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news
Austin at Large: Hanging Guns on the Wall
As Abbott tries to keep the drama alive, whose behinds will end up busted?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: How Austin Ranks
What a new report about racial segregation says about our city
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Office of Police Oversight Puts Its Difficulties With APD Leadership in Writing
Report offers insight into limitations OPO faces in doing its work
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Travis County Settles With Sexual Assault Survivors
$580,000 settlement reached in three-year legal battle over handling of sexual assault cases
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Despite Disaster, Austin Leveled Up in the 2020 Census
Austin-Travis County was the only city-county pair in Texas to beat its 2010 census response rate
BY LINA FISHER
Death Watch: The Stays Stop Here?
After a quiet COVID season, Texas' death row machine rumbles back to life
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Voting Rights Action
Texas Dems storm the Capitol (peacefully!)
BY CLARA ENCE MORSE AND MIKE CLARK-MADISON
A New Suspect in Sixth Street Shooting
UPDATE: Dre White, 19, arrested in Killeen
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Roll, Colorado, Roll: Rowing Dock Makes Waves With Black Austin Tours
Javier Wallace teaches Austinites about the connection between the Colorado River and Black history
BY CODY SONG
food
Five Fantastic Options for Filipino Cuisine in Austin
Finding family via bold and delicious feasts
BY ADAM WOOD
Musical Fajitas, Mama Fried Papas, Les Dames Are Recruiting, El Alma Turns 10, and More
All the news that's fit to get your taste buds quivering …
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 24, 2021
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
21 Austin Rappers to Know in ’21
A hard-cut list of MCs proving the local hip-hop scene’s legitimacy
BY DEREK UDENSI
Faster Than Sound: Bartender-Turned-Activist Jeannette Gregor Amplifies Her Profession
Mohawk's new venue manager on her "messy and fickle" industry and getting back to live music
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
BY DEREK UDENSI, MICHAEL TOLAND, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, KEVIN CURTIN, TIM STEGALL, CARYS ANDERSON AND ALYSSA QUILES
Live Music / Livestream Listings
BY GREG STITT
screens
Austin Cinemaker Space Reopens For the Community
Collaborative studio/workspace charts a post-pandemic future
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
F9: The Fast Saga
Script? We don't need no stinking script in the Toretto crew's latest
Fathom
A search for whale song becomes an ode to patient researchers
My Heart Can't Beat Unless You Tell It To
Modern vampire horror crumbles to reveal a tragedy of codependence
Siberia
Dafoe and Ferrara head to the frozen north
Too Late
Standup comedy can be murder in this stage-set satire
Werewolves Within
Howlingly hilarious lycanthrope comedy is a shaggy whodunnit
arts & culture
Before Stonewall by Edward Cohen
The short stories in this collection from Austin's Awst Press simmer with queer rage, grief, and longing
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Listings
Donation and volunteer opportunities, job openings, online fitness classes, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
Qmmunity: House of Lepore Strikes a Pose
Ballroom comes to Coconut Club, Austin Trans Picnic, and more events to wrap Pride Month
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: I.B. Magee County Park, Port Aransas
Port A park has rebounded from Hurricane Harvey
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: My Girlfriend Thinks It’s Weird
So much more than crazy, lust-fueled, Saturday night monkey sex followed by midmorning migas, mimosas, and a luxurious afternoon nap
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly June 25 - July 1
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Stakes Raise as Rivals Columbus Crew Come to Town
A win will feel positively critical against the Crew at Sunday’s second-ever home match
BY ERIC GOODMAN
Soccer Watch
Breaking down the Euro 2020 and the 2021 Copa América
BY NICK BARBARO
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