Volume 36, Number 30
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news
Dell and Central Health "re-think" the way we provide – and pay for – health care
BY MICHAEL KING
For Trump, ICE, and Abbott, tyranny and dishonesty go hand-in-hand
BY MICHAEL KING
Planning, talking, digging, housing, walking
BY NICK BARBARO
The week's news in review
Yes, he really said that
NAKED CITY
AISD will send (gulp) how much money to the state?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Clinic would be Travis County’s first
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Dan Patrick may have a challenge
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Ken Paxton has taken issue with schoolchildren who want to pray
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Everybody's in transition zones over land use
BY MICHAEL KING
City Council and the mayor confront the controlling state
BY MICHAEL KING
Can anybody reasonably testify in support of SB 4?
BY MARY TUMA
You’re going to need more money
BY MONTINIQUE MONROE
Cars will tell you what your country needs right now. (It's another car.)
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
“You want meals that feel like a hug"
BY DAN GENTILE
Style rules over substance at South Lamar hot spot
BY BRANDON WATSON
music
Final love / hate SXSW listicles
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Catharsis through animation
BY SEAN L. MALIN
Channel showcases the best and worst of syndicated TV
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Film Reviews
A meta-movie about a struggling actor
A father searches for his daughter with the help of her ex-boyfriend
A live-action remake of the Disney film
A young writer has to pen a woman's obituary before she dies
A ghost story exploring the ineffable
A man's past comes back to haunt him in the form of a letter
Redemption through basketball
Malick takes on the Austin music scene (sort of)
The sequel to the 1996 classic
A lonely curmudgeon finds out he has a daughter
arts & culture
Lisa B. Thompson's new drama digs deep into politics past and present, and asks us all: What are you gonna do?
BY ROBERT FAIRES
In Sharon Marroquín's new dance, we are all gnarled and heliotropic
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Arts Reviews
Big heart propels the slamming doors and zippy one-liners of this production of Tom Rooney’s farce
It’s the valuable give and take between Jana Swec and her collaborators that make this show consistent, as well as surprising
columns
Livin' healthy isn't easy, but that's about to change
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Iconic fishing pier gets new lease on life but retains its coastal charm
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
It’s probably not smart to tie the knot with someone who regularly bends your moral compass
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY LANCE MYERS
BY RYAN HENNESSEE
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY SAM HURT