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State Offers "Exciting" New Incentives Package to Retain Public School Teachers

TODAY'S EVENTS

ABC Kite Fest

Zilker Park

50th Anniversary of the Austintatious Mural at 23rd & Guadalupe

Urban Music Festival w/ Stokley, Zapp, Lyfe Jennings, Arrested Development, Chrisette Michele, Adina Howard, Michel 'Le, Changing Faces, Sunshine Anderson, Don Diego at Auditorium Shores

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Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

PHOTO GALLERIES

Fight for Our Lives Rally at the Texas Capitol

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CURRENT ISSUE

March 31, 2023
Vol. 42, No. 31

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Paramount Theatre and the Little Gay Shop Host Big Gay Nights Out Two ATX institutions bring queer pre-show fun to Just for Laughs

Mandy Mercier, Force of Nature in the Austin Singer-Songwriter Scene, Died on Her 74th Birthday Fiddler/guitarist played with Lucinda Williams and Blaze Foley

Gary Clark Jr. Added to Perform Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute at the CMT Music Awards Austin blues superstar joins the CBS broadcast this Sunday

Review: Broadway in Austin’s Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations Like any jukebox musical, it all comes down to the songs

How the Universe Sent Paul Newman to Ethan Hawke The director discusses his HBO Max series and recent AFS screenings

NEWS

What State Police Patrolling Austin Means

Send in the troopers

by Austin Sanders

State Offers Exciting New Incentives Package to Retain Public School Teachers

Tough times for teachers, but the Texas GOP is here to help

by the News Staff

San Marcos Police Get the Reckoning Advocates Have Been Waiting For Not-so-sexy AF

Public Notice: Echoes of History From the 23rd Street Mural to the Police Academy, in only 50 years

State Offers Exciting New Incentives Package to Retain Public School Teachers Tough times for teachers, but the Texas GOP is here to help

Texas Environmental Penalties Are Increasing Time for tougher regulation

What State Police Patrolling Austin Means Send in the troopers

FOOD

Calibrate Wellness Offers Radical Relief With Cannabis Edibles

Go green with these chef-created edibles designed for everyone

by Jessi Cape

Dog-Friendly Coffee Shops in Austin

Get your caffeine fix without missing your four-legged friend

by Joelle DiPaolo

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of March 30, 2023

Dog-Friendly Coffee Shops in Austin Get your caffeine fix without missing your four-legged friend

Wu Chow Doubles, Perla’s Pleases, Oseyo Flexes Vegan, Texas Veg Fest Returns, and Live Fire and Heritage Fire Prepare to Blaze Into Town All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Heritage Fire Brings Its Flames to Austin May’s outdoor bacchanal will spotlight the local scene

Cooking demos and plant-based foods ahoy! Fiesta Gardens Hosts the Long-Awaited Reboot of Texas VegFest April 8

MUSIC

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

Mandy Mercier, Force of Nature in the Austin Singer-Songwriter Scene, Died on Her 74th Birthday

Fiddler/guitarist played with Lucinda Williams and Blaze Foley

by Rachel Rascoe

Gary Clark Jr. Added to Perform Stevie Ray Vaughan Tribute at the CMT Music Awards Austin blues superstar joins the CBS broadcast this Sunday

Longtime General Manager Tom Gimbel Departs Austin City Limits Television ACL brand ambassador launches artists management agency in NYC

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week Arya’s Weyes Blood aftershow, celebrating SPOT, Urban Cultural Fest, and more

Crosstalk: Austin Parks and Rec Board Discusses Fair Pay at SXSW, and More Music News The latest moves from Austin's Tribe Mafia and Jackie Venson

Jackie Venson to Play Guitar With Alanis Morissette at the CMT Music Awards on Sunday Austin blues star joins CBS broadcast of “You Oughta Know”

SCREENS

Lights, Camera, Stupidity in Austin-Made Satire

Bryan Connolly's Make Popular Movies spoofs how films are (and aren't) made

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

All That Breathes, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Enys Men, The Five Devils, Malum, Smoking Causes Coughing, and A Thousand and One

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Lights, Camera, Stupidity in Austin-Made Satire Bryan Connolly's Make Popular Movies spoofs how films are (and aren't) made

End of an Era: Funko Lays Off Mondo's Leadership UPDATED: Toys and records unaffected as prints team gutted

Film Review: Monolith Australian audio-horror builds tone through sound

In Search of The Lost King How Philippa Langley dug up the truth about Richard III

Eva Longoria's Flamin' Hot Heads up SXSW Audience Award Winners Snacks and sports win big this year with the crowds

ARTS & CULTURE

Five Arts Happenings off the Walls and in the Wild

Historical celebrations on your doorstep and road trips worth the drive

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Review: Penfold Theatre's Vincent

Size matters when painting a portrait of Van Gogh

by Bob Abelman

Review: Penfold Theatre's Vincent Size matters when painting a portrait of Van Gogh

Five Arts Happenings off the Walls and in the Wild Historical celebrations on your doorstep and road trips worth the drive

New Funding, New Era, New Stages for the Millennium Youth Entertainment Complex East Austin fixture will be an arts hub via Cultural Trust investment

End of an Era: Funko Lays Off Mondo's Leadership UPDATED: Toys and records unaffected as prints team gutted

From the Walls to the Page: The Artists of ATX Urban Art 15 photos by Jana Birchum

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Port Isabel Lighthouse, Port Isabel

Keeping the lights on after almost two centuries on the Gulf Coast

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Celebrating Latinx Legends

Tatiana Cholula talks about refusing American assimilation in favor of celebrating Latinx culture through drag show Divina

by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Just Exhausted

You might be the gardener

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants