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A Nightmare for DREAMers
Ending DACA affects an estimated 124,000 Texans
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: Round Up the Usual Suspects
Targeting immigrants is only one step in an era of repression
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Larry Bethune
The longtime pastor on his retirement from the University Baptist Church
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Champions Tract On Hold
Temporary injunction puts stop to any development action
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
Car2Go 2 Go All Benz
Say goodbye to the Smart Cars
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Anti-Choice Group Hit With State, Criminal Complaints
Heidi Group accused of misappropriating taxpayer funds, more
BY MARY TUMA
Dawnna Dukes’ Delays
Corruption trial held off until Dec. 11
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Travis County to Comply With All ICE Detainers After 5th Circuit Ruling
Panel nixes lower court block on immigrant detention rule
BY MARY TUMA
Council: A Toy Store Full of Puzzles
The mayor’s Downtown Puzzle proposal returns to Council this week
BY MICHAEL KING
And They’re Off … for Next November!
Parsing out potential re-election campaigns on City Council
BY MICHAEL KING
The Weight of 20 Tons
What went wrong to kill Bahman Kaman?
BY JACK CRAVER
Rev. Larry Bethune Retires From University Baptist Church
Pioneering pastor steps down after three decades with influential church
BY SARAH MARLOFF
How Transparent Is APD?
The most? Least? That depends on who you ask.
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
To Kill a Mockingbird
Fate of contract with Texas Wildlife Services hangs in balance at Tuesday meeting
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
food
South Austin Institution Whip In Under New Management
Beloved brewpub faces new challenges and former employees’ grievances
BY JACK CRAVER
Zucchini Kill Serves Up Riot Grrrl Cupcakes to the People
Local punk power trio opens vegan and gluten-free bakeshop
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Dear Glutton: Threeway Dining
An out-of-the-way place to get to know your group before group sex
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius
From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback: Lost in the Silent City
Crowdsourced sci-fi, getting steamy with Black Pistol Fire, and a mighty storm of music
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Austin Witches Circle: "It's Not a Coven, It's a Community"
Arts & witchcraft at Dark Moon Witches’ Market
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Allergic to the World
The Sensitives and the illness of environment
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
What’cha Watchin’?
The ridiculous is the sublime: Arts Editor Robert Faires extols absurd comedies
Film Reviews
American Made
Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal
Battle of the Sexes
Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs
Friend Request
A curse follows a woman on social media
Gook
An unlikely friendship develops in 1992 Los Angeles
Stronger
The story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman
Woodshock
Moody, marijuana-tinged drama
arts & culture
Road-Tripping for the 2017 Texas Biennial
To curate this edition of the contemporary art survey, Leslie Moody Castro took an epic road trip across the Lone Star State
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Seen / Soon, Sept. 29
Soaring above Seaholm with Blue Lapis Light and discovering Pinocchio in hip-hop with Abraham.In.Motion
Arts Reviews
Jarrott Productions' Prodigal Son
The opposing worlds of John Patrick Shanley’s textured script are conjured with powerful stillness and restless energy
Ground Floor Theatre’s Gibberish Mostly
This production of Max Langert’s brave play breaks the silence about autism and the stigma and shame surrounding it
“William Geisler + John Peralta” at Wally Workman Gallery
Peralta’s deconstructed machines and Geisler’s encaustic abstracts turn painstaking toil into patterns of brilliance
columns
Gay Place
Austin's Pride celebration is happening this Saturday!
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Camp Terralak, San Marcos
New private campground takes the roughing it out of camping but leaves the fun
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Monogamous Leftovers
Polyamory, like communism, is much harder in practice than in theory
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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