Volume 35, Number 27
ON THE COVER:
news
SXSWedu 2016 preview
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
It's time to enjoy yourself – spring break (and SXSW) are nearly here!
BY NICK BARBARO
Abortion access is just one component of reproductive justice
BY AMY KAMP
Now that the primaries are over, get ready for the run-offs!
BY AMY KAMP
HACA opposes historic zoning for entire complex
BY MARY TUMA
Debate over how to pay for affordable housing continues
BY AMY KAMP
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Give more to your favorite local nonprofit during Amplify Austin
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Coy Wesbrook's mental deficiencies make his pending execution a "travesty," claims his lawyer
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Justices press both sides of Texas abortion law
BY MARY TUMA
Democratic socialism comes to Austin
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Nondiscrimination ordinance stalls
BY MARY TUMA
Texas workers discover a corporate giant's shriveled ethical heart
food
All harm, all fowl
BY BRANDON WATSON
SquareRüt spreads the gospel of kava
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
Inconsistent dining for the well heeled
BY MELODY FURY
In defense of restaurant chains
BY BRANDON WATSON
music
Seven the Hard Way
Picks 2 Click: Local septet of acts braces for SXSW
Mayor Steve Adler addresses the elephant in the club, Susan Antone honored, and Henry Gonzalez goes to the head of the Austin poster artist altar
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Texas Film Hall of Famer Michael Barker reflects on Austin's film scene
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Saying so long to Downton Abbey
BY JACOB CLIFTON
Film Reviews
Filipino romantic comedy.
Japanese anime film is a fully immersive experience
The inspirational story of Great Britain's Olympics underdog
We already have a strong contender for the worst film of 2016
This jingoistic blow-’em-up takes no prisoners
Oscar nominee for Best Foreign Language film is a complex morality tale
These animated Disney critters are fun, topical, and inclusive
arts & culture
The Austin-based author of Afoot in a Field of Men is afoot again
BY JOE O'CONNELL
The Austin-based choreographer is home alone with her soft-sculpture mutants
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Arts Reviews
Heloise Gold and Natalie George's dance-theatre work posed the question: What if we took the time to count?
In this two-person exhibition at grayDUCK Gallery, some of these things are not like any others
This production of the Greek tragedy asks the audience to consider the whole story before passing judgment
columns
A conversation with Richard Linklater, Ethan Hawke, and Louis Black: excerpts
BY LOUIS BLACK
Buckle up pretty people cuz SXSW is rapidly descending
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Depository of Texas pop-culture memorabilia remembers past and present musical icons
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Any man over the age of 50 who wants to have children isn't playing with a full deck
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY LANCE MYERS
BY JEN SORENSEN