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Local Musicians on Avoiding the Sophomore Slump
Five trending Austin-hatched acts that sidestepped recording’s biggest pitfall
NAACP Issues “Clarion Call” to City Government
Linder challenges city to “quit talking” about equity and “send money”
Get Your Invigorating Art On This Weekend!
Kind of like a pep pill for the life of your work-fatigued mind
Federal Judge Tosses State’s “Sanctuary Cities” Suit Against Austin
Concurrent case against Texas remains pending in San Antonio
Buck Dharma in the 21st Century!
Epic Q&A with Blue Öyster Cult’s “Reaper”
Louis Black Announces Chronicle Retirement
Co-founder and co-owner departs after 36 years at helm
Fantastic Fest First Wave Hits Hard
Stephen King adaptations, Arabic cinema, and Three Billboards
Council: Nights of White Linen
As focus shifts to budget prep, agenda goes high-speed
Progress Being Made at APD Crime Lab
Number of untested rape kits continues to fall
The Evolution of KNDRX
Rapper finds his singing voice
UT: Major Arts Commissions Announced
Landmarks will get new mural, CoFA a Spanish-language opera
On-set in The Iron Orchard
New film tackles Texas’ oil history
Live Music to See This Weekend
For the next three days, live a little.
Your Weekend in Film
What major releases and one-off screenings are worth your theatre time
The Emoji Movie
What a time to be alive (in a smartphone)
Landline
The team behind Obvious Child is back
Fun Mom Dinner
A girl’s night out on the town gets hazy
Detroit
The 1967 riots are brought to life in this docudrama
Some Freaks
High school misfits bond and fall in love in this unsentimental romance
My Obsession: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds
Streaming the wildly popular video game and discovering a randomly generated reality show
Summer Stock Austin’s A Shoe Story
Allen Robertson and Damon Brown’s new musical reinvents “The Elves and the Shoemaker” as a timely tale of refugees but in a clever, playful way
Quote of the Week: Steve Adler
The mayor dishes on property taxes
Gay Place
Celebrating queer resilience
“Radiant: A Group Show” at Davis Gallery
In this group show, artists’ odes to the sun, and brilliance in general, provide a sense of life and a lot to think about
What’cha Watchin’?
Art Director Jason Stout programs a night of stellar series finales
First Look: Nickel City
Eastside bar returns Austin to its roots
Day Trips: Crocodile Encounter, Angleton
A toothy smile at this animal park means it’s feeding time
Dear Glutton: Movie Snacks
What food is acceptable to eat in a movie theatre?
Soccer Watch
The USA beat Jamaica in the 2017 Gold Cup final last week, lifting their first trophy in a while, and extending their unbeaten streak under head coach Bruce Arena to 14 games… Great three-goal comeback by the U.S. Women to beat Brazil 4-3 in the Tournament of Nations on Sunday, with Megan Rapinoe scoring one,…
Food Fight: Pickles
Pogue Mahone and Hat Creek Provisions fight a battle of the brine
Join the Civil Service (Commission)
Who wants to decide who gets hired, fired, and suspended from the city’s public safety groups?
Council: The FY 2018 City Budget
Maintain and sustain
AFD: Woolverton on Leave, Merger Fallout Stays Hot
Aaron Woolverton on admin. leave after AFA files complaint
Lege Lines: Robbin’ the Hoods
How can state lawmakers fix school finance?
Lege Lines: Elsewhere Under the Dome
Taking stock of the week that was
Jenny Slate Returns to the Big Screen With Landline
Nineties comedy reunites the team behind Obvious Child
Lege Bills Target Local Planned Parenthood Office
Latest attack rooted in faulty logic
The Cthulhu Humor of William Browning Spencer
Austin author William Browning Spencer finds the lighter side of Lovecraft and other horrors
The Luv Doc: Marriage Material
A guy who has never witnessed the “miracle of birth”
City to Crack Down on Graffiti?
Proposal for crackdown on unauthorized street art coming?
MoPac and the Expensive Mess That Never Ends
Engineering company renovating the beleaguered stretch of highway gets bought out
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to Longhorn Steakhouse stats from 2016-17, 2.5% of their customers ordered their steaks rare, and 11.7% order them well done. By his own admission, as a youth, actor Robert Pattinson used to steal X-rated magazines and sell them at a substantial markup to classmates at the private school he was attending. According to the…
Cross Creek Up To Code?
Tenants await inspection results on beleaguered complex
All This & Budget Too
Council treads water over aquatics plan
Six New Novels of Note by Austin Authors of Fantastic Literature
Previewing releases by Elizabeth Moon, Robert Jackson Bennett, Stina Leicht, Marshall Ryan Maresca, Lee Thomas, and C. Robert Cargill
The Hightower Report: The Living Wage Preemption Act
The governors of many states are boldly stepping forward these days to stop grassroots democracy. Yes, noting that local citizens and officials have been passing local laws to govern themselves, a flock of right-wing governors are asserting an autocratic power called “state pre-emption” to overrule democratic decisions made by locals. Why do these governors hate…
Playback: Straight Outta Calcutta
Sitar maestro Indrajit Banerjee, stoned synching Doom Side of the Moon and The Wizard of Oz, and a bigger Breakaway Records
Headlines
City Council returned to work in earnest this week, with a work session Tuesday, the formal proposed budget presentation Wednesday, and a stuffed agenda today, Aug. 3. See “All This & Budget Too,” Aug. 4. The Big Agita at Tuesday’s work session was over the Parks and Rec draft of the Aquatic Master Plan, as…
Divine Decadence, Darling
AFS presents the dark musicals of Bob Fosse
Point Austin: Through the Looking Glass
City Council considers its threatened budget in a topsy-turvy Texas
The Common Law
Security deposits
Monty Python’s Spamalot
With Eric Idle’s screen-to-stage musical spoof, Summer Stock Austin makes the Knights of the Round Table so very enjoy-able
Public Notice: Other People’s Money?
Actually, it’s yours. Do you know where it’s going?
City Compost Program Expands
38,000 new households will be composting this fall
Mayor Not Losing Sleep Over a Few Nazis
Adler rains on Daily Stormer’s anti-trans parade
Training APD on LGBTQ Communities
Department seeks feedback before finalizing new coursework
Faith-Based Opposition to SB 4
Court briefs filed in support of cities’ suit against state
