news
How common is police abuse of force? We don't want to know.
BY AMY KAMP
New report on economic inequality should galvanize action
BY MICHAEL KING
Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope
BY NICK BARBARO
But is it here to stay?
BY MARY TUMA
Mayor backs down on private funding of staff, but Council doubts remain
BY MICHAEL KING
Short-term rentals remain contentious
BY NATALIA CIOLKO
Janek gets grilled, transportation moves, and more
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Schools move to end teen dating violence
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Jumpolin demo a long time coming, according to city records
BY TONY CANTÚ
Rodney Reed execution stayed
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Surprise! Debt collectors are unscrupulous.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Is the hunt for rare beers killing the communal spirit?
BY ERIC PUGA
Oasis, Texas not backing down in brand dispute
BY ANNA TOON
A solid performance
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wining and dining
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.
BY THE MUSIC STAFF
Exclusive interview with Charles Attal about C3 Presents / Live Nation Entertainment deal
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
screens
American Crime creator John Ridley talks about shooting in Austin, faith, race, and Felicity Huffman
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Scott Frank speaks about how to sustain a career in screenwriting
BY MARC SAVLOV
The games get their "21st century premiere" in Austin
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
It's the franchise that goes back to the future – but in a hot tub instead of a DeLorean.
Tamil action film.
Mexican comedy about a woman who makes her livelihood flirting with other women's men.
This Oscar nominee for best Foreign Language film exudes existential Russian angst in cinematic form.
David Cronenberg's film, with a script by Bruce Wagner, is a darkly humorous moral fable aimed at Hollywood.
Cleverly executed, this vampire spoof by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, is a lot of fun.
arts & culture
The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The next step in Avi Avital's mission to convert the world to mandolin: Vivaldi
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Arts Reviews
Ambitious script, gifted cast take us inside a brilliant mind in Austin Shakespeare's production
The whole ROYGBIV takes center stage in Austin Community College's brightly colored and dazzlingly designed Oz musical
Easy drinking in O'Brien's Common House solo show of prints and paintings
columns
Watch our very own Weird City Sisters come up
BY KATE X MESSER
A great place for bird-watching
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles
BY AMY GENTRY
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
You can be fairly sure that you come from a long line of masturbators
BY THE LUV DOC
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