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news
2017 NEWS TOP 10S
Interim City: The Biggest Local News Stories of 2017
Welcome to Austin, where a quarter of city management has been temporary. That's just the beginning of our issues.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Top 10 Quotes of the Week
Who said what?
Headlines
Early Data Shows Progress at Four High-Crash Intersections
Number of accidents dramatically drops at intersections outfitted with new safety controls
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Civics 101
food
2017 FOOD TOP 10S
Food Events
music
2017 MUSIC TOP 10S
Top 10 Austin Albums of 2017
Consensus on the best local platters
BY GREG BEETS, THOMAS FAWCETT, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, ABBY JOHNSTON, LAUREN MODERY, RACHEL RASCOE, TIM STEGALL AND MICHAEL TOLAND
Top 10 National Albums of 2017
National themed lists
BY ISABELLA CASTRO-COTA, DOUG FREEMAN, DAN GENTILE, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, KAHRON SPEARMAN, JAY TRACHTENBERG AND LIBBY WEBSTER
2017 Music Critics Poll
Best roadshow, best new local acts, R.I.P.s, etc.
BY GREG BEETS, ISABELLA CASTRO-COTA, KEVIN CURTIN, THOMAS FAWCETT, DOUG FREEMAN, DAN GENTILE, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ, RACHEL RASCOE, KAHRON SPEARMAN, TIM STEGALL, MICHAEL TOLAND, JAY TRACHTENBERG AND LIBBY WEBSTER
Playback: Top 100 Austin Albums of 2017
Top 10s? Feh! Multiply that by 10 – locally.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
2017 SCREENS TOP 10S
The Austin Chronicle Top 10 Films of 2017
The year in cinema, and the Chronicle’s top 10 lists
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Top 10 Local Video Games
Keep your controllers, keyboards, and VR rigs busy with these titles
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Father Figures
On a road to nowhere with Ed Helms and Owen Wilson
God's Own Country
Love and lambing on the cruel, cold hills of England
arts & culture
2017 ARTS TOP 10S
Robert Faires' Top 10 (+1) Theatre Riches of 2017
From monsters to mountains, wolves to wild horses, the year came alive with figures boldly created onstage
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Robert Faires' Top 10 Dance and Classical Treasures of 2017
Much outstanding new dance and music this year took its cue from the world around us and pressing social issues
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Wayne Alan Brenner's Top 10 Arts-Related Things I Enjoyed in 2017
Bold takes on history and art that moved around the city spoke to a growing, changing Austin this year
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Shanon Weaver's Top 10 Theatrical Performances of 2017 (the Second Half)
The year was well-served by actors who could channel spookiness, rebellion, despair, and dance fever
BY SHANON WEAVER
Jonelle Seitz's Top 10 Thrills (No Frills) in Dance of 2017
A thread of starkness and clarity ran through the year’s most memorable movement
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Melany Jean's Top 10 Fresh Takes in the Arts of 2017
Works of art and shows that were timely, intimate, funny, and awe-inspiring stood out over the year
BY MELANY JEAN
Bookmarked
The lit we took note of in 2017
Arts Reviews
"Keith Carter: Notes on the Universe" at Stephen L. Clark Gallery
This solo exhibition shows the photographer in pursuit of whatever unseen cosmic force animates us
City Theatre's Christmas Belles
At City Theatre, this comedy about the Christmas program at a small-town Texas church isn't the Southern-fried campfest it could be
"Carl Block: Odd Pottery"
Block's ceramic monster-faced jugs with crooked teeth and varminty eyes are indeed odd but also colorful and delightful
columns
Gay Place
Austin’s 10 most defining headlines of 2017: the good, the weird, and the unexpected
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Top 10s 2017
Hurricane Harvey tops the list of events that affected day trippers in 2017
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Top 10 Needlessly Long Sentences
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
2017 SPORTS TOP 10S
Top 10 Texas Sports Happenings of 2017
BY MARK FAGAN AND REANNA ZUNIGA
Soccer Watch
Top 10 soccer stories of 2017
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
