Holiday on 7th
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Volume 39, Number 22
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
features
RE:DESIGN Issue
RE:DESIGN
As we try on a new look, we take a moment to appreciate the signs all around us
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
The Evolution of The Austin Chronicle Logo
As we debut our print issue redesign, we revisit our changing masthead
BY NICK BARBARO
The Stories Behind Austin’s Iconic Signs
How both classic neon and changing design continue to draw patrons to local restaurants and theatres
BY JESSI CAPE AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
The World of Wayfinding in Austin
How we get from here to there in our ever-changing city
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
How the Red River Cultural District Was Made
Decades of off-kilter activity and music activism culminate in our current concert hub
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Can You Guess These Iconic Austin Signs?
Test your knowledge of local design
Failure to Communicate
Signs Austin Chronicle employees have left around the office
news
Point Austin: Top Down, Bottom Up
In a year of crucial elections, we need to be prepared
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: More Unintended Consequences
If you build it ...
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
People Experiencing Homelessness Are More Visible Than Ever. That Doesn’t Mean They’re Being Counted.
What it was like on the ground for this year’s Point in Time Count
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Black Pumas’ Unparalleled Four-Show Stubb’s Booking
Three consecutive sold-out shows tacked on another date and catapulted an already unprecedented local success story into another realm altogether
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Atari Announces Plans for Austin Hotel
Yeah, like the games – but don’t get too excited
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
In Memoriam: Peg Miller
Last call for the big-hearted co-owner of Chicago House
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Out Youth Launches “Be YOU” Curriculum for LGBTQ Students
Developed to support the emotional and social well-being of LGBTQ middle and high school students
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Trump Administration Validates Texas’ Anti-Choice Policies
State rewarded for booting Planned Parenthood from Medicaid program
BY MARY TUMA
Death Watch: Mitigation Appeal Denied, Abel Ochoa Set to Die
He'll become the first person executed in Texas in 2020
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Election Ticker: From Warren to WilCo
Elizabeth Warren weighs in on the D.A. race
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Moves a Little Bit Closer to Decriminalization
Pot, or not?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
City Opens Black History Month With First-Ever Genealogy Event
Growing Your Roots conference is free and open to the public
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
food
The Meteor Turns a Convenience Store Into a Neighborhood Hang for a New South Congress
Before and after noon, diners find craveable carbs and chill vibes
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of January 30, 2020
music
Faster Than Sound: Happy Birthday, Daniel Johnston
Hi, How Are You Day commemorates the late, great Daniel Johnston, and SaulPaul's Alien Adventure beams down at Scottish Rite Theater
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
Dinner and a Movie With Crazy Rich Asians
New collaboration between Asian grocery chain and cineastes mixes food and film
BY JENNY NULF
Lucky McKee Talks His New Thriller Kindred Spirits
Austin-made twisted tale of family bonds hits VOD this week
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Animated
This year's Academy-loved cartoons push the boundaries of the medium
2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentary
Trauma defines these glimpses into other real lives
2020 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Live-Action
An uneven selection does not represent the best narrative shorts
Coda
Musical drama about friendship and loss
Miss Americana
Officially sanctioned documentary gets us a little closer to TayTay
Oscar Shorts 2020
Best of the Oscar animated and live-action shorts
Quezon's Game
An under-told story of how the Philippines saved European jews from the Holocaust
The Rhythm Section
Blake Lively doesn't live up to her name in this flat spy romp
The Turning
Henry James' creepy classic resurrected yet again
arts & culture
Arts Reviews
Austin Opera's Everest
The production took audiences to the summit with powerhouse elements that made this opera grand
City Theatre's Art
Macho arguments about taste abound in Yasmina Reza's dramatic comedy
Southwest Theatre Productions' Trade With Klan
In Donald E. Baker's new drama, the utter plainness of an Indiana small town makes its devotion to the KKK all the more shocking
columns
We Have an Issue: A Few Words About Our Redesign
Chronicle Editor Kim Jones talks about our new look and new features
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Queerness by Design
Plus Bizarre strippers, the DWNLD, and a whole lot more
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Seminole Indian Scouts Cemetery, Brackettville
Remembering Black Seminole heroes outside of Brackettville
BY GERALD E. MCCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Matrimonial Schvitz
Hopefully it's a destination wedding
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Oops!
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
