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Jackie Robinson's Austin
The All-American, Major League star and human rights hero spent a few youthful months on the east side of our city's 'Mason-Dixon Line'
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: Dear Occupant
Austin welcomes all newcomers – but we don't know where to put them
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Working Man of Green Gables
Condo developer targeted for claims of unpaid wages, unsafe conditions
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Boom Times, Boom Incentives
City considers deals with Websense and Dropbox
BY MICHAEL KING
Abbott Courts the Nuge ... and His Guns
Stump appearance draws fire from left and right
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Beats Nothing
Women's health gets funding bump
BY JORDAN SMITH
Judge Biscoe: No Hurry to Make Changes
County Commissioners hire consultant to review county management structure
BY AMY SMITH
A Cold Day at Whole Foods
Nationwide petition demands reinstatement of fired worker
BY MICHAEL KING
LBJ Library to Host Civil Rights Summit
Carter and Clinton to deliver keynotes
BY MICHAEL KING
Hightower Report
The super rich literally live in their own world
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Family Food Fun
The mystical Manchaca Rancho Winslow Supper Club
BY MICK VANN
A Uniquely Austin Duck
Daffy deconstructions and DIY interiors render an eatery that represents Austin's heart and terroir
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Sweets With a British Accent
Curious Confections
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
Rumors! Babies! SouthBites!
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Feb. 22-24
music
Playback
SXSW begins giving up her secrets.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Urgent
Spray Paint evolves classic ATX post punk
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Phases & Stages
screens
Beau Willimon Lays His 'Cards' on the Table
Austin Film Festival presents the showrunner on season two of the hit Netflix series
BY ALEKSANDER CHAN
Players' Guide
SXSW Gaming Expo, local award nominees, and more upcoming releases
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Angels in Stardust
Alicia Silverstone and AJ Michalka star in this story of a small-town dreamer.
Highway
Bollywood story of a kidnapped rich girl who falls in love with her abductors.
In Secret
Émile Zola’s Thérèse Raquin gets another film adaptation, this time in English.
Like Father, Like Son
In this movie from the always perceptive Japanese filmmaker Hirokazu Kore-eda, two families are uprooted by the belated knowledge that their babies were switched at birth.
arts & culture
World on a String
Young violinists from across the globe flock to Austin for North America's first Menuhin Competition
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'The Whale'
Shanon Weaver puts on 600 lbs. for A Chick & a Dude's latest show
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Art Night Austin
It's a new day for Art Night as the traveling party pulls out the stops at just two stops
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Whipping Man
City Theatre travels unexplored territory in this Civil War drama in which both slaves and masters are Jewish
The Glass Project
The music of Philip Glass in the three works of Ballet Austin's program provided more thread than theme
Tartuffe
David Long's direction of this Molière comedy infuses what could be a dusty antique with light and life
columns
How to Write a Book
If you think you have a book in you, it's important to find out if you really do
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Oops!
The Good Eye
Ah, le printemps
BY AMY GENTRY
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips
Dine with an astronaut at Space Center Houston's Astronaut Fridays
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Snarky Comments
The only person you should feel completely safe about ridiculing is yourself
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Texas Rollergirls Double Header
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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