Northern-Southern
Volume 36, Number 22
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news
Who Killed Vicki Nisbett? And Is She Even Dead?
No verifiable crime scene, no murder weapon, no motive, and no body
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: Slamming the Golden Door
The sheriff, the governor, the president – and the new politics of fear
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Imagine That
Land development code draft ready at last
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Yes, they really said that.
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
ICE's Freezeout in Travis County
Gov. Abbott has threatened to cut off grant funding to the county
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Zimmerman Is Radio's Voice of Reason
Wouldn’t you know Zim would end up on right-wing radio?
BY MARY TUMA
State Supreme Court Reconsiders Same-Sex Benefits
The state's high court will take up a case questioning the legality of "taxpayer-funded benefits" for same-sex spouses
BY SARAH MARLOFF
“Quaker Lobbyist” Visits Austin
Diane Randall plans Austin stop to talk public policy
BY MICHAEL KING
A Weekend of Big Rallies
The Women’s March on Austin caps off a banner weekend of civic engagement
BY SARAH MARLOFF AND JACK CRAVER
Council Roundup: Late Nights, Longer Meetings
Now let’s find a way to get out of meetings earlier
BY MICHAEL KING
Death Watch: A Death Sentence for $1.25
John Ramirez goes to the gurney for a murder committed during a robbery
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Lege Lines: State Level Bullying Reaches New Plateau
Local reps’ mission this session? Keep the state GOP away from Austin.
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report: How Many Working-Class Populists Are in Trump’s New Government?
More than half of The Donald's Department of Defense transition team have worked as executives or lobbyists
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Review: Curcuma and the Great Y’all
Two trucks take very different approaches to plant-based eating
BY BRANDON WATSON
“Taste of Black Austin” Explores Cultural Foodways
New photography exhibit showcases Austin’s African-American chefs
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
Can a Working Musician Find a Decent Job in This Town?
Musicians looking to subsidize their poverty-level passion already have one strike against them
BY LESLIE SISSON
Playback: Make the Austin Music Poll Great Again
Getting the vote out for the 2016/17 Austin Music Poll
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
The Future Is in Flux for the Texas Film Incentive Program
Texas loses productions to states with bigger and better incentive programs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
A Dog’s Purpose
Reincarnated dog film is full of cliches
The Founder
Michael Keaton supersizes McDonald's
Gold
Not much glitters in this uneven film
Julieta
Almodóvar tracks the stages of a woman's life
Paterson
Adam Driver embodies the poetry of the quotidian
xXx: Return of Xander Cage
Vin Diesel returns to kickstart this action series
arts & culture
UT's Public Arts Program Debuts an Ambitious New Project
Landmarks presents Ann Hamilton’s O N E E V E R Y O N E at the Dell Medical School
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Vortex Repertory’s A Perfect Robot
Sarah Saltwick’s timely script elegantly explores the tension between idealized automatons and messy humans
Austin Chamber Music Center’s My Life
This concert of works by Brahms, Smetana, and Fujiwara contrasted autobiographical stories told within music by young composers and mature ones
"Orna Feinstein: Treetopia"
The bubbles and circles of Feinstein's monoprints are sophisticated, beautiful, even fun, but they may leave you wanting more
columns
Gay Place
The formation of groups like the CTTHC are more important now than ever
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Hatco Outlet Store, Garland
Longtime Texas tradition makes more than ranch and rodeo family headwear
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: FMB
Mouths are undoubtedly festering cesspools of bacterial flora
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
comics
