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Retro-Futurists Reshape Austin Music
Half-a-dozen rising stars of local electro
Gathering Saturday to Remember Missing Austinite
Ten years later, family and APD still searching for Roxanne Paltauf
Lecturers Sue to Block Campus Carry
Do Texas concealed handgun rules break the Second Amendment?
Vacationing with Zakk Wylde
You and him kicking back and listening to Neil Young
White Lung’s Mish Barber-Way
“You gotta scream to be heard”
The Townsend Welcomes Sai Charan Hamsala, Shake Sounds Returns
Daily Austin food news
Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Marfa Film Festival, a rare Al Pacino appearance, and more
Love in the Time of Mitski
Creeping anxiety and no happy endings, but comforting nonetheless
God, Guns & Guitars: Willie’s Picnic
Midwest farmer’s daughters, dirt road anthems, and a whiskey river
The Mystic Western Game Jam Looks to the Stars
Local game collective Juegos Rancheros needs you to pick your favorite
RTX: Lloyd Kaufman Can’t Stop
The true king of the indies drops by Rooster Teeth’s fest
RTX: Nine Things We Learned About RWBY
Rooster Teeth’s anime-inspired series takes centerstage
News Roundup: Exempted
Exemption fireworks, mayor goes eastward, and Austin for Hillary
Uninvited
Uninvited 1988, PG-13, 90 min. Directed by Greydon Clark, Starring George Kennedy, Alex Cord, Clu Gulager, Toni Hudson. A mutant killer cat stalks a yacht.
Lit-urday: Supremacist
Super-fan David Shapiro visits every Supreme store in the world
DVDanger: Elstree 1976
On set for Star Wars, plus Creepshow and Harryhausen
I Like to Watch
Three day weekend equals more time to binge (on TV, of course)
Chronicle Recommends: Films About Revolution
Watch the status quo crumble to pieces in these cinematic gems
Mayor’s Omnibus Resolution: Where’s the Fire?
How urgent is the plan to aid the music and creative sectors?
Welcome to Carnage Park
Director Mickey Keating’s SXSW shocker reaches VOD
East Side Show Room Says Goodbye, Boiler Nine Says Hello
Daily Austin food news
Independence Day: Resurgence
ID:R is probably everything you were expecting and less
The Shallows
Blake Lively is trapped by a shark on her own bikini island
The Legend of Tarzan
This new take on Tarzan, with its CGI jungle animals, isn’t half bad
The BFG
Steven Spielberg tackles Roald Dahl’s 1982 children’s book
The Purge: Election Year
The third entry in this nasty series adopts a political bent
Swiss Army Man
This infamous “farting corpse” movie is all gassed up with nowhere to go
Wiener-Dog
Todd Solondz sets a pup in a world of humans who are all bark and more bite
Our Kind of Traitor
Stellan Skarsgård and Damien Lewis rock this John le Carré adaptation
Council: Escape From City Hall!
Members navigate homestead exemption politics en route to vacation
An Undue Burden: Supremes Vindicate Pro-Choice Texans
Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt
One Court, Three Decisions
SCOTUS rules on three Texas cases impacting abortion, affirmative action, and immigration
A Team Approach
After three consecutive years of decline, Austin has begun to see an increase in homelessness rates. Advocates attribute this to exploding population growth and an increase in cost of living that’s made the city unaffordable for many people. To get ahead of the problem, the Austin Police Department, along with the Downtown Austin Alliance and…
The American Dream Deferred: SCOTUS Stalemates on Immigrant Rights
United States v. Texas
APA Chief Punches Horse-Molester
Union head unlikely to face consequences
Affirming Diversity in College Admissions
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin
The Hightower Report
How job cuts miraculously turn into job “creation”
Dear Glutton
Have you no heart?
Further Rulings
The U.S. Supreme Court gets the most headlines for big cases like Texas’ abortion rights debate and immigration amnesties, while most of their rulings go relatively unnoticed. Yet among the examinations of the minutiae of patent law, and interactions between federal and First Nation law, this term included several decisions that didn’t grab the front…
Quote of the Week
“I am beyond elated. We’re thrilled that justice was served and our clinics stay open.” – Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of Whole Woman’s Health and lead plaintiff, responding to the SCOTUS ruling on House Bill 2
Lovers, Sinners, and Saints
New AFS series shines a light on Maurice Pialat
Smart Growth
Logro Farms brings sustainable mushrooms to Austin
Headlines
City Council began its summer break this week, after a marathon meeting last Thursday that endorsed a major transportation bond, increased the property tax homestead exemption, and approved the purchase of body cameras for Austin Police Department officers, among other things. See “Council: Escape From City Hall!,” July 1. Three challengers of incumbent council members…
Having a Gas
Swiss Army Man is more than just “that farting corpse movie”
Gay Place
If you’re craving a big party, our sister city San Antonio is celebrating 13 years of Pride
Point Austin: Congratulations on the Struggle
The Supreme Court decision rests upon political agitation
Review: Backbeat
Vintage-inspired bar is everything but retro
Zach Theatre’s Buyer and Cellar
A funny and surreal solo show by Jonathan Tolins
Playback – Omnibus: Destination Unknown
Vetting City Hall’s recommendations to Mayor Adler’s arts Omnibus and unveiling Sound on Sound Fest’s Renaissance location and debut lineup
The Take-Out
Who gets to own the story of food?
Loverboy at ColdTowne Theater
This troupe’s improvised scenes based on personal sex stories prove ColdTowne is still a fun place to catch local comedy’s up-and-comers
The Luv Doc: Uncool!
Yes, you should stop checking his phone
“Evolution” at Art.Science.Gallery.
In this group show, each piece leads two lives: one as an artwork, one as a device for sharing information
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The Manhattan (the drink made with rye whiskey and sweet vermouth) debuted in 1867. There are 2 million single fathers in the U.S. According to Ancestry.com, President Obama is descended from someone whom they call the first “slave” in America. He is 11th great-grandson of John Punch, who in 1640 became the first documented African…
Day Trips: Half-Way Oak, Breckenridge
Citizen uprising turns 200-year-old historic oak into a folk hero
What in Our House?
Theatrical perversity in Chicago: the Austin connection
Soccer Watch
Copa America Centenario In the rearview: The U.S. hosted a really good tournament – superior to the Euros in most ways. I still think Argentina is the best team in the world, but apparently Chile is the best team in the Americas. After shutout losses in four straight major tournament finals – including the last…
Plug-Ins
Out of Place Nashville native with penchant for DJ’ing with VCR and reel-to-reel tape released the cleverly chopped “Reaganometry Digital Tape” LPonCS in June. Dylan Cameron In-house producer at Austin’s Holodeck imprint puts a new Austin sheen on Berlin IDM, infusing house and techno flavors. Infinite Floor drops in August. Ssleeperhold Former Medio Mutante member…
Troller Record Review
Graphic (Holodeck)
Going Big
How to spend $720 million on mobility
