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Volume 42, Number 21
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
A New Council With New Energy Aims to Get City Hall Unstuck
Change is coming, but how much?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin at Large: Yo Cops! Defund Our Election
Austin Police Association spends big on scheme to screw up civilian oversight
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Putting the Pieces in Place
Council members sorting out their staffs, priorities
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Seeking Justice for the Killing of Alex Gonzales
Gonzales’ mother says, “I will not stop”
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Data, Dollars, and Defending Austin ISD at the Capitol
Highlights from the AISD Board of Trustees' first meeting in 2023
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Bill of the Week: Should Businesses Get to Go Green or Avoid Guns?
A new bill would repeal anti-boycott legislation
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Austin Water Audit Zeroes In on Problems at Treatment Plant
Weak morale, understaffing contributed to four system failures in five years
BY LINA FISHER
Doggett Brings $2 Million Home from D.C. to Combat Opioid Crisis
Doggett says it’s no panacea, but it’s progress
BY LINA FISHER
Austin Guinea Pig Rescue on the Hunt for Serial Piggie-Dumper
Piggie PSA: Dumper, no dumping!
BY MAGGIE Q. THOMPSON
Is GM-Backed Driverless Car Really Road-Ready?
Cruise AV loses its training wheels
BY BENTON GRAHAM
food
Expat Taqueros Bring Regional Fare to the Capital City
Austin tacos not from Austin
BY EVAN RODRIGUEZ
Much Wine! Many Food! And Buzz Burger Debuts, Sway Goes West, It’s a Whole New Lunar Year, and More
All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of January 19, 2023
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Die Spitz Cut Their Hard Rock Teeth
Childhood friends-turned-bandmates talk new EP and "the best year ever"
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Former Sidewinder Space Now Open As After-Hours Club The Cut
Victory Grill owner and partners hope to fix long-idle outdoor stage
BY CHAD SWIATECKI
Crosstalk: Launching Megz Kelli's Soundtrack, Lockhart's Plum Creek Records, and Norman BA$E's Trap Burger
Austin music news headlines of the week
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Album Review: Rattlesnake Milk
Chicken Fried Snake (Feels So Good)
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Album Review: je'Texas
je'Texas
BY HANK ERWIN
Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week
A tribute to tattoo legend Shanghai Kate, Hi How Are You Day, and Karima Walker highlight our recommended shows
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, DOUG FREEMAN, KEVIN CURTIN, RACHEL RASCOE, MICHAEL TOLAND, JULIAN TOWERS AND DEREK UDENSI
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
Screens
Film Reviews
Alice, Darling
Anna Kendrick is crushingly brilliant as a woman in an abusive relationship
Kids vs. Aliens
Gory romp that does exactly what the title says
Left Behind: Rise of the Antichrist
Can the rapture just hurry up so we can be done with these films?
Missing
Screen life thriller Searching sequel is fun if preposterous
The Son
The Father director crashes with this mental health drama
That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime the Movie: Scarlet Bond
High fantasy anime loses its magic with an airless script
The Wandering Earth II
China's sci-fi apocalypse blockbuster gets an equally massive prequel
When You Finish Saving the World
Underwhelming adaptation of Jesse Eisenberg's neurotic audio drama
You People
A modern riff on Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
arts & culture
Review: Jarrott Productions’ The Sound Inside
An understated, intriguing page-turner
BY BOB ABELMAN
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
We Have an Issue: A New Council Gets Down to Work
Austin City Council assembles, congrats to Chroniclers, and a new/old Rollo Banks Lunar New Year cover to relish
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Dance, Dance (Queer Austin Remix)
Two queer DJ-centric parties fire up a weekend full of great events
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Port Aransas’ South Jetty
Weekly newspaper is a wealth of information for locals and visitors alike
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: It’s Bad, and It’s Nationwide
Comfort is the turd in which the mushroom of ignorance grows
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, January 20-26
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: New Faces Arrive as Austin FC Looks to Build on 2022 Magic
Core roster remains, bolstered by new recruits Gyasi Zardes, Leo Väisänen, Matt Bersano
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
