Swan Dive
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Volume 43, Number 23
ON THE COVER:
features
Summer Camp Guide 2024
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
news
How Driving Somebody From One Texas City to Another Can Turn Into a Prison Sentence
Rides from hell, thanks to Texas’ immigration law
BY BENTON GRAHAM
Headlines / Quote of the Week
How Austin’s Mayoral Race Is Shaping Up So Far
Mayor Kirk Watson continues to bide his time
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Rethink35 Sues TxDOT Again to Block Highway Expansion
Claims state didn’t fully consider environmental, social fallout
BY LINA FISHER
Animal Services to Adopt New Bite Severity Scale
Stressed shelter dogs becoming a public safety issue
BY LINA FISHER
Austin ISD Celebrates Hiring of New Superintendent
And worries about slow progress in reading, math
BY BRANT BINGAMON
How Much You Need to Make to Buy a House in Austin
In 2024, we’ve got lower prices, higher monthly payments
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
food
Review: Uchibā
Sushi, scallops, and surprises from the newest Uchi offshoot in Downtown
BY JESSI CAPE
music
Terry Allen, ericdoa, and More Crucial Concerts
Essential Austin gigs in the coming week
BY RACHEL RASCOE, MIRANDA GARZA, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, ELIZABETH BRAATEN, DEREK UDENSI, BRIDGET KINGSTON, LAIKEN NEUMANN AND MICHAEL TOLAND
Review: Leti Garza, Canciones Sobre la Vida y la Muerte
Solstice-like stillness holds this bilingual meditation on mortality
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Review: Dickie Lee Erwin, Snake Doctor
Rootsy singer-songwriter’s 11th LP adds new pop shimmer
BY MICHAEL HALL
Review: Large Brush Collection, Off Center
Nora Predey’s complex lyrical considerations extend to stratified sonics
BY LAIKEN NEUMANN
Review: Ethan Azarian, Hawaii
Seventh solo release ties the natural world to messier human passions
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Argylle
Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell get into double-identity spy trouble
How to Have Sex
Un Certain Regard winner explores first sex and consent from the perspective of a British teenager on a holiday in Crete
The Jungle Bunch: Operation Meltdown
The continuing adventures of Maurice, a penguin who thinks he's a tiger, based on an French animated television series.
The Promised Land
Wildly ahistorical Danish epic adds an intriguing level of court intrigue and class aspiration to a familiar plot.
Scrambled
A thirtysomething contemplates freezing her eggs in this comedy.
She Is Conann
Barbaric vision of how aging means eating your own youth.
Tótem
A seven-year-old's world shifts at a family gathering in this rapturously received coming of age story from Mexican director Lila Avilés.
arts & culture
In Dark Corners and Bright Spaces, Beth Schindler Captures Queer Joy & Community
Austin Dyke March organizer opens first solo photography show
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Carnaval to Chili Cook-Off: This Week's Recommended Community Events
A kickoff for Black History Month, Mean Girls trivia, a farewell to boobies, and more
BY JAMES SCOTT, JAMES RENOVITCH, WAYNE ALAN BRENNER, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, CARYS ANDERSON, RACHEL RASCOE, AUSTIN SANDERS, LINA FISHER AND BRANT BINGAMON
Stories, Operas, and Meet-Cutes: The Week in Arts
Brett Goldstein brings the laughs, Zach Theatre conjures a comet, and more arty events
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS, JAMES SCOTT, KIMBERLEY JONES, BRANT BINGAMON, WAYNE ALAN BRENNER AND LINA FISHER
columns
The Luv Doc: Maiden Name
Unlike real kids, Sour Patch Kids don’t disappoint.
BY THE LUV DOC
Qmmunity: News of the Queer Austin World
Updates and new creative opportunities in Austin’s queer scene
BY JAMES SCOTT
I Interviewed My Dad About Marijuana
The Family (Smoke) Circle
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips: Luther Hotel, Palacios
Historic Gulf Coast hotel dodges the wrecking ball
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Common Law
Legal lemonade: Do my kids need a permit for their lemonade stand?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, February 2-8
BY ROB BREZSNY
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