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Former Hyde Park Post Office Gets New Life as Bureau de Poste/Tiny Grocer Collab

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Austin’s Sole Federal District Judge May Be the Most Overburdened in America

Elon Musk Sued for Slander by Attorney Who Successfully Sued Alex Jones

Austin’s Longest-Running Stand-Up Showcase Ends After a Decade of Making Stars

The Conflict of Interest at the Center of AI Regulation Talks

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Sept. 29, 2023
Vol. 43, No. 5

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Head of Travis County Juvenile Justice System to Step Down Retirement follows diversity concerns

As Austin Grows, Parkland Will Shrink, Per New State Law PARD is working to draft a new ordinance to comply with the law

Tenants of Affordable Complex Face Mold, Pests, and Raising Rent Rainey Management raises rent despite unsafe conditions

Bureau de Poste Opens Today Tiny Grocer and Jo Chan collab finally opens its doors

River Japanese sci fi dramedy treads lightly and charmingly

NEWS

Austin’s Sole Federal District Judge May Be the Most Overburdened in America

The case of the missing judges

by Maggie Q. Thompson

City Must Give Secret Police Records to the Chronicle, Texas A.G.’s Office Says

Come out, come out, wherever you are

by Austin Sanders

Head of Travis County Juvenile Justice System to Step Down Retirement follows diversity concerns

As Austin Grows, Parkland Will Shrink, Per New State Law PARD is working to draft a new ordinance to comply with the law

Tenants of Affordable Complex Face Mold, Pests, and Raising Rent Rainey Management raises rent despite unsafe conditions

Elon Musk Sued for Slander by Attorney Who Successfully Sued Alex Jones Lie down with right-wing extremists, wake up with suits

Architect of “Bounty-Hunter” Abortion Ban Wants List of Abortion Seekers It’s a scare tactic, abortion funds say

FOOD

Austin Bicycle Meals Offers Pedal-Powered Distribution to the Streets

Meals on (two) wheels

by Kevin Curtin

Bureau de Poste Opens Today

Tiny Grocer and Jo Chan collab finally opens its doors

by Melanie Haupt

Austin Bicycle Meals Offers Pedal-Powered Distribution to the Streets Meals on (two) wheels

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of September 28, 2023

Circle Brewing Co. Closes; épicerie and Franklin Barbecue Bring the Brisketed Croissanty Brilliance; There’s a Coffee Festival and a Craft Brewers Festival and a Mediterranean Festival and – So Much Going On! All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Hai Hospitality’s Uchibā Opening in Downtown Austin Izakaya-inspired concept now taking reservations

Restaurant Review: Ramen Del Barrio In North Austin, Mexico meets the Land of the Rising Sun

MUSIC

Nemegata's Folkloric Futurism Boosts Austin's Budding Colombian Music Scene

Local trio powers up its magnetic roots fusion in new release Voces

by Raoul Hernandez

Review: Explosions in the Sky, End

ATX instrumental band's seventh studio album is also its first in seven years

by Austin Powell

Last Week in Live Music: Sweeping Promises, Wilco, the Postal Service, Death Cab for Cutie, OSEES, and More 63 photos by David Brendan Hall

Abya Yala: The Story Behind the Photos

Review: Willie Nelson, Bluegrass Late-career genre exercise disappoints

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week Molly Burch, Arooj Aftab, and Mobley lead our recommended shows

Review: SKAM, No Name Drag City revives lost Eighties hardcore recordings

SCREENS

River

Japanese sci fi dramedy treads lightly and charmingly

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Flora and Son, The Creator, Expend4bles, Fair Play, On Fire, PAW Patrol: The Mighty Movie, and The Re-Education of Molly Singer

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River Japanese sci fi dramedy treads lightly and charmingly

The Jigsaw Is Family: Saw X Producers Explain What Makes a Saw Movie Mark Burg and Oren Koules look to the future of the franchise

The Creator Sci fi epic is grand in vision but can't fill its scale

Stopmotion The artist subsumed by her art in chilling increments

Saw X Least-secret secret screening still has some twists

ARTS & CULTURE

Austin’s Longest-Running Stand-Up Showcase Ends After a Decade of Making Stars

Sure Thing is a wrap at 512

by Valerie Lopez

Review: Austin Playhouse's The Norwegians

Revised revisiting of this dark comedy remains a guilty pleasure

by Bob Abelman

Five Big Nights Out for the Visual Arts From folk traditions to fancy fundraisers, events that make galleries social

Armadillo Christmas Bazaar Announces Maker Lineup The iconic holiday marketplace returns Dec. 15-23

Fusebox Takes the Electricity Across the Calendar Arts festival rebrands, expands with year-round programming

Free Show: Esther's Follies Pays Tribute to Lyova Rosanoff And you're invited to help them celebrate!

Review: Zach Theatre's Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone A masterful tribute to the father of the Great American Songbook

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Abilene State Park, Tuscola

An unexpected wooded oasis in the West Texas bushland

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Queer Comedy Pipeline

Ivy Le talks the impact of Tongue in Cheek, a queer comedy open mic providing fertile ground for Austin's LGBTQ comics

by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Secret Traditional Family Birthday Cheesecake

The Luv Doc's family is already blessed – with a history of heart disease

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants