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What Now for SXSW?
A year after tragedy, the city and the Festival look to a sustainable future
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: "We the People"
The meaning of the anniversaries of the Civil Rights Struggle
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Lyft Up; Uber Under
The city sorts out airport ride-booking, and Uber resists
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Jumpolin & Gentrification Backlash
Jumpolin owners fight back against landlord demolition
BY TONY CANTÚ
Council: Diminishing Returns
Council with a lighter load, and big problems at Planning
BY MICHAEL KING
Lege Lines: Dubious Tax Cuts, Senate Shenanigans, Twitter Trysts, and More
Business lobby doubts tax cuts, and more from the Capitol
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bill of the Week
Legislator wants lawyers for "the unborn"
BY MARY TUMA
AFT: "Fund Our Schools"
Teachers rally at Capitol in support of schools
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Still Room in Obamacare
More time to get covered for those who didn't realize they'd have to pay a fee
BY TASHANNA TURNER
Making Change at SXSWEdu
Edu conference focuses on efforts at social change
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Death Watch: No Recourse for Mental Illness
Texas about to execute another insane inmate
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Smog Alert
The EPA considers tightening standard for ground-level ozone
BY NORA ANKRUM
The Hightower Report: A Supreme Political Fraud to Gut Obamacare
Yet another attempt to take down Obamacare
food
SXSW INTERACTIVE 2015
From Tweeting to Eating
How food and technology are changing Austin
BY RACHEL FEIT
Bon Appétit, Y'all
Legendary mag still eyeing Austin
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
We'll take the drumstick
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Fork & Vine
Fork & Vine caters to grownups
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
SXSW MUSIC 2015
Tuesday SXSW Music Preview Guide
Previewing the first night of SXSW Music 2015.
SXSW 2015 Records
Asleep at the Wheel
Still the King: Celebrating the Music of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Jorma Kaukonen
Ain't in No Hurry
Welcome to the Machine
2014-15 Austin Music Industry Awards results
BY KEVIN CURTIN
We're Not Like Everybody Else
The 2014-15 Austin Music Awards, an alumni free-for-all
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Playback: Rap Reigns at SXSW
Snoop Dogg crowns SXSW hip-hop as keynote, the Cherubs may have topped Heroin Man, and Sparkplug becomes part of musicians’ shared economy
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Them There Eyes
In Eyes Without a Face exhibit, artist Jason Edmiston eyeballs pop-culture figures
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
SXSW INTERACTIVE 2015
Manufacturing Innovation
Will the next big thing be a product of inspiration, perspiration, or just dumb luck?
BY NORA ANKRUM
Simulated Sex
The ins and outs of virtual pornography
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
ISIS and Radical Twitter
Should we be worried about extremists' hacking skills?
BY MARC SAVLOV
Why Are My Phone Pics Not Works of Art?
It might not be the gear, but the photographer
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Do Cyborgs Dream of Uninterrupted Sleep?
Wearables, fashion, and the reality of the feminist cyborg
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Paola Antonelli and Interaction Design
We talk with MoMA's Paola Antonelli about interaction design
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Help Desk
How to interact at SXSW Interactive
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
A Tough Year for Women Online
But is Internet culture moving in the right direction?
BY AMY KAMP
Too Soon?
We grade some of SXSW Interactive's boldest tech
BY JESSICA LUTHER
SXSW FILM 2015
The Human Condition
Ex Machina writer/director Alex Garland on robots, sex, and the collaborative spirit
BY CINDY WIDNER
The Bass Drum Heard 'Round the World
How the Roland TR-808 drum machine revolutionized music
BY DAN GENTILE
The Folk Hero We Deserve
Seeing double of Jason Schwartzman
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Dead Awakening
Rob Thomas unleashes iZombie
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
It's Complicated
Four features explore rocky relationships
The Dreamers
Four docs on defying the odds
The Showalter State
Mr. Irony tries sincerity with Hello, My Name Is Doris
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
What's Eating Him
Henry Rollins makes the jump to leading man in cannibal comedy He Never Died
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
This Comic Does House Calls
Knock Knock It's Tig Notaro
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
When the Beat Reporter Packs a Pipe
Rolling Papers looks at how The Denver Post tackled its pot coverage
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Through an Afghan Lens Darkly
In Frame by Framefour photojournalists navigate a newly free press in Afghanistan
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Counterculture Time Capsule
Forty years later, Les Blank's Leon Russell rock doc sees the light of day
BY LARS NILSEN
How to Do Convergence Day
Convergence Day, Tuesday, March 17
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
Chappie
Impeccable visual effects don't counteract the film's lackluster emotional affect
Cinderella
Simple, elegant, and lovely, this live-action fairy tale enchants
Deli Man
This doc about Jewish delis is tasty but fatty
NH10
Indian thriller.
’71
A kinetic chase movie uses the Troubles of Northern Ireland as its setting
Unfinished Business
The crude humor and cloying sentiment of Vince Vaughn's latest comedy make it a dud
arts & culture
SXSW COMEDY 2015
New Model for a Funny Business
Bill Burr and Al Madrigal's All Things Comedy lets the folks making jokes own more than the laughs
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Adomian's Ascension
This year's SXSW is James Adomian's festival – we just laugh in it
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Frazetta Up Close
Robert Rodriguez gives Austin a look at some originals by the master of fantasy art, Frank Frazetta
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Showing Black Lives Matter
Facing race then and now onstage in Pretty Fire and Hands Up Hoodies Down
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Simple Sundries
Glass Half Full's simple bird-meets-girl story is more complex than it appears
She Stoops to Conquer
Austin Playhouse brought out the impudence of this comedy of manners through a shared vision of sincere simplicity
"Up + Up: 2015 Senior Art Exhibition"
This UT student group show is surprisingly tame
columns
The Good Eye: Tales From the Aging Box
Two actresses opine on when the only opportunity left is to play a mother. (Or a grandmother.)
BY AMY GENTRY
Gay Place: Confidential
Welcome to queer heaven, SXSWers
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Prairie Dog Town
These critters are making a comeback
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Family Friendly
Getting to know the neighbors
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
SXSW SPORTS 2015
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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