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Volume 38, Number 19
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news
Central Texas Lawmakers Speak Out About the 86th Legislative Session
Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Point Austin: The Gavel Descends
The 86th Texas Legislature: Hoping for the Best ...
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Happy New Year?
Hoping for new starts at each level of government
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
APD Holds Little Back in Dusterhoft Firing
Seedy personal life at center of assistant chief's tumble from heights of police brass
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Guns in 2018: The Carnage Continues
A look at the Gun Violence Archive findings for the year
BY MICHAEL KING
NAKED CITY
Richard Overton Dies At 112
America's oldest man and World War II veteran, died Dec. 27
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Rape Case Audit Faults APD
Shows fewer than one-third were cleared in accordance with federal guidelines
BY SARAH MARLOFF
School Finance: Still Hard
Panel approves recommendations to improve state's outdated school funding system
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
The Grinch That Stole Oak Hill
Texas Department of Transportation releases environmental report on the agency's plans for the intersection of U.S. 290 West and Texas 71
BY MICHAEL KING
food
Planted Brings Vegan Food to Austin's Non-Vegan Spaces
Britty Hamby pushes for access to plant-based cuisine and builds a food community
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Delicious and Nurturing Indian Fare at a South Austin Strip Mall
Asiana Indian Cuisine has something for every palate
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
10 Free Week Acts to Watch This Weekend
Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019
BY RACHEL RASCOE, LIBBY WEBSTER, RICK WEAVER, DAN GENTILE, KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, JEREMY STEINBERGER AND TIM STEGALL
Faster Than Sound: A Tale of Two Red River Fests
Free Week and This Is Austin, Not That Great share Red River
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
The Future May Finally Be Brightening for Texas Film Incentives
The sequel to film rebates?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Your 2019 Guide to Film Festivals in Austin
Mark your calendar for these celebrations of cinema
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AFS Spotlights the Early Work of Support the Girls Director Andrew Bujalski
Three from the heart
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
What’cha Watchin’?
Screens editor Richard Whittaker heads to Canada
Film Reviews
On the Basis of Sex
RBG biopic focuses on a single case, but blurs the details
Second Act
Lean In meets The Secret of My Success in workplace rom-com
Shoplifters
The meaning of family on Japan's social fringes compassionately explored
arts & culture
Austin Playwright’s Final Play Might Have Died With Him, but a Community Joined Together to Ensure Its Survival
Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: 37th Street Lights
The holidays may be over, but you can catch this iconic stretch of Austin oddballness for a few more days
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's Tortoise and Hare
This delightful, inspiring musical teaches us there's more to the story than the amazing race
Sugar, Water, Purple: Can We Kick It? at ColdTowne
This showcase showed how improvisers from disenfranchised groups can provide meaningful support for one another and make damn good improv
"Tammie Rubin: Everything You Ever" at Women & Their Work
This sculptural labyrinth of values casts an epiphytic spell
columns
Qmmunity
A new year to be queer-er
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Bryan Museum, Galveston
The story of Texas through rare artifacts
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Small Tweaks
The devil is in the details
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Distracted driving issues
BY LUKE ELLIS AND HALEY HOLT
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
comics
