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How to Raise Worker Wages
Organize, arrive, persist, persist, persist
BY JACK CRAVER
Point Austin: The Mayor’s Tightrope
Tip-toeing our way toward a consensus on housing supply
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Housing Bubbles in the Air
Conjuring affordable housing from thin air
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Yes, he really said that
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
AISD’s FABulous Facility Plan
The Facilities and Bond Planning Advisory Committee has a few recommendations to consider
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Short Shelf for Short-Term Rentals?
The Texas Hammer never sleeps
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Death Watch: Bobby James Moore at SCOTUS
SCOTUS overturns Houston native's death sentence
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Parks Department Implements ID Cards
PARD says "everyone is welcome"
BY MICHAEL KING
Alex Jones Apologizes!
Slander against politicians is one thing; against pizza shop owners, another
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: Mucho Housing Needed
Council braces for the next big number crunch
BY MICHAEL KING
Body Cam Blues: Utility Ousted, Not Out
Company loses at 3rd Court, hangs hope on appeal, co-plaintiff
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
Jeff Sessions' Empty Threat Against Sanctuary Cities
Immigration fearmongering continues for our intrepid AG
BY MARY TUMA
Lege Lines – The Texas Legislature: Not Enron
Passing a state budget when one side’s “cooking the books”
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
food
Texas VegFest Returns to Austin
Any time a bunch of vegans get together, you can bet it will be a party
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Vigilante
Gaming bar rolls the dice with mixed small plates
BY BRANDON WATSON
Dear Glutton: Hot Happy Hours
Where to go for an after-work drink
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
Biographer Tamara Saviano’s Guy Clark Revelations
The dean of Texas songwriters’ final days, the forthcoming documentary on him, and more
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Texas Platters
Sweet Spirit
St. Mojo
Ruthie Foster
Joy Comes Back
Quiet Company
It's Not Attractive and It Changes Nothing
Walker Lukens
Ain't Got a Reason
screens
Mustang Island Premieres at Dallas International Film Festival
Craig Elrod and Nathan Smith screen their latest starring Macon Blair
BY SEAN L. MALIN
Vigilante Gaming Bar Welcomes Both Novices and Experts
New tabletop haven might be your next favorite watering hole
BY ROBERT M. REYES
Film Reviews
The Belko Experiment
A gory social experiment gone wrong
The Boss Baby
Alec Baldwin voices corporate infant
CHIPS
The California Highway Patrol rides again
Life
Astronauts discover that a wall won't keep out a new alien life form
My Scientology Movie
Another doc on L. Ron Hubbard's cash cow
Power Rangers
A new generation of teens with superpowers must save the world
arts & culture
A Guide to Austin Stand-Up
Who makes the jokes, where you can see them, and who keeps the scene running in a city where laughing matters
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Vortex Repertory Company's Underground
Driven by Lisa B. Thompson's powerful text and masterful acting, this new drama drops a truth bomb
"ART for All + ALL for Art" at Art for the People Gallery
Truth is one of the rewards of this showing of work by artists who have lived on the streets
columns
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Page Two: Frogs Were the Second Plague
The Time of the Toad, and a time to dance
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Black Pride is here, and it's queer
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Schilo's Deli, San Antonio
For a century the German deli has served the rye bread fresh and strudel à la mode
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Salad Fork
The salad fork is only the sixth-longest fork
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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