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The Premature Death of the WHAC
How Gov. Greg Abbott killed vital oversight for women’s health
Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival 2019
April 24-27, 2019 www.austintheatre.org/moontower-comedy Some of the best names in comedy? Yes – from right here in Austin and across the country, all set for a weekend of breaking your funnybone into a million quivering pieces.
Abbott to Trump: Pay Us Money We Lost for Excluding Planned Parenthood
Texas guv sends a “pretty please” to the president
SXSW’s Fifth Artist List
Todd Rundgren, Starcrawler and 110 more
Where Does Margo Price Get Off?
Willie, Billy, Loretta, and Nashville’s crossover queen
Charles Lloyd Marvels
Swimming and soaring with the saxophone great
Central Market + Maffei: Better Than a Halftime Show
We review the recent Chef’s Table class at the popular cooking school
HavenCon Calls It Quits
Austin’s geek and gaymer convention says 2018 will be its last year
Slayer to Call It Quits – After Farewell Tour
Thrash Godfathers shred Circuit of the Americas June 20
Rodeo Austin Announces Music Lineup
Ludacris, Dwight Yoakam & Gladys Knight have been roped in
Manley Fires Bryan Richter
Cop known for Breaion King arrest canned for dishonesty, use of force
Rooster Teeth Launches gen:LOCK Teaser Trailer
First footage from new mecha-anime from Austin studio
Kendrick Lamar Brings TDE: The Championship Tour to Austin
Lineup includes labelmates SZA, Schoolboy Q, and more
Bon Iver’s Avalanche of Sound
Lyrical punch amid aural chaos proves maddening and mesmerizing
Five Arts Events In Austin This Weekend
Comedy, classical music, visual arts, poetry, wine & cheese
Austin’s Day of Resistance
Where to commemorate the first anniversary of the Women’s March
Five Movies to See in Austin This Week
Your weekly film guide for Jan. 18 through Jan. 25
Proud Mary
Taraji P. Henson picks up her guns but shoots blanks as an assassin with a conscience
Small Town Crime
John Hawkes hits the bottle and the case as a modern day detective on the trail for redemption
12 Strong
High-tech bombs and horseback soldiers fight together in the U.S. war in Afghanistan
Forever My Girl
Nashville corporate country goes home in this sudsy snoozefest
Seen / Soon: Jan. 19
Seeing where geometry’s order meets nature’s chaos in Jason Middlebrook’s art and listening to more of Jospeh Keckler’s darkly funny arias
Public Notice: Iced Out
ZAP postponement tightens CodeNEXT timeline
The State of Austin Wine
Somms Under Fire lights up Austin’s wine scene this month
Snapshot: MLK Day March
Austinites reflect on the continued inspiration of Dr. King’s teachings
Anti-Displacement Task Force: Money, or Nothing
A city task force with no budget or staff?
Fat Ice Company Puts the Cool in Your Cocktail
Pure ice means pure imbibing
Mondo Gets Monstrous Again
Gallery mounts second Universal Monsters show
Sixth Street Jaywalker Partially Vindicated in Federal Court
Jury finds cop used excessive force
Gay Place
Frigid temps and hot queers
Headlines
Steve Adler made it official Sunday: The incumbent mayor held his re-election kickoff at Saengerrunde Hall, vowing to take on the “Austin paradox” of “moving forward while preserving what makes Austin special.” That makes two declared candidates for mayor – former Council Member Laura Morrison will hold her formal kickoff next month. See “Steve Adler…
Point Austin: The Heroic Legacy of Martin Luther King
In a dark time, looking to King’s example for inspiration
Playback: No Really, How Are You?
Daniel Johnston provides backstory to Hi, How Are You? Day, plus the first 2017/18 Austin Music Awards talent reveal
Two Sides to Jason Donald’s Story?
Activists cite videotaped arrest as reason for transparency improvements
Steve Adler Mounts Second Bid to Run City
Mayor shares his vision for Austin’s next four years
Orphans! The Improvised Orphan Musical at the Hideout
This tribute to musicals starring spunky singing street kids makes you believe the sun’ll come out tomorrow
SCOTUS Takes Up Texas Gerrymandering
Doggett, Farenthold’s districts to be questioned
CLEAT, City Standoff Over Police Monitor
Police union threatens legal action if OPM continues with no contract
Golden’s Speak No More
This fully immersive, silent improvised drama is mysterious, creative, and a most worthwhile theatrical experience
Now Streaming in Austin: Mr. Roosevelt
Life in the ATX as a struggling artist
Motions for Recusal
The politics of electing judges
“Andrew Blanchard / Jonas Criscoe: Call & Respond”
The two printmakers take familiar signage from rural roads and the small-town South and flatten them into one another
Day Trips: Balcones Distilling, Waco
Whiskey distillery welcomes guests to try their tasting room
The Boleys Put an Acid-Punk Spin on the Family Bands of the Sixties
Ethan, Emma & Jovian Boley do the punk rock
Texas Platters Hall of Fame: A Few Small Repairs
Shawn Colvin’s masterpiece for all seasons
My Gear: The Octopus Project
Electro experimentalists swear they subscribe to less-is-more despite their density of gear
Out of the Eyes of Babes
AFS and AISD bring young filmmakers into focus
Luv Doc: A Very Depressive Point of View
Contrary to our Idiot-in-Chief’s racist desires, no one in Norway wants to come to America
Paxton: Whose Due Process?
A.G. files amicus brief against undocumented pregnant minors
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Jackie Kennedy used to refer to LBJ as Colonel Cornpone. Male weedy seadragons carry the developing eggs of their young under their tails for about six weeks. Game 1 of the 2017 World Series in Los Angeles broke the all-time heat record. It was 103 degrees in the first inning. The 1897 “Pi Bill” passed…
AG Rejects City’s Reasons for City Manager Search Secrecy
Paxton’s office says withholding of information violates the Public Information Act
FotoATX: Pics and the City
This new arts festival celebrates Austin as seen through the lenses of local photographers
Quote of the Week: Steve Adler
The mayor is feeling feisty
District 1 Council Candidacy Pool Doubles Up
Two new candidates join Eastside race
Prosecutors out to Disbar Adam Reposa?
Don Clemmer, Keith Henneke file grievance with State Bar
