Photo by David Brendan Hall
Volume 38, Number 19
ON THE COVER:
news
Interviews with the team representing 2.1 million Austin metro residents
BY THE NEWS STAFF
The 86th Texas Legislature: Hoping for the Best ...
BY MICHAEL KING
Hoping for new starts at each level of government
BY NICK BARBARO
Seedy personal life at center of assistant chief's tumble from heights of police brass
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
A look at the Gun Violence Archive findings for the year
BY MICHAEL KING
NAKED CITY
America's oldest man and World War II veteran, died Dec. 27
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Shows fewer than one-third were cleared in accordance with federal guidelines
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Panel approves recommendations to improve state's outdated school funding system
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Texas Department of Transportation releases environmental report on the agency's plans for the intersection of U.S. 290 West and Texas 71
BY MICHAEL KING
food
Britty Hamby pushes for access to plant-based cuisine and builds a food community
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Asiana Indian Cuisine has something for every palate
BY EMILY BEYDA
music
Keep an eye out for these musicians in 2019
BY RACHEL RASCOE, LIBBY WEBSTER, RICK WEAVER, DAN GENTILE, KEVIN CURTIN, DOUG FREEMAN, JEREMY STEINBERGER AND TIM STEGALL
Free Week and This Is Austin, Not That Great share Red River
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
The sequel to film rebates?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Mark your calendar for these celebrations of cinema
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Three from the heart
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens editor Richard Whittaker heads to Canada
Film Reviews
RBG biopic focuses on a single case, but blurs the details
Lean In meets The Secret of My Success in workplace rom-com
The meaning of family on Japan's social fringes compassionately explored
arts & culture
Saving Jason Tremblay’s Gretel! The Musical
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The holidays may be over, but you can catch this iconic stretch of Austin oddballness for a few more days
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
This delightful, inspiring musical teaches us there's more to the story than the amazing race
This showcase showed how improvisers from disenfranchised groups can provide meaningful support for one another and make damn good improv
This sculptural labyrinth of values casts an epiphytic spell
columns
A new year to be queer-er
BY SARAH MARLOFF
The story of Texas through rare artifacts
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The devil is in the details
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Distracted driving issues
BY LUKE ELLIS AND HALEY HOLT
Letters to the editor, published daily
comics
BY JEN SORENSEN
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW