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Sheryl Cole and Chito Vela: The Prize Fight
All eyes on the Democratic primary run-off in House District 46
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: Slaves for Rent
Sick pay lawsuit confirms what bosses think of workers
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: CodeNextYear?
Reports, editorial, public all say CodeNOT
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: James Graves Jr.
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
AISD’s Suspension Situation
U.S. Department of Education runs a study
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
5th Circuit Upholds Voter ID Law
Requirements will stay in place for now
BY MARY TUMA
Cap Metro’s Summer Pilot
Everybody on the bus
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Council: Come Get Loopy
Life on the dais, for quite a while
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Putting Brian Manley to the Test
Interim chief lone finalist to run Austin Police
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Former Firefighter Under Fire, Arrest
Erik Spalteholz charged with possession of child pornography, tampering with evidence
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Can’t Convict the Defendant? Convict the Judge.
Chief judge defends Burkhalter firing
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin Neighborhoods Council: A Whole New Book
Civic discourse on the skids
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
food
FIRST PLATES 2018
100 Restaurants Defining Austin Dining Now
Jessi Cape’s Top 10 Restaurants
Chronicle Food Editor names her favorite Austin eateries
Virginia B. Wood Hall of Fame
Austin's Bowling Alley Food More Than Abides
Local culinary kingpins endure
BY BETH SULLIVAN
The People’s Poke
Austin's influx of poke shops is very welcome, just not really Hawaiian
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Five Austin Bars With Great Food
Get cool drinks and tasty snacks in one place
BY EMILY BEYDA
The Spice Is Right With These Indian Tacos
A mix of cultures in a Tex-Mex shell
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Food Events
music
A New World Opens Up for Austin's Soul Priestess Mélat
The daughter of Ethiopian émigrés finds a voice with Move Me II
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Playback: Shakey Graves’ Active Dream Life
“I figured it was important to rebreak the mold sooner than later”
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Shakey Graves
Can't Wake Up
Jerry Jeff Walker
It's About Time
Powell St. John
Sultan of Psychedelia
Beaux Cheveux
Ro Sham Bo
screens
Star Wars Memories
In honor of Star Wars Day, Austin’s creatives talk about how the Force changed their lives
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Workers of the World, United in Time
UT Lecturer Anne Lewis on her new doc, A Strike and an Uprising (in Texas)
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
Editorial intern Tinu Thomas goes for coffee and cakes
Film Reviews
Bad Samaritan
David Tennant plays Hannibal Lecter, which is less fun than it sounds.
Ghost Stories
Three very British tales of terror.
Kings
Interracial tensions boil over in 1990s L.A.
Little Pink House
Courtroom drama makes dry property rights personal.
RBG
Loving look at the Supreme Court member, and unlikely pop culture icon
Tully
Modern motherhood unraveled and rebuilt by the Young Adult team.
arts & culture
Zines on the Central Library Shelves
The city works to recognize and grow zine culture in Austin
BY LETICIA URIETA
Snapshot: Levitation All Lit Up
Meet the visual artists behind the psych music fest’s trippy light shows
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Seen / Soon: May 4
Recapping the fifth Greater Austin High School Musical Theatre Awards and anticipating the 33rd Funniest Person in Austin semi-finals
Arts Reviews
The Vortex's Performance Park
Whatever you want to call this play/scavenger hunt/immersive live roleplay, it’s a one-of-a-kind, wonderful theatrical experience
Filigree Theatre’s Trio
In Sheila Cowley’s new play, questions of identity arise for three people during the creation of a play
“Elizabeth Chiles: Weave” at grayDUCK Gallery
Chiles explores the ever-changing nature of light, time, and life through transcendant prints of light’s little dance through flora
columns
Gay Place
Austin pups celebrate the Year of the Dog
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Hot Springs NP, Ark.
Oldest national nature preserve still a hot destination
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Free Range Kids
On the ominous meaning of "kid-friendly"
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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