John Anderson
Volume 41, Number 44
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
A moment of GRACE
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Institutional Democrats fail their parenting tests at the dawn of the Dobbs era
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Congressional hearings are demanding a reckoning
BY NICK BARBARO
Preschool and child care center on the move again?
BY ABE ASHER
Everybody gets a raise, but 600 positions are getting cut
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
True story, real people in Crooked Power
BY CAMILA LLORENTE
Special session? Texas House Democrats are asking Abbott to call one
It's been a rocky road for the planned development off Highway 71
BY LINA FISHER
Voluntary agreement stops sales of "rockets and missiles"
BY LINA FISHER
food
Tip and tax included, you can still eat for cheap
BY MELANIE HAUPT
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 30, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Lines of fans pay $100 in "parking problem" near Live Nation-owned venue
BY RACHEL RASCOE
New Austin music to drown out the booms
BY KEVIN CURTIN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, RACHEL RASCOE, CHRISTINA GARCIA AND ABBY JOHNSTON
Bigg Robb, Weedeater, the return of Lou Ann Barton, Mike Sailor's Good Time Orchestra, and more
BY KEVIN CURTIN, MICHAEL TOLAND, TIM STEGALL, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, ROBERT PENSON AND DEREK UDENSI
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
The Austin anime gets a Japanese-made spinoff show
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Spanish actress gets inside the head of the dictator director
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Mediocre action thriller is accidentally timely
Freddie Gibbs scorches the earth as a rapper in touch with the land
Wealth and power can't protect two expats from their own corruption
Redbox king Bressack back with a bombing action thriller
Egyptian historical thriller set during the 1919 rebellion
Phil Tippett's stop motion masterpiece of depravity and the divine
Sweet and funny story of a talking shell will fill your heart
Kevin, Stuart, yee Bob nama bok, yee ba veela doegab tadtee de Otto!
Austen imitator is a poor relative from Sussex among Regency romances
Cruz and Banderas reunite in this scathing comedy about ego and filmmaking
arts & culture
New production of the Rodgers and Hammerstein classic tries to forget the Julie Andrews film, and finds new political relevance
BY BOB ABELMAN
A North vs. South showdown for music and fireworks
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
In this week's issue, we explore Austin's response to the overturn of Roe v. Wade
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: A mother explains why she left Texas and what she pledges to do to provide abortion care access to her children
BY SAVANNA ESSIG-FOX
Defy the Supreme Court's creepin' on body autonomy and celebrate the queer flesh
BY JAMES SCOTT
Statues depict meeting between Native Americans and Sam Houston
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Why does Donald Trump never spray-tan his eye sockets?
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Your weekly horoscope, July 1-7
BY ROB BREZSNY
Fly your protest flag in Austin?
BY LUKE ELLIS AND AJ URTEAGA
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Make way for Austin’s first family of soccer
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY RYAN HENNESSEE