Austin ISD Fields Criticisms of Plan to Replace Nonprofit

Director of Austin Voices for Education and Youth suggests a fix

"...centers and has run them ever since. Known as family resource centers or FRCs, the centers provide help for..."

April 19, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

Spy x Family Code: White

Anime comedy thriller based on Tatsuya Endo’s manga series

"...by: Takashi Katagiri. Anime comedy thriller about the Forger family, where dad is a spy, mom is an assassin,..."

April 19, 2024 Movie Review

The Luv Doc: An Orgasm Party

Like bringing egg salad to a family reunion at the lake in August

"...bad idea – like bringing egg salad to a family reunion at the lake in August. You might truly..."

April 19, 2024 Column by The Luv Doc

Austin Blocked Apartments by Houses for Years. New Rules Would Change That.

Code change would facilitate 60,000+ new units, city staff estimates

"...choice within High Opportunity areas by limiting height of multifamily developments,” the report reads...."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Qmmunity: Short n’ Sweet

More events, less column is just what the editor ordered

"...can anyone really know another person, even if they’re family – but she always supported me in my gender..."

April 19, 2024 Column by James Scott

New Lot Size Would Allow Middle-Class Homeowners to Sell Their Backyards

Smaller lots, smaller homes, cheaper prices

"...account for more than half of development costs for single-family homes in Austin. One way to reduce those costs..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Book Review: Truckload of Art: The Life and Work of Terry Allen

New authorized biography vividly exhumes the artist’s West Texas world

"...formative tension of Allen’s West Texas world torn by family traumas, provincial pushback, and rock & roll...."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by Doug Freeman

In the Worst Moments of Austinites’ Lives, APD Victim Services Shows Up

Inside one of APD’s most-celebrated divisions

"...a domestic violence incident, which can permanently alter a family regardless of how the legal process plays out. Other..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Books, Sculpture, and Weed Lead Our Recommended Arts Events

It'd be a lot cooler if you went to one of these events this week

"...for young people to say no to friends and family, how they learn who is safe to share their..."

April 19, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Building Up, and Building Middle-Class Austinites’ Wealth

A suite of development policy changes will go before Council this month

"...minimum lot size and an easing of rules protecting single-family homes, known as compatibility standards – seek to make..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

Are All These New Smaller Houses Gonna Be Airbnbs?

It's on Council's to-do list, as city awaits lawsuit ruling

"...changes meant to enable more small-scale development in existing single-family neighborhoods, some may be wondering: What does all of..."

April 19, 2024 News Feature by Austin Sanders

200 Ryans Converge Downtown to Celebrate Their Ryan-ness

Jumping on the Ryan Rodeo

"...like spreading the word,” Fisher said. “My friends and family know about it. My coworkers know about it. I..."

April 17, 2024 Arts Post by Athena Hawkins

Judge Recommends Melissa Lucio’s Death Sentence Be Overturned

Agreement between judge, D.A., defense supports her innocence

"...Nelson and our mother can come home to her family,” Lucio’s sons, Robert Alvarez and John Lucio, said in..."

April 16, 2024 News Post by Brant Bingamon

It's a Family Affair for the Hurleys in Strictly Confidential

How Elizabeth tried (and failed) to keep son Damian out of the film biz

"...Damian puts it, “running around and torturing every long-suffering family member I could get my hands on.” Elizabeth realized..."

April 12, 2024 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Arcadian

Nicolas Cage is a single dad post-apocalype in Irish thriller

"...seeming like they’re mimicking his mega-acting. They feel like family...."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Sasquatch Sunset

A year in the life of a family of Bigfoots

"...the weird-ass but genuinely stirring Sasquatch Sunset follows a family of four Bigfoots over the course of four seasons...."

April 12, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times

The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival

"...Between the red curtains, Sentimental Family Band has almost wrapped their first-ever album, Sweethearts Only,..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Will Austin ISD Push Out a Highly Regarded Partner?

The district is proposing to give away family service centers

"...and has run ever since. The centers, known as family resource centers or FRCs, provide help for economically disadvantaged..."

April 12, 2024 News Feature by Brant Bingamon

Squirrel Fest, a Bidi Bidi Birthday, and More Community Events

Plan your week with some of our recommended happenings around town

"...– what kind of housing can be built near single-family homes, and more changes to a program known as..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week

Get out and get art

"...brothers, about the tragic and touching lives of a family of Bigfoots, is getting a coast-to-coast opening weekend. While..."

April 12, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts

Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover

"...deconstructions of Butter & Jam. Spend Sunday with the family and your choice of activities including arcade games, face..."

April 12, 2024 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Texas Has Kicked 1.3M Kids Off Medicaid, Most Often for Incomplete Applications

The state has the rest of April to process another 195,000 pending cases

"...according to the tracker maintained by research nonprofit Kaiser Family Foundation. More than half of all Texans disenrolled since..."

April 12, 2024 News Feature by Maggie Q. Thompson

Exploring the McNeil Crossing Strip Mall

Exceptional forays into Indian and Vietnamese cuisine, plus a short trip to Subway

"...Curry, Curd Rice, Beetroot Halwa, Rose Milk, and a family meal called Goat Pack, but I’m stumped by the..."

April 12, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Holland

Austin Blues Festival Announces Set Times for Jimmie Vaughan, Brittany Howard, Robert Glasper

And warns of a ticket price increase this Friday

"...In addition to music, the Austin Blues Festival invites..."

April 9, 2024 Music Post by Carys Anderson

Second Phase of Major Zoning Changes to Increase Middle-Income Housing Kicks Off

You can comment on HOME 2.0 Thursday

"...build up to three homes on lots previously zoned single-family (along with preservation bonuses to keep existing homes intact);..."

April 9, 2024 News Post by Lina Fisher

Ernest Cline and Felicia Day Are Waiting Under the Bridge to Bat City

Don't miss the special reading and signing tonight

"...Opal moves in with her uncle Roscoe on the family farm. There, Opal befriends a group of orphaned bats...."

April 8, 2024 Arts Post by Richard Whittaker

After DEI Cuts, This Sixth-Gen Austinite Is Losing Access to UT

“It feels like Jim Crow”

"...a sixth-generation Austinite. Before they came to Austin, her family was enslaved just a few miles east of the..."

April 5, 2024 News Post by Maggie Q. Thompson

Family Star

Telugu-language film stars Vijay Deverakonda

April 5, 2024 Movie Review

Exhuma

South Korean supernatural horror film

"...investigates a mysterious illness plaguing generations of a wealthy family in this South Korean supernatural horror film...."

April 5, 2024 Movie Review

The First Omen

Gruesome gynohorror prequel to 1976’s satanic masterpiece The Omen

"...as a father, watching this evil seed dismantle his family. Here, novitiate Margaret (Servant’s Free) has been sent to..."

April 5, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

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