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news
Austin’s Exclusionary Housing Policies Are Getting Revolutionary Rewrites
After decades of resistance doors open for less-wealthy Austinites
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Council Approves Operator for First Trauma Recovery Center in Texas
Safety > punishment
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
He Spent Four Years in Jail. Now Charges Are Dropped
Cyrus Gray murder trial is off
BY BRANT BINGAMON
As Heat Blazes, Council OKs $9 Million Emergency Shelter
City using some funding designated for permanent housing
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin Women Entrepreneurs Task Force to Tackle Sexism in Business
The impossibility of being woman
BY AMELIA NONEMACHER
food
Restaurant Review: Ezov
Chef Berty Richter’s upscale Mediterranean restaurant is thoughtful, modern, and inviting
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Free Cheese at Antonelli’s, Moving and Shaking at Cookie Rich, Beer Collabs at Banger’s, Secret Cheeseburgers at Lenoir, and More, More, 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 July 27, 2023
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Solid Roots Support the Tiarras' Indie Chicana Sound
No longer Tiarra Girls, the outspoken sister trio still puts family first
BY WAYNE LIM
We Asked Writers to Review Bands They'd Never Seen Before at Hot Summer Nights
Fresh looks at Grace Sorensen, Witches Exist, Vermin the Villain, Ariel & the Culture
BY NAYELI PORTILLO, WAYNE LIM, DAVID BRENDAN HALL AND GENEVIEVE WOOD
Malik Baptiste’s Statement of Self and Four More Songs From Austin Artists
New music picks from Holy Wave, Explosions in the Sky, and more
BY KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, WAYNE LIM AND RACHEL RASCOE
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Jordan Moser's August residency, a pair of Millers, and more recommended Austin shows
BY RACHEL RASCOE, LAIKEN NEUMANN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN AND DEREK UDENSI
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Afire
Summer retreat becomes a point of friction in this sure-footed melodrama
Haunted Mansion
Second movie based on the Disney ride isn't worth wasting a Lightning Lane booking
Have You Got It Yet? The Story of Syd Barrett and Pink Floyd
Bio-doc of the psych rock pioneer leaves his later obscurity suitably untouched
Sympathy for the Devil
Nicolas Cage goes old school in this unhinged midnight noir
Talk to Me
Possession horror comes in with a bang and ends with a scream
arts & culture
Review: The Stage Austin’s The Real Inspector Hound
The director, not the dead guy, is the victim in Tom Stoppard's vicious critique of critics
BY BOB ABELMAN
Review: “De Tierra”
Exhibition unites two profound figurative sculptors, immigrants more than a century apart
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Review: “I See You See Me”
Photo exhibition sheds gentle light on LGBTQ+ and disabled lives
BY JAMES SCOTT
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
Qmmunity: Ch-ch-changes
Austin's queer scene turns to face the strange as it goes through big but good changes
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Mission Dolores, San Augustine
East Texas historic site remembers an outpost of the Spanish empire
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: America’s 40th-Best City
Because Ted Cruz is the Rat King
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, July 28 - August 3
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Leagues Cup Loss Latest in Disturbing Trend for Austin FC
Josh Wolff’s club just can’t seem to figure out how to juggle multiple competitions in the same season
BY ERIC GOODMAN
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