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Automation Is the Future of Food, and the Future Is Now

Labor Unrest Ensues as Via 313 Fumbles Worker Appeal

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The Power of the Dog, Pig Split Austin Film Critics Awards

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CURRENT ISSUE

Jan. 14, 2022
Vol. 41, No. 20

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E-EDITION
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THE LATEST

A Gant Rant: Appy But Unhappy? In which our newest local correspondent confronts the modern world

Pop-Up Food Folks You Should Follow for Impromptu Dining Locals offer pop-up options for outdoor dining

Texas Songwriting Legend Robert Earl Keen Announces Retirement From the Road The roots musician will tour through September

Austin Restaurants Deal With Another COVID Wave and the Austin Music Poll Needs Your Votes LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio

Hoping for Normalcy, Leo Rondeau’s Back in the Honky-Tonks Ex-Austin country singer returns for a month at Sam’s Town Point

NEWS

Labor Unrest Ensues as Via 313 Fumbles Worker Appeal

A hot, melty mess

by Melanie Haupt

Austin at Large: We’re Not Making More Land

Showdown at the Batcave Part 3: What’s the return on this $277 million investment?

by Mike Clark-Madison

Austin Restaurants Deal With Another COVID Wave and the Austin Music Poll Needs Your Votes LISTEN: The Austin Chronicle Show on KOOP Community Radio

Public Notice: I-35 Back on the Front Burner TxDOT prepares the next draft of their rebuild plan

AISD Tells Parents, Teachers: Keep Calm and Omicr-On Amidst classroom outbreaks, in-person learning continues

Round Rock Superintendent Put on Leave Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez's paid leave is pending the results of an external investigation over abuse, fidelity allegations

Austin at Large: We’re Not Making More Land Showdown at the Batcave Part 3: What’s the return on this $277 million investment?

FOOD

Automation Is the Future of Food, and the Future Is Now

AI on your plate

by Jessica Zuniga

A Gant Rant: Appy But Unhappy?

In which our newest local correspondent confronts the modern world

by A. M. Gant

Pop-Up Food Folks You Should Follow for Impromptu Dining Locals offer pop-up options for outdoor dining

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of January 13, 2022

Automation Is the Future of Food, and the Future Is Now AI on your plate

Winebelly Shutters, Via 313 Shudders, Rosen’s and Rosita’s Go Brick-and-Mortar, Huckleberry Has a Moving Experience … All the news that’s fit to get your taste buds quivering

Via 313 Workers Protest for COVID, Employment Protections Staff claim management suspended them following petition

MUSIC

Faster Than Sound: Is the Broken Spoke Too Broken?

Allegations of intolerant behavior at the honky-tonk arise following Queer Eye feature

by Rachel Rascoe

Listen to This: Song Confessional Season 2

A novel concept, turning stranger's stories into songs, boils down to good music and good conversation

by Kevin Curtin

Texas Songwriting Legend Robert Earl Keen Announces Retirement From the Road The roots musician will tour through September

Hoping for Normalcy, Leo Rondeau’s Back in the Honky-Tonks Ex-Austin country singer returns for a month at Sam’s Town Point

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week Mike & the Moonpies lead a stacked Sagebrush bill, plus Joey DeFrancesco, Destroyer of Light, the War on Drugs, Thor & Friends, and Clem Snide

Listen to This: Song Confessional Season 2 A novel concept, turning stranger's stories into songs, boils down to good music and good conversation

Review: Jamestown Revival On Robert Ellis-produced fourth LP, Young Man, the Austin folk duo lays bare their intimate harmonies

SCREENS

The Power of the Dog, Pig Split Austin Film Critics Awards

Plus, which local movie gets an AFCA award screening at AFS?

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Belle, The 355, Delicious, Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Shattered, and Torn

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The Power of the Dog, Pig Split Austin Film Critics Awards Plus, which local movie gets an AFCA award screening at AFS?

ATX TV Reunites Cast and Crew for Parenthood and Justified Panels planned for 2020 finally get their studio time

Local Mobile Gaming Firm Zynga Acquired by Take-Two Studio joins the GTA and NBA 2K family

Getting Behind The Tender Bar With Lily Rabe and Tye Sheridan The challenges of authenticity (and George Clooney's acting class)

Top 10 Festival Films of 2021 You Haven't Seen Yet From retro horror to COVID survival, the best of the fests

ARTS & CULTURE

Local Comedy Gets a New Buzz at the Buzz Mill

New Seventh Street venue wants to make you laugh your nights away

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Five Things to Do at PrintAustin This Year

Printmakers showcase their work at venues all over town

by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hadestown Postponed Until September Omicron says "To Hell with your schedules, puny humans!"

RIP Willie Siros, 1952-2022 Local literary lion and SF convention pioneer dead at 69

Zach Theatre Cancels Remaining Performances of A Christmas Carol Omicron surge means show will not return after initial cancelation

Zach Theatre Cancels Christmas Carol Performances Show plans to return Dec. 29

Gift Guide: Puzzle Me This Jigsaw joints of Asian food, jigsaw japes that Hurt so good

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Bluff Dale Bridge, Bluff Dale

Historic bridge is an engineering masterpiece

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Queer News Here, There, Everywhere

Openly gay lawmaker announces mayoral bid, HavenCon returns, and more

by Beth Sullivan

The Luv Doc: Little Agents of Satan

Slow clap for almost getting the ball across the goal line

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants