Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
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A New Jail for Travis County?
County moves forward with new women's building despite vote to delay and community outcry
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
Point Austin: Breaking Down the Bonds
Affordable housing headlines, but there's plenty in the package
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Ann Kitchen
District 5 council member on Chapter 380 agreements
Civics 101
Austin ISD Board Considering Policy Change for Facility Use
Anti-LGBTQ church's use of Performing Arts Center sparks protest, trustees' concerns
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
NAKED CITY
Grand Jury No-Bills Chantal Eldridge
Avoids indictment over alleged sexual assault of minor in 2006
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Teachers Unions File Suit
Believe Senate Bill 1882 will lead to "charterization" of public school system
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Manley on Misdemeanors
Police chief outlines timeline for amending policy for discretionary arrests
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Statesman Says Farewell to Longtime Staffers
The purge is on
BY MICHAEL KING
City Budget: Room to Move
Council nears final decisions on 2019 budget
BY MICHAEL KING
Death Watch: Ruben Gutierrez
The State v. the Federal Court
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Laura Pressley Rocks On
Failed candidate now pursuing "illegal voters"
BY MICHAEL KING
City's Tourism Commission Off to a Rocky Start
Peace and harmony
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Rising Ridership
Numbers following the June ReMap: going up
BY JACK CRAVER
T.A. Brown and Menchaca: From the Ground Up
New beginnings for two elementary schools
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Election TIcker: 60 Days and Counting
Labor Day is over
BY MARY TUMA, CHASE HOFFBERGER, MICHAEL KING AND NINA HERNANDEZ
Support Your Small and Local Businesses
Council approves overhaul of Chapter 380 agreements
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
food
Texas Tiki Week Returns With an All-Star Cast and Tropical Spirit
The annual event is back with the best bits of tiki craft and history
BY TOM THORNTON
These Local Cheeses Are Curated to Be an Edible Experience
Antonelli’s, Vino Vino, Il Bruto, and La Matta think beyond the palate
BY R.T. FRANK
Italic Puts the Emphasis on Fresh Flavors
Andrew Curren’s Downtown restaurant reinvents Italian lunch
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
How a Genetic Disorder Drove Abby Solomon to the Forefront of Science and Music
After supplying a scientific breakthrough, this Austinite improves one show at a time
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Playback: Waterloo Music Festival vs. Eastside Kings Festival
Austin music’s fall festival opens with a double-barrel bang
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Ghostland Observatory
See You Later, Simulator
Ray Bonneville
At King Electric
the Belle Sounds
The Sea Within
Cordy Lavery
Cordless
Bridge Farmers
Bridge Farmers
Kydd Jones
Homecoming
Kevin Galloway
The Change
Jason Eady
I Travel On
D.T. Buffkin
Saturday Night, Sunday Morning
the Young Mothers
Morose
screens
AGLIFF 2018
New Name but Same Mission for aGLIFF
The All Genders, Lifestyles, and Identities Film Festival embraces the diversity of queer culture
BY JOSH KUPECKI
PJ Raval's Call Her Ganda and the Murder of Beauty
aGLIFF film explores the intersection of transphobia, imperialism, and poverty
BY SARAH MARLOFF
New Documentary Highlights the Legacy of a Black Queer TV Pioneer
Ellis Haizlip is the unapologetic Mr. Soul!
BY CHARLIE NEDDO
Six Films You Can’t Miss at aGLIFF 2018
Biopics, retrospectives, and one big mystery
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Austin Film Society Announces 2018 Grant Winners
Recipients show strength and diversity of Texas filmmakers
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Age of Summer
Back to the beach in this coming-of-age throwback
Cold Skin
Imperialism and isolation pervade this monster movie
God Bless the Broken Road
More Midwestern religiosity from the God's Not Dead team
John McEnroe: In the Realm of Perfection
The genius of the original bad boy of tennis, deconstructed
Let the Corpses Tan
Deliciously lurid crime drama is pulp in all the best ways
The Wife
Glenn Close is icily brilliant as a woman who refuses to be diminished
arts & culture
Art Partying With Cherry Cola Dog
Make a space with a DIY approach to art and a Burning Man vibe, and you get the wildly popular Cherry Cola Dog
BY TAYLOR PREWITT
Snapshot: Austin Musician-Artists Market
On the first Sunday of the month, One-2-One Bar gives musicians an outlet to show another side of their artistry
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Shrewd Productions' The Madres
In Stephanie Alison Walker’s new play, women’s fight for the “disappeared” in Argentina’s Dirty War proves timely
Jason Phelps & Co.'s Landfallen – the lost and found
This new work of dance-theatre takes us on journeys through wild wastes and personal histories, but leaves us in a place of hope
"ANGRY CLOUD + DESCND: Return of the Litvak"
The clouds are angry in this solo installation, but the spirit of the show at DORF is doggedly hopeful, fresh, and invigorating
columns
Qmmunity
Like community, but queerer
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Bretagne Memorial, Cypress
Service dog from 9/11 remembered in her home town
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Deranged Incredulity
Buzzing hard on 20mg of Blue Bell-soaked THC
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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BY NICK BARBARO
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