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Volume 38, Number 48
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news
Amid New Immigration Policies, Local Attorneys and Immigrants Navigate a Broken System
Lawyers say the system has been thrown into "chaos"
BY MARY TUMA
Austin at Large: Let's Take a Vote on That
Forced elections are now routine, but are they "grassroots"?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Making Better Plans
Code, even more NEXT
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Army Futures Command Commemorates First Year in Austin
Leaders discuss modernizing the U.S.'s largest and oldest service branch
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Wendy Davis Enters Congressional Race
Big names, money in local Congress races
BY MICHAEL KING
Delia Garza “Seriously Considering” Run for County Attorney
Supporters launch “Progressive Justice Now” draft campaign
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Former APD Sergeant Liz Donegan Runs for Sheriff
Former Sex Crimes head motivated by response to sexual assault crisis
BY MARY TUMA
Abbott Orders Texas Prosecutors to Enforce Marijuana Laws
Travis County D.A. says dismissals will continue
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Advocates Object to D.A.’s Appointment to Sexual Assault Survivors Task Force
Survivors also calling on lawmakers to intervene following the appointment
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Leander, Cap Metro Not Breaking Up Yet
Residents turn out to support transit agency
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Some of the Best Texas Hill Country Swimming Holes, Restaurants, Breweries, and More
Take a dip, then fill your piehole
BY JESSIKA ROTH
All-You-Can-Eat Pickles and Southern Comfort at the Pickle House
One wonders if there's such thing as too many pickles at this Southwest Austin restaurant
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of July 25, 2019
music
Jackie Venson Strips Off Her Blues Band and Becomes Her Own "DJ"
Austin's reigning Best Guitarist scales the ladder to the roof
BY DEREK UDENSI
Faster Than Sound: 10 Fresh Finds at Hot Summer Nights
Ten sunspots on Hot Summer Nights’ triple-digit lineup
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
Selfie-Conscious on the Snapchat Series Two Sides
New Austin-set series explores breakups in the digital age
BY KATELYN LANDRY
Linklater's Latest, Reality TV Taps Locals, and More Austin Film News
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
How Crank: High Voltage Went Pure Grindhouse
Jason Statham cult classic offers maximum overdrive
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Now Streaming in Austin: "Pick-Ups"
William B. Goss' short makes an airborne debut
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Maiden
Astounding true story of first women in professional yachting's biggest race
arts & culture
Austin Author Chandler Baker Talks About Creating a Novel for the #MeToo Movement
Writer of Whisper Network offers a healthy dose of righteous indignation
BY M. BRIANNA STALLINGS
Arts Reviews
The Rose: Trouble in Paradise at ColdTowne Theatre
ColdTowne's improvised riff on The Bachelor captures the raw, trainwreck appeal of reality TV dating shows
Phonography Austin's The Invisible Suburb
This World Listening day installation used recorded sounds of domestic life to create a ghostly neighborhood on a street now empty of life
"GD Wright: Impossible Until It's Done" at Dimension Gallery
The sculptor mirrors up a globular array of unusual glassworks
columns
Qmmunity: Summer of Pride, Take Two
QPOC art, Bulimianne and Louisianna’s wedding celebration, and more
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Fischer Haus Concerts
Catch a whopper of a show at Fischer Haus
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Antisocial
Wherein the Luv Doc ponders the social lives of porn stars
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
