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Austin’s Least-Loved Landfill May Be Poised to Grow Again
The other ACL: The Austin Community Landfill
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
Point Austin: The Definition of Insanity
Waiting for the Legislature to finally do its duty on school finance
BY MICHAEL KING
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NAKED CITY
Whole Foods’ 180 on Eastside Redevelopment
“Full-line” store, not now-jettisoned value brand, to take spot at Plaza Saltillo
BY SARAH MARLOFF
New Data and Rules for Dockless Scooters
Open data on 2 million dockless trips, plus new rules for riding on trails
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Village Idiot Alex Jones Must Spill His Secrets
Lawsuits by Sandy Hook families want to look at Infowars’ books
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
With Climate Change Award, Bloomberg Makes It Rain in Austin
Billionaire ex-New York mayor wants to speed up urban carbon reductions
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Dell Medical Is Bringing Health Care to the Homeless
UT school forms a street team
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Richard Overton Gets a Heartfelt Send-off
Austin's oldest man, America's oldest World War II vet laid to rest at Texas State Cemetery
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
¡Dale, Austin FC! MLS Makes It Official
Austin finally is a major league town, with soccer taking the pitch in 2021
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
The Duchess of Palms
Remembering Texas trailblazer Nadine Eckhardt
BY MICHAEL KING
Lege Lines: Eric Johnson Prevails Over Racist Confederate Plaque
No more Confederate nonsense, Empower Texans gets a pass, and the first-ever LGBTQ Caucus
BY NINA HERNANDEZ, SARAH MARLOFF, AUSTIN SANDERS AND MARY TUMA
food
Sweet Ritual Expands Its Thriving Vegan Ice Cream Location on Airport
Bigger and better from the ground up
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Carpenters Hall Is Smart, Beautiful, and Almost Annoyingly Cool
The restaurant within Carpenter Hotel is a conceptual ode to German, Czech, and Texan cuisines
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Organ Great James Polk Works Wonders Outside the Limelight
We speak with Austin’s esteemed multi-instrumentalist and former arranger for Ray Charles
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Faster Than Sound: Music Lab Explores Consolidation
Rehearsal space’s Oltorf location posted for sale; Hi, How Are You Day draws the Flaming Lips; and Esme Barrera tribute launches Girls Rock El Paso
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
SXSW Adds 102 Movies to 2019 Film Festival Lineup
After Us, what else does the film fest have in store?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Start Your Week With Magnolia Mondays
Violet Crown season highlights the indie powerhouse
BY BRITT HAYES
Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, and More Austin Film News
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
A Dog’s Way Home
They're all good doggo adventures, Brent
Glass
M. Night Shyamalan's meta-comic trilogy crashes into Earth with a dull splat
Replicas
What hath science wrought? A dull cloning thriller, that's what.
The Upside
Remake of a true story of an unlikely friendship is the flattest version yet
arts & culture
In Heartland, Playwright Gabriel Jason Dean Makes the War in Afghanistan Personal
Michener Center alumnus' latest drama turns down the volume of war
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Austin Symphony Orchestra's Variation Voyage
ASO’s first concert of 2019 had us hearing all sorts of feels, but Leon Fleisher’s piano also got us thinking
"Dave McClinton: Despite It All" at the Butridge
The digital collagist’s new solo exhibition is peopled with many colors
Last Woman Standing by Amy Gentry
Amy Gentry’s Austin-set second novel is an electric revenge thriller
columns
Qmmunity
Signs of hope in the Capitol
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Woody Guthrie Center, Tulsa, Okla.
Guthrie Center hits a high note
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Square Pegs
You have to allow people the space to build the walls that make them feel safe
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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