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How Driving Somebody From One Texas City to Another Can Turn Into a Prison Sentence
Rides from hell, thanks to Texas’ immigration law
APD Found a Suspect in a Decades-Old Murder Case, but Then He Killed Himself
DNA led them to the suspect
Commission Considers Changing Ballot Petition Rules
Public hearing on proposed recommendations tonight, Feb. 8
Review: Broadway in Austin’s Beetlejuice
There’s a lot of life in this show about death
Dev Patel Swings Into South by Southwest With Monkey Man World Premiere
Fest gets new docs on Stormy Daniels, Alex Jones, and Jon Bon Jovi
Commission Debates Guidelines for Opening the Live Music Fund to Venues
Stressing preference that aid goes primarily to musicians
Austin Photojournalist Awarded for Images After Uvalde Shooting
Tamir Kalifa receives American Mosaic Journalism Prize
Juliette Binoche and Trần Anh Hùng Sample The Taste of Things
The ingredients of the lauded French romance about cooking
Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya
A man falls in love an android
Cobweb
South Korean meta-horror from the director of I Saw the Devil
Sex-Positive
In this sex comedy, a young woman expands her horizons when she falls into polyamory
Calls for Federal Hate Crime Investigation Follow Stabbing of Palestinian American in Austin
After Sunday’s statewide protest, a young man was attacked
Megan McGinnis is Full of Life in Beetlejuice, the Show About Death
The Broadway star on the magic of bringing a movie to the stage
It’s Free Cheese Week at Antonelli’s
The popular cheesemongers are serving it up gratis through Friday
Austin Restaurateur Suzi Yi Comes Out of Retirement to Launch Suzi’s Chinese
Beloved Austin fixture reopens on Burnet
Cinched, Toned, Depressed: A Trip to Kim Kardashian’s SKIMS Store in Austin
Domain Northside hosts shapewear brand’s first retail store
Sundance Review: The Sacred, the Profane, and the Silly in Realm of Satan
Playful portrait of the Church of Satan is a Rorschach test
Here Are All the Austin Artists Nominated for Grammys This Sunday
Black Pumas, Willie Nelson, and… Paul Simon?
The Teachers’ Lounge
The investigation into a series of thefts threatens the ideals of a young teacher at a German middle school
Matthew Vaughn and the Mystery of the Real Author of Argylle
Director discusses “surreal” TikTok conspiracies
Ken Paxton Attacks Austin’s Lenient Marijuana Policy
Critics say it’s a distraction from the A.G.’s legal woes
Day Trips & Beyond: February Events Roundup
Texas travel news and more
Valentine’s Day Dining: Five Restaurants Where Food Meets Romance
Don’t give away your heart on an empty stomach, baby
How to Have Sex
Un Certain Regard winner explores first sex and consent from the perspective of a British teenager on a holiday in Crete
The Jungle Bunch: Operation Meltdown
The continuing adventures of Maurice, a penguin who thinks he’s a tiger, based on an French animated television series.
Argylle
Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell get into double-identity spy trouble
She Is Conann
Barbaric vision of how aging means eating your own youth.
Scrambled
A thirtysomething contemplates freezing her eggs in this comedy.
Tótem
A seven-year-old’s world shifts at a family gathering in this rapturously received coming of age story from Mexican director Lila Avilés.
The Promised Land
Wildly ahistorical Danish epic adds an intriguing level of court intrigue and class aspiration to a familiar plot.
Review: Ethan Azarian, Hawaii
Seventh solo release ties the natural world to messier human passions
How Austin’s Mayoral Race Is Shaping Up So Far
Mayor Kirk Watson continues to bide his time
Rethink35 Sues TxDOT Again to Block Highway Expansion
Claims state didn’t fully consider environmental, social fallout
In Dark Corners and Bright Spaces, Beth Schindler Captures Queer Joy & Community
Austin Dyke March organizer opens first solo photography show
Animal Services to Adopt New Bite Severity Scale
Stressed shelter dogs becoming a public safety issue
I Interviewed My Dad About Marijuana
The Family (Smoke) Circle
Austin ISD Celebrates Hiring of New Superintendent
And worries about slow progress in reading, math
Day Trips: Luther Hotel, Palacios
Historic Gulf Coast hotel dodges the wrecking ball
How Much You Need to Make to Buy a House in Austin
In 2024, we’ve got lower prices, higher monthly payments
The Luv Doc: Maiden Name
Unlike real kids, Sour Patch Kids don’t disappoint.
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Abbott Defies SCOTUS: After a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to stop Texas from blocking Border Patrol agents from reaching the river in Eagle Pass, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security doubled down last week, sending a cease-and-desist letter demanding that Texas comply with the ruling. But Gov. Greg Abbott insisted Texas will continue blocking the…
Qmmunity: News of the Queer Austin World
Updates and new creative opportunities in Austin’s queer scene
Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week’s Recommended Community Events
A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more
Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts
Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Our solar system has five dwarf planets: Ceres, Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, and Eris. They’re making miniature VR goggles for mice to see how their brains respond when they are virtually exposed to specific scenes or situations. Steve McQueen was known in part for his prestigious car collection and for his role in 1968’s Bullitt, with…
Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts
ericdoa Thursday 1, Empire Control Room Angsty, glitchy, brash bastion of the Spotify-encouraged hyperpop genre, a teenage ericdoa signed to Interscope in 2021, alongside his frequent collaborator glaive. In Eric George Lopez’s case, glitchcore and emo-rap labels also stick. More signs of the times leading up to this month’s album DOA (which stands for “dead…
Review: Uchibā
Sushi, scallops, and surprises from the newest Uchi offshoot in Downtown
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, February 2-8
Review: Leti Garza, Canciones Sobre la Vida y la Muerte
Solstice-like stillness holds this bilingual meditation on mortality
The Common Law
Legal lemonade: Do my kids need a permit for their lemonade stand?
Review: Dickie Lee Erwin, Snake Doctor
Rootsy singer-songwriter’s 11th LP adds new pop shimmer
Review: Large Brush Collection, Off Center
Nora Predey’s complex lyrical considerations extend to stratified sonics
