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Everything needs to be online now. Austin is a world-renowned tech capital. Why can’t the city get it right?
Tribeca Film Festival Review: 7 Days
Rom com plays perfectly with the tools Harry and Sally left behind
U.S. Women Electrify in Q2 Stadium Opener
USWNT defeat Nigeria 2-0 in Olympics tuneup match
Unhoused Moved to “Bridge Shelter” As City HEALs Its First Encampment
20 people living outside Terrazas Library relocated
AAAFF Review: Mogul Mowgli
Riz Ahmed’s second musical journey of identity retains its power
Navigating the Unknown: Chris Brecht Talks ATX6 Documentary
Lift Me Up premieres Friday on KLRU
Au Revoir, Chez Nous; WB, Antonelli’s; Howdy, Local Foods; Mmmmm, Pinthouse; and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
First Look: Arkane Studios Austin’s Redfall
Vampire-killing coop game coming to Xbox, PC next year
Tribeca Film Festival Review: Accepted
The education scandal that put the lie to TM Landry’s success
Cine Las Americas Review: River Silence
Brazilian documentary eulogizes a river and its people
Tribeca Film Festival Review: No Man of God
Latest Bundy biopic is a portrait of the investigator
Jade Bird Crowns Her New Austinite Status With Austin City Limits Taping
UK Songwriter refracts Different Kinds of Light with ACL debut
Cine Las Americas Review: La Fortaleza
Gold, demons and dads in this Venezuelan docu-fiction
Sixth Street Shooting: One Dead, Two In Custody, Lots of Statements
UPDATE: Second suspect, aged 17, reportedly arrested Monday
A Chaotic Scene as APD Clears Encampment Outside City Hall
Hastily planned action takes campers, officials by surprise
Austin FC Closes Out Road Trip With Draw in Kansas City
Another point on the books as the local squad heads home
14 People Shot or Injured in a Chaotic Scene on Sixth Street Early Saturday
UPDATE: One suspect in custody, another at large
Council Recap: A Big Bucket of BidenBucks to Stitch Up the Safety Net
Homelessness response anchors $263.5 million spending plan
Censor
British video nasty throwback finds the real danger was in the cuts
12 Mighty Orphans
Historical football drama can’t get past first down
Holler
A stunning look at life buried under the Rust Belt poverty line
Queen Bees
Fast Times at the Assisted Living Facility …
Occupation: Rainfall
Part two of the Australian alien invasion epic
In the Heights
An explosion of dance and song in this vibrant stage-to-screen adaptation
The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It
The Warrens are back at it again …
Us Kids
Portrait of the Parkland shooting survivors never comes into focus
ATX Television Festival Looks on the Bright Side of the Small Screen
For its online Season 10, the fest does what it does best, virtually
New COVID Milestones, but the Same Message: Get Vaccinated
Austin Public Health reflections on the road to herd immunity
Women’s Jail Vote Postponed Amid Community Pushback
Justice advocates, formerly incarcerated women outraged by proposed expansion
Qmmunity: Rainbows Here, There, Everywhere
Cluck rainbow capitalism, keep your pink dollars in Austin’s queer community at these events
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Austin City Council meets today, Thursday, June 10, at 10am, to tackle a lengthy 127-item agenda before its July summer break. A final vote on raising the general homestead exemption to the state maximum of 20% is expected to pass. Read more. Caged in Controversy The Travis County Commissioners Court postponed its vote earlier this…
New Austin Music Worth Your Bandwidth This Week
What we’re listening to
Austin at Large: You Can Handle the Truth
Austin’s local news, like its rock & roll, need never die, if we do our jobs right
Public Notice: Wealth, and How to Grow It
The rich are accumulating astounding wealth, while paying shockingly little in taxes
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 11-17
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer’s markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 10, 2021
Must-See Programming From the ATX Television Festival
10 nights of TV from the fest’s 10th (and virtual) season
Arts Listings
Virtual galleries, streaming improv, and more
We Have an Issue: What’s Your Function?
Reporter Brant Bingamon goes inside the city’s buggy, behind-the-times website
Luke Wilson Plays a Long and Lonely Game in 12 Mighty Orphans
The story behind the period drama about Texas’ most unlikely high school football heroes
Council Set to Offset High-End Tax Break With Rent Relief
The ol’ homestead
Bouldin Creek Cafe Holds Curbside Steady and Prepares for Return
Leslie Martin’s longtime vegan diner goes back to this future ASAP
The Luv Doc: Surpisingly Cold
Every summer day under 100 degrees means that a thousand enthusiastic well-meaning folks will move to Austin
Overlooked, Overheard Lets Us Hear the Sound of the City’s Money Being Spent
Composer and audio artist Douglas Laustsen geo-tagged sites in the Govalle and Highland neighborhoods where local government’s been at work
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Sixty-five different species of animals have their own form of laughter when they are relaxing or playing, according to a Yale study co-authored by Sarah Winkler. Driving on the right side of the road became law in Pennsylvania in 1792. Other states followed suit. The Model T moved the steering wheel to the left. Drive-throughs…
The Verde Report: Unable to Gather, Austin FC Players Find Friendship in Fans
How the Verde squad is settling into Austin
Back to the Screens for the Lake Travis Film Festival
Sophomore celebration of indie film opens the new era of in-person film festivals
Day Trips: Walker Honey Farm, Rogers
This sweet superstore is the bee’s knees
City Seeks to Break the Rich, White “Historic” Mold
Applicants wanted for equity-focused preservation workgroup
“Elements of Expression” at ICOSA Gallery
The artists of San Antonio’s Clamp Light Studios take over ICOSA and take us to surprising new places
Bento Picnic: Everything in Its Right Place
Leanne Valenti’s Japanese homecooking venue exceeds the sum of its parts
Faster Than Sound: The Spiritual Side of Quentin Arispe
Plans for Pride Month, Resound concert promotions, and IRL record store day
Graduations Presage AISD’s Return to In-Person Learning
As COVID-19 case counts drop and vaccination rates rise, the district looks to the fall
ATX Sliders Taunt Us with Food Porn, Gati’s Got Ice Cream Dogs, Austin Oyster Co. Shucks ‘Em Live, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
