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The Pet Issue
Austin's Most Eligible Dogs
Still single? Make a rescue dog your life partner.
BY DEVAKI KNOWLES
The Bookstore Cat Is Alive and Well
Sprawled across the book you want to read at Dragon’s Lair
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
BarkHappy App Connects Pups for Playtime
It’s a dog meet dog world
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
Finding a Friend With More Than Four Legs
Spiders and scorpions make prehistoric pets
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
A Fish Tank Worth a Thousand Words
Hiep Hong’s award-winning aquascapes are worthy of the greatest tanks
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Mr. Smarty Pets Knows
Fun facts and weird stats all about animals
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Photos: Chronicle Staff Pets
Meet our office pets and the pets we come home to
Pet Issue Giveaway
news
Sanctuary Cities and the Ways We Fight for Human Rights
When community matters more than the law
BY VICTORIA ROSSI
Point Austin: The Whiplash Generation
On trying to maintain humane sanity in a dangerously insane era
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Stating the Obvious
Adler "Austin Bargain" missing some fine print
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Yes, they really said that
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
APD’s Backed Up DNA Backlog
The department still holds evidence from 3,294 sexual assault cases
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Environmental Defenders
Tom "Smitty" Smith's retirement gives way to Adrian Shelley's arrival
BY MICHAEL KING
Nationwide Strike Aims to Shut Down the Country
Possible general strike planned for Feb. 17
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Fate of Simple Recycling Not So Simple
Council agrees to keep contract with textile pickup company, for now
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Rackspace Backs Out of ACC Deal
Remember to lock down a lease
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Next Steps for Elysium Park
Affordable housing development gets first-reading approval
BY MICHAEL KING
Confusion, Misery, Worry: The Immigration Ban in Texas
Refugee Services, SARA Organization attempt to keep their wits amidst chaos
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Campaign Launched to Replace Nixed County Funds
With friends like Gov. Greg Abbott, who needs enemies?
BY MARY TUMA
Lege Lines: A New Path for State House Dems
The promise of new Texas House Democratic Caucus Chair Chris Turner
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Poetry in Prison
The Freehand Arts Project steps into the county jail
BY MARY BRYCE
The Hightower Report: Is Trump’s America Our America?
Our emperor has no mandate
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
How Austin Restaurants Are Leading the Trump Era Resistance
Economically culture-jamming the new administration
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Review: Old Thousand
Chinese concept rebels with in-your-face food and vibe
BY MELODY FURY
Food Events
music
Austin Punk Pioneer Steve Marsh Climbs the Star Ladder
Ex-Terminal Mind vocalist explores outré galaxies in Evil Triplet
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback: John Doe Moves to Austin
X's John Doe moves to Austin, Adam Nurre celebrates his late bandmates, and The Shopkeeper takes Congress House Studio to the movies
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
John Wesley Coleman III
Microwave Dreams
Alyse Black
Alyse Black
Black Joe Lewis
Backlash
My Empty Phantom
Collection of Memories I / II
Screens
Film Reviews
2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animation
Watch and prepare for your Oscar pool
2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program B
Be the most knowledgeable voter at your Oscar party
2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Programs A & B
2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A
Let the voting begin
2017 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live Action
Why not form an opinion instead of guessing what will win?
John Wick: Chapter 2
The body count increases exponentially in this new installment
The LEGO Batman Movie
The Dark Knight returns to Legoland
Rings
Japanese horror franchise reboot falls flat
arts & culture
An Idiot at FronteraFest
Diary of getting a homegrown 25-minute play onto the stage for Austin's biggest annual performance festival
BY T. LYNN MIKESKA
Arts Reviews
line upon line: first
In the percussion trio's concert of new works, four pieces took very different forms, but all resolved in a comparable calm
"Karen Kunc + Monika Meler: PrintAustin 2017"
At Gallery Shoal Creek, these artists’ prints interact well with one another – contrasting peace in nature and urban agitation
columns
Oops
Gay Place
The return of the Lesbian Prom brings a momentary break from politics
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: 8th Wonder Brewery, Houston
Craft brewery toasts the local iconic former sports stadium
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Equal Time
Good friends are going to cost you
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
