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Sponsored By Austin Record Convention Austin’s Leading Independent Concert Promoters Resound and Heard Presents Join Forces The two Central Texas bookers merge staffs and venue portfolio NEWSLETTERS NEWS Making Sense of the First Days of a Post-Roe Era Whether this week was a shock or felt like a long time coming, we look at an uncertain horizon by Mike Clark-Madison Austin at Large: Look What We Made Them Do So, why do these creeps care so much about other people’s abortions, anyway? by Mike Clark-Madison Council Recap: Nothing Goes Farther Than Cash City to launch guaranteed-income pilot program How the Filibuster Has Already Undermined Democracy The recent attacks on reproductive rights reveal another reason to let the filibuster burn Headlines / Quote of the Week AISD Staff Protest for Higher Wages As the district solidifies its budget, the protesters hope the board listens to their demands City Council Helps Firefighters Keep Arbitration on the Table Blocking the exits FOOD Restaurant Review: Birdie'sA neighborhood restaurant, for someby Melanie HauptDepressed Cake Shop Aims to Make Talking About Mental Health DeliciousNAMI Central Texas, local bakers inspire important conversationsby James Scott Five Years After Miguel Ravago's Death, Fonda San Miguel Names New Chefs Blanca Zesati and Carlos Monroy tasked with expanding classic menu Restaurant Review: Birdie'sA neighborhood restaurant, for some Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of May 5, 2022 The Merry Month of May’s Depressed Cake Shop, Celebratory Cinco de Mayo, Julep-Joltin’ Kentucky Derby, and the Visual Delights of Craft Beer Packaging All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering Where to Find Vegan Milkshakes in Austin A brief guide to some of the best dairy-free shakes in town MUSIC To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion AccessTranslating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the yearFaster Than Sound: How Two Years Off Made Oblivion Access Festival Even BetterAn interview with the truly independent booking duo on their landmark lineupby Rachel Rascoe Austin’s Leading Independent Concert Promoters Resound and Heard Presents Join Forces The two Central Texas bookers merge staffs and venue portfolio Faster Than Sound: How Two Years Off Made Oblivion Access Festival Even Better An interview with the truly independent booking duo on their landmark lineup To Oblivion and Beyond: A Breakdown of the Bands at Oblivion Access Translating the scrolls at Austin’s most interesting festival of the year Crucial Concert: Exploded Drawing, the DIY Gathering at the Center of Austin’s Beat Community, Returns Friday’s lineup includes Mattie, DJ Design, and Fennec William Basinski: “My Work Had to Disintegrate in Front of My Face Before It Could Be Really Appreciated" Texas-raised avant-garde composer drones eternal at Oblivion Access SCREENS Filmmaker and Film-Educator Paul Stekler Says Goodbye to UTAs he delivers his final class, the former head of UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film gives a commencement speech looking back on a career without a planby Paul Stekler Latest Film Reviews Vortex, Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, The Duke, Escape the Field, Have You Heard About Greg?, Inbetween Girl, and Petite Maman SHOWTIMES > Beware the Mermaids of Erzulie at AFS Cinema Austin filmmaker Christine Chen finds the spirit of the bayou The Chronicle Guide to the Marvel Cinematic Universe Before the latest Dr. Strange, every MCU film reviewed Filmmaker and Film-Educator Paul Stekler Says Goodbye to UT As he delivers his final class, the former head of UT-Austin's Department of Radio-Television-Film gives a commencement speech looking back on a career without a plan After 22 Years, It’s a Wrap for East Austin Stories UT RTF brings the long-running documentary shorts initiative to a close From the Archives: Organizing Outside the System – Deborah Shaffer and The Wobblies Our 1981 interview with the filmmaker behind the classic doc ARTS & CULTURE Five Ways to Celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage MonthAAPI events abound and range from CelebrASIA to Bollywood fitnessby Richard WhittakerReview: Zach Theatre's Somebody Loves You, Mr. HatchSurprisingly minimalist adaptation of beloved kids book still enchantsby Bob Abelman Inside Season 3 of Barry at Moontower Just for Laughs The cast spill the beans on Bill Hader's darkest secret Shimmy Around the Globe as the Jigglewatts Celebrate World Burlesque Day Austin's sinsational artists join the international festivities Moontower Review: Deon Cole Black-ish star delivered the set the audience wanted Moontower Review: Marc Maron The Cassandra of comedy enjoys the silence Moontower Review: New Faces of Comedy Auditioning comics go wild in six minute slots COLUMNS Day Trips: Faywood Hot Springs, New Mexico Healing waters and a whole lot of history by Gerald E. 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