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After DEI Cuts, This Sixth-Gen Austinite Is Losing Access to UT
“It feels like Jim Crow”
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Will Austin ISD Push Out a Highly Regarded Partner?
The district is proposing to give away family service centers
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Second Phase of Major Zoning Changes to Increase Middle-Income Housing Kicks Off
You can comment on HOME 2.0 Thursday
BY LINA FISHER
As Statesman Reporters Were on Strike, Gannett Posted Their Jobs
And published anonymously written stories
BY LINA FISHER
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
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
food
Exploring the McNeil Crossing Strip Mall
Exceptional forays into Indian and Vietnamese cuisine, plus a short trip to Subway
BY TAYLOR HOLLAND
music
Sentimental Family Band Isn’t Hung Up on the High Times
The softie ex-art-rockers arrive at Austin’s honky-tonk revival
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Only God Was Above Us at Vampire Weekend’s Eclipse Show
The “Cocaine Cowboys” celebrated new album at high noon
BY CARYS ANDERSON
Mini Music Fests Abound in This Week's Crucial Concerts
Country, hip-hop, pop, and more shows worth the cover
BY RACHEL RASCOE, CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, DOUG FREEMAN, MIRANDA GARZA, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, BRANT BINGAMON, ELIZABETH BRAATEN, GENEVIEVE WOOD, MICHAEL TOLAND AND MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Arcadian
Nicolas Cage is a single dad post-apocalype in Irish thriller
Bade Miyan Chote Miyan
Hindi-language action thriller about elite soldiers trying to thwart a terrorist plot
Civil War
Stunning near-future drama about combat journalists
It's Only Life After All
Moving doc about the folk musical duo Indigo Girls
The Long Game
True-life story of Mexican-American teens who make a run at the 1957 state golf championship
The People’s Joker
Trans coming-of-age story filtered through superhero homage
Sasquatch Sunset
A year in the life of a family of Bigfoots
Sting
Pet spider develops a taste for human flesh.
arts & culture
Theatre Review: Born With Teeth
Marlowe’s mad and Shakespeare’s sad in Austin Playhouse production
BY CAT MCCARREY
How Staple! Is Turning the Page Toward a New Future
Austin’s indie media expo returns and it’s all because of one email
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Movies, Comedians, Theatre, and More Arts Options for the Week
Get out and get art
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, RICHARD WHITTAKER, KIMBERLEY JONES, BRANT BINGAMON, LINA FISHER, CAT MCCARREY AND CARYS ANDERSON
Squirrel Fest, a Bidi Bidi Birthday, and More Community Events
Plan your week with some of our recommended happenings around town
BY JAMES SCOTT, KATHERINE MCNEVINS, AUSTIN SANDERS, CAT MCCARREY, MIRANDA GARZA, MADELINE DUNCAN, BRANT BINGAMON AND MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
columns
The Austin Chronic: Former Ag Commissioner Candidate Susan Hays Is Building a Hempcrete House
It’s the first privately owned residence in Austin made of the eco-friendly material
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Qmmunity: The Tea on Trivia
As their second anniversary approaches, the minds behind Queer Trivia reflect
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Tonkawa Falls City Park, Crawford
Historic waterfall is still a prime swimming hole
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Settling
Who do you want? Mr. Wrong or Mr. Reliable?
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, April 12-18
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: As Wins Rack Up, Emiliano Rigoni Is Becoming Austin FC’s Forgotten Man
The club’s second-highest-paid player has struggled to contribute
BY ERIC GOODMAN
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