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Chronicle Endorsements
Recommendations for the county, state, and country
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
What Are the Birds Telling Us About Climate Change?
Reading the signs from our friends up in the sky
BY MELANY JEAN
Point Austin: “Austin Will Still Be Austin”
Adler’s “state of the city” imagines a bulwark against “a giant honking mess”
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Kent Whitaker
Father pleads to state for mercy on his son
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Christopher Giles’ Death Ruled Suicide
APD gunshots did not kill Avenue G home intruder
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Auto Worker Unionization Effort Thwarted?
Workers at U.S. Farathane hoped to unionize against harsh conditions
BY JACK CRAVER
ICE Retaliates Against Hutto Detainee?
Laura Monterrosa says she was sent to solitary confinement
BY MARY TUMA
Death Watch: Life in Prison for Thomas Whitaker?
Death row inmate becomes first to receive commutation recommendation from Board of Pardons and Paroles in 2007
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Sick Leave Passes
Austin’s is first such ordinance in the South
BY MICHAEL KING
New City Manager Spencer Cronk: “Engagement and Transparency”
New city manager emphasizes community outreach
BY MICHAEL KING
Handcuffed
Is this what the African-American Achievement Plan looks like at AISD?
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Big Money for Big Roads
Deciding how the Mobility Bond is spent on Austin's most traveled streets
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Police: Special Pay Benefits Back, Contract Negotiations Coming Soon
Council charts police union's path
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Champion Tract to Change Hands Already?
Jonathan Coon plans to purchase tract, build senior living facility
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
2018 Primary Election Notes
The news you need
BY NEWS STAFF
Central Health: “Well-functioning”
Positive reviews for the health care provider
BY MICHAEL KING
food
Review: Yuyo
Manor Road is now home to upscale Peruvian fare
BY MELANIE HAUPT
AC Date Night: Aviary Wine & Kitchen
Furniture boutique turned restaurant glams up South Lamar
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
Food Events
music
Feels Like the First Time
The 36th annual Austin Music Awards mark a number of debuts
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Telecaster Sovereign Sue Foley Lands Back in Austin
The Ice Queen is on fire
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Playback: A Nomad in Austin
Abhi the Nomad drops anchor, Whip In’s new soul, and Wilson Marks makes his mark
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
AFS and UT Press Celebrate the Legacy of CinemaTexas
Notes on cinema history
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AFS Presents SXSW Film @ 25
Festival favorites and winners return
BY ACACIA CORONADO
What’cha Watchin’?
Getting crazy with editorial intern Austin Sanders
Film Reviews
Every Day
Body-changing teen drama is more metaphysical than hormonal.
Game Night
Monopoly was never this brutal before this crime-com.
Half Magic
Heather Graham turns director in empowerment comedy
Have a Nice Day
Mid-Nineties-style crime stories refreshed by Chinese cartoons.
The Road Movie
The ultimate POV rush with Russian dash-cam compilation
24 Frames
Iranian master filmmaker plays with the almost-moving image.
arts & culture
Peach Fuzz: A Nudie Mag Stripped
In their magazine, Kelly Dugan and Laura McNairy deliver all of the skin and none of the grossness
BY MELANY JEAN
Snapshot: Lunar New Year Celebrations
Year of the Dog means cute puppies ahead
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Seen / Soon: Feb. 23
Watching your shadow take on a life of its own through public art, and hearing a portrait of composer Sam Lipman through his music
Arts Reviews
Ballet Austin's Masters of Dance
This triple bill of abstract works was a tribute to the piano and its range, excellently performed
Austin Shakespeare's The Seagull
This new adaptation of Anton Chekhov's beloved classic takes wing well enough but doesn't quite soar
“Gail Chovan: No Trace of Now Will Remain” at Women & Their Work
The fashion designer-artist appropriates mourning rituals and their materials to make statements in this beautifully morbid show
columns
Oops!
Gay Place
One year later, Queer Dance Party Freakout returns to remove Sen. Cruz from office
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Tejas Chocolate Craftory, Tomball
Bean-to-bar chocolate factory excels at barbecue brisket
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Dog Poop, Flop Sweat, and Rotting Salmon
The thin ice of environmental irresponsibility
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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BY NICK BARBARO
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