Rollins Studio Theatre at the Long Center
Art by Billie Buck
Volume 39, Number 27
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Long Lines and Close Races Defined Super Tuesday in Travis County
The votes are in!
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
SXSW EDU Panels Tackle Stopping the School-to Prison Pipeline
Proposing policy solutions at SXSWedu
BY FRANCESCA D'ANNUNZIO
Candidates Step Gingerly Into Senate Special Election Fray
Eddie Rodriguez, Greg Casar, and Sarah Eckhardt all moving toward race to succeed Kirk Watson
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
University of Texas Pledges a Harder Line on Sexual Misconduct
UT Pres Fenves: "If a faculty or staff member commits these acts, the consequences will be clear"
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Anger at Pease Elementary as AISD Revokes Transfers
Transfer requests were for schools that had already reached maximum enrollment capacity
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
More Money, More Options for I-35
The decades-long plan to rebuild Interstate 35 through the heart of Austin is picking up speed
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Officials Express Concern, Not Fear, as Austin Events Face Possible Spread of Coronavirus
Austin Public Health delivers update on Travis County preparedness
BY MARGARET NICKLAS
Amplify Austin Aims to Raise $12 Million
Annual day of giving benefits 750 Central Texas nonprofits
BY LAUREN GIRGIS
Central Texas Pig Rescue Puts on a Pig Pageant
Animal rescue groups educate and entertain
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
“Keep Austin Weird” Originator Remembered for Choosing Community Over Capital
Red Wassenich passed away Feb. 28
BY FRANCESCA D'ANNUNZIO
food
Austin’s Bar Scene Evolves as #sobercurious Becomes More Socially Acceptable
Enjoy the zero-proof experience of Sans Bar
BY JESSI DEVENYNS
The Bistro at Lark & Owl Bookstore Is Making Georgetown Cooler, One Beer and Book at a Time
Magic happens when a brother-owned bistro and biergarten joins a women-owned bookstore
BY ZELLY MARTIN
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of March 5, 2020
music
Another Sea Change Year at the Austin Music Awards
So much so that even we don't know what to expect!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
2019/2020 Austin Music Industry Award Winners
ATX’s best label, venue, festival, and more revealed at ceremony
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Honor Old & New
Recapping the ceremony, plus local trio Nevil pack shout-along garage rock, and concert site ShowList Austin relaunches
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
From Dirty Sixth to the Texas Film Awards
Whether it's Barbie commercials or Booksmart, Kaitlyn Dever is a true rising star
BY SHALAVÉ CAWLEY
The Stars at Night Are Big and Bright at the Texas Film Awards
Ceremony celebrates Shelley Duvall, Erykah Badu, and Kaitlyn Dever while raising funds for filmmakers
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
The Banker
Controversial biopic about two bankers who helped build the African-American middle class
Becoming
Do you really know who you married? Especially if they’re a vessel for evil forces.
Beneath Us
The American dream reveals its nightmare side in this horror take on workplace abuses and day laborers
Extra Ordinary
Irish supernatural comedy is a cracker
Greed
Winterbottom and Coogan reunite to lampoon billionaires but the one-percenters won't flinch
The Jesus Rolls
The weirdest side character from The Big Lebowski gets his own film
Once Were Brothers: Robbie Robertson and the Band
All the steps before that last waltz
Onward
Pixar’s latest fantasy can’t conjure up that magic we expect
Run This Town
How journalists took down Toronto’s infamously sloppy Mayor Rob Ford
Wendy
J.M. Barrie’s classic flies on new, grimier wings
arts & culture
New Exhibit at the Blanton Will Have You Feeling the Bern
"The Avant-garde Networks of Amauta" explores the social movement from Latin America in the 1920s
BY BARBARA PURCELL
Arts Reviews
Shrewd Productions' Alabaster
This deeply felt staging of Audrey Cefaly's new play brings us into a home where loss lives to show us when to leave
Gateway Theatre Project's Ghosts
This site-specific staging immerses its small audiences in Ibsen's bleak, tragic world via an Austin home
Hezada! I Miss You by Erin Pringle
Erin Pringle's debut novel is a circus of grief
Austin Symphony Orchestra Heads Bach to the Clubs
Round Two of ASO's collaboration between a string quartet and local DJs resulted in a sold-out show at the North Door
BY ROBERT FAIRES
columns
We Have an Issue: Wash Your Damn Hands
On SXSW, and coronavirus, and SXSW and coronavirus
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Opinion: A Plea for Red Flag Laws
Emma Bribiescas Mancha-Sumners lost her niece in a homicide last year. She believes stronger gun laws could have saved her niece’s life.
BY EMMA BRIBIESCAS MANCHA-SUMNERS
Qmmunity: p1nkstar Releases Debut EP Number 1 Hits!
Plus Iron Bear kicks off its grand opening weekend, and Cheer Ups celebrates turning double digits
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Statues of Texas Women
A list of Texas women who stand tall
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Wash Your Hands
The Luv Doc touches his face about a thousand times a day
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Traffic, traffic, and more traffic laws
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
comics
