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Volume 42, Number 37
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Inside Texas' Angels of Death, Who Refuse Hundreds of Death Row Pleas but May Expedite Daniel Perry Pardon
How the Board of Pardons and Paroles runs its ship
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Public Notice: Thinking Outside the Litter Box
A less than purrfect solution to police staffing?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Austin Police Association Will Do Whatever It Can to Kill the Voter-Approved Oversight Provisions
But, in a city that has made its will clear, that'll be an uphill battle
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
ERCOT Sends Mixed Messages About Summer Grid Capacity
But blaming renewables for failures doesn’t add up
BY LINA FISHER
Will Texas Reduce Marijuana Penalties?
Keep it class C, Texas
BY DEX WESLEY PARRA
While Austin Medics Negotiate a Labor Contract, Hays County’s Fight to Unionize
For Hays County's nonprofit EMS team, becoming a union is no easy task
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Amid a Childhood Obesity Epidemic, AISD’s P.E. Requirements Aren’t Likely to Help
UT study finds laws increasing P.E. time haven't curbed childhood obesity crisis
BY MADI DONHAM
food
Restaurant Review: Luminaire
San Antonio's Steve McHugh steps into the Austin dining spotlight
BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ
Bar Review: Las Bis
Vibey patio bar is a saucy complement to Luminaire
BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ
El Raval Opens Where Barlata Used To Be, Wu Chow Expands, Mueller Scores Big (Again), Bouldin Creek Welcomes Underdog, Tso Is So North Now, and More
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 May 11, 2023
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Art-Punks Transy Warhol Carve the "Space to Figure Everything Out"
Quartet seeks Control in transphobic Texas on gushy, unabashed debut
BY TIM STEGALL
Soundwaves' New Exhibit Envisions 20 Austin Songs as Art Prints
Signed Spoon and Sue Foley pieces fundraise for the SIMS Foundation
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Crosstalk: Miss Manners Retires From Hip Hop Hooray After 15 Years, and More Music News
DAWA Fund apps open May 15 and Lizzy McAlpine melts ACL Live
BY RACHEL RASCOE, WAYNE LIM AND ANGELA LIM
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Water Damage, TisaKorean, a tribute to Mandy Mercier, and more recommended shows
BY RACHEL RASCOE, KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, ANGELA LIM, JULIAN TOWERS, MICHAEL TOLAND, LAIKEN NEUMANN, KATIE KARP AND DEREK UDENSI
Review: Alex Coke & Carl Michel Sextet, EMERGENCE
Co-leaders make the most of band's unusual, drumless instrumentation
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Review: Large Brush Collection & Creekbed Carter Hogan, Split
Tape of tender lullabies envisions a warm refuge for queer people
BY WAYNE LIM
Review: Tearjerk, Face to Face
Debut EP roots in a fresh plot of emotionally forward indie folk
BY KRISS CONKLIN
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Chasing the Story of Chop & Steele
Ben Steinbauer and Berndt Mader tell a goofy First Amendment story
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
BlackBerry
Rise and fall of the original smartphone as hilarious tech satire
Book Club: The Next Chapter
Tedious sequel recycles that Golden Girls energy again
The Eight Mountains
Touching depiction of male friendship in the Italian Alps
Fool's Paradise
Charlie Day as actor and his double in this Hollywood satire
Hypnotic
Robert Rodriguez and Ben Affleck team up for a pulpy mindbender
STILL: A Michael J. Fox Movie
The kinetic life of the Back to the Future star
arts & culture
Five Arty Reasons to Visit the Blanton
As the art museum gets an exterior makeover, don't miss the beauty inside
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Review: Getting in Bed With the Pizza Man
No delivery men were harmed in this one-woman show about sex
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 KAT MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: The News About News
Meet the News team
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: UT Shouldn’t Prioritize Football Over Historic Preservation
The university needs to preserve its cultural heritage, not prioritize another football facility
BY EDWIN BAUTISTA
Qmmunity: Stick Together
In light of frightening futures, the queer community must stand together
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Padre Island National Seashore
Texas treasure is home to abundant wildlife and open for visitors
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Go to Lockhart
Because silverware is for whiny vegan beta cucks
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, May 12-18
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Austin FC Loses Sebastián Driussi, Owen Wolff for Crucial Stretch of Games
Star player sidelined with groin injury
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
