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Undocumented, Unafraid
Balancing fear and power in the wake of ICE arrests
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: Through the Lege Looking-Glass
Alice's tea party was never as mad as the Lege this session
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: The EV/AV Club
Thinking big about planning and mobility
BY NICK BARBARO
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Quote of the Week
Yes, they really said that
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Marriage Equality Rights on Trial
Texas' Supreme Court should issue a ruling by June
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Hold That Wastewater!
Effluent flows could cripple three local endangered species
BY MICHAEL KING
Kellers Back in the News
Vanity Fair Confidential airs special on wrongly convicted couple
BY MICHAEL KING
Mike Collier vs. Dan Patrick?
The Texas Democratic Party's finance chair makes his bid for Lt. Gov.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Trans-Pecos Imposter Discovered
Peter Hefflin is not Peter Hefflin
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
South Austin Vigilante Killer Sentenced
Joseph Mobley gets five years for manslaughter
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Council Considers the True Cost of Saving a Buck
Affordability is in the details
BY MICHAEL KING
Death Watch: "No Need" for Mental Tests
James Bigby will be the fourth Texan executed in 2017
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Lege Lines: Derailing Bipartisan Progress?
Political pandering in the face of actual action
BY MARY TUMA
The Hightower Report: How Magical Is The Donald?
Repeal, replace, voilà
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
SXSW 2017
The Oral History of Austin Beerworks
How the local brewery became the heir to the aluminum throne
BY ERIC PUGA
Food Events
music
SXSW 2017
The 2016-17 Austin Music Awards’ Texan Tower of Song
Thirty-five years of AMAs? More like 181 years of Texas on one stage, on one night!
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
SXSW Monday Showcase Picks
SXSW Music Interview: Cindy Wilson
Wilson swirls psychedelia and breathy vocals over electronic beats
BY JIM CALIGIURI
SXSW Music Interview: Robert Glasper
"Jazz musicians, we feel the need to always educate people.”
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
SXSW Tuesday Showcase Picks
SXSW Record Review: Idle Bloom
Little Deaths (Fraternity as Vanity)
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
SXSW Music Interview: Bilal
“I’m a jazz artist by trade,” states the Philly-born Grammy winner
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Austin Music Awards' Industry Accolades Announced
Best radio station, record store, club, and many more
Playback: Austin Music Awards (On Everything)
Austin Music Industry Awards down, here come the 2016/17 AMAs and a slew of SXSW buzz acts
BY KEVIN CURTIN
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SXSW 2017
Daily Editions and Online Guides
Marquee
Beloved artists in front of and behind the camera
State of the Union
Snapshots of the world we live in
Out Damned Spot
Films that will have a hard time getting the bloodstains out
Hybrid Reality
Fiction and real life collide in these films
Hometown Heroes
A bit of local flavor
Against the Odds
Don’t count out these unlikely heroes
Iconoclasts
Films on renegades going their own way
Barbecue's Global Love Letter to Meat
Matthew Salleh chronicles the world’s obsession with barbecue
BY DAN GENTILE
Lena Olin Plans Her Demise in A Critically Endangered Species
"That’s a challenge as an actor – and for any woman, to not be pleasing."
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
A Rape Survivor Story, Minus the Sensationalism
Stephanie Beatriz comes home to Texas with potent drama The Light of the Moon
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
A Place for Pot in Trump's America?
Mixed signals from the White House put legalization advocates on high alert
BY ANNAMARYA SCACCIA
So How Fucked Are We, Exactly?
SXSW Interactive’s Tech Under Trump panels investigate
BY JOHNNY HOLDEN
Your Path to Tech Success
A CEO at 25, Brian Wong draws us a road map to victory
BY DAN GENTILE
The Definitive Guide to Faking It as a Tech Entrepreneur at SXSW
How to win food and influence barmen
BY JOHNNY HOLDEN
How Smart Is Your City?
Interactive panels dive into the data
BY BEEJOLI SHAH
Facial Recognition Software and You
Yes, the future of Black Mirror is here
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Alternate Reality Gaming Gets Scary
Darren Lynn Bousman's immersive horror project the Tension Experience
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Know Your Cryptocurrencies
Bitcoin and the blockchain laid bare
BY JOHNNY HOLDEN
Free Stuff to Do at SXSW: Week One
Your guide to free events on SXSW's first weekend
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
Cinema With a Conscience
Mobile Loaves & Fishes team up with the Alamo Drafthouse
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Kedi
The cats of Istanbul shine in this affecting doc
My Life as a Zucchini
A poignant stop-motion coming-of-age tale
The Ottoman Lieutenant
Corny romance set during the Armenian Genocide
The Shack
The spiritual journey of a tortured soul
arts & culture
SXSW 2017
Comedian Bonnie McFarlane Is All Over SXSW
A memoir, a podcast, a doc – McFarlane has lots going for her
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Black Metal Dialogues Live!
Dave Hill brings the legend of Witch Taint to extreme black life at SXSW
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Kevin McNamee-Tweed: The Exit Interview
As he leaves Austin, curator and artist Kevin McNamee-Tweed reflects on the city's artists and art community
BY CAITLIN GREENWOOD
Arts Reviews
Color Arc Productions' A Girl Named Sue
A melting pot of creative talent brings to life this cross-cultural coming-of-age story
Ballet Austin II and Butler Fellowship Program's Spring Performance
The program's mix of classical and contemporary work challenged its young dancers and left you wanting to see what's next for them
"Nathan 'Sloke One' Nordstrom: Another Side"
At its best, this solo exhibition captures the swagger of graffiti on the street and the introspection of the gallery
columns
Page Three: How the Sausage Gets Made
A few words on the Day Without a Woman strike
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Gay Place
The lowdown on LGBTQxyz free and unofficial SXSW events
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Caddo Mounds Historic Site, Alto
New grass house shows how the old ways provided shelter
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Done with Doing
It's OK for people to be wrong – horribly, obnoxiously wrong
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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