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Volume 43, Number 53
features
Fall Is Here! (In Our Hearts)
As we await cooler temps, here are some events to look forward to
news
Headlines / Quote of the Week
City Council Countdown: Meet the Candidates
Here’s one minute of information on each race
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
A Guide to This Year’s Texas Tribune Festival
The free, the grave, and the delightful at the annual, Texas-centric meeting of minds
BY ABE ASHER
Austin ISD Election Season Is Underway
The candidates are getting their messages out
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Is Fascism Still a Thing in Round Rock’s School Board Races?
Hmmmmm...
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
Restaurant Review: JewBoy Cantina
Mo Pittle makes more Tex-Mex mischief with his new campus-area spot
BY MELANIE HAUPT
music
Crosstalk: Miranda Lambert’s Surprise Stubb’s Set
Women and queer creative showcase the Front Festival returns Labor Day weekend
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Hey, Look! It’s the Crucial Concerts for This Week.
Cooling temperatures mean no reasons not to go out and see some music
BY CY WHITE, CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, GENEVIEVE WOOD, MICHAEL TOLAND, ABBY JOHNSTON AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
AfrAId
Blumhouse horror about an overenthusiastic digital assistant
City of Dreams
A Mexican boy is trafficked across the border and sold to a sweatshop
1992
The L.A. riots are the backdrop for this forgettable heist picture
Reagan
Dennis Quaid portrays the actor-turned-president
Slingshot
Psychological thriller about astronauts trying to keep a grip on a trip to Saturn’s moon
War Game
Documentary captures a real-life role-playing exercise to simulate another January 6-like coup
You Gotta Believe
Inspirational story about a Little League team that dedicates the season to one teammate's ailing father
arts & culture
Theatre Review: Georgetown Palace Theatre’s Cats
Cozy musical comfort in a purrfect classic
BY CAT MCCARREY
Recommended Events for This Week’s Cooling Temps
Fairies, succulents, and lowriders in this weekend’s suggested happenings
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, RICHARD WHITTAKER, CAT MCCARREY, MAGGIE QUINLAN, LINA FISHER AND DEREK UDENSI
Playdates, Secret Screenings, and More Events for Your Week
Get out on a school night
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, RICHARD WHITTAKER, LINA FISHER, KIMBERLEY JONES AND CAT MCCARREY
columns
The Off Beat: Beo Lerman’s Queer Werewolf Rom-Com
Women and queer creative showcase the Front Festival returns Labor Day weekend
BY CARYS ANDERSON
The Off Beat: promqueen’s Dark Fairytale
Women and queer creative showcase the Front Festival returns Labor Day weekend
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Qmmunity: Queer Events for the Week
Still dreaming up a better column for this week, so here’s a buncha cool events instead
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: T.V. Munson Home, Denison
Munson pioneered viticulture in Texas and saved the French wine industry
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Hardick’s Sick Roasts
Some sort of puppy-strangling ogre
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 30 - September 5
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Austin FC Finally Looks Like a Complete Team ... Only Seven Months Late
Too little, too late? Or right on time?
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
