Trinity Church of Austin, 4001 Speedway
Illustration by Jason Stout/Getty Images
news
The Roosevelt Room Stands Its Ground in a New Downtown
How the right lease negotiations kept the Fifth Street bar in business
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
Austin At Large: Say Farewell to Greg Guernsey
An exit interview with Austin’s longtime planning chief
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Total Garbage
Good news and bad news about your waste stream
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Austin Partners With Corporations to Solve Mobility Problems
The City:One Challenge "puts residents at the center of the mobility conversation"
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Reps Outraged at "Inhumane" and "Dystopian" Conditions at Border
Willful neglect of human rights fuel funding effort
BY MARY TUMA
Texas Legal Services Center's Assertion of Rights Work Gives a Voice to Victims
Advocates stand up for victims' rights
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Erin Martinson’s Entry Heats Up D.A. Primary Race
Lawyer, victim advocate to challenge incumbent Margaret Moore
BY MICHAEL KING
Possession of Small Amounts of Marijuana Effectively Decriminalized in Travis County
Texas decriminalizes “hemp,” chaos ensues
BY KEVIN CURTIN
State Rep. Bucy Hosts Town Hall on Schools, Border Crisis
Freshman legislator praises bipartisan support for “Texas values”
BY MEGAN MENCHACA
$406M ACC Budget Increases Pay Across the Board
College employees receive 3% raise, hourly workers bumped to $15 an hour
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
UT Austin Offers Free Tuition to Low Income Families
Incoming Longhorns to receive more financial aid thanks to oil revenues
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Drinks Issue 2019
Austin’s Mexican-Style Lagers Are Coming in Hot
Livin' la vida lager
BY ERIC PUGA
Canned Cocktails Swoop in to Save the Must-Have-a-Mixed-Drink Day
No bartender? No problem.
BY MELANIE HAUPT AND JESSI CAPE
Local Wine Experts Rank 48 Canned Wines Available in Austin
Good wine comes in cans, too
BY TOM THORNTON
Four Flavors of Local Kombucha That Come in Cans
Chill with a can of Greenbelt Kombucha's fermented tea
BY JESSI CAPE
Introducing Sparkling Sake to Austin
Texas Sake Company crafts newly canned sake, some CBD-infused
BY JESSIKA ROTH
Our 2019 Guide to Central Texas Breweries
A comprehensive list of places to grab a craft beer in and around Austin
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of July 11, 2019
music
Faster Than Sound: Willie and a Movie
The Red Headed Stranger rides again at Luck Cinema's kickoff, thriving Austin rapper Ladi Earth can't be categorized, and more music news
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
The Legend Becomes Fact in New Wyatt Earp Documentary
New documentary And With Him Came the West explores the truth behind Hollywood's Wyatt Earp
BY SAM RUSSEK
One in a Crowd: “Monica and Me”
Short film about being “the other woman” needs your crowdfunding support
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
The Art of Self-Defense
Jesse Eisenberg excels as the mouse that roars in this karate black comedy
In the Aisles
Love – platonic and romantic – among the groceries
Oh! Baby
It’s 13 Going on 30, but 24 Going on 70
Stuber
Buddy cop action-comedy isn’t making many friends
Summer Night
Barhopping slice of life about facing up to adulthood is Linklater-lite
Trespassers
Home invasion shocker is best at its most sadistic
The White Storm 2: Drug Lords
Drugs, guns, and violence on the streets of Hong Kong
Wild Rose
Jessie Buckley roars in this outlaw country tale (only the country is Scotland)
arts & culture
Uncorking the Story to the True Crime/Comedy Podcast Wine & Crime
Amanda Jacobson pairs vino reviews with different varietals of lawbreaking
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Immortal Longings at Zach Theatre
In this new play by Terrence McNally, Diaghilev and Nijinsky seek revolution and godhood in the 20th century
Fishbowl at ColdTowne Theater
In Stephanie Thoreson’s one-woman show, a gallery of awkward characters show us that it’s okay to be pathetic if you laugh about it later
An Accidental Cuban
Joan Moran
columns
Qmmunity: The Science of Queers
Plus events to make and celebrate queer history
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Toilet Seat Museum
Toilet seat art collection relocates to The Colony
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Ex-Shtupping Girlfriends
Sometimes friends will let you down – sometimes in really big ways
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
