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news
Council Works on Budgeting Around a Steep Deficit
Looking into the causes of a predicament that somehow snuck up on the city
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Headlines / Quote of the Week
On The Lege
The Texas Legislative Session Is Over. Here’s the Elephant in the Room
The state didn’t fill all our federal funding gaps
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
Under One of the World’s Most Extreme Abortion Bans, Texas Doubles Down
And also clarifies what a “lifesaving” abortion is
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
Texas Schools to Get a Bit More Cash and a Lot More Christian Nationalism
Assessing the 89th Legislature’s effect on public education
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Sen. Sarah Eckhardt Analyzes “Gunfire and Fireworks” of This Legislative Session
A Q&A with Austin’s progressive state senator
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
A Medley of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills That Are About to Become Law
The Lege didn’t lose interest in restricting queerness this year
BY LEVI LANGLEY
Texas Man Born to U.S. Soldier on U.S. Army Base Abroad Deported
He has no citizenship to any country, despite SCOTUS case
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
music
Crosstalk: Redbud Ice House Comes and Goes, Veteran Animator Lance Myers Launches an Art Show, and More Culture News
Plus H-E-B helps HOME and Blues on the Green
BY CAROLINE DREW
Album Review: Mobley’s We Do Not Fear Ruins
One-man band resists exile on futuristic concept album
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Exploded Drawing’s 64th, Double Trouble’s Second, Sagebrush’s Fifth, and More Crucial Concerts
It isn't all about numbers in this week’s recommended shows
BY CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, CHRISTINA GARCIA, DOUG FREEMAN, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, MICHAEL TOLAND, SAMMIE SEAMON, KYRA BRUCE, AMBER WILLIAMS, JULIANNA PLEWES AND LEVI LANGLEY
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Ballerina
John Wick spinoff stars Ana de Armas as a dancing assassin
Dangerous Animals
Australian survivor horror on the high seas
I Don't Understand You
Nick Kroll and Andrew Rannells comedic thriller
The Life of Chuck
Mike Flanagan finds Stephen King’s tender heart
Pavements
A fiction-documentary hybrid about pioneering indie rockers Pavement
The Phoenician Scheme
Wes Anderson caper is a lovely lark
The Ritual
Two priests team up for an exorcism
Thug Life
Tamil-language gangster film
arts & culture
Theatre Review: Unbury Your Gays Fixes the Future
Broad Theatre’s production reveals false histories
BY CAT MCCARREY
Adventures for Adults Abound at These Summer Camps
Your inner child will thank you for the nostalgia – and the knowledge
BY CAROLINE DREW
Cutting the Ribbon on a Renovated Givens Pool
Named after Austin’s first Black dentist, the pool returns for summer 2025
BY BLAKE LESCHBER
Jumping the Shark in This Weekend’s Recommended Arts & Culture Events
Multiple ways to get high ... on art
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, KIMBERLEY JONES, JULIANNA PLEWES, RICHARD WHITTAKER, CARYS ANDERSON, CAT MCCARREY, LINA FISHER AND BLAKE LESCHBER
Keeping Our Eye on the Week’s Recommended Arts Events
Art and culture abounds, even on the weekdays
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, BLAKE LESCHBER, RICHARD WHITTAKER, KIMBERLEY JONES AND CAT MCCARREY
columns
Qmmunity: For Those We’ll Never Meet
A much-needed mission reframing after Lege losses hit home
BY JAMES SCOTT
The Luv Doc: Cool Mom Blues
Mickey’s Big Mouths are sort of the perfect trailer park beverage
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips: Ottine Mineral Springs, Gonzales
“Taking the waters” comes to Ottine
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Opinion: License Plate Readers Make Us All Less Safe
Austin’s pilot program is ineffective at solving crimes, endangers vulnerable community members, and represents an expansion of police surveillance power under rising authoritarianism
BY ANNA RUPANI
The Common Law
What questions should I ask when hiring a lawyer?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, June 6-12
BY ROB BREZSNY
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Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: Austin FC Hopes to Take Advantage of Forgiving MLS Structure
Coach Estévez has his eye on the long game
BY ERIC GOODMAN
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