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2022 Local Elections Preview
Local Elections Herald Epic Changes in the Capital City
Our future is now
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Kirk Watson and Celia Israel Lead Pack for the Next Mayor of Crisis City
Duo leads in funds, reputations, and housing plans
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Gentrification and Affordability Shapes the District 1 and 3 Races
Never-ending Eastside stories
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Homelessness and Mobility Top District 5 and 8 Issues
A southwest state of mind
BY LINA FISHER
Urbanists Challenge Linda Guerrero for District 9 Hot Seat
Filling Kathie Tovo's shoes (with houses?)
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Solid Candidates Find Their Way to AISD Board Races
Wanted: heroes. Salary: nothing
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Wingnut Crusaders Want All of Round Rock ISD
Storming the castle
BY BRANT BINGAMON
AISD's Largest Bond Ever to Fix Infrastructure Comes to the Polls
ACC adds campuses
BY LINA FISHER
Back on the Ballot: More Subsidized Housing
What the $350 million housing bond entails
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Not on the Ballot: Police Oversight
But Council could adopt ordinance anyway
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin at Large: Suffering With the Statesman
Ragging on the daily isn’t as much fun now, but sometimes it still needs to happen
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Meetings, Meetings, Meetings
The fall schedule is heating up
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
City Base Wage Jumps to $20/Hour for Next Fiscal Year
Council approves increase for city workers
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Short-Term Contract Locks In Big Wage Gains for EMS
Entry-level EMTs will get $19.25 an hour
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Kaitlin Armstrong Defense Team Calls Police Narrative “Misogynistic and Fictitious”
The plot thickens
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
City Hamstrung as Renters Face Crippling Costs
Ever-rising rent
BY ABE ASHER
East Austin Activist Lewis Conway Jr., 1970-2022
Criminal justice reformer leaves a legacy
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Restaurant Review: Hildee’s Texas Dine-Inn
Ryan Hildebrand’s Hill Country bistro has its ups and downs
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Black Food Week’s Begun, Austin Restaurant Weeks Are On Their Way, There’s Canine Noms at Blue Lacy, Dollar Sales at Twin Liquors, a New Bar Boss at Watertrade, Local Pastures in South Austin, and Water, Water, Everywhere …
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of August 25, 2022
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Behind the Wheel With Deezie Brown
After five years of fine-tuning, the perfectionist producer and rapper rolls out 5th Wheel Fairytale
BY JULIAN TOWERS
Faster Than Sound: KAZI, "The Voice of Austin," Perseveres for 40 Years
Austin’s first-ever community-run station debuts new general manager and KUTX collab
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Improvisational Music Curator P.G. Moreno: "I Feel the Most Confident I've Ever Felt About Epistrophy Arts"
His latest booking? Scandinavian jazz powerhouses Atomic on their final U.S. tour before disbanding.
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Courtney Barnett, Kid Cudi, Butch Hancock, Marisa Nadler, Robert Earl Keen, and more
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CHRISTINA GARCIA, ROBERT PENSON, DEREK UDENSI AND JULIAN TOWERS
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
In the Flesh: Film Historian Elizabeth Purchell Leads the Reappraisal of Porn
The archivist sees erotica as a vital chapter in the history of queer liberation
BY JAMES SCOTT
Film Reviews
Alienoid
Time-travelling SF wire fu thriller is as overpacked as it sounds
Beast
Idris Elba versus a lion in this throwback creature feature
Breaking
Tragic true-life drama attacks how the system fails military veterans
Funny Pages
Portrait of the comic artist as a young idiot
The Innocents
Norwegian "evil kids" horror delivers a sickening catharsis
Liger
Telugu MMA drama floats like a bee, stings like a butterfly
Maneater
Trace Adkins versus sharks is a soggy mess
Spin Me Round
Lumpen anti-rom-com won't turn heads
Three Thousand Years of Longing
Swinton and Elba lack magic in this unfunny fantastical rom-com
York Witches Society
Evil hunts a coven of upper-class British witches
arts & culture
Five Austin Arts Events That Celebrate Nature
Because you know we’re all just a bunch of animals
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Review: Zach Theatre’s The Inheritance, Part 1
Epic in length and ambition, this portrait of gay life in the 21st century is stunning
BY BOB ABELMAN
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
Opinion: We Deserve Project Connect
The executive director of Transit Forward makes the case for the city's ambitious public transportation expansion
BY BILL MCCAMLEY
Qmmunity: Homoscopes
Don't know what to do this week? Consult the Qmmunity stars for your homoscope of recommended queer events.
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Forts Concho, Lancaster, and Richardson
Ruins of three forts recall frontier Texas
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Thin Mustache
True iconoclasty in America is in woefully short supply
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 26 - September 1
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Austin FC Introduces Emiliano Rigoni as LAFC Clash Looms
Western Conference rivals make the most of the midseason transfer window
BY ERIC GOODMAN
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