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news
Plantations to Prison Farms: How Far Have We Come?
Texas’ tradition of forced labor lives on
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Suicides in Texas Prisons Have Dramatically Increased
Brooklyn Hogrell’s mother says our prison agency failed her
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Amid Budget Crisis, Austin ISD Leaders Push Vaguely to “Rethink How We Work”
Sense of doom as no one solution will be enough
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Mental Health Diversion Pilot to Begin by August
24 / 7 care instead of jail time
BY LINA FISHER
music
Jess Williamson, Stay Black & Live, Babestock, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week in Austin
BY CY WHITE, CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, ABBY JOHNSTON, RACHEL RASCOE, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, DOUG FREEMAN AND BRANT BINGAMON
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Culture Clash: Paper Cuts Combines Literature and Film
Indie bookstore pairs with indie cinema to celebrate the joy of interdisciplinary art and prioritizing community
BY GABRIELLE HOGAN
Film Reviews
I Used to Be Funny
A stand-up comedian struggles with PTSD in this Canadian dramedy
In Our Day
Acclaimed filmmaker Hong Sang-soo turns his keen observational eye on an actress and an artist in South Korea
Inside Out 2
The inner life of now-teenager Riley gets complicated when Anxiety takes a turn at the wheel
Kidnapped: The Abduction of Edgardo Mortara
Based on a true case, a 6-year-old is ripped from his Jewish parents by the Catholic church
Robot Dreams
Dog and Robot find companionship in this lovely and touching Oscar-nominated animated film
Treasure
A Holocaust survivor and his daughter go on a road trip to 1990s Poland
Tuesday
Death manifest as a macaw attends a terminally ill young woman and her mother
Welad Rizk 3
Arabic action film about a group of brothers pulled back into the criminal underworld
arts & culture
Review: “Flatland Revisited” at Lydia Street Gallery
Dreaming young girls and reimagined worlds run rampant in Deanna Miesch’s solo exhibit
BY MEHER QAZILBASH
Hyde Park’s My H-E-B Shows Humanity, Explored
Like the store, in this work the people matter
BY CAT MCCARREY
Queens, Kings, and More Events to Help You Celebrate This Weekend
Movies, theatre, classes, dancing, and more reasons to get out
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, CY WHITE, CAT MCCARREY, CARYS ANDERSON, LINA FISHER, JAMES RENOVITCH, RICHARD WHITTAKER, JASMINE IMAN WRIGHT, RAOUL HERNANDEZ AND BRANT BINGAMON
Spiders, Slams, and Other Shows Worth Seeing This Week
Dare to go out on a school night!
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, RICHARD WHITTAKER, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, CAT MCCARREY, CAMILA VILLARREAL, JAMES RENOVITCH AND BRANT BINGAMON
Juneteenth Events in Austin
Commemorate the end of slavery in Texas with these happenings
BY JAMES SCOTT, CY WHITE, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, JAMES RENOVITCH, CARYS ANDERSON AND JASMINE IMAN WRIGHT
columns
Opinion: I Fought for Air-Conditioning in Solitary Confinement. Now I Have to Do It Again.
A Texas woman at Lane Murray prepares for another brutal summer in prison
BY KWANETA HARRIS
Austin Chronic: The Many Crusades of Adam Reposa
Months after being raided, lawyer continues to taunt the courts, the cops, and Ken Paxton
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Qmmunity: Blasphemy Baby
Asking my haters to please use their hateration to combat more pressing issues
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Dining in Bastrop
Three downtown Bastrop cafes that will wow you
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Money ... It’s a Crime
Share it fairly but don’t take a slice of my pie
BY THE LUV DOC
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 14-20
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Copa America Could Be Dani Pereira’s Ticket to Europe’s Biggest Leagues
Austin FC starter dons the “Vinotinto” colors for Venezuela at June tourney
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
