Bullock Texas State History Museum
Photo by Jana Birchum
Volume 38, Number 40
ON THE COVER:
news
Looking Back at the Good and Bad of the 86th Texas Legislature
Sine dead!
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin at Large: Tear It Down and Start Again
Convention Center reboot gives us a second crack at change
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Mayor Adler on How the 86th Legislature Will Affect Austin
“Something’s going to have to give. It’s real.”
BY MICHAEL KING
Travis County D.A. Kicks Off Reelection Bid
Margaret Moore says Travis County can be both “safe and progressive”
BY MICHAEL KING
City Council to Continue Considering Scooters in August
With basic rules in place, regulatory framework remains undecided
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Moves on Convention Center Plans
The 24-page resolution brings together many of the moving parts from last summer’s “Downtown Puzzle”
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
food
What Makes Wine 100% Texan
Texas lawmakers debate state grapes
BY JESSI DEVENYNS
Two Wildly Different Indian Food Spots With Lighter Options
G'raj Mahal and Taj Palace offer their own spin on summer-friendly fare
BY JESSI CAPE
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of May 30, 2019
music
At the Intersection of Appalachia and Experimental Folk Broods Little Mazarn
Otherworldly duo pulls attention through mesmeric, emotionally charged minimalism
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Swimming Upstream With Christelle Bofale’s Fluid Indie Rock
Heritage and heartbreak coalesce into a sea of emotion
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Faster Than Sound: The Fable Trilogy, Briscoe Center's "Greatest Hits," and Beerland Sold
Rare local reissues from Jazzman Records, the Briscoe Center’s Music Collections presents its “Greatest Hits,” and – has Beerland been sold?
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
AFS DOC DAYS
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool Brings the Legend’s Legacy to AFS Doc Days
Biographical documentary captures the transformational jazz genius
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
AFS Grant Winner Over the Rainbow Explores Scientology Beyond the Drama
Finding empathy where there is none
BY BRITT HAYES
Cold Case Hammarskjöld Uncovers a Crime Too Terrible to Stay Buried
An assassination to hide an atrocity
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Nosferatu Festival Celebrates the Original Cinematic Vampire
Get in on the nights of the living dead
BY MARC SAVLOV
One in a Crowd: Vulcan Video Needs Your Help
Keep the tapes rolling at Austin's VHS and DVD institution
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
All Is True
"Who is it that can tell me who I am?" Not this Shakespeare biopic.
Brightburn
What if Superman, but bad?
Godzilla: King of the Monsters
Who will win this epic new battle royal as Godzilla faces King Ghidorah?
Ma
Octavia Spencer subverts expectations and racist tropes in this fun horror
Nothing Stays the Same: The Story of the Saxon Pub
How a South Austin listening room survived, and what we can learn about preserving culture
The Souvenir
Joanna Hogg's dreamlike memoir of love and loss in 1980s London
arts & culture
A New Generation Brings Heloise Gold's "Bird Dream Dances" to Life
Taking wing with the bird dances Gold has been making for 40 years
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
"Heidi Pitre: Southern Peculiar" at the Butridge Gallery
In this solo exhibition, the South will rise again – not unlike a sort of puckish zombie made of cultural memories and witchy girlparts
"Heidi Pitre: A Permanent Record" at Elisabet Ney Museum
The artist's finely drawn illustrations on used library cards link viewers to books and libraries in ways both nostalgic and intimate
columns
Qmmunity: Summer of Pride Is Here
Kicking off Stonewall’s 50th anniversary with QueerBomb, Black Pride, and more
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Palmilla Golf Club, Port A
Hit the links at the beach
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: The Fur Garden
What could be more masculine than crawling out of a dumpster?
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
