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Volume 44, Number 25
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news
Austin Gets Compared to a Lot of Cities. But Is Life Better There?
Shopping for home
BY ABE ASHER
Headlines / Quote of the Week
Where is the resistance? Here.
Austin’s Battle-Scarred Congressman Outlines Strategy to Contain Trump and Musk
Where is the resistance? Here.
BY MAGGIE QUINLAN
Public School Rally Moves Indoors Due to Cold Snap
Save Texas Schools rally brings advocates from across the state to Austin
BY BRANT BINGAMON
22 Years Later, Medical Examiner Says Baby’s Death Was Actually an Accident
New evidence suggests the babysitter is innocent of murder
BY BRANT BINGAMON
music
Album Review: Gen Z Cowboy Yahtzee Brown Sings His Heartbreak With a Twang
Debut LP You Got This offers a contemporary take on coming-of-age
BY MIRANDA GARZA
Metal, Hip-Hop, and More Crucial Concerts for the Week
BodyRock ATX, Escuela Grind, Grace Bowers, and more
BY CARYS ANDERSON, DEREK UDENSI, RAOUL HERNANDEZ, ABBY JOHNSTON, MIRANDA GARZA, DOUG FREEMAN, MICHAEL TOLAND, KAHRON SPEARMAN, AMBER WILLIAMS, LINA FISHER AND CATALINA PEREZ
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
Director Andrew Bujalski Makes a Movie, Two Ways
2022’s There There pops up in Austin as both an art installation and a theatrical screening
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Cleaner
Daisy Ridley goes head to head with a radical activist in a skyscraper thriller
Dragon
Tamil-language coming-of-age comedy
From Ground Zero
22 short films from on the ground in Gaza
Las Tres Sisters
Three sisters reunite for a pilgrimage through rural Mexico
Legends of the Condor Heroes: The Gallants
Tsui Hark directs this wuxia epic
The Monkey
Longlegs director moves on to murderous toy in Stephen King adaptation
Parthenope
Erotic coming-of-age film from the director of The Great Beauty
The Unbreakable Boy
Faith helps a family with a challenging medical diagnosis
arts & culture
Theatre Review: The Shark Is Broken Charts Jaws’ Troubled Waters
Jarrott Productions offers a claustrophobic play diving into artistic egos
BY CAT MCCARREY
Walkabouts, Rallies, and Carnaval in This Weekend’s Recommended Events
The chilly weekend is heating up
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, JAMES RENOVITCH, CAT MCCARREY, MATTEA GALLAWAY, LINA FISHER, MARYAM AHMED, DEREK UDENSI, RICHARD WHITTAKER AND KIMBERLEY JONES
Twins, Phantoms, and More Recommended Events
Seeing double on the weekdays
BY JAMES SCOTT, KAT MCNEVINS, CARYS ANDERSON, KIMBERLEY JONES AND CAT MCCARREY
columns
Qmmunity: Reckless Amusement
Have a big ol’ ball at these queer events, but don’t be a dick, okay?
BY JAMES SCOTT
Austin Chronic: Getting Terpene Boosted With Tejas Tonic
In a crowded industry, Texas’ first cannabis seltzer still stands apart
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Day Trips: Updates on McMurtry Literary Center and Gulf Turtles
Checking in across the state
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Pretty Low Bar
Give me a ghost-driven Jaguar any day
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, February 21-27
BY ROB BREZSNY
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
The Verde Report: How Austin FC Brought the Vibes Back for Year Five
Expect genuine optimism at Saturday’s season kickoff
BY ERIC GOODMAN
comics
