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Austin's Pool System Will Collapse If We Don't Save It
Shall we dive in?
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Point Austin: The Art of the Possible
A few thoughts on Texas Democratic prospects
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: The Calm Before ...
How to talk about talking about CodeNEXT
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Pio Renteria
The council member has some ideas about displacement
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
How Close Is Your Park?
Austin parks ranking in the middle of the U.S. pack
BY MICHAEL KING
State's LGBTQ Stance May Quash Hopes for Amazon HQ
At least according to company shareholder William S. Smith
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Protesting the Rhino at Warren Wildlife Gallery
Bouldin Creek neighborhood gets a new, endangered guest
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council: Public Safety & Their People
Fire stations, police officers, and the money assigned to both
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Are Dogs Gentrifying East Austin?
Eric Tang’s latest addendum addresses displacement, and dogs, in Eastside tract
BY MICHAEL KING
CodeNEXT Cliffs Notes
Busy season begins for land use rewrite
BY SARAH MARLOFF
The Never-Ending Election Contest
Pressley v. Casar still pending before Supreme Court
BY MICHAEL KING
AISD’s Transformative Schooling
Decoding Kendall Pace’s texts
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Zilker Park: Paved Paradise, or Vice Versa
When is a parking lot not a parking lot? When it’s next to the beloved park.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
D.A.’s Office Unveils State Jail Court
Prosecuting drug possession and third theft offenses
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
food
Why Farm-Raised Fish Are a Good Idea for Austin
Demystifying the process and why it makes sense for our landlocked city
BY JESSI DEVENYNS
Fat-Washed Cocktails Make a Comeback
Your next drink might involve foie gras and a centrifuge
BY ADRIENNE WHITE
Food Events
music
Pocket Fishrmen Serve up Punk and ... Fish
What to expect at the punk cutups’ annual Fish Fry
BY TIM STEGALL
Texas Platters
Marmalakes
Please Don't Stop
Kinky Friedman
Circus of Life
Aisha Burns
Argonauta
Lola Tried
Lola Tried
Golden Dawn Arkestra
Children of the Sun
White Ghost Shivers
Need to Shake It
Jason Boland
Hard Times Are Relative
screens
Gary Kent Is One of the Last of the Dangerous Men
New documentary Love and Other Stunts catches the daredevil legend in action
BY MARC SAVLOV
Portrait of Fashion Icon André Leon Talley
Filmmaker Kate Novack on her new doc, The Gospel According to André
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Big Games, Big Money
DreamHack Austin puts competitive e-sports center stage
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
Film Reviews
Adrift
True-life survival adventure stays afloat because of Shailene Woodley
Always at the Carlyle
Behind-the-scenes at NYC's legendary hotel is just PR fluff.
The Gospel According to André
Fashion legend André Leon Talley finally gets his glamour shot.
How to Talk to Girls at Parties
Neil Gaiman's short story gets an inessential musical makeover.
Let the Sunshine In
Juliette Binoche looks for love in this unexpected Gallic rom-com.
On Chesil Beach
Desire and desperation in Ian McEwan's pre-sexual revolution novella.
The Seagull
Chekhov's tale of Muscovite misery takes unsteady flight.
Upgrade
Surprisingly smart techno-thriller goes for the brain and the jugular
arts & culture
Paul Soileau’s Double Duty
With a new show for Rebecca Havemeyer and a new album by Christeene, is the busy performer having an identity crisis?
BY KIRK LYNN
Queerbomb and Austin Black Pride Kick Off Season of LGBTQ Celebrations
The city proves that pride has no limits
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Snapshot: A Trip to Krause Springs
Hill Country haven is one of Texas’ best swimming holes
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Glass Half Full Theatre's Polly Mermaid: Apocalypse WOW!
This playful eco-fable by Caroline Reck and Indigo Rael creates a surprising plastic paradise under the sea
"Ex Libris" at Recspec Gallery
This collection of new and vintage bookplates papers up a visual library of odd beauty
"Krista Steinke: Good Luck With the Sun" at W&TW
These spectacular images of the sun and sky captured with homemade pinhole cameras reveal more about us than celestial objects
columns
Gay Place
'Tis the season to be prideful
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Good Ole Days, Brady
Antique emporium is a treasure mine of relics and oddities
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Toning It Down
This isn't about fashion
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
World Cup Countdown, U.S. team news, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
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