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TODAY'S EVENTS
MLK March, Festival, and Food Drive
University of Texas to Huston-Tillotson University, 900 Chicon
M. T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin: The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge at BookPeople
Ruby the Hatchet, Voidstrider, Witchcryer at The Lost Well
MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY
Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight
Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight
Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight
Start Your Week With Magnolia Mondays at Violet Crown Cinema
Start Your Week With Magnolia Mondays at Violet Crown Cinema
Start Your Week With Magnolia Mondays at Violet Crown Cinema
PHOTO GALLERIES
31 Bands From Free Week 2019
Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again
Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again
Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again
Carpenters Hall Is Smart, Beautiful, and Almost Annoyingly Cool
Carpenters Hall Is Smart, Beautiful, and Almost Annoyingly Cool
Carpenters Hall Is Smart, Beautiful, and Almost Annoyingly Cool
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South Indian and East Texas Cuisine Come Together at Puli-Ra Chef Deepa Shridhar revamps her model but stays true to her vision
Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019
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THE LATEST
Second Wave of Acts Added to Moontower Comedy Festival 2019 Latest list of headliners shows Moontower up Schitt's Creek
Watch The First Trailer For Rooster Teeth's Gen:LOCK New show starring Michael B. Jordan debuts next week
The Wicked Sounds of Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Comes to Austin Honky-tonk yes, but there ain’t no tears in her beer
SXSW Unloads Fourth Artist List Quin NFN, Cayucas, Gabriella Cohen, and 128 more
An Outside Review of APD’s Handling of Rape Cases? In light of DPS audit, police chief confirms there's work to be done
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Last-Minute Appeals Aim to Stop First Texas Execution of 2019 Drugs, mental illness, disability factors in 2008 infant murder
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Joins SXSW Speaker Roster A$AP Rocky, Olivia Wilde, and the Fonz all join conference
South Indian and East Texas Cuisine Come Together at Puli-Ra Chef Deepa Shridhar revamps her model but stays true to her vision
Top 10 Festival Films You Haven't Seen Yet From charming zombies to pompous actors, 10 films to seek in 2019
NEWS
Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again
The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill
by Lindsay Stafford Mader
Point Austin: The Definition of Insanity
Waiting for the Legislature to finally do its duty on school finance
by Michael King
Dell Medical Is Bringing Health Care to the Homeless UT school forms a street team
Quote of the Week
Village Idiot Alex Jones Must Spill His Secrets Lawsuits by Sandy Hook families want to look at Infowars’ books
¡Dale, Austin FC! MLS Makes It Official Austin finally is a major league town, with soccer taking the pitch in 2021
With Climate Change Award, Bloomberg Makes It Rain in Austin Billionaire ex-New York mayor wants to speed up urban carbon reductions
FOOD
Sweet Ritual Expands Its Thriving Vegan Ice Cream Location on Airport
Bigger and better from the ground up
by Wayne Alan Brenner
Carpenters Hall Is Smart, Beautiful, and Almost Annoyingly Cool
The restaurant within Carpenter Hotel is a conceptual ode to German, Czech, and Texan cuisines
by Jessi Cape
Food Events
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Sweet Ritual Expands Its Thriving Vegan Ice Cream Location on Airport Bigger and better from the ground up
Carpenters Hall Is Smart, Beautiful, and Almost Annoyingly Cool The restaurant within Carpenter Hotel is a conceptual ode to German, Czech, and Texan cuisines
Austin Restaurant News You Might’ve Missed Just a few local food reminders – and a contest!
Healthy Austin Food for New Year’s Resolution-Makers Turning over a new (and local) lettuce leaf can be tasty and fun
MUSIC
Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight
We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles
by Kahron Spearman
Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation
Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso
by Rachel Rascoe
The Wicked Sounds of Sarah Shook & the Disarmers Comes to Austin Honky-tonk yes, but there ain’t no tears in her beer
SXSW Unloads Fourth Artist List Quin NFN, Cayucas, Gabriella Cohen, and 128 more
Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso
Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles
‘The Sound of Science’ and the Science of Sounds The Sound of Science and the science of sounds
SCREENS
Watch The First Trailer For Rooster Teeth's Gen:LOCK
New show starring Michael B. Jordan debuts next week
by Richard Whittaker
Latest Film Reviews
Glass, A Dog’s Way Home, Replicas, and The Upside
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Watch The First Trailer For Rooster Teeth's Gen:LOCK New show starring Michael B. Jordan debuts next week
Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, and More Austin Film News
SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?
Review: A Discovery of Witches Miniseries shakes Twilight's shadow for a more feminist fantasy
AOC For SXSW A$AP Rocky, Olivia Wilde, and the Fonz all join conference
ARTS & CULTURE
In Heartland, Playwright Gabriel Jason Dean Makes the War in Afghanistan Personal
Michener Center alumnus' latest drama turns down the volume of war
by Robert Faires
Austin Symphony Orchestra's Variation Voyage
ASO’s first concert of 2019 had us hearing all sorts of feels, but Leon Fleisher’s piano also got us thinking
by Robert Faires
Second Wave of Acts Added to Moontower Comedy Festival 2019 Latest list of headliners shows Moontower up Schitt's Creek
Carol Channing (1921-2019) After eight decades in show biz, it’s finally “Goodbye, Dolly”
‘The Sound of Science’ and the Science of Sounds The Sound of Science and the science of sounds
Literally Show Me a Healthy Person Darcie Wilder might make you stop wanting someone to hurt you
Post No Williams A tripartite view of The Collected Stories of Diane Williams
COLUMNS
Day Trips: Woody Guthrie Center, Tulsa, Okla.
Guthrie Center hits a high note
by Gerald E. McLeod
Qmmunity
Signs of hope in the Capitol
by Sarah Marloff
Luv Doc: Square Pegs
You have to allow people the space to build the walls that make them feel safe
by The Luv Doc
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
by Mr. Smarty Pants
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