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What Now? What Next?
With clinics already closing, Texas' extreme abortion restrictions head to the courts
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Standing Our Ground Against ALEC
The corporate bill caucus you never elected
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Sunshine for the Homeless
A proposed RV park would provide more than just shelter
BY AMY SMITH
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
City Redistricting Commission Wants Its Own Lawyer
ICRC gets down to brass tacks before drawing new City Council boundaries
BY MIKE KANIN
Lege Lines
The Lege takes a break as controversy remains about transportation funding and the Public Integrity Unit
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Shit or Shinola? Dewhurst Puts His Foot in It
Lt. Gov. throws Texas DPS under the bus in an attempt to explain Tampongate
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
No Room for Gays at the Red Room?
Customers allege bar turned away LGBT customers
BY BRANDON WATSON
Rick Perry Death Watch
Douglas Feldman to become 503rd inmate put to death since reinstatement
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report: Repeal the Patriot Act
Unlimited power invites abuse
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Travels on 290
Two Western Outposts on the Gateway to the Hill Country
Food-o-File
Virginia B. Wood reflects on 20 years of reviewing Austin restaurants
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
July 26-29
Food Reviews
Josephine House
An old-fashioned vibe encapsulated at Josephine House
Jeffrey's
Will a new culinary concept keep the venerable eatery in step?
music
How the Nez Was Won
Texan Monkees-tamer Michael Nesmith returns to the fold
BY SCOTT SCHINDER
Playback: Zorch Paaarties
Zorch for hire, Ancient VVisdom on loan to Satan, and Charlie Faye updates her relationship status
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Bobby Whitlock & CoCo Carmel
Carnival
Ian McLagan
Live at the Lucky Lounge
Riders Against the Storm, SubKulture Patriots, Sertified
Riders Against the Storm, The Kulture Riots, FilthyFckingHumans
screens
Fluff and Stuff
If BuzzFeed's animal empire is trying to infiltrate hard news and traditional media outlets are still trying to get in on the cat cash cow, where does it all end?
BY DAN SOLOMON
One for All
Brian Salisbury talks about his new, post-Spill site, One of Us
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Another Notch in the Chastity Belt
Getting busy with UT alumna Maggie Carey's 'The To Do List'
BY AMY GENTRY
Film Reviews
D-Day
In this Indian crime thriller, a team of experts goes after the country's most wanted criminal.
Fruitvale Station
This hot-button film creates a sad portrait of a young black man unjustly shot down.
The Hunt
Mads Mikkelsen stars in this Danish film by Thomas Vinterberg as a man whose enitre life is undone by a little girl's lie.
I'm So Excited!
Pedro Almodóvar's comic romp aims sky high.
R.I.P.D.
The Rest in Peace Department of undead police officers is joined by a recently slain cop.
The To Do List
The twist in this raunchy loss-of-virginity comedy starring Aubrey Plaza is that it comes from a teenage girls' perspective.
V/H/S/2
Horror anthology scares up few thrills.
The Wolverine
With perma-snarl intact, Hugh Jackman is back as the Wolverine hunts new prey in Japan.
arts & culture
So Much Beginning Where Sixth Street Ends
The arts-heavy complex at 507 Calles defines creative synergy
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company
An impossible symphony and a manipulated dance challenge our experience of time and memory
BY JONELLE SEITZ
All Over Creation: What Do You Mean?
Shaking up the lexicon once in a while is necessary if we want to be clear
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Little Shop of Horrors
This year's Zilker Summer Musical swaps the Swiss Alps for Skid Row, but it's as hugely entertaining as ever
A Walk in the Woods
Street Corner Arts revives this tale of Cold War arms negotiations with style, notably in the forest set
The Line That Divides Us
Middlebrook's slabs observe human-nature dynamic with ambivalence
columns
An Arbitrary Nation, Part 6
The Ninth and Tenth are the invisible Bill of Rights amendments – universally ignored
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Oops!
The Gay Place
It's a week filled with sun, Sin, geeks, gays, and Divorcées.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Develop a crush at Messina-Hof Winery's Harvest Festival
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Brain Farting
What comes out of your mouth is usually a good indicator of what's going on in your head
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Aztex Host Playoffs at House
BY NICK BARBARO
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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