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City Hall Gets Better at the Basic Business of Budgeting
Early indicators are good, but difficult fiscal conversations linger
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Point Austin: Watching the Races
Yes, it’s early – but Austin voters can start boning up now
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Opening Up Pandora’s Box
A look inside the Land Development Code revision progress
BY NICK BARBARO
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Council Moves Gently on Riverside Redevelopment
Preliminary approval given to the 97-acre mixed-use plan for 4700 Riverside
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
PHAM PAC Pushes Back on Hotel Occupancy Tax Plan
Community groups unite to oppose Prop B
BY MICHAEL KING
City, County Clash Over Future Hotel Tax
The city’s “Palm District” vs. the county’s Expo Center
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
With Changes Coming, AISD Revisits Facilities Plan
Trustees to consider school closures, redrawing of attendance zones, and more
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Texas Rangers Get Wrangled Into "Bonnenghazi" Drama
Scandal surrounding House Speaker Dennis Bonnen burns on
BY MARY TUMA
Death Watch: 11 Face Execution in Coming Months
A quiet summer gives way to a deadly fall
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Community Organizer Heidi Sloan Announces Candidacy for TX-25
Joins Dem primary race in Austin-to-Fort Worth district
BY MICHAEL KING
Workers Defense and Jolt Founder Announces Candidacy for Senate
Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez joins Dem primary field
BY MICHAEL KING
food
Envisioning a More Flavorful Future With Emmer & Rye’s Fermentation Program
Chef Alfred Francese becomes a self-made flavor scientist
BY ALEXANDRA DETMAR
Bake a Wish Celebrates 10 Years of Gifting Birthday Cakes
The volunteer-run organization delivers messages of care and community
BY JESSIKA ROTH
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 15, 2019
music
Faster Than Sound: Eimaral Sol’s Journey to RAS Day
Local neo-soul singer Eimaral Sol puts her spiritual spin on the all-women-led RAS Day lineup, City Council approves Red River improvements, Blakchyl leads her East Austin tour, and cult song funny man Dick Price passes
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Texas Platters
Delbert McClinton
Tall, Dark, & Handsome
Eric Tessmer
EP 2
Lukas Nelson
Turn Off the News (Build a Garden)
Reckless Kelly
Bulletproof Live
the Joe Jacksons
Forever
Sour Bridges
Neon Headed Fool
Sabbath Crow
Carrion Highway Weird Sun
USA / Mexico
Matamoros
Scott H. Biram & Jesse Dayton
"Monkey David Wine" b / w "Single Again"
Hong Kong Wigs
Hong Kong Wigs
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Cactus Lee
Cactus Lee, Texas Yard Sale
Billy Harvey
Pie
Doyle Bramhall II
Welcome (Deluxe Edition)
screens
Richard Linklater Constructs a Frustrated Architect in Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Cate Blanchett's character is the opposite of Frank Lloyd Wright, but no less complicated
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd: Kind of Blue
Upcoming Linklater-produced politics documentary Kind of Blue shows Texas' true diversity
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
To Know Joe Lansdale Is to Love Joe Lansdale
All Hail the Popcorn King trails the writer of the purple rage
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film Reviews
The Angry Birds Movie 2
The birds are back, with an added subversive twist
Blinded by the Light
Semi-true story of how the Boss shook the world of a boy from Luton
Charlie Says
Manson Family drama place society's treatment of guilt and contrition in the dock
David Crosby: Remember My Name
The most hated man in folk rock on his career in bridge-burning
Dora and the Lost City of Gold
Nickelodeon’s animated star gets a charming live-action revamp
Good Boys
Tweens up to no good? Yeah, it's a Rogen/Hill joint
Gwen
Folk-horror finds terror in the remoteness of pre-industrial Wales
The Kitchen
1970s mob drama gets a #MeToo overhaul
Line Walker 2: Invisible Spy
Action flick takes a timely look at police corruption in Hong Kong
Luce
High school drama becomes an indictment of “either/or” culture
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz's beloved nightmares come to the screen
Where’d You Go, Bernadette
Cate Blanchett steals away with what’s left of her dreams in Linklater’s coming-of-middle-age comedy
arts & culture
Causing Trouble as We Smiled: A Dusty Story
Playwright Timothy Braun remembers the canine companion who changed his life
BY TIMOTHY BRAUN
Arts Reviews
Last Act Theatre's Seven
In this documentary play, seven women from around the world tell stories that are tragically familiar
That! Big! 80s! Musical! at the Hideout
This improvised take on Footloose-style musicals wasn't exactly polished, but the cast's catchy enthusiasm brought genuine laughs
"Meeghan Morongova: Boundless Abandon" at Butridge Gallery
The photographer's first solo show is a clever and colorful fabrication of portraits
columns
Qmmunity: Queers Who Inspire Us
Plus trans-centric theatre, queer comedy, and the return of aGLIFF
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: The Science Mill
Brain-powered fun
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: The Up / Down
A good excuse is never something that comes out of a funky armpit
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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BY NICK BARBARO
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