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Bigger Than Me: The Musical Journey of BLK ODYSSY
A child of funk who lost his brother to police brutality soundtracks a revolution on BLK VINTAGE
aGLIFF Relocates to Galaxy Highland
LGBTQIA festival responds to COVID surge
ACL Festival To Require COVID Vaccination Card or Negative Test
C3 Presents roll out new safety requirements for October event
Austin FC Learns Sobering Truth With Loss to Vancouver Whitecaps
RECAP: 2-1 defeat solidifies club’s last place in conference
Covid-Positive Abbott vs. ATX, an Abundance of Tiny Pies, Farmhouse at Roughhouse, Boozy Bunkhouse Bargains, and More Things Without the Word ‘House’ In Them
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
Can TABC Really Lift a Restaurant’s License Over COVID Rules? It’s Complicated.
The experts weigh in on the challenges for both sides
Robert Rodriguez Strikes First-Look Deal With HBO Max
Plus a new life for El Rey on Roku
Moontower Comedy Gets Bigger!
New additions to this fall’s lineup just announced
Breaking the Internet With Neill Blomkamp’s Demonic
Terror and terabytes create a new vision of possession
Fantasia Review: The Last Thing Mary Saw
A nightmare in nineteenth century New York
Live Review: With Nothing Left to Prove the Black Crowes Shake Their Moneymakers – Front-to-Back
Robinson brothers invoke a good old-fashioned rock ‘n’ roll bash
New Braunfels Beerstein-Holding Battle Draws to a Sudsy Close
No, mein freund, you hold your beer
This Hardcore Carnivore’s In a Class of Her Own
Jess Pryles schools meat-eaters on the how and why of the food they crave
Fantasia Review: What Josiah Saw
Southern Gothic horror-noir binds and dooms a shattered family
Powerfully Poetic Folk and Country Songwriter Nanci Griffith Has Died at Age 68
Song-crafter’s career spanned Hole in the Wall to Carnegie Hall
Interim Chief Makes Final Cut of Contenders to Lead APD
Chacon chosen alongside candidates from Dallas, Los Angeles
Austin Requires Masks in All Public Schools, Including Colleges
Local orders push back against Abbott’s ban on mask mandates
Council Recap: A Balanced Budget, Without Much Drama
But many hours of deliberation over two days on the dais
Fantasia Review: Giving Birth to a Butterfly
Quirky surrealist road trip takes the station wagon to a sense of self
Fantasia Review: Lost Boys
Junkie odyssey takes a long, dark trip from Finland to Cambodia
Listen to This: March and Beauty Celebrate Friday the 13th by Covering “Scary Monsters”
Austin rock foursome spins a fun and spooky tribute to David Bowie
Watch This: Buffalo Hunt Gets “Addicted To Reality”
Delightful reverse motion video previews Ambitions of Ambiguity LP
The East
Colonial ambitions implode in this brutal recounting of Dutch folly
Rising Wolf
Ambitious elevator horror falls straight to the ground floor
Raging Fire
Donnie Yen ponders honor and guilt in this top tier cop thriller
Swan Song
Meandering story of nearing death flies on Udo Kier’s wings
Free Guy
Ryan Reynolds levels up for the summer’s most charming and fun blockbuster
Respect
Bloated Aretha Franklin biopic lacks her glitz and power
A Reimagined Waterloo Park Invites the Public to It on CommUNITY Day
It was 10 years in the remaking, but finally the Waterloo redo is ready for you
Austin ISD Mandates Masks for Back to School
Late Monday night, the Austin Independent School District joined Houston, Dallas, and other school districts across the state in defying Gov. Greg Abbott’s COVID-19 orders and requiring masks for students, teachers, staff, and visitors when in-person learning resumes next week. “I am responsible for the safety, the health, and the welfare of each and every…
Austin ISD Leans in to Win Back Families, Boost Enrollment
Every student counts
We Have an Issue: Two Questions Inspired by BLK ODYSSY
When’s the last time you got lost in an album? I mean really got lost? Like the sound came on and the world stopped? July 7 for me. Sam Houston had reached out to me a couple days earlier, inviting me to Arlyn Studios for a listening party, previewing his BLK ODYSSY project’s new album…
COVID-19 Update: ICU Bed Availability Drops to All-Time Low
And then there were two
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
Qmmunity: Austin Pride Made the Right Call
Yes, Pride’s cancellation is sad. But it brings us one step closer to a post-pandemic future.
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, August 13-19
Opinion: The Task for UT Staff and Faculty This Fall
Building confidence in students will need to be a priority for the UT community
Change of Plans Provides a New Home for the Unhoused
Northbridge Shelter opens
Beloved Local Pastry Chef Joins the Stiles Switch Team
Callie Speer: ambassador of fun
At Age 69, Veteran Barkeep Wisecracks His Place Into Local Legend
Happy birthday to Derven Rodgers, Crown & Anchor Pub’s bar star
How UT’s Tom Schatz Shaped Austin’s Film Scene
Austin’s film community looks back at the 45-year legacy of a guiding force at UT RTF
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
TC Superstar, Swass Night, Tune-Yards, and more recommended shows
Faster Than Sound: Delta Variant Leaves Venues Between a Rock and the Governor’s Orders
The latest on music hubs, festivals, and relief funding
Austin Music: What We’re Listening to This Week
Buffalo Nichols, Stephanie Bergara, and the Hickoids soundtrack our week in local sound
The Verde Report: Austin FC at Midseason
How El Tree can still make its playoff mission a reality
Council Makes Last-Minute Changes to $4.5 Billion Budget Plan
A budget is born
Day Trips: Goose Island State Park, Rockport
Coastal park offers campsites and a fisherman’s paradise
Austin at Large: Be of Good Cheer, Be Not Afraid
When venomous fear becomes a weapon, we ourselves can become the antidote
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
George Washington died in 1799. The first dinosaur bone was discovered in 1819. So Washington died without knowing dinosaurs had ever existed. Native Americans in Texas made bows from the wood of the esperanza (yellow bells) plant, and in Mexico, a beer was made from its roots. Henry Ford gained fame by paying workers the…
Headlines / Quote of the Week
So Bad, It’s Horrible: Several records were broken in Austin and Travis County’s fight to contain the COVID-19 pandemic. There are currently 128 COVID-19 patients in the Austin metro area on ventilators – an all-time high – as of Tue., Aug. 10, according to Austin Public Health. On Monday, APH reported the highest number of…
The Luv Doc: The Millennial Sip
A message from one of Bill Gates’ roughly 1.18 billion involuntary stenographers
Public Notice: Being Brave
School districts set to defy Abbott’s political posturing
As Data Drops, City Redistricting Panel Sprints
The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release the 2020 census data needed to redraw federal, state, and local electoral districts this Thursday, Aug. 12, four days ahead of schedule – but months later than in past redistricting years, following setbacks incurred because of the COVID-19 crisis and meddling by the prior president and his…
Tacodeli Gets Boozy Dinners, Hopdoddy Marries Beyond Meat, Sweetens Cove Bogeys at the Alamo Drafthouse, 2 Dine 4 Flaunts the Ocean, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
