Feb. 12, 2016

Volume 35, Number 24

news

Chronicle Endorsements

Making Reuse Mainstream

Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks

BY ROBYN ROSS

Point Austin: A Tale of Two Crises

The question before Council has apparently become, not how much affordability can we afford, but "who's paying?"

Public Notice: Amnesty Now!

Council expected to tackle the issue of small-lot amnesty

BY NICK BARBARO

On the Record: Bittersweet Charges

In the end, the facts about the Planned Parenthood case don't really matter to the Texas GOP

BY MARY TUMA

Civics 101

Headlines

Quote of the Week

Put This in Your PUD and Smoke It!

While the mayor backs the Pilot Knob PUD, the rest of the dais express hesitation

BY MICHAEL KING

Meet the Candidates: Dunaway, Johnson, Shrum

Three low-profile contenders in HD 49 race hope to make their mark

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

Death Watch: Double Death Penalty

Garcia, convicted of capital murder, contends that his confessions were improperly admitted as evidence

BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

APD Releases Name of Officer Involved in Shooting

David Joseph died in hospital after being shot by cop

BY CHASE HOFFBERGER

Education Reporter Michael Brick Dead

Author of book on Reagan High dies of cancer

BY RICHARD WHITTAKER

News Roundup: Council Gets Dirty

Representatives engage in... legal combaaaaaat!

BY THE NEWS STAFF

The Hightower Report

The real story of Ted Cruz's heroic daddy

BY JIM HIGHTOWER

food

Review: Royal Jelly

Marching to the beat of their own drum

BY BRANDON WATSON

AC Date Night: Casa de Luz and Imagine Tea Leaf

Who says brunch has to be unhealthy?

BY ADRIENNE WHITE

The Take-Out

What does define Austin dining?

BY BRANDON WATSON

Food Events

music

The Cost of Living

Ft. Worth R&B great Delbert McClinton has a Downtown Austin condo and a fresh start for his diamond jubilee

BY DOUG FREEMAN

Playback: Permitting Nightmare Precedes SXSW

SXSW events permitting induces promoter panic, the Austin Music Hall receives a stay of execution, and there are two last Austin Music Poll categories to vote in

BY KEVIN CURTIN

Texas Platters

Lucinda Williams

The Ghosts of Highway 20

Shearwater

Jet Plane and Oxbow

Matthew Logan Vasquez

Solicitor Returns

Magnet School

The Art of Telling the Truth

Crew54

Wyld Gentlemen

Love Notes From the Bear

Jon Dee Graham
screens

Inside OUTsider

Queer filmmaking panel highlights Texas talent

BY SEAN L. MALIN

St. Vincent Price

Victoria Price celebrates her father's legacy

BY MARC SAVLOV

Local Game Poems

Big things come in small interactions

BY JAMES RENOVITCH

Film Reviews

The Choice

Nicholas Sparks' romantic yearnings once again flood our screens

Deadpool

This sassy superhero movie is not your child’s comic-book origin tale

Jil Jung Juck

Tamil comedy.

The Lady in the Van

Dame Maggie Smith is stunning in the role of the titular homeless lady

Nina Forever

A dead woman haunts a couple in this indie horror romance

Where to Invade Next

Michael Moore finds American idealism alive and well – abroad
arts & culture

GenEnCo's The Mikado: Reclaimed

In this newly devised work, Asian-American artists grapple with the complicated legacy of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera

BY ROSALIND FAIRES

Arts Reviews

The Rude Mechs' Fixing Timon of Athens

The theatre collective's latest repair job on a broken Shakespeare play is wildly accessible, welcoming, and enthralling

Zach Theatre's Tribes

Nina Raine's award-winning drama explores the different forms of language and how we understand each other
columns

Page Two: Of Cabbages and Kings

Thoughts on the Constitution, Part I

BY LOUIS BLACK

Gay Place

Love is in the air

BY SARAH MARLOFF

Day Trips: Texas Fishing Regulations

Fishing licenses required in Texas with exceptions

BY GERALD E. MCLEOD

The Luv Doc: Desperate Measures

What to do with a pee-spraying douchewad with no redeeming qualities

BY THE LUV DOC

Mr. Smarty Pants Knows

BY MR. SMARTY PANTS

Feedback

Letters to the editor, published daily
sports

Soccer Watch

BY NICK BARBARO

Hornography

Lady Horns continue dominance

BY KAHRON SPEARMAN

comics

Maakies

BY TONY MILLIONAIRE

Why So Much?

BY LANCE MYERS

Eyebeam

BY SAM HURT

Peppermint Tears

BY RYAN HENNESSEE

This Modern World

BY TOM TOMORROW

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