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Cari Clark: Interview with Elizabeth McCracken

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Lysistrata Comedy Festival at ColdTowne Theater

Ain’t Too Proud
at Bass Concert Hall

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Crosstalk: Austin Parks and Rec Board Discusses Fair Pay at SXSW, and More Music News

The Verde Report: Predictable Austin FC Isn’t Just Playing Badly. It’s Playing Boring.

PHOTO GALLERIES

Fight for Our Lives Rally at the Texas Capitol

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Review: The Struggle by Three Men to Save the Endangered Black Kite

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

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March 31, 2023
Vol. 42, No. 31

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

Lawsuit to Come After Elderly Deaf Woman's Arm Allegedly Broken by Jailer Attorney says she is finally getting a meeting with jail staff

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

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

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”

by Rachel Rascoe

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”

Sudan Archives, Soccer Mommy, and Allah-Las to Headline the Handbuilt Motorcycle Festival Austin motor show becomes music fest with Resound partnership

Austin’s Harry Edohoukwa and Lesly Reynaga Booked for Lollapalooza, and More Music News Rolling Loud's SXSW dropout and the Long Center's 3D-printed stage

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, The Five Devils, 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

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

From the Walls to the Screen in Muraling Austin on Austin PBS Austin PBS puts the city's walls in motion with new series Muraling Austin

Review: Different Stages' The Tavern Not to be melodramatic but, damn, Different Stage's revival is a satire worth sitting through

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

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by Mr. Smarty Pants