Jana Birchum
Volume 41, Number 45
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Lots of turbulence as airport rebounds from COVID lows
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Of what to us is the Fourth of July? Reading the room and rethinking democracy.
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Bastille Day and other events
BY NICK BARBARO
As temperatures rise, bus stops serve as shelter from the sun
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Site discourages recruits, encourages cops to quit the force
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
While ACLU fights for a few more weeks of abortion services, providers look to haven states
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Texas has executed 574 people since 1976; the Board of Pardons and Paroles has recommended clemency for five
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Texas Supreme Court sides with Texas Central Railroad
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Austin woman arrested in Costa Rica for killing of cyclist Mo Wilson
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
food
Scratch-made kitchen builds on family recipes handed down
BY YASMIN DIALLO TURK
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 July 7, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
The millennial Midas brings reggaeton and Mexican regional to Sixth Street and beyond
BY CHRISTINA GARCIA
On the senior-year making of inquisitive debut EP Luffon Bright
BY RACHEL RASCOE
A compositionally dense, sonically warped, and fun EP of electronic R&B with jazz impulses and flexible vocals
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Jazz guitarist pulls beauty out of tragedy and triumph
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Die Spitz, Red Axes, Fiddlehead, Albert Lee, Elsa Cross, and more recommended shows
BY RACHEL RASCOE, CHRISTINA GARCIA, JULIAN TOWERS, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, KEVIN CURTIN AND DEREK UDENSI
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Austin animator Eric Power takes a strange and beautiful adventure in new feature When You Get to the Forest
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
There's something creepy in this Eurosleaze castle
Louis C.K. continues his attempted career rehabilitation
Balzac's media satire is still bracingly, scathingly topical
Arthouse Single White Female is more form than concept
The Slayer of Thanos becomes a lovesick clown in this mirthless sequel
arts & culture
From musical spoofs to Broadway classics, the best of the Austin stage
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Steve Martin’s deliciously absurdist tale of art and science
BY BOB ABELMAN
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, Christina Garcia profiles DJ and restaurateur Gabriela Bucio
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Before burying the light rail below Austin's unique street character and beautiful lake, we should take a breath to reconsider the design ideas and ballooning costs
BY KAREN MCGRAW
Opinion: The co-founder of Tiny House Coffee Roasters offers a solution to the patchwork system of privacy laws that is crushing small businesses
BY BLAKE THOMAS
Austin's queer scene makes deals with divine powers with this week's events
BY JAMES SCOTT
Journey through the history of American road-tripping
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Are yuppies still a thing?
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Your weekly horoscope, July 8-14
BY ROB BREZSNY
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The 26-year-old Irishman is thriving at left back
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY JEN SORENSEN