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Red Guards and the Modern Face of Protest
Agitators, disrupters, or “anarchists,” these masked protesters represent a new resistance
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Point Austin: Living in Emergency
One day at a time in the former republic
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Ted Talks
AISD trustee lays it on the line about LBJ / LASA
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Austin's mayor speaks out on ICE
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Cruz or Cornyn vs. Castro or O’Rourke?
Texas' next race for the Senate is shaping up already
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Building a Better School District
A bit of school consolidation in the works?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LBJ Library Director Steps Down
Mark Updegrove recalls “the greatest honor of my career”
BY MICHAEL KING
AISD on ICE
Superintendent Paul Cruz wants AISD to know ICE is watching
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Divest in Chase Bank
The city holds a $1.16 million contract with the bank
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Council Preview: Promised Land Use
Austin Oaks, Plaza Saltillo loom large at Thursday meeting
BY MICHAEL KING
Lege Lines: Left in the Dark
Who knew about the ICE raids this weekend? Not your state reps.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Dell Med School Debate Over Use of Funds Continues
Fred Lewis won’t quit HEALTH fight with Travis County
BY MICHAEL KING
Medicaid Patients Face a Future Without Planned Parenthood
“I don’t know where I would go”
BY MARY TUMA
Sekrit Theater Appears Close to Shuttering
Beau Reichert is considering a sale of his East Austin arts space
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
The Hightower Report: There’s a Word for Trump’s Latest Flimflamming of Workers
Trump's the working man's president? Please!
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
A Guide to Austin Ramen
Local chefs look to give the dish the respect it deserves
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Dear Glutton: First Date Spots for Non-Drinkers
Finding a place to drink with teetotaling options
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
Molly Burch Mixes Heartbroken Narratives and Fifties Pop
Austin newcomer's debut, Please Be Mine, is a quiet triumph
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
The sometime Austinite tours the U.S. for the first time since 1969
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Playback: The 2016/17 Austin Music Awards Reveal
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Exploring the Auteurs of Early Black Cinema
AFS screens rare and influential selections from the Pioneers of African-American Cinema
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
My Obsession: Bob Byington Dials in to the 555
Austin filmmaker shares his love for new sketch comedy series
BY BOB BYINGTON
Screen Shots
A miscellany of film news and events
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Film Reviews
A Cure for Wellness
Gothic mystery is hard to swallow
Fifty Shades Darker
Oh bondage, I'm yours!
Fist Fight
A comedy that revels in low-hanging fruit
Neruda
The famous Chilean poet is on the run in this biopic
The Red Turtle
Poetic beauty abounds in this animated gem
Toni Erdmann
An honest and bizarre take on the parent/child relationship
arts & culture
Amanda Eyre Ward's Maternal Turn
In The Nearness of You, novelist Amanda Eyre Ward writes about her most important topic yet: motherhood
BY JESSI CAPE
Arts Reviews
Salvage Vanguard Theater's Thr3e Zisters
This zombified take on Chekhov gets reanimated right when we need women who will bite back at the patriarchy
Ballet Austin's Belle Redux: A Tale of Beauty & the Beast
In its striking concept and execution, Stephen Mills' take on the fairy tale was his most fully realized story ballet since Hamlet
"Sally Weber: Fractured"
These photographs, made with scanners and full of distortion, offer not a precious image of a leaf but a fresh way to perceive a leaf
columns
Page Two: The U.S. Swings Like a Pendulum Do
The good news is, the Constitution is specifically designed to work amidst controversy and hatred
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
OUTsider Fest heads into the woods and will "emerge ready to fight"
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: JBS Wetland Center, Seagoville
Bald eagle couple expecting two chicks to hatch on internet TV
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Willing
Western Europeans through most of the last few thousand years haven't been very enthusiastic bathers
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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