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AISD’s Big Balancing Act
The Austin Independent School District is considering bringing a $1 billion bond to voters in November. That's a lot of money. What all would it do? And can the package keep everybody happy?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Truly Free
Exonerated at last, may Fran and Dan Keller finally "breathe free"
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Ted Gordon Believes
Is it too late to fix the AISD bond package?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Dan Keller
25 years later, the Kellers are finally free
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
CodeNEXT Gets Affordable
Learn what, how, and where affordability incentives will apply
BY SARAH MARLOFF
City Council Campaign 2018
Renteria files, Troxclair draws early challenger
BY MICHAEL KING
Shifting Allegiances in Congressional District 21
Tom Wakely bows out, throws support behind Rixi Melton
BY MICHAEL KING
Mike Collier Announces Campaign Against Dan Patrick
Former TDP finance chair seeks to oust Lt. Gov.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
LGBTQ Quality of Life Commission Underway
"Historic" kickoff marks first for new commission
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Kosoul Chanthakoummane Execution Stayed Once More
Collin County native’s death delayed due to doubts over forensic evidence
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Council: Take a Deep Breath
Final spring session enters July break on a run
BY MICHAEL KING
Plaza Saltillo Ground-breaking Set for Wednesday
After a long wait, the Eastside redevelopment finally kicks off
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Austin Energy Partnership Helps Reach Renewable Energy Goals
"A virtual power plant in any building."
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Fallout From the Lege's War on Reproductive Rights
Texas waits on the full impact of legislative cuts
BY MARY TUMA
Adler, Council Members File Motion for Preliminary Injunction Against SB 4
Monday filing contests pending anti-immigration law
BY MARY TUMA
The Hightower Report: Time for Democratic Leaders to Get Going … or Go
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Top 10 Austin Breweries
Power ranking the local leaders in craft beer
BY ERIC PUGA
Food Events
music
Greezy Wheels Take a Last Bow
Still Greezy after all these years
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: Sound on Sound Fest Is Set, but What About Fun Fun Fun?
SOS Fest dropped its lineup this week, but what of predecessor FFF?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Fastball
Step Into Light
Abram Shook
Love at Low Speed
Quin Galavis
The Battery Line
Alex Napping
Mise en Place
Kay Odyssey
What's a Woman to Do
RG Lowe
Slow Time
DJ Brimlo & Bavu Blakes
The Comeback Story
Anastasia
Born to Love You EP
screens
Ana Lily Amirpour on Her New Film The Bad Batch
Cannibals, cult leaders, and friendship
BY LARS NILSEN
My Obsession: The Carmichael Show
Pushing boundaries with NBC's sitcom
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Sensory Overload
The Hyperreal Film Club summer series at the Museum of Human Achievement
BY SEAN L. MALIN
What’cha Watchin’?
Marketing Director Sarah K. Wolf is Team Joey 4VR
Film Reviews
All Eyez on Me
Keep ya head up but don't expect too much from this biopic
The Bad Batch
Ana Lily Amirpour's psychedelic Western
Band Aid
A couple works out their problems through song
47 Meters Down
It's this year's The Shallows (but not as good)
The Hero
Sam Elliott plays a cowboy actor dying of cancer
Past Life
Avi Nesher's film is a thoughtful examination of forgiveness
Rough Night
Girls gone murderously wild
Transformers: The Last Knight
Stick meet dead horse
arts & culture
Ellen Bartel and Global Water Dances
Joining a global cause, choreographers invite Austin to the water's edge
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
A fierce portrait of Billie Holiday painted in blood and pain
Penfold Theatre’s Around the World in 80 Days
This original, gender-bending theatrical take on Jules Verne’s adventure tale is a grand story told with delightful imagination
Anya Gallaccio: to see if time was there at Laguna Gloria
The artist's giant tree stump carved from limestone is a sign that we love ancient things and are part of nature, too
columns
Page Two: God Is Alive, Magic Afoot, and Music Everywhere
Egmont Street was where we discovered Risk, Quaaludes, phone phreaking – and some of the greatest albums ever made
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Gov. Greg Abbott signs discriminatory bill into law
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Hughes Springs
Mineral waters still flow at small town pavilion in the piney woods
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Long, Painful Russian Belt Tattoo
Love is the wild card of human existence
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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