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How to Jail the Poor
Travis County tries to fix its Driving While License Invalid issue
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: Dark Money, Sunlight, and Political Soccer Games
Shadowy funding works its way into Austin campaigns
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: “Uprooted”
New gentrification study asks city to "think big and act boldly"
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Brian Manley
Police chief speaks out against recent attacks on local Muslim community
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Cody Wilson Charged With Sexual Assault
Local man behind 3D printed gun debate allegedly paid for sex with minor
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
City Arts Funding Tempest
Unexpected Cultural Contracts cuts cause concern
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Riverside Development in Crosshairs of Activist Troupe
Defend our old domainz
BY SARAH MARLOFF
City Drops Lawsuit Against Firefighter
Firefighter who contracted cancer won’t be challenged on workers comp ruling
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
So Long Sendero Health Plans?
Nonprofit health insurer could be phased out by close of 2019
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Council: Back in the Groove
Budget done, Council trudges on
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Election Ticker: Masters of Disasters
T-minus 46 days until you vote
BY NINA HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL KING, CHASE HOFFBERGER AND MARY TUMA
State Board of Education Tries to Rewrite History
A sharpie to your textbook
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
As Long As There's a Plan
Council, "people" co-exist on effort to create affordable housing
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Death Watch: Double Dose
Two executions in Huntsville next week
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Hate Crime at Austin Mosque?
APD investigating three incidents at North Austin Muslim Community Center
BY MARY TUMA
Liability Claim Filed Against Lakeway Hospital
Rawney McVaney's story continues
BY MICHAEL KING
food
Crescent at North Lamar and Airport Now Offers Unique Asian Dining Options
Long-ignored strip mall gets a makeover
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Food Events
music
Will Courtney Summons Seventies L.A.
The rootsy popsmith takes the production reins in a West Austin duplex
BY GREG BEETS
Playback – Typecast: David Yow & Brett Bradford
Scratch Acid and the Jesus Lizard in their new roles, plus a Twin Peaks themed concert
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters Hall of Fame
Pop polymath Mobley extols Solange
BY MOBLEY
First Concert: Steve Wertheimer
Continental Club and C-Boy’s Heart & Soul owner revisits Dazed & Confused
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FANTASTIC FEST 2018 PREVIEW
Faith and Fear at Fantastic Fest
Action director Gareth Evans returns to Wales for the chilling Apostle
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Fantastic Fest Film Depicts Militias With a Hair Trigger
When rugged individualism goes wrong in The Standoff at Sparrow Creek
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Subverting Expectations at Fantastic Fest With Ladyworld
Female-fronted film prepares for a #MeToo backlash
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Five Films Not to Miss at Fantastic Fest
2018 is the year of the woman
BY JENNY NULF
Five More Films Not to Miss at Fantastic Fest
Wildernesses, Lovecraft, and Joss Whedon Alumni
BY MATTHEW MONAGLE
The Future Was in Toronto
Toronto International Film Festival showcased the fall's big films
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Film Reviews
Assassination Nation
Dark satire lets social media tear us apart
Fahrenheit 11/9
Michael Moore takes on the Trump years
The House With a Clock in Its Walls
Eli Roth swaps gore for delightful childlike Gothic wonder
I Think We're Alone Now
Dinklage and Fanning find dry humor at the end of the world
Life Itself
Maudlin multigenerational drama thinks it's profound (spoiler: it's not)
Lizzie
Lizzie Borden's murders awkwardly rebuilt as a #metoo metaphor
Love, Gilda
The SNL original in all her shining joy
The Song of Sway Lake
Period family drama is evocative, if sometimes lacking in clarity
arts & culture
Fast Forward Austin Does Compute
New-music champions science the shit out of its upcoming concert with The Difference Engine
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: Austin Discovery School’s Garden Work Day
Teaching kids empathy, one plant at a time
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Austin Playhouse's Monroe
In Lisa B. Thompson's tender drama, young African-Americans work out where they belong in the world
Miró Quartet at Bates Recital Hall
The ensemble's opening concert for its 15th season as UT's Faculty-Quartet-in-Residence was uplifting in a number of ways
"Ann Wood: Quick and Quiet" at Big Medium
The artist's solo show is like a large-scale, experiential temporary memorial, with fake flowers rotting in a gloomy exuberance
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Qmmunity
Voting while queer
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: San Felipe de Austin Historic Site
Original Texas capital returns through new museum
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Graceful Exit
Leaving someone pretty much implies you have something more important to do
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Celebrating 30 years
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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