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Volume 38, Number 34
ON THE COVER:
news
With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal
How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin At Large: Stop Me If You’ve Heard This ...
When we perform as public citizens, what do we really want?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Two Steps Forward ...
A year ago, the last CodeNEXT draft was "unworkable." What's changed?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Ken Paxton Puts the Brakes on Federal Inquiry Into Debunked Voter Fraud Claims
A.G. tells Congress to wait in line
BY MARY TUMA
Support Remains for a Travis County Public Defenders' Office
Local judges, community leaders on what needs to happen to create a new office
BY MICHAEL KING
City Council Returns to Land Use Code Conversation
"Everybody is really saying the same thing"
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Death Watch: King Set to Die for James Byrd Lynching
Last-minute appeal seeks new trial as King maintains his innocence
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Community Leaders Remember Akwasi Evans
The passing of Eastside writer and activist will be felt for "a long time"
BY MICHAEL KING
LEGE LINES
Property Tax Hack Finally Gets Senate Nod
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
AISD Is Hiring an Equity Officer
The new position will promote educational equity and inclusiveness for the district's 80,000-plus students
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Meat Master Aaron Franklin Talks Steak
Dive into five different cuts cooked five different ways in his new book
BY ROD MACHEN
Premium Pre-Mosquito Season Patio Hang Zones
Sawyer & Co. is full of culinary maximalism
BY EMILY BEYDA
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of April 18, 2019
music
Jamaica Dancehall Legend General Smiley on Pioneering the Art Form and Settling in Central Texas
Austin Reggae Fest standout might as well call Austin home
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Faster Than Sound: Ryan Bingham Warms Up His Western Festival
Onetime local Americana star inaugurates his fest on a chilly day in Luckenbach
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Texas Platters
Grupo Fantasma
American Music Vol. VII
Daniel Francis Doyle & the Dreams
Unrecognizable
Townes Van Zandt
Sky Blue
Tia Carrera
Visitors / Early Purple
George Ensle
Home
D.C. Bloom
Pack Up the Moon
David Messier
Time Bomb
Thunderosa
Ride the Snake
Dogs & Diamonds
Last Free Exit
screens
Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin
Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?
BY TOM CHEREDAR
New French Cinema Week Displays a Nation’s Artistic Resilience
Vive la nouvelle France at AFS Cinema
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Now Streaming in Austin: Dark Side of the Ring
Evan Husney grapples with wrestling's hidden history for Viceland
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Breaking Habits
Documentary on life high in holy orders
The Curse of La Llorona
Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan's original
Hagazussa
Witchcraft and oppression in late-medieval Austria
Hellboy
Hellboy is back, and this time he's R-rated
Her Smell
Elisabeth Moss is a the center of a rock and roll tornado in this heartbreaking ballad of self-destruction
Little Woods
Tessa Thompson takes all the tough choices in a grimy tale of downtrodden life
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Latest in the Ip Man series moves away from the Wing Chun legend himself
Penguins
Chilly nature documentary has a cuddly heart that's perfect for young animal lovers
Peterloo
A political massacre loses all urgency in this bloodless period piece
Starfish
The end of the world becomes a powerful, music-driven metaphor for grief, loss, and healing
Teen Spirit
Pop fable never feels like a smash hit
Wild Nights With Emily
Molly Shannon breaks the myth of the staid Emily Dickinson with this vibrant biopic
arts & culture
Vanessa Gonzalez Is Real, Funny, and Real Funny
The former Austin comic lets the audience into her life
BY ASHLEY MORENO
Arts Reviews
Austin Playhouse's Copenhagen
In the conversations of this Michael Frayn drama, we learn that history is broken, just like us
Zach Theatre's Matilda the Musical
With its memorable characters and energetic performances, this production connects adults with their inner child
Performa / Dance's Confections
This evening of works, performed outdoors at the Umlauf, mixed art, beauty, and nature in ways that enraptured
columns
Qmmunity: A Well-Deserved Celebration for Cheer Up Charlies
And so many hot events, we can't reco them all!
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: The Elissa, Galveston
Tall ship returns as sailing school and museum
BY GERALD MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Not Mellow at All
There is an unwritten social contract to indoor plumbing
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
