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Jolt Aims to Energize the Latino Vote
Local activist nonprofit engages a growing demographic
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: Hot Over HOT
City Council wrangles over Convention Center, hotel taxes, and Downtown's future
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Houston, You Have a Problem
Let's not make the same one here
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Steve Adler
The mayor would like to enlist your help
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Leslie Pool’s Tweet (During the) Storm
Council member pushes CodeNEXT agenda at an inopportune time
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Tracking CodeNEXT ... Or Not?
Commissioners express concern over data collection of land use rewrite
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Go Repair! Closes Application Window for Local Nonprofits
Up to $2.5 million at stake for low-income homeowners
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
A Future for Local Community Policing Conference?
I.C.A.R.E. relies on private funding, needs more
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council: Heating Up the HOT Tax
Mayor moves to defend his solutions to the “Downtown Puzzle”
BY MICHAEL KING
Budget Development
Ordering from the Concept Menu
BY MICHAEL KING
New Laws From the Lege Set to Go Into Effect
Get to know Texas’ new rules
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER, MARY TUMA AND SARAH MARLOFF
Austin Braces for Weekend Rush of Evacuees
After the flood
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Central Health Gets “Clean” Audit of Med School Funding
Auditors found Dell Med’s spending to be in accordance with Affiliation Agreement with Central Health
BY MICHAEL KING
Council Members Shine New Light on Fire Department
CMs Alter and Flannigan stoke the flames of AFD negotiations
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
The Hightower Report
Trump vs. the wisdom of Robert E. Lee
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Review: Native Bar & Kitchen
Cool isn't enough for hostel diner
BY BRANDON WATSON
Barton Springs Mill Is Changing Austin's Relationship With Grain
Time to start thinking about where your bread came from
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Back to School Part 2
After school sampler
Playback: Walter Tragert Rises Up Singin’
Musician with MS finds hope in a songbook, Margaret Moser passes, and last shots at Bull McCabe's
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Plax
Clean Feeling
Milligan Vaughan Project
Milligan Vaughan Project
Chris Fullerton
Epilepsy Blues
Jean Caffeine
Sadie Saturday Nite
Jenny Parrott
When I Come Down
Solid Goat
The War on Terra
Jen Zava
Power to Change
Ichi Ni San Shi
Maybe Mobile
USA / Mexico
Laredo
screens
Louis Black Takes Richard Linklater Doc to PBS
dream is destiny airs on American Masters
BY SEAN L. MALIN
UT Alum Laura Dunn and Her New Doc on Wendell Berry
After Green and The Unforeseen, it’s time to Look & See
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A Twofer of Slashers That Are a Cut Above
A horror classic and a hidden gem highlight this week
BY MARC SAVLOV AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
If you, like Production Manager Chris Linnen, love to get high and watch stand-up comedy on TV, then these recos are for you
Film Reviews
All Saints
Planting seeds to save a church
Birth of the Dragon
Bruce Lee: the early years
Do It Like an Hombre
My best friend is gay
I Do ... Until I Don't
Marriage (comedies) ain't easy
Leap!
An orphan has ballet-dancing dreams
Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry
A look into the world of the farmer and activist
Menashe
In an Orthodox Jewish community, a father struggles to retain custody of his son
The Only Living Boy in New York
A New York love triangle state of mind
The Trip to Spain
Exquisite food with a side of comedy and pathos
arts & culture
Staging Building the Wall Before Trump Builds His Wall
Robert Schenkkan races to get his latest work on stage
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Ocean at the Vortex
In her solo show, Ebony Stewart makes a canvas out of herself and a beautiful gift we should embrace
Generic Ensemble Company’s Collection
GenEnCo uses an eclectic mix of objects to explore how relics of relationships past keep us connected to love
“Pio Pulido: The Last Exhibit of the 20th Century” at the MACC
This retrospective is like visiting an artist’s crowded studio and yet provides just a glimpse of this visionary’s output
columns
Gay Place
Expect a good time, safe space, and lots of fine-looking peeps at the Gender Unbound Art Festival
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Bandera
The Silver Spur Dance Hall ruins are a reminder of the golden age of country music
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: People in Glass Houses
A truly balls-out commitment to mental health
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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