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Meet Me at Waterloo Records: Playing, Shopping, and Encountering Life-Changing Moments at the Heart of Austin Music
Influential Austin characters reminice on 40 years of playing, shopping, and encountering life-changing moments at the heart of Austin music
Fusebox Artists Display “Prime Specimens” of Southern Camp
Kale Roberts, Silky Shoemaker, Michelle Devereaux put a truck in drag
Five Films Not to Miss at Indie Meme 2022
The best of South Asian cinema, right here in Austin
Sound and Vision: The Meow Wolf/Spatial Connection
Did SXSW give a preview of the technology behind the next portal?
Haulin’ Oats for a Better Tomorrow
Dear Diary’s Amalia Litsa Wants to Make Local Oat Milk a Thing
Kerlaches Come From Kerlin, the Blanton Hosts a Bake-Off, Tito’s (and DQ) Gets Anniversarizing, and the Hotel Lounge Scene Shines All Vibrant and Bold. Also? Easter!
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Listen to This: Nick Garza’s Get Along Goes “Out of Her Mind”
Tex-Mex waltz continues to dig into songwriter’s San Antonio roots
Review: The Lion King Roars Strong
The Disney theatrical adaptation is a Bass hit
Easy Tiger Faces Resignations Due to Frustrations With New Management
Actions by management before and during SXSW leads to mass resignation
Nané Vocalist Daniel Sahad Has Passed Away
Band confirms passing of “our beautiful leader,” age 29
So Many Easter Dining Options!
And we’ve rounded up a tasty bunch for you
Austin FC Outlasts Minnesota United in Gritty Western Conference Clash
The Verde remain undefeated at home this season
Richard Linklater: In Defense of Animation
The Apollo 10 1/2 director show it’s not just for kids
MSNBC Gets Behind the Story of Diamond Hands: The Legend of WallStreetBets
New documentary talks to the people who bought Gamestop shares
Willie Nelson’s 4th of July Picnic to Light Up Q2 Stadium This Year
Historic music gathering marks the soccer stadium’s concert debut
Morbius
Marvel’s living vampire gets a Sony Spidey-verse spinoff
Memoria
Tilda Swinton’s sonic obsession will enthrall you
Sonic the Hedgehog 2
The supersonic hedgehog zips through a distracting two hours
Navalny
Extraordinary documentary portrait of Putin’s nemesis
Mothering Sunday
Literary adaptation charts doomed romance between classes
Ambulance
Is it good? No. Is it Michael Bay at his most explodey? Yes.
Coast
A small-town girl falls for a touring band
All the Old Knives
Newton and Pine as spies and lovers caught in old intrigues
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
Liberty Lunch Reunion, Genesis Owusu, Poppy, Chief Cleopatra, Georgia Parker, Monte Luna, and more
What We’re Listening to This Week
A cross-border collaboration, Good Looks, Adrian Quesada, Skloss, and Letting Up Despite Great Faults
The Luv Doc: No Thanks
The fundamental nature of entitled people
Meant to Bee: Austin Becomes Official Bee Haven
So be cool to your neighborhood pollinators
Comedy Wham’s Top Five Moontower Just for Laughs Big Names
The Austin comedy podcast’s Five for Laughs: Headliners Edition
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Some in ancient Rome believed that eating five raw, vinegared cabbage leaves before imbibing alcohol could prevent drunkenness. National Shrimp Scampi Day occurs annually on April 29. But “scampi” are a type of small lobster, so “shrimp scampi” doesn’t make a lot of sense. Samuel Seymour (1860-1956) was the last living witness to John Wilkes…
Death Watch: A Mother Set to Die
Melissa Lucio says she didn’t kill her daughter and half of the Texas House of Representatives agree
Comedy Wham’s Five Austin Comics Not to Miss at Moontower Just For Laughs
The Austin comedy podcast’s Five for Laughs: Locals Edition
Austin at Large: “No Significant Impact”
On unforced errors, ugly legacies, double standards, and loving thy neighbor
The Standups Star Brian Simpson Recalls the Shows That Changed His Career
Moontower comic thrives on the pressure
City, County Pledge to Help AISD’s Recapture Struggle
As school funding in Austin is stretched paper-thin, officials say they’ll push to secure more dollars
Council Considers Fuentes’ Call to Slow Down AUS Fuel Project
New tanks to be located directly opposite Southeast neighborhood
Whether Saving Lives During the Freeze or Saving the City From Save Austin Now, Bob Nicks Just Helped
“I didn’t do a thing. I sat in my office and dispatched people. But I was part of it.”
Five Unmissable Podcasts at Moontower
Like you’re in the studio with your favorite comedy podcaster
Headlines / Quote of the Week
AUS A Certified Hot Mess: As Austin-Bergstrom International Airport saw more long security lines last week, the chair of the city’s Airport Advisory Commission Eugene Sepulveda took to Twitter, calling the Transportation Security Administration “seriously understaffed” and “unable to pay a competitive wage.” Ballot: Denied Roughly 12% of mail-in ballots were not counted in the…
Neighbors of Proposed Fuel Tank Strategize Against Relocation
Southeast Austin residents met in an effort to stop the construction of a new fuel facility
Camp Shakespeare Documentary Says We Will Meet, And There We May Rehearse
Ninety miles east of Austin stands a 19th-century barn, which serves as a Shakespearean sanctuary. A former stagecoach inn, its restoration was overseen by “First Lady of Texas” Ima Hogg who then donated the property to the University of Texas in 1967 on the condition that it be used for the instruction and performance of…
Residents of Contentious Encampment Moved Into Transitional Housing
City HEALs St. Johns Encampment
Public Notice: A Potpourri, Plus the World Cup
Transit Meetings for All! Project Connect is hosting another series of working groups this month, to share plans for specific transit stations and corridors and gather public feedback. The SoCo Working Group is meeting as we go to press; here’s the rest of the schedule: Crestview Station Area Workshop: Mon., April 11, 6pm South Orange…
Day Trips: Gao Brothers Sculpture, San Antonio
Beijing-based artists spark political discussion
The Verde Report: Grading Coach Wolff After Season 2’s First Five Matches
Two wins, two draws, and one loss to start the season
Integral Care Union Drive Nears the Finish Line
Helping the helpers
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of April 7, 2022
The Common Law
Here comes the tax man
We Have an Issue: What’s the Deal With the Cover?
Forty years of Waterloo Records, and a look back at the Waterloo sticker cut-up craze
Arts Events
Art galleries, live performances, and more
Fusebox’s Celebration of Avant-Garde Arts Is Still Free, Still Free-Spirited
Fest brings together Christeene, Golden Hornet, and Dexter
Qmmunity: Keep Austin Kinky
Austin Kink Weekend kicks up the heat with leather, fetish, and all sorts of delights in-between
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, fitness classes, and more
Five Things to Experience at Fusebox Festival
The return of the avant garde and experimental drama and artextravaganza
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 8-14
Meanwhile Brewing’s National Beer Day at Loro; C-C-Cake Club Congregates; Fojtasek Everywhere You Look, So Very Very Much Sushi, and How About That Sweet Live Fire Action, Hoss?
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
