Austin News, Events, Restaurants, Music

“VerDos” Brings the Energy at Fraction of the Price

TODAY'S EVENTS

Ion Art: The Surreal Garden

Zilker Botanical Garden

Cloud Tree: Yo Soy la Tierra at Cloud Tree

The Winter's Tale
at The Curtain Theatre

MUSIC | MOVIES | ARTS | COMMUNITY

Vote Now in the 33rd Annual "Best of Austin" Reader’s Poll!

Closing Arguments Made in Daniel Perry Murder Trial

PHOTO GALLERIES

The 2023 CMT Music Awards Red Carpet Photos

MORE PHOTO GALLERIES >

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

10 Easter Dining Options For Every Bunny We Know

CURRENT ISSUE

April 7, 2023
Vol. 42, No. 32

Table of Contents

E-EDITION
The paper, sans paper

WE HAVE AN ISSUE
by Kimberley Jones

PRINT ARCHIVES
Going back two decades

FIND A PAPER
Over 1,000 locations

THE LATEST

Netflix Adds ATX TV Festival to Its Manifest Final season second half gets premiere and panel at the fest

Where to eat and drink and watch golf this weekend Golf claps for seltzers and pimento cheese

Closing Arguments Made in the Killing of Austin Black Lives Matter Protester Daniel Perry is accused of murdering Garrett Foster

Special menus for Ramadan, and four places to eat halal year-round Great places to break your Ramadan fast

Crosstalk: The American Analog Set Due for Numero Group Reissue Treatment, and More Music News Blaze Foley’s Outhouse online & Broken Spoke's historic marker

NEWS

Austin Transit Partnership Needs Your Input as Project Connect Enters Its Trade-Offs Era

Turn this train around

by Benton Graham

TEA is Taking Over Special Ed at AISD and Parents Aren’t Happy

Now that’s the tea

by Brant Bingamon

Closing Arguments Made in the Killing of Austin Black Lives Matter Protester Daniel Perry is accused of murdering Garrett Foster

Queer Eye-Featured Clinic Investigated for Fraud Missing half a mil

“Might Have to Kill a Few People” And other texts that suggest Daniel Perry intended to commit murder at a Black Lives Matter demonstration

Need an Abortion? We’ve Got Good News ... Abortion funds are back in operation

Austin Transit Partnership Needs Your Input as Project Connect Enters Its Trade-Offs Era Turn this train around

FOOD

Restaurant Review: Golden Hour

The menu is extremely delicious, but bread will cost you extra

by A. Richmond

Where to eat and drink and watch golf this weekend

Golf claps for seltzers and pimento cheese

by A. Richmond

Special menus for Ramadan, and four places to eat halal year-round Great places to break your Ramadan fast

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of April 6, 2023

Restaurant Review: Golden Hour The menu is extremely delicious, but bread will cost you extra

Musk Opening Austin Bistro in 2024; Dish Society Arriving Even Sooner; Churro Co. Is Open Now; Tiki Tatsu-ya Debuts Rum Flights; Fiore’s Regional Pasta Club Can Be Delivered; the Texas Veg Fest Draws Nigh; and More All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Austinite Aaron Lyons brings his concept home The fast-casual farm-to-table restaurant opens this fall

MUSIC

What Texas Artists Had to Say on the CMT Music Awards Red Carpet

Jackie Venson, Midland, and more talk country music’s Austin migration

by Maggie Q. Thompson

Caroline Rose Practices The Art of Forgetting on Fifth LP

Austin pop auteur explores fluctuating relationship to the past

by Gabrielle Sanchez

Crosstalk: The American Analog Set Due for Numero Group Reissue Treatment, and More Music News Blaze Foley’s Outhouse online & Broken Spoke's historic marker

Eight April Music Festivals In and Around Austin From Rancho Alegre to Austin Blues, April offers ample opportunities

Review: Matthew Logan Vasquez
As All Get Out (Nine Mile)

Four Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week Etran de L'Aïr, Blank Hellscape, and more shows to see

Review: Atlas Maior
Hadal

SCREENS

Owen Wilson and the Joy of Paint

The star of the new wry comedy on the inner and outer life of Burlington’s No. 1 art show host

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

How to Blow Up a Pipeline, Air, Paint, Return to Seoul, and The Super Mario Bros. Movie

SHOWTIMES >

Netflix Adds ATX TV Festival to Its Manifest Final season second half gets premiere and panel at the fest

Owen Wilson and the Joy of Paint The star of the new wry comedy on the inner and outer life of Burlington’s No. 1 art show host

Seven of the Best With Owen Wilson From small-town crook to the ultimate speedster, the most unmissable roles of the Texas actor's career

A Very Jewish Horror in Attachment Filmmaker Gabriel Bier Gislason discusses cultural authenticity

Check Out Czech That Film Texas The celebration of Czech cinema returns with comedy and horror

ARTS & CULTURE

Five Fusebox Shows to Get You Buzzing

The annual Austin-born arts festival returns with five days of wonder

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Fusebox Shows to Get You Buzzing

The annual Austin-born arts festival returns with five days of wonder

by Wayne Alan Brenner

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

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

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

COLUMNS

Day Trips: LaVaca BBQ, Port Lavaca

Woman-run barbecue joint is winning over customers

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: The Queer-ster Bunny

A springtime showing of Austin's queer haps, like a new leather bar, pre-show parties, and the academic achievement by a young Black trans scholar.

by James Scott

The Luv Doc: Bullies With Benefits

Wherein the Luv Doc puts lipstick on a pig

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants