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Formerly Homeless Find Good Neighbors at Community First! Village
A week’s stay at Austin’s most talked about neighborhood
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Beside the Point: When You Assume ...
Yep, we're the assholes here
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Public Notice: How Small Is a Small Area?
Out of the ruins of CodeNEXT and into the next round of city planning drama... CodeWHAT?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Chas Moore
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
SBOE Gets Schooled on Women
State Board of Education reverses decision to remove Hillary Clinton, Helen Keller from curriculum
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Bills, Bills, Bills ... and Bonnen!
Nearly 400 bills filed already for the 86th Texas Legislature
BY MARY TUMA
A Plan for Pease Park’s Future
New master plan includes phase one redesign and upgrade of park's southernmost 13 acres
BY MICHAEL KING
Revisiting the Railroad Killer
Local journo Alex Hannaford’s Dead Man Talking podcast investigates the case against a man on death row
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Van Boven Heads Back to Court
Texas Medical Board still won't wipe exonerated doctor's record clean
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: Back to Work!
Police, Fire, Water top a slim agenda post-election, pre-Thanksgiving
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Sex Education Update: Respect, Consent, Responsibility
AISD gathers feedback on potential changes to Human Sexuality and Responsibility curriculum
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
EMS Union Set for Leadership Contest
Association to cast ballot between incumbent Tony Marquardt or challenger Selena Xie
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Rape Kit Backlog Cleared: Now What?
Advocates still uncertain of what’s being done with the results
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Why Did KUT-FM Muzzle Its Watchdog?
Austin’s NPR affiliate publishes, then removes two investigative stories detailing a troubled newsroom culture
BY MARY TUMA
AISD Sends Signals on Future Budget Cuts
School closures and the redrawing of school boundaries eyed as potential ways to address $29 million deficit
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Community, Policing
City, police union, activists arrive at compromise with new four-year contract
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
More Drama for Dusterhoft
Complaint alleges APD commander procured drugs
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
food
Top 15 Austin Breweries
Our semiannual power ranking of local brewhouses
BY ERIC PUGA
Discada Honors Tradition and Celebrates Border Food
Keep the menu simple and the flavors complex
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
Tomar Williams Hones Four Decades of Soul
Breakout of his family band, the performer seizes on his pop, soul, R&B, and hip-hop successes and failures in Tomar & the FCs
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback: 2018-19 Austin Music Poll Ballot
Kevin Curtin votes in the only election that matters, and you can too
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Hannah Fidell travels The Long Dumb Road
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
My Obsession: Norma Jean & Marilyn
How HBO’s Monroe biopic highlighted the need for #MeToo
BY BRITT HAYES
Magic Lantern Shines a Light on British Christmas Ghost Stories
Hang with the spirits of Christmas past
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd
Austin filmmakers need your crowdfunding help
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Coen brothers head West, but it's a bumpy ride
Cam
Online sex worker drama massages authenticity into techno-thriller
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
Fewer beasts, but a much better story, make this sequel magical
Instant Family
Adoption comedy is rocky but charming
The Long Dumb Road
The road may be dumb, but at least it's fun
Monrovia, Indiana
Frederick Wiseman's passive observation gets mired in rural life
Widows
Viola Davis leads an efficient heist that rarely blows the doors off
arts & culture
Fabulous Realism at Atelier Dojo's Art Gym
Artists are ready to school you in their new studio at Canopy
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Snapshot: East Austin Studio Tour
E.A.S.T. artists explain the intention in their art
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Capital T Theatre's The Hunchback Variations and ...Faustus
The company's pairing of two Mickle Maher one-acts gets lit about art in a sublime way
Mary Moody Northen Theatre's Men on Boats
With a diverse cast of women playing white men exploring the Grand Canyon, this show recasts history to show guys who just don't get it
MASS Gallery's "Staycation: thresholds"
The gallery's first exhibit in its new home invites viewers into the private self and into the stretching of one's limits
columns
Day Trips: Fort Lancaster
West Texas frontier fort has a story to tell
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Oops!
Qmmunity
Remembering, honoring, and celebrating queers
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Luv Doc: More Than Just Friends
Life is not a Merchant Ivory Production
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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