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features
What’s New With This Year’s Best of Austin Poll
When to vote, how to campaign, and more questions answered
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
news
Headlines / Quote of the Week
DOGEing the Texas Education Agency
Conservatives back Dem bill to shrink agency overseeing schools
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Travis County’s Public Defenders Win More Pay for Early-Career Attorneys
But without more funding, other pay disparities will persist
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Texas DOGE Committee Looks to Form $88M State Cybersecurity Agency
Cyber Command would dramatically expand spending on cybersecurity
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
Texas House Bill Would Take Kids’ Phones Away During School Hours
Poll shows parents concerned about safety amid shootings
BY MATTEA GALLAWAY
music
Crosstalk: Die Spitz Signs to Jack White’s Record Label
Plus, FSG moves again, and the Austin Symphony unveils its new season
BY CARYS ANDERSON
The City of Austin Is Still Tweaking the Live Music Fund
Music Commission plans 2025 grant program, meets new ACME director
BY ANGELINA LIU
Shannon & the Clams, Lola Kirke, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week ahead
BY CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, ABBY JOHNSTON, CHRISTINA GARCIA, KYRA BRUCE, MIRANDA GARZA, JOE GROSS, CATALINA PEREZ, JAMES RENOVITCH, MICHAEL TOLAND AND DOUG FREEMAN
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Audrey’s Children
Dramatization of the life of Dr. Audrey Evans, oncologist and co-founder of the Ronald McDonald House
Bob Trevino Likes It
In search of a father figure, a young woman befriends a stranger on Facebook
The Chosen: The Last Supper Part 1
Multi-season series dramatizes the life of Jesus Christ.
Day of Reckoning
A sheriff and U.S. marshal team up to find a female outlaw
Death of a Unicorn
Corporate satire meets creature feature
Mad Square
Make Me Famous
Documentary look at New York's East Village art scene in the 1980s and the mysterious disappearance of one of its practitioners
The Penguin Lessons
A teacher learns life lessons from a South American penguin
Sikandar
Hindi-language action thriller
Thank You Very Much
Doc explores the unknowable comic genius Andy Kaufman
The Woman In The Yard
Psychological horror stars Danielle Deadwyler
A Working Man
Jason Statham is the titular man looking to bust up a human trafficking ring
arts & culture
Cats With Purrrpose
From the Eastside to South Austin, these feline employees are the cat’s meow
BY JAMES SCOTT
Theatre Review: Unveiled Takes a Rodgers and Hammerstein Approach to the Bible
SoundBeacon Entertainment's new-old musical comes to Scottish Rite
BY CAT MCCARREY
Book Review: Austin Author’s Play, With Knives Packs in the Drama
Jeanette Horn sharpens her pen for debut novel
BY MATTEA GALLAWAY
A “/TŌN/” Shift for Prizer Arts & Letters
Prizer director Jorge Sanhueza-Lyon and artist Dave McClinton discuss going nomadic with new art exhibit
BY JAMES SCOTT
Self Portraits, Carnivals, and Cannibalism in Our Recommended Events
The weekend in arts and culture
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, CARYS ANDERSON, CAT MCCARREY, RICHARD WHITTAKER, LINA FISHER AND KIMBERLEY JONES
Our Recommended Events Include Broods, Books, and Barking Buddies
The weekdays are filled with events worth leaving the house
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, JAMES RENOVITCH, RICHARD WHITTAKER, LINA FISHER, KIMBERLEY JONES AND CARYS ANDERSON
columns
Day Trips: Sam Houston Memorial Museum, Huntsville
The Republic of Texas Presidential Library tells the story of the man and the legend
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Dropping Hints
Your patience is heroic
BY THE LUV DOC
Qmmunity: Seeing Clearly on Trans Day of Visibility
Haus of Trans and Black Trans Leadership of Austin talk their TDOV celebration
BY JAMES SCOTT
Opinion: Let Trans Athletes Play
Texas’ anti-trans HB1123 doesn’t protect sports. It harms kids.
BY SYD YOUNG
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, March 28 - April 3
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Through Five Games, Austin FC Has the Look of a Playoff Team
An early assessment of what’s working and what needs improvement
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
