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Silverada’s Solid Country Gold
Mike & the Moonpies rebrands and reloads
Christina Parrish Gets Personal on New Comedy Series
Sorry I’m So Sensitive‘s path to healing using humor
Austin African American Book Festival Gives Youth Revolutionary Programming
The 18th annual AAABF offers youth avenues for expression
Day Trips & Beyond: July Events Roundup
Beat the heat in San Marcos and have fun at events around the state
Book Review: A Comedy of Nobodies: A Collection of Stories by Baron Ryan
TikTok comedy doesn’t translate well in viral star’s debut
First Trailer: Brian Taylor’s Hellboy: The Crooked Man
Austin filmmaker brings the demon hunter back to big screen
Michael Corcoran Has Died and Austin’s Lost a Voice That Always Kept Things Interesting
Columnist, author, historian found dead at 68
Country Prodigy Signs a Major Deal and Gets a Major Boost
Local teen musician Ty Myers signs with major label
Coconut Head Generation
Coconut Head Generation 2023, NR, 89 min. Directed by Alain Kassanda. Documentary about a group of university students in southwestern Nigeria who start a cinema club.
Album Review: Strand of Oaks’ Miracle Focus
With eighth release, Strand of Oaks preaches harmony
South by Southwest Lays Off 23 Employees
Festival plans “new vision” for growing event
A Quiet Place: Day One
Spinoff prequel details how those noise-hating monster aliens first came to invade Earth
Kinds of Kindness
Yorgos Lanthimos follows up Oscar winner Poor Things with a ponderous arthouse anthology film
Horizon: An American Saga Chapter 1
You think that title’s a mouthful? Check out the running time for part one of writer-director-star Kevin Costner’s epic Western.
Blue Lock the Movie – Episode Nagi
Based on the bestselling manga about a program to build the best striker in the world for Japan’s national soccer team
Daddio
Sean Penn and Dakota Johnson star in this two-hander about a cabbie and his passenger
Janet Planet
An 11-year-old is besotted with her single mom in 1991 rural Massachusetts
The Strip Club: Northgate Shopping Center
Getting bossed around by meat, and liking it
Album Review: Fastball’s Sonic Ranch
With their latest, the trio creates what they call their best album yet
The Verde Report: Austin FC Gives Osman Bukari SoCo Welcome, Announces CB Signing
Austin FC rolled out the Verde carpet Tuesday afternoon for designated player and club-record signing Osman Bukari at the Continental Club on South Congress. A modest 4:30pm crowd composed mainly of members of the “La Murga” band, ATXFC staffers, and a handful of journalists got their first look at the 25-year-old Ghanaian winger as he…
Assessing the Underwhelming Field of APD Chief Candidates
Nearly three dozen people applied. Will any make the cut?
Pool Parties, Pride Picnics, and Other Events Worth Braving the Heat
Get good and sweaty
Last AISD Board Meeting This School Year Covers Budget Plan, Underperforming Students
Yes, there will be a request to increase property taxes
Federal Heat Rule Proposed Following Texas Bill That Stripped Worker Protections
After Abbott’s “Death Star” law, another attempt to protect workers from extreme heat
Austin Elders: Meet Stan Brooks, the 102-Year-Old World War II Vet Who’s Lived to Serve
He remembers Barton Springs before the cement
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Dropping the Mike Ramos Murder Case: After a Travis County jury deadlocked last year over whether Austin police officer Christopher Taylor’s killing of Michael Ramos constituted murder, prosecutors said they’d bring it to trial again. But on Tuesday a grand jury declined to indict Taylor on charges stemming from Ramos’ death including manslaughter and murder.…
Day Trips: The Lhakhang, El Paso
How a Bhutanese temple landed in an El Paso college campus
Qmmunity: All Year, Each Month, Every Day
Pride Month musing at the end of Pride Month from Qmmunity Editor James
The Luv Doc: STFU
An exceptionally hard message to convey
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 28 – July 4
Opinion: Affordable Childcare Now – A Community Call to Action for Travis County
Dr. Libby Doggett makes the case for Travis County CARES, a November ballot measure that would provide high quality, affordable child care and afterschool programs for working families
Movies, Mothers, and 4th of July Fun Highlights the Week’s Events
Make your holiday weekday worth it
The Austin Chronic: Mobile Head Shop the Glassmith Puts Down Roots
The Glassmith graduates to brick-and-mortar
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Walter Matthau was a radioman-gunner in the 453rd Bombardment Group in World War II. Jimmy Stewart was the group’s operations officer. Otters in Singapore have adapted well to urban landscapes. It’s a wine preservative and flavoring! No, it’s a varnish! Scientists believe resin from Pistacia trees discovered in amphorae from a shipwreck off the coast…
Magda, Mélat, Madam Radar, and More Crucial Concerts
Recommended shows for the week in Austin
