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Council Works on Budgeting Around a Steep Deficit

Adventures for Adults Abound at These Summer Camps

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June 6, 2025
Vol. 44, No. 40

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Tribeca Dispatch: Long Live the State Inside the sketch comedy troupe that changed the game … eventually

Photographer Pooneh Ghana Launches Record Label With Music Industry Veterans TODO Records signs Porcelain, Annabelle Chairlegs, and more

Dance Review: Interiors Grants Permission to Feel KDH Dance Company offers ASMR for the soul

Tribeca Festival Dispatch: Hal & Harper Cooper Raiff’s indie TV family drama expresses childhood trauma

Texas Performing Arts Summons All the Muses for its 2025-26 Season Jazz masters, puppet pioneers, and comedic brass for the new year

NEWS

Council Works on Budgeting Around a Steep Deficit

Looking into the causes of a predicament that somehow snuck up on the city

by Austin Sanders

Under One of the World’s Most Extreme Abortion Bans, Texas Doubles Down

And also clarifies what a “lifesaving” abortion is

by Maggie Quinlan

The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown of Texas' New Film Incentives Breaking down what SB 22 does – and doesn't – do for Texas

Headlines / Quote of the Week

Texas Schools to Get a Bit More Cash and a Lot More Christian Nationalism Assessing the 89th Legislature’s effect on public education

Council Works on Budgeting Around a Steep Deficit Looking into the causes of a predicament that somehow snuck up on the city

Sen. Sarah Eckhardt Analyzes “Gunfire and Fireworks” of This Legislative Session A Q&A with Austin’s progressive state senator

FOOD

Where to Get Your Conchas in Southeast Austin

A hyperlocal look at five panaderías

by Sammie Seamon

Hot Luck 2025 Delivered Another Festive Weekend of Cocktails, BBQ, and Good Vibes

ATX’s best food festival smoked, grilled, roasted across town

by Taylor Tobin

Hot Luck 2025 Delivered Another Festive Weekend of Cocktails, BBQ, and Good Vibes ATX’s best food festival smoked, grilled, roasted across town

First Look: Parish Barbecue Industry vet opens a Louisiana-influenced trailer at Batch

The Strip Club: Parkline Shopping Center Standard Szechuan and hard-to-find Asian grocery items abound at 11301 Lakeline

Weekend Wine: Vermentino From Sardinia White wine from the gorgeous Mediterranean

Restaurant Review: The Greek Bar Offers Quiet Mediterranean Confidence East Oltorf spot is casual yet stylish

MUSIC

Crosstalk: Redbud Ice House Comes and Goes, Veteran Animator Lance Myers Launches an Art Show, and More Culture News

Plus H-E-B helps HOME and Blues on the Green

by Caroline Drew

Album Review: Mobley’s We Do Not Fear Ruins

One-man band resists exile on futuristic concept album

by Kahron Spearman

Photographer Pooneh Ghana Launches Record Label With Music Industry Veterans TODO Records signs Porcelain, Annabelle Chairlegs, and more

Texas Performing Arts Summons All the Muses for its 2025-26 Season Jazz masters, puppet pioneers, and comedic brass for the new year

Song Premiere: Curse Mackey Skulks Around Red River in “Vertigo Ego” Video Darkwave single previews new album Imaginary Enemies

Exploded Drawing’s 64th, Double Trouble’s Second, Sagebrush’s Fifth, and More Crucial Concerts It isn't all about numbers in this week’s recommended shows

Crosstalk: Redbud Ice House Comes and Goes, Veteran Animator Lance Myers Launches an Art Show, and More Culture News Plus H-E-B helps HOME and Blues on the Green

SCREENS

Tribeca Dispatch: Long Live the State

Inside the sketch comedy troupe that changed the game … eventually

by Richard Whittaker

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The Phoenician Scheme, The Life of Chuck, and Pavements

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Tribeca Dispatch: Long Live the State Inside the sketch comedy troupe that changed the game … eventually

Tribeca Festival Dispatch: Hal & Harper Cooper Raiff’s indie TV family drama expresses childhood trauma

Getting Wet and Wild With Dangerous Animals Yellowstone's Hassie Harrison swims with sharks for her new horror

The Gruesome and the Infernal Bring Her Back The Philippou brothers discuss staying small for their big movie

The Good, the Bad, and the Unknown of Texas' New Film Incentives Breaking down what SB 22 does – and doesn't – do for Texas

ARTS & CULTURE

Theatre Review: Unbury Your Gays Fixes the Future

Broad Theatre’s production reveals false histories

by Cat McCarrey

Theatre Review: Unbury Your Gays Fixes the Future

Broad Theatre’s production reveals false histories

by Cat McCarrey

Jumping the Shark in This Weekend’s Recommended Arts & Culture Events Multiple ways to get high ... on art

Theatre Review: Unbury Your Gays Fixes the Future Broad Theatre’s production reveals false histories

Keeping Our Eye on the Week’s Recommended Arts Events Art and culture abounds, even on the weekdays

Adventures for Adults Abound at These Summer Camps Your inner child will thank you for the nostalgia – and the knowledge

Cutting the Ribbon on a Renovated Givens Pool Named after Austin’s first Black dentist, the pool returns for summer 2025

COLUMNS

THC Ban Imminent as Texas House Approves Prohibition Amendment

Fearmongering prevails over pro-business posture and rights of Texans

by Kevin Curtin

The Endless Soul Searching of Ageless Singer Tomar Williams

Tomar and the FCs frontman shares scores of stories ahead of the band's third album release

by Raoul Hernandez

Qmmunity: For Those We’ll Never Meet

A much-needed mission reframing after Lege losses hit home

by James Scott

Day Trips: Ottine Mineral Springs, Gonzales

“Taking the waters” comes to Ottine

by Gerald E. McLeod