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Point Austin
Primary Afterthoughts As the days dwindle to March 3, your campaign correspondent assesses the damage
About That D.A. Race... Point Austin dissents from the Chronicle Editorial Board’s view of the incumbent
Top Down, Bottom Up In a year of crucial elections, we need to be prepared
Punching Down in Our Names Abbott’s refugee rejection confirms the triumph of Trumpism
Happy New Year?!? Looking forward ... 2020 could go either way
Public Notice
Damn the Analysis – Full Speed Ahead City report cut to protect "false narrative" on LDC?
Consensus? Conschmensus. Majority rules ... absolutely
Operating at Full Capacity? We all need some slack ... and what ET (the tool) says about housing
How Many Angels Fit in a Zone? Coming up with some truly mental capacity numbers
More Unintended Consequences If you build it ...
TODAY'S EVENTS
Early Voting
Anywhere you see "Vote Here"
Jana Horn, Madison Baker, Julian Neel at Wright Bros. Brew & Brew
Cloud Tree: Thread-Count
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MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY
Faster Than Sound
February 28, 2020
Bands turn out for Bernie Sanders, plus a dive into the SXSW rumor mill and an expanded lineup for the Austin Music Awards
February 21, 2020
Also the search continues for missing musician Brenden "Chameleon King" Foster, and increased afterhours sound enforcement impacts local venues
February 14, 2020 The Big Thief favorite finds a home locally, Brew & Brew Solo Sets gratify, and a send-off to outlaw country drummer Paul English
February 7, 2020 Riders Against the Storm and Chorizo Funk’s decade-built dance institution endures, Monday City music meetings, and more
January 31, 2020 Hi, How Are You Day commemorates the late, great Daniel Johnston, and SaulPaul's Alien Adventure beams down at Scottish Rite Theater
January 24, 2020 Local illustrator makes “Hot Soup” at the relocated Austin Museum of Popular Culture
January 17, 2020 Rounding up 2020 venue news plus all things Hi, How Are You Day
Day Trips
Santa Maria Plaza de Toros, La Gloria
The last bloodless bullfight in Texas (maybe)
Fri., Feb. 28, 2020
Lundi Gras Boucherie at Lakeview Park, Eunice, La.
Old-fashioned Lundi Gras Boucherie feeds a hungry Mardi Gras
Fri., Feb. 21, 2020
Collective Hill Country, Wimberley Hill Country camping in luxury
South Padre Island Texas tropics really shine in the wintertime
Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery, Brackettville Remembering Black Seminole heroes outside of Brackettville
Interurban Railway Museum, Plano Remembering the interurban rails
The Bonfire Shelter Take a hike into an ancient time capsule
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Fri., Feb. 28, 2020
Plus Ballroom Basics, Greetings From Queer Mountain, and more
Fri., Feb. 21, 2020
Plus Guerrilla Queer Bar, Joterías, Lesbian Wedding, and more queer magic
February 13, 2020 Plus some hot luvin' V-Day events
February 6, 2020 Sending it off with Mahogany Project and QueerBomb fundraiser
January 30, 2020 Plus Bizarre strippers, the DWNLD, and a whole lot more
January 23, 2020 Plus Magical Realness returns and a sneak peek at OUTsider 2020
January 16, 2020 Plus a trans masc social, sweet queer bluegrass, and more
The Luv Doc
Your Superpower
Go out into the world and seek those things that bring you joy
Fri., Feb. 28, 2020
An Honest Meatspace Connection
We're just gape-jawed babes at the dawn of a brand new era
Fri., Feb. 21, 2020
Valentine Deadline It can wait until Monday
Cabana Boy Concerns about becoming an “absolute bitch”
Matrimonial Schvitz Hopefully it's a destination wedding
Sea Monkey Foot Tattoo There is no reason to stand on principle
Paying for It Being broke in America is a cardinal sin
Soccer Watch
February 28, 2020
Five MLS clubs each have the home field advantage for the second leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Round...
February 21, 2020
Champions League knockout games started this week, on both sides of the Atlantic. In Europe, Atlético Madrid handed Liverpool...
February 14, 2020 Austin Bold FC opened their preseason last Sunday, Feb. 9, with a creditable 1-0 loss at FC Dallas,...
February 7, 2020 To no one's surprise, the U.S. Women breezed through the groups stage of Olympic qualifying in Houston with three...
January 31, 2020 Austin FC continues to build its management team, this week adding Dr. Juan Delgado as academy technical director, where...
January 24, 2020 Longhorn notes: UT senior forward Cyera Hintzen was drafted into the National Women's Soccer League Thursday, Jan. 16; she'll...
January 17, 2020 Tickets are going fast for the three games the U.S. Women will play in Houston, Jan. 28 & 31...
The Common Law
January 3, 2020 Overzealous debt collection – what are my rights?
December 6, 2019 Humbug – holiday shopping gone bad
November 15, 2019 Short-Term Rentals (STRs) – recent questions
May 3, 2019 Challenge your ever-increasing property taxes
April 5, 2019 Do I need a fishing license if I never catch anything?
Smarty Pants
February 28, 2020 The Elias Sports Bureau says the average time of a 9-inning postseason baseball game hasn't been below three hours...
February 21, 2020 At age 70, Donald Trump became the oldest person to ever be inaugurated as U.S. president. Ronald Reagan was...
February 14, 2020 Since 1991, every Valentine's Day, White Castle locations across the country transform themselves from fast food into "fine dining"...
February 7, 2020 According to J.D. Power, almost 2% of car buyers are buying electric cars, while only 1% are buying cars...
January 31, 2020 In 2019, the Chinese bike-sharing firm Mobike lost 205,600 bikes to vandalism and theft. Scientists at Kyoto University have...
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