Live Nude Art Models from Paper Chairs
An interactive show about live models and the artists who paint them
SXSW Comedy Lineup Announced
Judd Apatow, Paul F. Tompkins, Upright Citizens Brigade all return
Food Community Helps Second Bar + Kitchen Chef
Daily Austin food news
Perry Will Walk on Charges
Texas Criminal Court of Appeals rejects abuse of office allegation
Sweet Ritual Ice Cream: Movin’ On Up and Out
Local vegan nom purveyors bring their cold sweetness to Airport Blvd
The End of STR 2s?
Council approves phasing out Type 2 short-term rentals by 2022
Staple! The Independent Media Expo Returns
Year 12 brings diverse delights and DIY creativity all weekend long
Day Trips & Beyond: Two Travelogues
A couple of tales with ties to Austin
Kerry Dawson 1949-2016
Austin’s master of the radio graveyard shift passes on
Jeremy Nail Survives Cancer, Scales Mountain
Austin Music Awards performer previews May LP live
Austin Film Society Spotlights Ethan Hawke
Richard Linklater chats with Hawke on his illustrious career
Tank Washington, Heal Thyself
LNS Crew MC sits down for therapy in video premiere
News Roundup: Reports, Rappers and (Dis)Enfranchisement
Government may or may not be a farce
New Names for the Texas Film Hall of Fame
Who is the first Austin Chronicle Champion of the Arts?
SXSW List No. 8
Chvrches, Mike Watt, MSTRKRFT, and 123 more
State of the City 2016
Mayor Steve Adler declares Austin “prosperous, strong … and cool”
The Witch
Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England
Touched With Fire
Two manic-depressive poets meet in group therapy and fall in love
Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha
Telugu romantic comedy
Walang Forever
Filipino romantic comedy
How to Be Single
This millennial romantic comedy wears that same old shaggy dress
Zoolander 2
Are Derek and Hansel still in fashion?
Race
Perceptive film about Jesse Owens going to the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The Take-Out
Should Austin dining be graded on a curve?
The Hightower Report
The real stink in Flint, Michigan’s water scandal
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The lyrics for the first three verses of the Dick Van Dyke theme song are: “So you think that you’ve got troubles? Well, there’s a bubble. So tell old mister trouble to get lost. Why not hold your head up high and stop cryin’, start tryin’ and don’t forget to keep your fingers crossed. When…
Hornography
Strong fills in the gaps
Scalia’s Dead, But It’s Politics as Usual
Scalia’s body was barely cold before arguing about his successor got started
Ballet Austin’s Director’s Choice
In four ballets, three ways of collective being and one irrelevant romance
Soccer Watch
The U.S. Women swept through the group stage of Olympic qualifying in fine form, outscoring opponents 16-0 in three games up in Frisco, including a 10-0 rout of Puerto Rico, in which Crystal Dunn scored five goals. They face Trinidad this Friday, Feb. 19 at 7:30pm in Houston (live on NBCSN) for a spot in…
L. Shapley Bassen’s “Portrait of a Giant Squid”
First Place winner
Gypsy Son
Former Zeros front punk and True Believers co-captain Javier Escovedo circles back to Austin
The Government Inspector at Mary Moody Northen Theatre
The St. Edward’s University Theatre Department delivers Gogol’s Russian satire with gigagags at top speed
Javier Escovedo Record Review
Kicked Out of Eden (Saustex)
Dear Glutton
Where to go on an unpromising Tinder date
“It Won’t Stop Until We Stop It”
Monica Loera vigil a call to action for transgender rights
Gay Place
Let’s talk about (gay) sex
Texas Platters
Half covers album, half original compositions, half Spanglish – 150% all her own – native Austinite Carrie Rodriguez extends a familial legacy on Lola. Daughter of Houston-born songwriting great David Rodriguez, who died in October at 63, here she follows in the footsteps of her great-aunt Eva Garza, one of the first Latina crossover artists.…
Ubering to the Polls
There’s no stopping a costly referendum election
Playback: And the Award Goes To …
The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup
Texas Platters
Best known for his work with Alejandro Escovedo, and currently commanding the guitarist chair in Patty Griffin’s band, David Pulkingham knows his own voice. Little Pearl, his fourth effort following two instrumental discs and an EP that added vocals, shines up his most accomplished work yet. Textbook Austin singer-songwriter, he manages a couple of curves…
String of Sexual Assaults Terrorizes North Austin
Six women have been attacked by a masked man since the end of last year
Texas Platters
Taking inspiration from one’s home landscape remains tried and true on Moonlight Is Sunlight. Paul Banks’ fourth LP invokes the wide open vistas of West Texas, but Banks eschews any Lubbock mafia Americana. Instead, he and multi-instrumentalists Christopher Cox and Matthew Shepherd employ sparse arrangements to stretch out sinuous melodies into the desert skies. “West…
Police Union President Points Fingers After Shooting Death
Casaday blames staffing shortages and “perishable” training
Texas Platters
Fronting rising ATX quintet the Rocketboys, Brandon Kinder surges anthemic indie pop-rock, but solo, he cuts more personal and intimate. Kinder’s debut Long Play spins both nostalgia and searching with soft vocals, never overpowering but always sharply targeted. Opener “I’ve Got to Go” rolls in the easy roots path of Dawes, while his flickers of…
Notes on Kamp: Tragedy in Austin
The death of teen David Joseph should be a wake-up call
Texas Platters
Beginning a fifth decade, Half Japanese no longer seem like abject outsiders. The unpolished avant-rock they pioneered has redrawn the boundaries of convention to a point where their music fits squarely within an established rubric. Perfect acknowledges this predicament with full-bodied arrangements and a sharpening of local principal Jad Fair’s worldview. Nasal delivery and residual…
Headlines
City Council met Wednesday, approved ballot language, and set a May 7 referendum election to either accept a “citizens’ initiative” ordinance, or operate under the Council-enacted regulations concerning transportation network companies. See “Point Austin: Let the Battle Begin”, “Council: Gasping for Air,” and “Ubering to the Polls,” Feb. 19. Mayor Steve Adler delivered his State…
Mark Killian’s “Future Planning”
Second Place winner
Texas Platters
Nineties shoegaze champions Ride and Lush now reunited, Wildcat Apollo’s like-minded sophomore LP arrives auspiciously. The Brooklyn-formed foursome’s eponymous 2013 debut ushered a dreamy, psychedelic amalgam, and My Bloody Valentine’s influence on Melt Into the Ocean surfaces early via brooding noise-pop. Spacey instrumental “Intro” opens Gish-like, for its part. Soon enough, however, the danceable backbeats…
Point Austin: Let the Battle Begin
We didn’t ask for this fight, but Uber and Lyft have bought it
“Seth Orion Schwaiger: Complex I” at Pump Project
This vast, ambitious solo show transforms the gallery space into a maze and a temple to art past and future
Texas Platters
CD / DVD
Quote of the Week
“There is no city in the world with our gifts … but Austin is at a tipping point, a fork in the road. We all feel it.” – Mayor Steve Adler, delivering his State of the City address Feb. 16
Madeleine De Pree’s “Glass Lemon”
Third Place winner
Powerhouse Animation Is Making a Mark
Local studio continues to expand portfolio
March 1 Joint Primary Election
Early Voting: You may vote at any early voting location in the county in which you are registered. Election Day: You may vote at any precinct polling place in Travis County. VOTER ID: Texas law requires registered voters to show one of seven valid, current photo IDs issued by either the Texas Dept. of Public…
Public Notice: Density vs. Affordability
It is categorically impossible for market forces to build housing in the central city that is affordable by any definition of that word
The Shopping List
Three ways to keep it local
I Like to Watch
Girls and Togetherness: straight white people crying
Who Killed Jim and Tina?
Why has the murder of two people in Kyle, Texas, eight months ago not led to a single arrest?
Review: Proof & Cooper
Simple done right in Dripping Springs
Page Two: As Tears Go By
The sound will live forever; the memories never die
The 24th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
The lowdown on the 2015 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories
Day Trips: Cupp’s Drive-Inn, Waco
Old-fashioned hamburgers, plain and simple
Council: Gasping for Air
Mayor Adler’s search for a solution to the Uber/Lyft referendum fails
The Luv Doc: Titty Bar Lunch
The chef knows what medium rare is, so don’t send your steak back because it’s undercooked
Chronicle Endorsements
Here are the Chronicle editorial board’s endorsements for the March 1 party primaries. We endorse only in contested races. See more info at austinchronicle.com/elections. State/National President/Vice President: Bernie Sanders The Chronicle is feelin’ the Bern. The U.S. senator and self-proclaimed democratic socialist from Vermont has drawn massive crowds and genuine excitement from voters across the…
