Him
The spotlight on interim – er, well, yeah, interim – Chief Brian Manley
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Public Notice: Austin Saves CodeNEXT Saves Austin
City forges "grand compromise" on land use regulations
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Delia Garza
Does the council member sound tired of all the talk?
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Council Commits to Immigrant Legal Services
Five-year plan for $375,000 approved last week
BY MARY TUMA
CodeNEXT’s Density Bonus Program
Affordable housing from CodeNEXT
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Cop Shot, SWAT Standoff Turns Deadly
One suspect dead, two cops injured after Sunday SWAT situation
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
MetroRail’s Moving Schedule
Arrival times moved up 10 minutes through June
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Margo Frasier Cleared by Ethics Board
Former police monitor had been probed for personal work on city time
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Cops, Medics, and How the City Treats Them
Labor agreements, disagreements, and more
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council: Crime and Coronation
Lengthy City Council meeting reinforces police staffing, congratulates APD
BY MICHAEL KING
Laura Morrison Kicks Off Mayoral Campaign
Former council member begins her bid
BY MICHAEL KING
The Jumpolin Story Goes to Court
Status Labs partners Jordan French and Darius Fisher sue and countersue
BY MICHAEL KING
Sympathetic Coverage for Austin Bomber Mark Conditt
National outlets muddy moral picture
BY MARY TUMA
Ken Paxton Lies in Letter on Women's Health
BY MARY TUMA
food
Dai Due Taqueria Has Legit Tacos al Pastor
Consider the trompo
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Food Events
music
Caroline Says Has a Few Regrets
Multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Caroline Sallee ages gracefully on new LP
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Playback: Austin Angles for BMI
Music leaders court performance rights organization, plus a requiem for Draylen Mason
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters Hall of Fame: Freddie King’s Texas Cannonball
Blasting blues will get you through whatever’s happening
BY KELSEY WILSON OF WILD CHILD
screens
Ernest Cline: Kings of the Nerds
Austin author adapts his Spielberg homage Ready Player One with Spielberg himself
BY MOISÉS CHIULLÁN
The Terrifying Laughter of Parenthood
Award-winning comedy Maybe Shower comes home
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd
Austin filmmakers need your help
BY MILO WEBB
Film Reviews
Getting Grace
Quirky look at how we look at death.
Leaning Into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy
The enigmatic British environmental artist in the wild.
The Leisure Seeker
Mirren and Sutherland reunite for a painful road trip.
Loveless
Russia's middle class eviscerates itself.
Midnight Sun
Ill met by daylight in this photosensitive romance.
Rangasthalam
Indian drama catches middle man in a class struggle.
Ready Player One
Video gaming and Eighties culture get the Spielberg treatment
Sherlock Gnomes
Gnomeo and Juliet sequel heads to London. For reasons.
arts & culture
Changes at UT’s Fine Arts Library Cause a Rift in the College of Fine Arts
Showdown on the fifth floor
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: Houston’s In Bloom Music Festival
Photographer David Brendan Hall heads to H-town in search of ... Austinites
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Theatre en Bloc's The Secretary
Kyle John Schmidt's new comedy takes dead aim at our national gun obsession and hits it with laughs
Austin Playhouse's Shakespeare in Love
The Oscar-winning film makes a successful transition to the stage through Don Toner's marvelous production
"Vladimir Mejia: Mi Feito Don't let this time be in vain"
This show feels like a glimpse into the artist's camera roll, a peek into the digital chronicling of a life and all that is consumed throughout it
columns
Gay Place
LoveBalm: an event to soothe and celebrate Austin's queer community
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: I.D. Fairchild State Forest, Maydelle
Take a walk in the woods behind the pine curtain of East Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Cat Corpses in Your Rearview
Keep your head on a swivel
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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