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A Nightmare for DREAMers
Ending DACA affects an estimated 124,000 Texans
Five Arty Things to Do This Weekend: Oct. 5-8
Because, look, it’s not all about that ACL, is it now?
Drink.Well Reopens Today
Former co-owner out, Jessica Sanders now sole owner of North Loop bar
Texas Teen Book Festival: This Weekend!
More books and authors than you can shake a dystopian future at
Day Trips & Beyond: October Events Roundup
Over 70 Texas fairs, fests, fetes, and more
Queercore’s Punk Media Subculture
Curran Nault’s book sheds new light on being queer and punk
The Aftermath of the Big Headline: Stronger
David Gordon Green talks about the unlucky bystander to history
ACL Festival Transportation Guide
Minimize the hassle of getting to and from the fest
Police Chief: ACL Fest Will Be “Safest Part of the City”
Shooting at Las Vegas festival prompts press conference on security
Ghost In the Shell: Booking Major Kusanagi
Andrew Osmond’s hi-rez look at Mamoru Oshii’s sci-fi cinema classic
Croy & the Boys’ Golden Rule of Honky-Tonks
Local outlaws convert country haters in new video
TIFs, TPIDs, and Puppy Love
City Council wrestles with Mayor Adler’s Downtown Puzzle
The War on Drugs’ Universality
Bandleader’s anachronistic familiarity fuels first of two shows
Fantastic Fest Review: “World of Tomorrow: Episode Two – The Burden of Other People’s Thoughts”
Don Hertzfeldt’s signature stick figures are plump with ideas
Fantastic Fest Review: Blade of the Immortal
Director Takashi Miike slices and dices a manga favorite
Fantastic Fest Review: Mary and the Witch’s Flower
Ghibli alums stick to the formula for magical tale
Fantastic Fest Review: Junk Head
Visionary stop motion joy from Japan
Will & Grace Returns to TV
The beloved Nineties sitcom gets 2017-ified for the reboot
Your Weekend in Film
Staying strong is the best medicine
Dr. Lonnie Smith’s B-3 Love Affair
Getting existential with the organ’s greatest suitor
Welcome to Austin’s Queer Side
Parties, bars, and so much pride: A guide to LGBTQ Austin
Woodshock
Moody, marijuana-tinged drama
American Made
Tom Cruise is a pilot who becomes embroiled in the Iran/Contra scandal
Battle of the Sexes
Billie Jean King takes on Bobby Riggs
Friend Request
A curse follows a woman on social media
Stronger
The story of Boston Marathon bombing survivor Jeff Bauman
Gook
An unlikely friendship develops in 1992 Los Angeles
Rev. Larry Bethune Retires From University Baptist Church
Pioneering pastor steps down after three decades with influential church
Champions Tract On Hold
Temporary injunction puts stop to any development action
How Transparent Is APD?
The most? Least? That depends on who you ask.
Dawnna Dukes’ Delays
Corruption trial held off until Dec. 11
Headlines
Still Puzzling: City Council meets today, Sept. 28, with a full agenda, and more than a few hot-button items: Mayor Steve Adler’s Downtown Puzzle returns for extended discussion, Greg Casar hopes to initiate a stakeholder group on a citywide “sick day” policy for workers, and Pio Renteria moves for preservation of the Montopolis Negro School.…
The Luv Doc: Monogamous Leftovers
Polyamory, like communism, is much harder in practice than in theory
Quote of the Week: Larry Bethune
The longtime pastor on his retirement from the University Baptist Church
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
As a youth, Albert Einstein screwed in lightbulbs at an Oktoberfest tent run by the Schottenhamel family. During World War I, Walt Disney was an ambulance driver. He had to lie on his Red Cross application that he was age 17 (he was actually 16). If you use a little savoir faire, the OQLF, Quebec’s…
Point Austin: Round Up the Usual Suspects
Targeting immigrants is only one step in an era of repression
Zucchini Kill Serves Up Riot Grrrl Cupcakes to the People
Local punk power trio opens vegan and gluten-free bakeshop
Allergic to the World
The Sensitives and the illness of environment
Dear Glutton: Threeway Dining
An out-of-the-way place to get to know your group before group sex
Jarrott Productions’ Prodigal Son
The opposing worlds of John Patrick Shanley’s textured script are conjured with powerful stillness and restless energy
Seen / Soon, Sept. 29
Soaring above Seaholm with Blue Lapis Light and discovering Pinocchio in hip-hop with Abraham.In.Motion
Ground Floor Theatre’s Gibberish Mostly
This production of Max Langert’s brave play breaks the silence about autism and the stigma and shame surrounding it
Gay Place
Austin’s Pride celebration is happening this Saturday!
“William Geisler + John Peralta” at Wally Workman Gallery
Peralta’s deconstructed machines and Geisler’s encaustic abstracts turn painstaking toil into patterns of brilliance
Road-Tripping for the 2017 Texas Biennial
To curate this edition of the contemporary art survey, Leslie Moody Castro took an epic road trip across the Lone Star State
Day Trips: Camp Terralak, San Marcos
New private campground takes the roughing it out of camping but leaves the fun
The Cult of Nick Curran Remembers His Guitar Genius
From rhythm & blues to rockabilly and punk, the late Austin shredder lived to subvert genres
Soccer Watch
The UT Longhorns pulled off what is perhaps the upset of the NCAA year on Sunday, shutting down fifth-ranked West Virginia, 1-0, to take early control of the Big 12 race. At 10-0, the Horns are now the lone unbeaten and untied team in Div. I, and rose to No. 8 in the nation in…
Austin Witches Circle: “It’s Not a Coven, It’s a Community”
Arts & witchcraft at Dark Moon Witches’ Market
What’cha Watchin’?
The ridiculous is the sublime: Arts Editor Robert Faires extols absurd comedies
South Austin Institution Whip In Under New Management
Beloved brewpub faces new challenges and former employees’ grievances
Playback: Lost in the Silent City
Crowdsourced sci-fi, getting steamy with Black Pistol Fire, and a mighty storm of music
Council: A Toy Store Full of Puzzles
The mayor’s Downtown Puzzle proposal returns to Council this week
And They’re Off … for Next November!
Parsing out potential re-election campaigns on City Council
The Weight of 20 Tons
What went wrong to kill Bahman Kaman?
To Kill a Mockingbird
Fate of contract with Texas Wildlife Services hangs in balance at Tuesday meeting
Anti-Choice Group Hit With State, Criminal Complaints
Heidi Group accused of misappropriating taxpayer funds, more
Car2Go 2 Go All Benz
Say goodbye to the Smart cars
Travis County to Comply With All ICE Detainers After 5th Circuit Ruling
Panel nixes lower court block on immigrant detention rule
