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Life After Gentrification
When you and your home both have to move
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Point Austin: Adler’s 2017 Austin Checklist
As 2018 dawns, the mayor compiles a list of accomplishments
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: The Business of Governing
Choosing a transit chief, a debt level & more
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Ken Casaday
APA president still peeved about failed police contract
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Nicole Conley Johnson Joins Public Education Review
AISD CFO becomes fourth member of Texas Commission on Public School Finance
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Commuter Service Improvements
More trips for public transit riders
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Flu Season Spike
Texas is getting sick more than most
BY MARY TUMA
Arrest Ends Holiday Crime Spree
Xavier Lewis is charged with the Dec. 26 murder of Ebony Sheppard
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
The (Longer) Road to CodeNEXT
Opponents would freeze the process via referendum
BY MICHAEL KING
"Some Dates Will Change"
ZAP Chair Jolene Kiolbassa predicts "a crazy sprint to the finish"
BY SARAH MARLOFF
The Council and the City Manager
Tracking back on a lengthy and complicated search
BY MICHAEL KING
“A Bitter Pill”
APD begins life under Chapter 143
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
District 8 City Council Pool Filling Up
Two new candidates file campaign treasurer appointments
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
What's Up With Warren Wildlife?
Bouldin Creek's night at the museum
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
food
Eat Well, Learn French
Dine in Austin’s Petite Provence, speak French, and go back to basics
BY JESSI DEVENYNS
Fronks Nut Milks Inspire Flavor and Reduced Footprints
Local dairy alternative is now serving Texas
BY ADRIENNE WHITE
ICYMI: Workhorse Bar
North Loop tavern gets it done right
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Food Events
music
Peter Tran's Spiraling Soundscapes
Modular synthesist moves Curved Light away from ambient, cassette-only output
BY DAN GENTILE
First Concert: Erica Shamaly
City of Austin Music & Entertainment Division manager Erica Shamaly betrothed to Duranie John Taylor?
Quit Your Day Job: Sam Baker
Song whisperer once picked cotton
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: The First Hit’s Free (Week)
Free Week, free rides, and freeing your mind!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
The Many Truths of I, Tonya
Sebastian Stan and Steven Rogers on unreliable narrators and figure skating's most controversial figure
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Korea’s Blue-Collar Heroes
AFS highlights the films of Bong Joon-ho
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
Screengrabs from the Chronicle staff
Film Reviews
I, Tonya
Belated biopic redress for America's skating punchline
The Other Side of Hope
Searching for a better tomorrow in Aki Kaurismäki's droll tale of immigrants and restaurants
arts & culture
The Velveeta Room's Head Cheese
Pat Dean takes over the venue that’s redefining what a “comedy club” can be
BY CARINA MAGYAR
Snapshot: A New Year's Day Journey
Photographer David Brendan Hall braves the cold to snap Austin on the first day of 2018
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Seen / Soon: Jan. 5
Austin gets to see how Buddhist high holy days are celebrated in Tibet and Qinghai, and how African-Americans and Latinos once stood together in an era of social change
Arts Reviews
“The Open Road: Photography and the American Road Trip” at the Blanton
Aperture Foundation’s survey is a portrait of what we find with our cameras when we travel
columns
Gay Place
A queerer, more defiant 2018
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Exotic Wildlife Tours, Mountain Home
Excursions to the wildlife habitat give a look at a Texas legend
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: The Hot Zone
If you really want to be sure, complete immolation is the way to go
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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