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The San Marcos Music Scene Runs Deep
ACL Fest hip-hop headliners Brockhampton might just be the tip of the iceberg from our neighbors south on I-35
Songs for the Proud
Dance yer hearts out, queers!
Dog Days at the Alamo
Special Isle of Dogs screenings for National Dog Day
Another Firework Thrown at Iron Bear
Bar says APD is investigating the second incident
Do You Have Rabies Today?
Bat found downtown last week suggests “several people” might
UT Austin’s Gender and Sexuality Center Takes Care of Young Adults
Queer students find sanctuary and support at the GSC
Khiem Nguyen Is Making It
Crafty reality competition star on wood and Nick Offerman
Cool Off With Cocktails at the Movies
Five local movie events to get your air conditioning and cocktail fix
Best Local Liquid Meals for When It’s Too Hot to Chew
We live on the face of the sun, and chewing takes energy
Eighth Grade Screenings for Eighth Graders!
Bo Burnham’s free screenings will highlight ridiculous rating
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
Puzzle of a Downfall Child 1970, R, 105 min. Directed by Jerry Schatzberg, Starring Faye Dunaway, Barry Primus, Viveca Lindfors, Barry Morse, Roy Scheider. Faye Dunaway plays a once famous fashion model recounting her sensational past and eventual ruin.
Texas Book Festival’s Literary Libations Events Start This Week
Cocktails and books go together like poetry and pickle backs
Floating Around the New Braunfels “Can Ban”
How to legally drink on the river
No Headline
It’s Pride Week in Austin, a nonstop celebration and commemoration of queer lives and LGBTQ history.
Weekend Wine
How About Texas Cabernet?
Nicole Eisenman Receives Booth/FLAG Art Prize
NYC artist is the first recipient of the $200,000 award
Nights & Weekends With Teddy Glass
Austin duo splashes sensitive soul-pop
Get Wet With The Meg
Rolling Roadshow goes aquatic for the dinoshark
RTX News: Rooster Teeth Announces RWBY Volume 6
Season release date confirmed, plus new books coming soon
Alex Jones’ Real Week in Court
Conspiracy king tries to get two defamation cases dismissed
Review: “Young Latinx Artists 23”
This year’s group show at Mexic-Arte shows the border as scar
Recommended Live Music for the Weekend
August rolls in with a fresh batch of tunes to keep you busy this weekend
Day Trips & Beyond: August Events Roundup
Texas fun is heating up with grape stomps, outlaw festivals, and rodeos
Custody
A disturbingly honest portrayal of abuse and divorce
Generation Wealth
Greed isn’t good. But didn’t we know that already?
The Spy Who Dumped Me
Kunis and McKinnon run to Europe, but forget to pack jokes
Death of a Nation
Dinesh D’Souza, at it again, in another propaganda exercise
Dark Money
Campaign finance reform as true-life political thriller
Point Austin: Ground Zero for Zero Tolerance
Southwest Key becomes the local symbol of brutal U.S. policy
Quote of the Week: Donald Trump
The president dished on Austin gun man Cody Wilson
Cronk to Reorganize Management Team
Musical chairs at City Hall
Snapshot: Hot Summer Nights Band Portraits
Favorites from the summer season’s Free Week
CodeNEXT at Work (While It Still Can)
Staff continues to toil on doomed rewrite
Food Trailer on Airport Nails Salvadoran Tex-Mex
SalvaTex’s pupusas, my dudes, are nothing short of incredible
Council: Almost Time Again
A busy return from summer break
The Luv Doc: The Judgment of Solomon
Fortunately we have the depraved wisdom of the Old Testament to guide us
Rules for Dockless Scooters Remain in Limbo
Emergency guidelines remain in effect
How One Man Started the Local Mesquite Movement
A baking challenge led Sandeep Gyawali to this little-known flour
Owen Egerton’s Bloody Good Time
Writer/director’s distinctly Austin horror-comedy returns for RTX Austin
County Officials to Get Big Raises
And Gerald Daugherty’s not happy about it
How to Rooster Teeth Right
Seven panels you won’t want to miss at RTX Austin 2018
Sexual Assault Class Action Suit Adds Five New Plaintiffs
Plaintiffs’ attorney says more than 40 women have reached out since suit was filed
The Mahogany Project Makes Space for Queer People of Color
The latest performance by the theatre collective embraces joy
Struggling to Get by in Rome
The pure perfection and modern resonance of Bicycle Thieves lives on
Rename Austin? Not Likely.
City name not going anywhere anytime soon
Playback: Eviction Notice
World Class Capital locks out Kingdom and Ethics. Could Empire Control Room be next?
Zilker Theatre Productions’ All Shook Up
Take Elvis at his silliest, mix in Twelfth Night, stir playfully, and you have the latest Zilker Summer Musical
Precourt’s Plan for McKalla Place
Terms set with city staff, McKalla’s fate moves to Council
A Change in Direction for the Texas Civil Rights Project
New leadership doesn’t sit well with the old guard
National Geographic: Symphony for Our World
The breathtaking natural history footage combined with live symphonic performance sent a noble message: Save the Earth
Election Notes: New Names for AISD, Council
News from the campaign trails
Allegations of Mistreatment at a Southwest Key Shelter
The deportation complex
“Xavier Schipani: Chasing Desire” at Lora Reynolds Gallery
The artist probes the history and crisis of masculinity by placing beefy men in salacious tangles, exposed and unashamed
Day Trips: Tree Sculpture Tour, Galveston
Galveston Tree Sculpture Tour turns lemons into lemonade
Soccer Watch
Footgolf! It’s a somewhat goofy blast, involving kicking a ball into oversized holes on a links-style golf course. The Austin Soccer Foundation Footgolf Tournament is this Saturday, Aug. 4. Kick-off is at 9am sharp; try to arrive by 8am to get registered, and wear your favorite team jersey to represent. Entry is $30/person; proceeds go…
Gay Place
Pride Week finally descends on Austin
CodeNEXT: Kicked
Mayor, Council appear destined to quash land use rewrite
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The area on a sock around the ankle from where a pattern may run up the side of the leg is known as the clock. Cetaceans (whales and dolphins) do not yawn as they are conscious breathers. Texas Ranger Frank Hamer, who tracked down Bonnie and Clyde, was in 51 other gun battles, was injured…
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Washington to Michigan: On Tuesday, the City Commission of Grand Rapids, Mich., voted to appoint Austin Assistant City Manager Mark Washington as its new city manager. Washington has been an Austin administrator for nine years, including the last three as ACM with primary responsibilities over human resources and communications. City Manager Shake-up: Washington’s not the…
Kendra Scott Walks Back Support for Local Crisis Pregnancy Center
Jeweler regrets hosting fundraiser for Pflugerville CPC
