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Eating Bugs Is the Future of Sustainable Farming?

Austin Playwright-Performer Provides a New Kind of Documentation in (Un)Documents

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The Austin Chronicle 2018/19 Austin Music Industry Awards at Emo's

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On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

How Robert Rodriguez Saved Alita: Battle Angel From the Scrap Heap

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Fleetwood Mac Goes a New Way at Frank Erwin Center Slow start aside, don’t dream it’s over

Texas Barbecue Icon Rick Schmidt Passes Away Former Kreuz Market owner helped shape the Lockhart barbecue scene

Georgetown Man Charged in Attack on Gay Couple Downtown Frank Macias being charged with two counts of aggravated assault

Second Arrest Made in Suspected Hate Crime Quinn O’Connor has been charged with two counts of aggravated assault

Faster Than Sound: Spider House Ballroom Will Cease Live Entertainment Longtime local venue converts to arcade bar following co-owner misconduct allegations, code violations, and artist payment delays

Austin Animal Center Strains to Maintain Its No-Kill Status City shelter struggles with overcrowding and volunteer dissatisfaction

Single Barrel Whiskey for the Right Price at Jack Allen's Kitchen High-quality, approachable whiskeys to get you out of your comfort zone

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Don’t Stop Believing: Moving Panoramas’ Leslie Sisson Overcomes the Trauma That Birthed In Two

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Feb. 15, 2019
Vol. 38, No. 25

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In Memoriam: Gina Lalli Pioneer of Indian classical dance in Austin dies at age 89

Local Orgs Help Identify Medical & Legal Support for Trans Residents Learn your rights with Gender Affirmation

Celebrating the 2018/19 Austin Music Industry Award Winners Behind-the-scenes players of Austin music get their night

Taft Enters “A Door Within A Door” New single from Austin crooner teases live-recorded collection

"Rosie's Law" Takes Bold Stand for Choice, Women's Health Sheryl Cole's bill would cover abortion care for Medicaid enrollees

NEWS

On the Edges of Gentrification, Planning a Different East Riverside Drive

City’s declared goals for the corridor and those of private developers do not necessarily coincide

by Michael King

Point Austin: “Show Us Your Papers”

The Whitley fiasco and the persistence of voter suppression

by Michael King

"Rosie's Law" Takes Bold Stand for Choice, Women's Health Sheryl Cole's bill would cover abortion care for Medicaid enrollees

Historic Agreement Reached on Craft Beer To-Go Bills Texas Craft Brewers & Beer Alliance of Texas finally work together

Civics 101
Event listings for the electorate

City: More Affordable Housing Everywhere Neighborhood Housing and Community Development draft goals to increase inventory for low- and moderate-income households

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FOOD

Himalaya Kosheli and Fat Dragon Spice Up Spicewood Springs

Nepalese fare and Asian fusion revitalize North Austin shopping center

by Jessi Cape

Eating Bugs Is the Future of Sustainable Farming?

Austin entomophagy advocates bring the crispy, crunchy taste of crickets to the masses

by Jessi Devenyns

Historic Agreement Reached on Craft Beer To-Go Bills Texas Craft Brewers & Beer Alliance of Texas finally work together

Hacking Whiskey at Treaty Oak Distillery What’s a brief moment of Brooklyn in a Hill Country paradise?

Himalaya Kosheli and Fat Dragon Spice Up Spicewood Springs Nepalese fare and Asian fusion revitalize North Austin shopping center

Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of February 14, 2019

Eating Bugs Is the Future of Sustainable Farming? Austin entomophagy advocates bring the crispy, crunchy taste of crickets to the masses

MUSIC

Don’t Stop Believing: Moving Panoramas’ Leslie Sisson Overcomes the Trauma That Birthed In Two

Sophomore LP spins a sequel to the shoegazers’ extraordinary journey

by Leslie Sisson

Faster Than Sound: Multidimensional Production Team Musically Reimagines Fantastic Planet

Lifted Traces rescores classic films, Harlem re-emerges locally with Oh Boy, and more

by Rachel Rascoe

Celebrating the 2018/19 Austin Music Industry Award Winners Behind-the-scenes players of Austin music get their night

Taft Enters “A Door Within A Door” New single from Austin crooner teases live-recorded collection

The Austin Chronicle 2018/19 Austin Music Industry Awards at Emo's 60 photos by John Anderson and Sarah Bork

SXSW Music Churns Out 8th Artist List Ho99o9, Questlove, Nothing, and Get Up Kids join the action

Faster Than Sound: Multidimensional Production Team Musically Reimagines Fantastic Planet Lifted Traces rescores classic films, Harlem re-emerges locally with Oh Boy, and more

SCREENS

How Robert Rodriguez Saved Alita: Battle Angel From the Scrap Heap

After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

by Richard Whittaker

Latest Film Reviews

Alita: Battle Angel, Arctic, Cold Pursuit, Donnybrook, Happy Death Day 2U, Isn’t It Romantic, and What Men Want

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Kathy Bates, Marc Maron, and More Confirmed for Texas Film Hall of Fame Ceremony We know the winners, now who'll be running the show?

How Robert Rodriguez Saved Alita: Battle Angel From the Scrap Heap After a decade and a half, the legendary manga's battle dreams are made real

Getting Gleefully Inappropriate in Call Me Brother Christina Parrish stars in the locally produced, subversive rom-com

What’cha Watchin’? Editorial intern Savannah J. Salazar joins the Resistance

Stacey Abrams, Beastie Boys to Speak at SXSW Nile Rodgers, Gwyneth Paltrow and more join the roster

ARTS & CULTURE

Austin Playwright-Performer Provides a New Kind of Documentation in (Un)Documents

In an award-winning solo show, Jesús I. Valles sits down, alone with family

by Beth Sullivan

Austin’s OUTsider Queer Transmedia Fest Turns Five

Fest arrives with local recognition and international reach

by Sarah Marloff

In Memoriam: Gina Lalli Pioneer of Indian classical dance in Austin dies at age 89

Moontower Comedy 2019: Final Headliners Nick Offerman, Hari Kandabolu lead third wave of comics

Hacking Whiskey at Treaty Oak Distillery What’s a brief moment of Brooklyn in a Hill Country paradise?

At the Crossroads: Joe Nick Patoski’s Austin to ATX Book, launching Feb. 13, tracks Austin’s evolving character

Blanton’s Latest Exhibition Introduces Symbolism to All Audiences No art degree needed

COLUMNS

Day Trips: Presidio San Saba, Menard

Spanish fort tells the story of a lost settlement

by Gerald E. McLeod

Qmmunity: Love, Lust, and the Pursuit of Queerness

Lez Prom, OUTsider Fest, and more queer'd events

by Sarah Marloff

Luv Doc: Lucky You

How can someone who has experienced such wealth and plenitude ever hope to live a life free of tortured conscience?

by The Luv Doc

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

by Mr. Smarty Pants