Texas Bathroom Bill Battle Officially Begins
Sen. Kolkhorst has filed the Texas Privacy Act
Terrence Malick Film to Open SXSW
Ryan Gosling pic about the music industry filmed at ACL, Fun Fun Fun
Judge Sparks Critical of State’s Defense of Fetal Burial Rule
Anti-choice rule will not go into effect until Jan. 27
The Dream Wanderer: Get in the Back of the Van!
Touring VR project reveals a series of eerie heavens on Earth
Day Trips & Beyond: January Events Roundup
Day trips for 2017
State Offers No Evidence of Health Benefit During Fetal Burial Rule Hearing
Austin abortion provider calls rule “cruel” to patients
Cure the Post-Holiday Blues with Austin Free Week
Not ready for festivities to end? These are bound to lift your spirits.
Protextor’s Fleshlight-Funded Video
“Safe consensual sex is hot”
Top 10 Festival Films You Haven’t Seen Yet
Last year’s unseen genre gems to add to your must-see list
Top 10 Horror Films of 2016
Ghosts, ghouls, zombies, and … turkey basters?
DVDanger: Horror for the Holidays Part II
New chillers and shockers to get you through the season
Willie Nelson’s 69 Minutes
First of three sold-out nights proves the still is still moving
Top 10 Movies of 2016
The Chronicle film staff’s overall winners of the year
Mayor Muses 2017 Goals
Like many Austinites, City Council is unofficially on holiday hiatus – the next meeting is a Jan. 6 ceremonial swearing-in of the new (Jimmy Flannigan, Alison Alter) and re-elected council members (Delia Garza, Greg Casar, Leslie Pool) and election of a mayor pro tem (most likely, again, longest-serving incumbent Kathie Tovo). The next regular meeting…
Top 10 Austin Beer Developments of 2016
Raising a glass to the year in beer
Marjorie Baumgarten’s Top 10 Films of 2016
1) Manchester by the Sea With aching sadness without sentimentality, this film shows how human connection is the best salve for grief. 2) Moonlight With acute poetry, Moonlight finds the personal and the universal in one American boy’s story of growing up black, poor, and gay. 3) La La Land The film’s appeal to the…
Top 10 City Council Stories
The best from this year’s dais
Stephen Harrigan’s A Friend of Mr. Lincoln
Stephen Harrigan’s A Friend of Mr. Lincoln gives us an ambitious, impetuous president-to-be we grow close to
Steve Davis’ Top 10 Films of 2016
1) Moonlight This cinematic triptych about an African-American male struggling to find his identity is the movie we’ve been waiting for so long. 2) Manchester by the Sea This profoundly sad film about guilt and loss never stoops to emotionally manipulate you. Bravo, Kenneth Lonergan. 3) La La Land A swoony musical about dreamers in…
Top 10 Things We Won’t Miss About Don Zimmerman
Oh Donny Boy, the gripes, the gripes are calling
Top 10 Modern Asian Eateries
Tastes from the East in Austin
Kimberley Jones’ Top 10 Films of 2016
1) Moonlight An exquisite exploration of how identity is shaped, the mask we make to hide that identity, and what sweet release there is in letting the mask slip. 2) La La Land “Why do you say ‘romantic’ like it’s a dirty word?” With song and dance, Damien Chazelle rehabilitates romance for our cynical age.…
Top 10 Environmental Stories
We’ve only got one planet
Top 10 Underrated Restaurants
Good eats you might have missed in 2016
Josh Kupecki’s Top 10 Films of 2016
1) La La Land Pure, cinematic bliss; it evokes the same feelings as when you heard your favorite band for the first time. 2) Manchester by the Sea Steeped with tragedy? Perhaps. But what Lonergan achieves here is so much more: an incomparable look at a human soul at wrest. 3) American Honey Much like…
Top 10 Labor Stories
Treat your workers right
“Valerie Fowler: Nature and Other Stories” at the Butridge Gallery
The art here tells local stories but is universal in ways that are loud, strange, and reverent for uncontrolled nature
Marc Savlov’s Top 10 Films of 2016
1) La La Land The purest, most deliciously romantic musical in post-millennial memory, feet on the ground, head in the stars. 2) The Love Witch Director Anna Biller’s ultra-stylized take on Seventies-era feminist horror is so immersive you’ll check for bloodstains after watching. 3) Cameraperson Kirsten Johnson’s life as seen through her reporter’s lens is…
Top 10 Quotes of the Week
They really said that?
Top 10 Restaurant Cocktail Programs
Get blitzed in style
Austin Film Critics Association Award Winners
The AFCA laud acclaimed drama and local filmmaker Keith Maitland
Top 10 Criminal Justice Stories
The biggest stories from local cops, courts, and criminals
Top 10 Pickled, Cured, or Brined Bites (and Sips)
Nothing a little time and some spices can’t fix
Gay Place
This year’s Top 10 local queer heroes & LGBTQ stories
Top 10 Local Video Games
From majestic vistas to mundane offices, it’s time to play
Headlines
News at the end of the year
Top 10 Instagrammable Dishes
Food porn at its finest
The Luv Doc: Some Secret Grotto
Men don’t fear commitment
Robert Faires’ Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2016
Works that struck a nerve with the political state of our city and our nation stood out in this year’s outstanding theatre productions
The Hightower Report: Why in the World Would Trump Tap Perry to Be Energy Secretary?
From twinkle-toed TV hoofer to in charge of our nuclear arsenal
Soccer Watch: Top 10 Soccer Stories of 2016
1) A summer of tournaments: It wasn’t quite World Cup Fever, but the congruence of Euro 2016 in France and the Copa América Centenario here in the U.S. for the first time – four and five games a day for much of June – followed up by the Brazil Olympics in August, made a glorious…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to psychic Cheryl Lynn, there will be more scandals in 2017 involving child porn, and a major cultist church in America will be exposed for engaging in underage sex. According to Australian psychic Milton Black, due to the opposition of Jupiter and Uranus in 2017, some countries will oppose any form of carbon tax,…
Robert Faires’ Top 10 Classical Music / Dance Treasures of 2016
The richest work in dance and classical music this year ran the gamut from a dance in a backyard pool to an opera about Cold War brainwashing
Top 10 Social Justice Stories
The year in equal rights
Day Trips: 10 Adventures for 2017
1) Big Bend National Park Fossil Discovery Exhibit opens on Jan. 14, 2017, to give you a different view of the desert landscape. www.fossildiscoveryexhibit.com. 2) Curious in Palestine, Texas, is a new hands-on science museum that promotes creative and innovative thinking for all ages. www.exhibitcurious.org. 3) The Cistern in Houston takes visitors underground in a…
Top 10s of 2016: Books
Take 10 of our favorite books from 2016 and call us in the morning
Wayne Alan Brenner’s Top 10 Arts-Related Program Activities of 2016
Uncommon combinations – dance with horses, music with robots, drama with a Tesla coil – made the year unforgettable
Top 10 Reproductive Rights Stories
In 2016, the fight for reproductive rights went all the way to the Supreme Court
Drank the Lemonade
As album sales give way to streaming services, how much longer will we be able to purchase music?
Jessi Cape’s Top Reads of 2016
Jessi Cape’s top reads of 2016 helped ground her during a roller-coaster year
Jonelle Seitz’s Top 10 Brave Dance Artists of 2016
The year revealed how much courage and inspiration can be found in Austin’s masters of movement
Top 10 Education Stories
Reading, writing, arithmetic … well, that’s three!
Top 10 Austin Albums of 2016
The Chronicle music staff picks their favorite local records
Rosalind Faires’ Top Reads of 2016
Rosalind Faires’ top reads of 2016 drew a discreet tear or two with their beautiful, brave, and bittersweet humanity
Sam Anderson-Ramos’ Top 10 Takeaways From Austin’s Gallery Scene in 2016
From making work to showing it, the visual art scene displayed commitments to risk, innovation, and community
Top 10 Election Stories
Vote your conscience
Top 10 National Albums of 2016
Our favorite picks from across the country
Joe O’Connell’s Top Reads of 2016
Joe O’Connell’s top reads of 2016 reveal new depths of humanitity in their Texas characters
Top 10 Local Political Stories
The city’s biggest stories
The Year in Food
We find culinary bright spots in a year marked by loss
Critics Poll
Best Roadshow Neph Basedow: Iggy Pop, ACL Live at the Moody Theater Greg Beets: Richard Papiercuts, Beerland Jim Caligiuri: Margo Price, ACL Live at the Moody Theater Kevin Curtin: Kendrick Lamar, ACL Fest Thomas Fawcett: Oshun, Sahara Lounge Doug Freeman: Luna, Mohawk Raoul Hernandez: Adele, Frank Erwin Center Alejandra Ramirez: Seu Jorge, ACL Live at…
Jesse Sublett’s Top Reads of 2016
Jesse Sublett’s top reads of 2016 include a philosophical gumshoe, an irredeemable tycoon, and ill-fated whalers
Pressley vs. Casar: Appeal Rejected
In a decision long in coming but predictable in content, the state’s 3rd Court of Appeals has confirmed a lower court decision that rejected City Council candidate Laura Pressley’s claims that the 2014 District 4 election was inaccurately or fraudulently decided. Writing for the three-judge panel that heard the case, Justice Melissa Goodwin “affirmed the…
Top 10 Awkward Tinder Date Spots
You swiped right. Now what?
Top 10 Local Sports Stories of 2016
1) The End of the Charlie Strong Era He came in strong and cleaned house with his core values and positive culture; unfortunately the wins didn’t follow. 2) The Beginning of the Tom Herman Era Texas football landed the highly sought-after boy wonder (41 years old) and former grad assistant under Mack Brown. Hopefully the…
Jay Trachtenberg’s Top Reads of 2016
Jay Trachtenberg’s top reads of 2016 explore a planet in crisis in Israel, rust-belt Ukraine, and the Antarctic
Yogurt Shop Suspect’s Appeal Unsuccessful
Robert Springsteen’s latest effort to clear his name and receive full exoneration for his 2001 conviction in the notorious and still-unsolved Yogurt Shop Murders proved unsuccessful last Wednesday, Dec. 21, when the state’s 3rd Court of Appeals affirmed the 2014 ruling of state District Judge Darlene Byrne that the court “lacks subject-matter jurisdiction to adjudicate…
Top 10 Stops When We’re on the Vegan Wagon
No animals were harmed in the making of this list
