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The Women of Hot Luck Fest Talk Food and Music
15 chefs share kitchen tunes & exclusive bites
June Pride Events Roundup
Kick off Summer of Pride with nonstop Pride Month parties & more
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It’s hard to believe that fifty years ago this June, a group of queers – trans folks, lesbians, gay men, probably a few drag queens – fought back against a common police raid on the Stonewall Inn in New York’s Greenwich Village. With high heels and bricks, a riot in the name of LGBTQIA rights…
Review: Broadway in Austin’s Hamilton
This national touring production doesn’t throw away its shot
Mayor Adler on How the 86th Legislature Will Affect Austin
“Something’s going to have to give. It’s real.”
Judas Priest Slam Dunks First Night at ACL Live
British steelers ram it down in one fell swoop. Tonight follows!
Queer Collaboration Yields Otherworldly Campiness in p1nky and The Kwane: Another Soup Opera!
Genres collide in cartoon-inspired DIY musical
Turning Lipstick Traces Into a Graphic Novel
Lana Lesley adapts the Rude Mechs’ punk spectacle to the printed page
Four Days of Hot Luck in a Nutshell
It’s simply the best food and music festival in Austin
Tonight is Saturday Night With Sax Man Bobby Keys
Documentary follows the sixth Rolling Stone from West Texas to legend
Voter Purge Leader David Whitley Resigns
Embattled SoS calls it quits after discriminatory voter purge
District Attorney Margaret Moore Announces Re-Election Campaign
Speakeasy kickoff marks beginning of 2020 primary
Council Gives Green Light to Convention Center, Scooter Riders
May 23 meeting tackles “Downtown puzzle,” “micro-mobility”
Walking on Water
Portrait of renowned environmental artist Christo is more of a thumbnail sketch
Photograph
Indian romance is best in its quiet moments
Aladdin
Another needless Disney remake buoyed on nostalgia and a handful of charming performances
Booksmart
The kids are better than alright in Olivia Wilde’s raucous, resonant comedy
Non-Fiction
Olivier Assayas sharpens his teeth for this new attack on the question of art versus commerce
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of May 23, 2019
Soccer Watch
Austin Bold FC are back home for two games this week, hosting Western Conference leaders New Mexico United this Sat., May 25, then taking on San Antonio FC on Wed., May 29, in a third-round U.S. Open Cup match, with the winner advancing to face an MLS club in June. All games are at 7:30pm…
Public Notice: Turtles, Two-Steps, and Active “Shooters”
Just as City Council is taking a breather from its recent land use squabbles, our other sometimes fractious elected governing body, the Austin ISD Board of Trustees, has run headfirst into its own land use buzz saw in Monday’s debate over school closures (for more background, see AISD Told to Pay More, Make Cuts Hurt…
Joann’s Fine Foods Has Us Wondering How Much Is Too Much to Pay for Chicken-Fried Steak
Top-notch service and attention to detail at SoCo’s Austin Motel
A Few Faves From the Paramount Summer Classic Film Series
Immortal gems of the cinema help us define a classic
Introducing the 2019 Class of the Austin Arts Hall of Fame
The stories behind the art transformers of this year’s Hall of Fame inductees
City Council: Activists Push for Austin Public Library Policy Change
While the dais considers Convention Center expansion, scooters
The Luv Doc: Getting Over Someone
We’re programmed to dream up worst-case scenarios as a survival mechanism
Bad Bills Bite the Dust at the Legislature
Anti-voter, anti-worker, anti-woman, pro-slave-owner bills dead – for now
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Horses have 17 distinct facial expressions. Between 2017 and 2018, 206 people were killed in bicycle accidents compared to 201 by cars, according to Statistics Netherlands. The bicycle death toll jumped from 189 the year before. In 1349, a year after the Black Death first hit England, King Edward III issued the Ordinance of Labourers.…
St. David’s Named Austin FC’s First Corporate Sponsor
Also zoning change for McKalla Place moves forward
Qmmunity: The Harsh Reality of Lawmakers’ Anti-LGBTQ Rhetoric
Plus Dining Out for Life, Violent Fems, and more events to do good, feel good
Chick-fil-A, Saved by the Legislature
Religious exemption bill heads to governor’s desk despite testimony from LGBTQ Caucus
Women’s Health Care Left Unsaved at Lege
Bill targeting local Planned Parenthood moves toward adoption
Faster Than Sound – Welcome to Red River World: The Future of Austin’s Music District
Forecasting the storm of developments between the state Capitol and I-35. Also, NPR warned and ACL Fest confirms: Austin’s pop soloists are stepping up.
Legislature Restores Public’s Right to Know
Bipartisan public records bill likely to become law
Austin Celebrates Godzilla’s Global Impact
Here be monsters (here being Books Kinokuniya)
AISD Told to Pay More, Make Cuts Hurt Less
School change process seeks to improve academic programming access to all students
Oops!
Our story last week on Impact Hub and the city’s Office of Innovation (“Impact Hub to Fund Work on Austin’s Affordability Problem,” May 17) incorrectly stated the terms of their partnership: 12 social-innovation projects will be selected for Impact Hub’s accelerator; of those, up to six will each receive a $15,000 grant from the city.…
Project Connect’s Blue Line to Connect Austin Airport to Downtown
Cap Metro moves forward with high-capacity transit plan
Ground Floor Theatre’s Dex & Abby
In this premiere production of Allan Baker’s play, the bond of love between canines and humans is tenderly expressed
One in a Crowd: Ultimate World
Austin-made surreal comedy needs your crowdfunding help, plus music poster doc and cartoon killers
Hot Luck Music Headliners Dig Into the Festival Menu
Talking turkey with Archers of Loaf, Erika Wennerstrom, Robert Ellis, Sunflower Bean, the Suffers, and PJ Morton
“Rosa Nussbaum: Horizonland” at Women & Their Work
The artist draws on her experience as a stranger in a strange land without her own wheels, viewing the world through the lens of a car window
Headlines
Convention Center Countdown: In what may be a record for proposed “Whereas” clauses (71), CMs Kathie Tovo and Pio Renteria have posted a draft resolution for Council consideration of a master plan for the “Palm District” – encompassing the school, the surrounding neighborhood, and the Convention Center – with an eye toward preserving the school…
In Search of Greater Justice With a Travis County Public Defender’s Office
Taking steps toward a much improved, more equitable local criminal justice system
Ghost Wall
Sarah Moss’ remarkable novella shows how one man’s fascination with Iron Age Britain can manifest in the present in a terrifying way
Quote of the Week
“I ask for your courage, strength, love, and compassion – something I have shown to you every day. … You are my family, and I will say: Family sticks up for each other. I ask you, vote no.” – State Rep. Mary González, D-El Paso, chair of the House LGBTQ Caucus, urging colleagues to reject…
Point Austin: On the Road to Sine Die
Almost adjourned, the Legislature’s toll is still incomplete
Day Trips: Eagle Eye Observatory
Keep an eye on the night sky
AISD Previews New Sex Ed Lessons
Updated curriculum addresses sexual orientation, gender identity, and consent
Community First! Village Honored With Homelessness Memorial
Statues hope to humanize an often stigmatized community
