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Whurley, Physics, and the Strange Work of Quantum Computing in Austin
Is the world ready to take a quantum leap?
Wizards of the Coast Opening New Austin Studio
Gaming mega-brand opening Austin studio under veteran director
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Return to the Seventies at Bobcat Ball
Lambda of Texas State’s fundraiser unites students and locals
James Beard Foundation Names Texas’ First Certified Sustainable Sushi Restaurant
Longtime SoCo spot also added new Peruvian-Japanese fusion menu
Anti-LGBTQ Bills Advancing in the Texas Lege
A call to queer Austinites: Your voice is needed at the Capitol
Moontower Comedy 2019: Emma Willmann
Opening up the comic behind Secret Keepers Club
Moontower Comedy 2019: Joel Kim Booster
The L.A. comic on the politics (and bravery) of being hot
Erica Nix’s LGBTQ Fitness Class Empowers Trans Community Through Movement
Class Transitions grounded in body positivity and community
Debunking Five Anti-Choice Lies This Session
No wonder why repro rights groups are using the mantra “Lies Into Laws”
Levitation Announces 2019 Fall Lineup
John Cale, Angel Olsen, and Kurt Vile highlight fall fest
Austin Homes Tour: The Art of the Craftsman Style
John Ruskin’s ghost will be nearby, eating breakfast tacos and smiling
Honest Mary’s Announces Second Location in Central Austin
Fast casual spot serves fresh grain bowls that actually taste good
Five Ways to Work Up a Sweat for a Good Cause
Help local orgs fundraise while getting out of the house
In Reality, Filmmaker Ann Lupo Knows Who She Is
Movie helps turn heartbreak into self-distributed success
Chronicle Recommends: Vive la France!
In honor of New French Cinema Week, we go Gallic!
Industrial Accident: The Story of Wax Trax! Records Screening at Fair Market Encores With Cold Cave and Ministry
Chicago industrial began as dance punk
A Bootmaking Legacy Continues at Texas Traditions
Cowboy Bootmakers event brings artisans from across the U.S. to town
Weekend Wine: Australian Winery Yalumba Stays the Course
Making varietally correct, exemplary wine for 166 years at a fair price
UPDATE: Austin Food & Beverage Entrepreneur Clayton Christopher Is Leaving CAVU
$2 billion in investments include Sweet Leaf Tea and Deep Eddy Vodka
Austin Tech Startup Facilitated Viral Smash “Old Town Road”
Lil Nas X bought the hit’s backing track via BeatStars
12 Dank 4/20 Events to Toke on in Austin
It’s time to celebrate that sweet leaf that keeps many of us sane
So Many Food Events This Weekend
It’s 4/20, Easter, Earth Day, and primetime for crawfish and Passover
In Honor of 4/20 Some of Our Favorite Austin Purveyors of CBD
Marijuana remains illegal in Texas, but you can keep your chill
Saving Emily Dickinson From History in Wild Nights With Emily
Molly Shannon and Madeleine Olnek revise the poet’s life and loves
Penguins
Chilly nature documentary has a cuddly heart that’s perfect for young animal lovers
Hagazussa
Witchcraft and oppression in late-medieval Austria
Master Z: Ip Man Legacy
Latest in the Ip Man series moves away from the Wing Chun legend himself
Breaking Habits
Documentary on life high in holy orders
Hellboy
Hellboy is back, and this time he’s R-rated
The Curse of La Llorona
Latest Conjuring spin-off is a pale imitation of James Wan’s original
Wild Nights With Emily
Molly Shannon breaks the myth of the staid Emily Dickinson with this vibrant biopic
Starfish
The end of the world becomes a powerful, music-driven metaphor for grief, loss, and healing
Her Smell
Elisabeth Moss is a the center of a rock and roll tornado in this heartbreaking ballad of self-destruction
Teen Spirit
Pop fable never feels like a smash hit
Peterloo
A political massacre loses all urgency in this bloodless period piece
Little Woods
Tessa Thompson takes all the tough choices in a grimy tale of downtrodden life
Performa / Dance’s Confections
This evening of works, performed outdoors at the Umlauf, mixed art, beauty, and nature in ways that enraptured
Day Trips: The Elissa, Galveston
Tall ship returns as sailing school and museum
Texas Platters
Revisiting Grupo Fantasma’s high-water mark, 2015’s four-star Problemas, also means reassessing it: five stars – a pitch-perfect pachanga hung on hooks as big as Texas. American Music: Vol. VII doesn’t approach its greatness, but it does add a number of instant band standards to a Grammy Award-winning oeuvre fairly overstuffed with them now seven long-players…
Quantum Computing 101: A Beginner’s Guide to the Mind-Bending New Technology
Have you heard the term “quantum computing” thrown around thousands of times over the years, without having a clue what it means? Fear not. You are in good company. Classical or traditional computing architecture processes data and calculations that occur in a binary state, aka “bits” or values of 1s and 0s, to make decisions…
Soccer Watch
Austin Bold FC opens a three-game home stand as we go to press Wednesday, April 17, hosting Phoenix Rising, perhaps with farm animals in attendance (see “Austin Bold Tells PETA to Go Kick a Chicken,” Daily News, April 16). Then comes a Copa Tejas matchup with the El Paso Locomotive at 4pm this Sunday, April…
Texas Platters
Behold the most savage breakup line of the year thus far: “I’ve never seen someone look like such a pile of twisted lies.” So repeats the title track to Daniel Francis Doyle’s latest offering, a seven-song EP that’s emotionally naked and surprisingly fun. This time out, the Austinite’s continually interesting songwriting transmits via lean, arty…
Vanessa Gonzalez Is Real, Funny, and Real Funny
The former Austin comic lets the audience into her life
Austin At Large: Stop Me If You’ve Heard This …
When we perform as public citizens, what do we really want?
Texas Platters
Far from A Far Cry From Dead, that polished product of posthumous overkill from the tail end of the millennium, Sky Blue allows the songs of Townes Van Zandt (1944-1997) to sit and breathe free from distraction or “Squash.” Nothing ventured, plenty gained. Space is granted in lieu of overdubs, which elbows out enough sonic…
What to See When You Aren’t Catching Moontower Comedy’s Big Shows
Anybody attending the 2019 Moontower Comedy & Oddity Festival could easily obtain their full share of laughs by spending all four nights with the headlining acts. I mean, come on: Nick Offerman, David Spade, Nate Bargatze, Sal Vulcano, Jenny Slate, Vir Das, Anthony Atamanuik, Hari Kondabolu, Ronny Chieng, Jon Glaser, Amanda Seales, and the cast…
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State of the City: No regular City Council meeting this week – Mayor Steve Adler’s “State of the City” address took place Wednesday evening at City Hall – and the next is Thursday, April 25, when in agenda theory Council could take action on the next phase of the land use code revision, aka “CodeCronk.”…
Texas Platters
A Tia Carrera album is like one of the Austin power trio’s live performances: powerful, riff-obsessed, and completely improvised. Happily, the extemporaneous music on their discs can be cranked over and over again, bundling more than simple flash to recommend them. Though a mere two-song EP, Visitors/Early Purple – the group’s first released recordings since…
Luv Doc: Not Mellow at All
There is an unwritten social contract to indoor plumbing
Ken Paxton Puts the Brakes on Federal Inquiry Into Debunked Voter Fraud Claims
A.G. tells Congress to wait in line
Texas Platters
For his 13th long-player, George Ensle distills down to easy essentials. Producer Stephen Doster lets the veteran songwriter’s warm, weathered vocals lead, winding through homespun tales (“Home,” “Ode to Jake”) and folk wisdom (“Gloves,” “Psalm”) with a lived-in earnestness. Warren Hood’s fiddle accents a top-tier session team, and Christine Albert’s backing shades the simple truth…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
B.O.B. in Grand Rapids, Mich., stands for “Big Old Building” – a multilevel building that was turned into restaurants and bars. When in Grand Rapids, you might hear people saying, “Wanna go to the Bob tonight?” In England of the late 19th century, nannies and cooks, though servants, gained the honorific title “Mrs.” whether married…
Support Remains for a Travis County Public Defenders’ Office
Local judges, community leaders on what needs to happen to create a new office
Texas Platters
Fifth LP from Austin-via-Ohio song shark Bloom strikes with characteristic wit and charm, but also a sense of thankfulness and mortality following recovery from a 2017 stroke. “Soft Landings,” “Harbor,” and “Still Life Composition” all softly take stock of life in the singer’s gentle tenor, balanced against the whimsy of “Blessings in Disguise” and “Outskirts…
New French Cinema Week Displays a Nation’s Artistic Resilience
Vive la nouvelle France at AFS Cinema
Quote of the Week
“We don’t need to celebrate certain people that had my ancestors in bondage.” – State Rep. Jarvis Johnson, D-Houston, pushing back very hard on attempts to protect Confederate monuments from the verdict of history. See “Lege Lines,” Apr. 19.
Texas Platters
Messier sharpens his wide-ranging directions on sophomore LP Time Bomb without losing any adventurousness. Wielding a clever lyrical sense and hook-laden love for unexpected pop exploration, the album fuses dark and brooding, threatening to blow in its tightly wound arrangements. “I Want You to Move Me” swings toward Dire Straits, and New Wave fascinations abound,…
Public Notice: Two Steps Forward …
A year ago, the last CodeNEXT draft was “unworkable.” What’s changed?
Texas Platters
Guitarist/vocalist AJ Mac’s Thunderosa has been how you pronounce “Nashville Pussy” in the regional dialects of Tulsa, NYC, and Austin since 1997. You know, that curious mix of redneckism/punk/Motörhead/ZZ Top. They’re thoroughly Texan on their fifth full-length, down to the inner sleeve photo of two Lone Stars accompanying some menudo. The Gibbons quotient is especially…
Austin’s Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers’ markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of April 18, 2019
Texas Platters
Bassist/vocalist Dominique Davalos has rocked with Kathy Valentine since the Nineties, including in the ex-Violator/Go Go’s current act, the Bluebonnets. Sally Gess drummed for San Francisco riot grrl/garage outfit Fabulous Disaster from 1998-2007. Though this disc, recorded by Chris “Frenchie” Smith, was cut with guitarist Laney Santana and bassist Nicole Hutchins, Davalos and Gess still…
Jamaica Dancehall Legend General Smiley on Pioneering the Art Form and Settling in Central Texas
Austin Reggae Fest standout might as well call Austin home
With a Possible Update to the Texas Open Meetings Act, Former Council Members Recall Local Scandal
How a misunderstanding changed Austin politics
City Council Returns to Land Use Code Conversation
“Everybody is really saying the same thing”
Premium Pre-Mosquito Season Patio Hang Zones
Sawyer & Co. is full of culinary maximalism
Death Watch: King Set to Die for James Byrd Lynching
Last-minute appeal seeks new trial as King maintains his innocence
Five Essential Acts to Check Out at the Austin Reggae Festival
Hempress Sativa Fri. 19, 6:30pm Rub-a-dub preserver honors reggae women pioneers while giving classic dancehall a contemporary makeover. Don Carlos Fri. 19, 8:30pm This founding member of Black Uhuru split for a solo career in the late Seventies and spent decades spreading strictly roots. Mykal Rose Sat. 20, 8:30pm Joining Black Uhuru after the departure…
Community Leaders Remember Akwasi Evans
The passing of Eastside writer and activist will be felt for “a long time”
Property Tax Hack Finally Gets Senate Nod
For two months, the 2.5% property tax revenue cap legislation launched in January has been stalled in both chambers, as lawmakers try to sort out how the “relief” and “reform” proposals will impact local government budgets – including school districts – at the same time as they overhaul school finance. In the Senate, where Senate…
Faster Than Sound: Ryan Bingham Warms Up His Western Festival
Onetime local Americana star inaugurates his fest on a chilly day in Luckenbach
Now Streaming in Austin: Dark Side of the Ring
Evan Husney grapples with wrestling’s hidden history for Viceland
Clinging to the Confederacy With House Bill 583
Lost Cause fans came out in force for legislation that would make it more difficult to rid the state of rebel relics. House Bill 583 by Rep. James White, R-Hillister, would require a city or county that wants to alter, relocate, or destroy a monument that has been standing for 20-40 years to put the…
Qmmunity: A Well-Deserved Celebration for Cheer Up Charlies
And so many hot events, we can’t reco them all!
Bill That Could Put Up Barriers to Voting Passes Texas Senate
“Politicians in power are primed to make it more difficult for older Texans, communities of color, and those with disabilities to vote.” – James Slattery, Texas Civil Rights Project A bill that civil rights groups say will intimidate voters and place barriers in front of the elderly and communities of color passed the Senate this…
Rep. Jeff Leach Plays Both Sides With Abortion Ban Bill
Rep. Jeff Leach, R-Plano, chaired last week’s public hearing on HB 896, a no-exceptions abortion ban whose supporters openly relished the prospect of women facing the death penalty, but after the hours-long affair released a statement saying he could “not in good conscience” advance the bill out of committee. Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston, stated the…
Austin Playhouse’s Copenhagen
In the conversations of this Michael Frayn drama, we learn that history is broken, just like us
Meat Master Aaron Franklin Talks Steak
Dive into five different cuts cooked five different ways in his new book
AISD Is Hiring an Equity Officer
The new position will promote educational equity and inclusiveness for the district’s 80,000-plus students
Zach Theatre’s Matilda the Musical
With its memorable characters and energetic performances, this production connects adults with their inner child
