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Veronica Mars, All Grown Up at the ATX Television Fest
Series creator Rob Thomas explains why the cult show has to change
Austin FC Is the Hottest Ticket in Major League Soccer
First-day deposits on seats break MLS record
Five Arty Things This Weekend
What’s happening in the Austin arts scene this weekend?
AISD Employees to Receive Historic Raises
District, union agree on pay package in wake of state school bill
How The Last Black Man in San Francisco Traded Righteous Rage For Gentleness
Director Joe Talbot on the poignant side of gentrification
Central Market Tomato Harvest is Red, Red Heaven
Celebration of those tasty apples-of-love is a many-splendored thing
Party World Rasslin’s First All-Queer Tag Team
The Platinum Partners make their debut Sat., June 15
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SOME WEEKDAY A FEW MONTHS AGO I was brainstorming themes for this issue, and an advance copy of Anthony Bourdain Remembered, a collection of anecdotes and fond memories of the man who brought us food and adventure from all over the world, showed up on my desk. Flipping through the pages, it dawned on me…
The Great Feckin’ Depression of Seamus O’Doherty
Th’ dark-eyed Dubliner & his ginger mog: Captured by Austin’s Izzi Ross
Hear Will Johnson’s New Old Single, “Cornelius”
Singer-songwriter revives shelved song for upcoming Wire Mountain LP
In Memoriam: Bill Wittliff
Legendary writer/photographer/collector/benefactor dead at 79
ATX TV Fest Recap: Flipping the Script on TV’s Male POV
Writers and directors on reclaiming and centering the female gaze
ATX TV Fest Recap: Taking the Future One Day at a Time
Series creator says “there’s hope” show will be saved
Seadrift
Seadrift 2019, 65 min. Directed by Tim Tsai. Documentary about a Vietnamese refugee community along the Gulf Coast and a fatal shooting that ripped a Texas fishing village apart.
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story By Martin Scorsese
Recounting of legendary Dylan tour is best when the details blur themselves
WWC Days 1-4: First Round Goes to Europe
U.S. opener tomorrow afternoon, as European teams dominate WWC early
Hut’s Hamburgers to Close After 80 Years
October 20 planned as last day of service
Terror Fest Review: Panopticon, Alcest
Final day headliners add to the Sunday night storm
In Austin, Bushwick Bill Found his Musical Playground
Late Geto Boys rapper’s penchant for stage crashing was legendary
ATX Fest Recap: Vice News On Attracting Younger Viewers
How the near-nightly news show draws in millennials
Terror Fest Review: Daikaiju, Lightning Bolt
Four-alarm dose of masked mayhem
Terror Fest Review: Indian
Tones no humans should ever be able to make
Terror Fest Review: Dorthia Cottrell, Panopticon
Windhand singer and outdoorsman Austin Lunn stage own AMAs
ATX Fest Recap: How Archer Made it Into Space
Getting galactic with FXX’s animated comedy at ATX TV Fest
Terror Fest Review: Church of Misery, Primitive Man, Unearthly Trance, Terminator 2
Indoors at ATF proves horror as sound and sound as feeling
Help Save Vulcan Video at Today’s Big Fundraiser
Special all-day party to keep the Austin movie institution open
Terror Fest Review: Integrity, Pig Destroyer
First night of ATF opens the pit and nods to Roky Erickson
ATX Fest Recap: Indie Film Studio Blumhouse Is Taking Over TV on Its Own Terms
The House That Horror Built – Inside Blumhouse Television
The Game is Afoot!
The Women’s World Cup gets underway in Paris
“Future’s So Bright” for PR Newman
Timbuk3’s Pat MacDonald reacts to fellow Hole in the Wall-er’s cover
Council Thinks Hard on Homelessness
Action on new rules set for June 20 meeting
Council Holds Off on Boycotting Alabama for Restrictive Abortion Laws
Abortion protest could do more harm than good, say advocates
No Decision From Wendy Davis on CD 21 Campaign
“About three weeks” to weigh entering race to unseat Chip Roy
Rocketman
A biopic of Elton John be as spectacular and catty as the man himself
Late Night
Emma Thompson and Mindy Kaling spark and bond in this timely and charming media satire
Halston
Documentary about the life of the master couturier and milliner should have learned his lessons about simplicity and elegance
Dark Phoenix
The X-Men finally leave the silver screen with a story they already told
The Secret Life of Pets 2
The cute critters return, but breaking the pack up means no one has as much fun
Too Late to Die Young
The pains of adolescence laid sweetly bare in this Chilean period piece
The Tomorrow Man
Lithgow and Danner give a charming edge to this predictable doomsday prepper meet-cute
Terrence McNally Knows About Lasting Impact
About to open a new play at Zach Theatre, the Tony Award-winning playwright talks about what endures
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
In 2018, there were 13,095 McDonald’s in the United States, or one for every 23,531 Americans. Pat Paulsen, the late comedian, was a “candidate” in six presidential elections from 1968 until his death in 1997. Patrick Cleburne, a major general in the Confederate Army, suggested that slaves be emancipated to fight for the South, although…
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By Any Other Name: A Confederate statue at the Capitol featuring Confederate President Jefferson Davis was vandalized Sunday with the spray-painted word “racists” in red. The State Preservation Board cleaned the paint later that day, and state police are still searching for who defaced the monument illegally, albeit with accuracy. Inhuman Conditions: A Department of…
Church of Misery’s Doom-Boogie Bounces Back From a Mutiny
The serial killer-obsessed fourpiece comes to Austin Terror Fest
14 Austin Terror Fest Picks
The best metal for brave ears
Travis Flats Affordable Housing Complex Breaks Ground
122 apartments soon to be available for low-income residents
Windhand Frontwoman Dorthia Cottrell Haunts the Austin Terror Fest
Feeling comfortable covering Townes Van Zandt
Austin Terror Fest Album Reviews
Seven platters spanning the spectrum of extremity
Ken Paxton Sues San Antonio for Cockblocking Chick-fil-A
Attorney general keeps choking the chicken
Progressive Black Metallurgists Panopticon Cast Dark Folk Into the Mix
Austin Lunn and his Blaze Foley tattoo come to Austin Terror Fest
David Whitley Back in Abbott’s Office With Promotion, Raise
Disgraced former secretary of state keeps failing upward
French Black Gaze Band Alcest Explores Past Lives at Austin Terror Fest
“Religious people are sure about what they believe, whereas spiritual people never know”
Livin’ la Queer Latinx Vida
The convention-busting writers’ room of Starz’ drama comes to ATX Television Festival
Texas Department of Transportation to Eliminate Traffic Deaths by 2050?
Texas envisions safer roads
Reunited Chicago Extremists Indian Try to Top Their Swan Song
Austin Terror Fest welcomes reignited doom quartet
ATX Television Fest Heads to Letterkenny
“You were talking with your pals the other day …”
Now Streaming in Austin: “The Outfit”
Yen Tan’s political comedy “The Outfit” asks if the clothes make the man
Point Austin: Another Year of the Gun
As the carnage continues, the Legislature shrugs again
How Did How Did This Get Made? Get Made?
Paul Scheer brings his live movie podcast to Austin
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of June 6, 2019
City Theatre’s Parallel Lives: The Kathy and Mo Show
Two great performances drive this production, but the feminist comedy feels stuck in the Eighties
Kathy Dunn Hamrick Dance Company’s Everything! Everything! Everything!
The achievement of this new work is that it lives up to its name, including all that is remarkable about KDHDC
“Likesness” at Northern-Southern
In this group exhibition, people who depict people are the luckiest people in the world
Day Trips: Avery Island, La.
Take a cool tour of a hot sauce factory
Decriminalizing Homelessness at City Council
No sit/no lie, no more
Eight of Our Favorite Summertime Fruit Beers in Austin
Core-cooling beer options to counter rising temperatures
More Survivors Willing to Join Sexual Assault Class Action
Attorneys for the survivors’ lawsuit presented to Public Safety Commission Monday
CBD Companies Find Practical Uses for Marijuana Compounds
Canvas 1839’s scientist and Willie’s Remedy explain cannabis molecules
How the Revenue Cap “Reform” Will Affect Austin and Travis County
Senate Bill 2, explained
As Tax Protests Begin, Travis Central Appraisal District Catches Heat
The causes and effects of the ongoing TCAD controversy
Qmmunity: Austin Sparkles With Black Pride
ABP’s fourth annual Pride Weekend, dykes you should know, and more events for your Summer of Pride
With Session Over, AISD to Wrap Up Budget
Employee compensation still at issue in upcoming spending plan
Reliving Roky Erickson: July 15, 1947-May 31, 2019
Creature with the Atom Brain
The Luv Doc: Your Annoying Boyfriend
You should never ignore patterns
Quote of the Week
“The United States is again delivering a form of freedom to the European continent. And rather than in the form of young American soldiers, it’s in the form of liquefied natural gas.” – U.S. Energy Secretary and former Austin resident Rick Perry, a longtime authority on freedom gas, in remarks to European reporters
2019 Women’s World Cup: Everything You Need to Know
Group breakdown, game schedule, new rules, and more
