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With Nonprofit Funding Crisis Averted, Austin Domestic Violence Org Remains on Edge
Freeze threatened services for child abuse, assault victims
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Can This Texan’s Inexplicable Crime Actually Be Explained?
His attorneys say yes
BY BRANT BINGAMON
More Doubts Raised About Carmen Mejia’s Murder Conviction
Innocence Project attorneys question the fairness of her 2005 trial
BY BRANT BINGAMON
New Rules Regulating Airbnb-Type Rentals on Their Way to Council Vote
The first public hearing is done, two more coming up
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
music
Gus Baldwin, the Sketch, and a New Era of Old School
Genre-agnostic quartet debuts with classic rock energy and brassy punk politics
BY KYRA BRUCE
The 2025 Austin Music Awards Lineup Is Here
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Review: Welcome to Hans Zimmer’s Hard Rock Cafe
Composer amps up film scores at Moody Center live show
BY CAT MCCARREY
Live Music Recommendations for the Week Ahead
Get to know your shows
BY CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, DOUG FREEMAN, CAROLINE DREW, MATTEA GALLAWAY, CAT MCCARREY, JOE GROSS, TIM STEGALL, GENEVIEVE WOOD, MICHAEL TOLAND, KAHRON SPEARMAN AND CATALINA PEREZ
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Becoming Led Zeppelin
Doc features full performances and never-before-seen footage from the band’s archives
Bring Them Down
Violent tragedy about sheep farmers stars Barry Keoghan and Christopher Abbott
Heart Eyes
Squabbling coworkers mistaken for a couple attract the murderous attention of the Heart Eyes Killer
Love Hurts
Action-comedy stars Ke Huy Quan as a real estate agent pulled back into a life of crime
No Other Land
A Palestinian-Israeli team produced this Oscar-nominated documentary about displacement in the West Bank
Sherlock Jr. Soundtracked With R.E.M.
Josh Frank pairs Keaton's iconic silent with Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi
Thandel
Romantic thriller about Indian fishermen who accidentally drift into Pakistani waters
VidaaMuyarchi
Tamil-language action thriller
arts & culture
Theatre Review: The VORTEX’s Rabbits
Timely production tackles life in a dystopian landscape
BY CAT MCCARREY
The Past and Future Intersect on the Walls of Flatbed Press
New exhibition “A Legacy and a New Voice” showcases the versatility of the print
BY MATTEA GALLAWAY
A Mardi Gras Pre-Party, Improvised Intimacy, and More Recommended Events
Allow us to help sort your weekend out
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, LINA FISHER, KIMBERLEY JONES, RICHARD WHITTAKER, CARYS ANDERSON, JAMES RENOVITCH, CAT MCCARREY, DOUG FREEMAN, DEREK UDENSI AND CATALINA PEREZ
Love Letters, Pro Wrestling, and More Recommended Events
Your weekdays are spoken for
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, RICHARD WHITTAKER, DEREK UDENSI, MATTEA GALLAWAY AND JAMES RENOVITCH
columns
Qmmunity: Clowning Around With Fou Fou Ha
Clussy Fou discusses the avant-garde troupe’s history ahead of their 24 Carrot Show
BY JAMES SCOTT
The Austin Chronic: One Year After the Raid, Adam Reposa Stays Flagrant
Celebrating a “raidiversary” with ATX Budtenders
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Day Trips: The East Rosedale Monument Project, Fort Worth
A bus stop as an art and history lesson
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Opinion: Fighting for Diversity in the Face of New Challenges
A doctoral student and NIH-funded scholar addresses the devastating implications of Trump’s recent executive order to dismantle DEI initiatives
BY OBI ONYEGESI
The Luv Doc: The Lifestyle
Power bottoms really carry the load
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
The TikTok ban that wasn’t
BY LUKE ELLIS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, February 7-13
BY ROB BREZSNY
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sports
The Verde Report: Making Sense of Austin FC’s Insane Offseason
The 2025 roster is positively unrecognizable
BY ERIC GOODMAN
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