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Closings and Openings, Hirings and Aspirings, Wining and Dining and Economic Undermining in Austin’s Food Industry All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Longtime SXSW Film & TV Festival Head, Indie Film Icon Janet Pierson Transitions to New Role Pierson's deputy, Claudette Godfrey, assumes leadership

Mexican American Cultural Center Prepares for Phase 2 of Its Long-Term Renovations Staff members prepare to move out as MACC gets a facelift

The Antares Paradox Single-location sci-fi thriller stays in shallow end

Must-Try Austin Tacos Where to satiate your taco cravings around town

NEWS

Austin at Large: Democracy by Other Means

Contemplating our resistance as Ken Paxton wears out everybody’s welcome

by Mike Clark-Madison

Why AISD Wants and Needs a $2.4 Billion Bond Program

Equity is not cheap

by Mike Clark-Madison

Ken Paxton’s Lawyers Keep Flubbing, But He Might Not Appear Anyway Leaving the state for an abortion is on the line

Capital Metro’s Zero-Emission Buses Pass First Tests Austin slowly rocks down to electric avenues

Austin at Large – Texas: Still Broken, Still Sad Abbott stays one step ahead of the mob amid Lone Star and Uvalde fallout

Death Watch: Conveyor Belt to Lethal Injection Keeps Rolling Ramirez will be prayed over as he dies

Election Ticker: Southwest Council Races Illuminate Dual Political Divides Things get partisan in this week's election news

FOOD

Closings and Openings, Hirings and Aspirings, Wining and Dining and Economic Undermining in Austin’s Food Industry

All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Must-Try Austin Tacos

Where to satiate your taco cravings around town

Baby Greens Is Closing Kale and well-met to ATX’s only fast-food drive-thru salad joint

National Taco Day’s on Tuesday This Year Which is why Oct. 4 is filled with goodies for you

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of September 29, 2022

Austin’s Oktoberfest Gets the Royal Treatment Partying with the prince, per tradition, at Koko's Bavarian Biergarten

What Makes German Beer Unique? Pilsners and lagers and helles, oh my! And can I eat them?

MUSIC

Luna Luna Moves from Dallas Origins to Riverside Headquarters to ACL Fest Debut

Indie-pop quartet makes “Commitment" to very-much-online Latinx audiences

by Nayeli Portillo

Red Hot Chili Peppers, Californian Genius or Affront to ACL-goers?

Writers go pro / con on RHCP's third ACL Fest in a decade

Last Week in Live Music: The Flaming Lips, Gorillaz, Slipknot, and More 57 photos by David Brendan Hall

How To Get To and From ACL Music Festival Shuttles, bikes, rideshares, scooters, and sometimes just your feet

What We're Listening To: Moody Bank$ FEELING COLORS

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week A BLK REVOLUTION, Channel Tres, Smashing Pumpkins, the Austin Record Convention, and more local music related shows worth seeing

Faster Than Sound: A Belated Introduction From Your Incoming Music Editor Music columnist graduates to Music editor after four years

SCREENS

Park Chan-wook Lets Love Speak Softly in Decision to Leave

Telling a love story with the "I love you"

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Amsterdam, Don't Look at the Demon, Dos Estaciones, Lyle, Lyle, Crocodile, Piggy, and Terrifier 2

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Longtime SXSW Film & TV Festival Head, Indie Film Icon Janet Pierson Transitions to New Role Pierson's deputy, Claudette Godfrey, assumes leadership

The Antares Paradox Single-location sci-fi thriller stays in shallow end

Missing Depressed dad seeks serial killer in low-impact Japanese thriller

Nightsiren Tereza Nvotová’s bewitching horror makes her one to watch

Final Cut French remake of beloved Japanese movie-making comedy adds a little

ARTS & CULTURE

What It Means to Be Funniest Person in Austin

Tyler Groce's victory in the returning comedy contest shows Austin's comedy scene is thriving and diversifying

by Valerie Lopez

Review: Zach Theatre's The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity

Theatrical elements combine for a "perfect goddamn story"

by Shanon Weaver

Austin Trail of Lights Returns to Its Traditional, On-Foot Format The beloved Zilker Park holiday celebration returns

Girl God Checkmates Comedy Trans comedy duo brings their new sketch show to Austin

Review: Different Stages Theatre's Shining City As with all Conor McPherson plays, the Devil is in the details

Five Perfect Scenes at Austin Sketch Fest Because the best comedy always has a story to it

Art Heals Festival Aims to Eliminate HIV, Mental Health Stigma Through Artwork Black, queer-led event highlights healing creative space

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Shorty’s Place, Port Aransas

Historic Port A venue is changing places

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Memoria Queer-us

October is LGBTQ History Month, so honor the past by making the most of the gay present.

by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Flip Dictum

Wherein the Luv Doc engages in some easy moralizing.

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants