ColdTowne’s Express Yourself: Heavy and Humorous, Satirical and Serious
What we all need much less of, generally, is entitlement
Day Trips & Beyond: Live Oak Brewery
Austin institution flies into new brew house out by the airport
Only Bowie
Long lost 1995 Austin compilation wields a license to freak
What Makes You Think That You Think?
Austin-based cerebraphile Ms. RAZ shows us – graphically, gorgeously
Easy Tiger to Open at Fareground at One Eleven
ELM Restaurant Group to manage dining
SXSW Film Adds Midnighters and More
Horror lineup announced, plus shorts and more
APD Releases Name of Officer Involved in Shooting
David Joseph died in hospital after being shot by cop
Hip-Hop Now Sucks?
What does that even mean?
SXSW Music Keynote 2: James Prince
Hip-hop mogul sets the record straight?
Moontower 5 Draws a Princess
Maya Rudolph & Gretchen Lieberum’s purple reign hits Austin
Author Mo Daviau Debuts Every Anxious Wave at BookPeople
A love-wracked tale of time travel and bands to spin you right ‘round
Who’s in the Pilot House?
Backlash against affordable housing deal spurs mayoral response
Education Reporter Michael Brick Dead
Author of book on Reagan High dies of cancer
SXSW Interactive Announces More Featured Speakers
J.J. Abrams, Susan Glasser, Winklevoss twins, Geena Davis top the list
Officer-Involved Shooting in Northeast Austin
18-year-old black man dies at hospital following gunshot wound
News Roundup: Council Gets Dirty
Representatives engage in … legal combaaaaaat!
Yo La Tengo’s Pure Folk
Unplugged, sold-out, and cover to cover
Ella Gale & Katie Stone: Naughty Bits
Who says sex is no laughing matter?
DVDanger: Hellions
We binge-watch this month’s horror for you
ATX Television Festival Announces Panels
Friday Night Lights gets a reunion at Panther Field
Final Kickoff for County Commissioner
Hoskins officially begins hunt for Precinct 1 seat
SXSW List No. 6
Ghostland struts, Suzanne Vega strums, Pat Benatar speaks
2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program B
Be the most knowledgeable voter at your Oscar party
2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Programs A & B
2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Programs A & B 2016, NR, 163 min. Directed by Various, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring . The uproar over the lack of diversity at the Oscars may be grabbing all the headlines as awards season fully blooms, but there is plenty of diversity in the Short…
Jane Got a Gun
Natalie Portman stars in and produced this Western
Fifty Shades of Black
Marlon Wayons takes on another spoof
Hail, Caesar!
The Coen brothers celebrate and eviscerate old Hollywood
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
The mash-up title just about says it all
2016 Oscar-Nominated Short Films: Documentaries – Program A
Let the voting begin
Eyeing the Niche
Local filmmakers head to Sundance with “The Send-Off”
Council: Like a Room Without a Roof
Council takes on PUD rules and hear late-night STR testimony
Cowboys and Indies
Texas Sundance roundup
Lakeview Residents Contemplate Suit
Residents were forced to relocate after landlord announced plans to demolish
Manifest Destiny
Linklater doc premieres at Sundance
Council Brawls on PUDs: “Everything Is Now a Backroom Deal”
Code amendments get Council hot and bothered
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to EconoMonitor, the average man’s shoulders are 28% wider than his hips, the average woman’s shoulders are 3% wider than her hips, and men and women have, on average, similar-sized hips. “Butt me!” is Twenties slang for “I would like a cigarette.” At one point at least, Charlize Theron’s favorite movie was 1963’s I…
Finding Our Way
How foraging is changing the local food system
Justice Down to the Pronoun
APD, media blunder in portrayal of transgender murder victim
The Luv Doc: She’s a Hitter
Maybe you need to watch your goddamned sassy mouth
Review: Emmer & Rye
Rainey newcomer gets everything down to the detail
Meet the Candidate: Gina Hinojosa
Hinojosa stands as the most high-profile establishment candidate among the HD 49 contenders
Gay Place
Being queer gets easier with time
Texas Lawmakers Continue Anti-Refugee Fight
Ken Paxton and Greg Abbott do all they can to block families fleeing the Syrian Civil War
I Like to Watch
Counter-programming for the Big Game
Point Austin: Sign Right Here
TNC petition and Kitchen recall election recipes for pointless public expense, voter cynicism, and lousy government
The X Files‘ Mitch Pileggi at Zach Theatre
What conspiracy brought X-Files star Mitch Pileggi back to Austin, Zach, and Walter Skinner all at the same time?
Quote of the Week
“This change that you’ve offered up tonight is fundamentally explosive and … truly dilutes the ability of the community to have a voice in the face of the unlimited resources of the development community.” – CM Leslie Pool on Mayor Steve Adler’s last-minute amendment to planned unit development rules
Allan Rising
The Allan Early Childhood Center is home to a flourishing collection of nonprofits
Viceroys’ Topdog / Underdog
This black-owned artist collective makes a passion-fueled, powerful debut with Suzan-Lori Parks’ Pulitzer-winning drama
Public Notice: Common Ground?
It’s always darkest before the dawn
Shit-faced Shakespeare
Highbrow meets lowbrow for an irreverent happy hour take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Headlines
City Council meets today (Feb. 4) with a relatively short agenda carrying at least one vexing subject: the evening return of public testimony on what to do about transportation network companies in light of a pending May referendum. Also: council procedures, floodplain buyouts, and more. See “Council: Like a Room Without a Roof.” Council Member…
“Melissa Brown: Future Past” at Big Medium
Layered images and layered narrative add something extra to PrintAustin
Notes on Kamp: Left Out
Austin’s economic inequality is a crisis
AC Food Fight: Hot Toddies
Warm drinks get cold-blooded
Day Trips: Marble Falls
Falls on the Colorado Museum hosts rare Chief Quanah Parker photographs
Playback: White Denim Stiffens
White Denim v.2 bows a new debut, Magna Carda raps its full-length debut, and the Austin Music Census holds on to its virtue
Soccer Watch
The U.S. Women open Olympic qualifying this week, playing all three of their group stage games in Frisco, the home field for FC Dallas: Costa Rica (7:30pm, Wed., Feb. 10), Mexico (3pm, Sat., Feb. 13), and Puerto Rico (7:30pm, Mon., Feb. 15). The semifinals and final are in Houston on Feb. 19 & 21. There…
Don’t Call It Street Punk
A new breed of punk rules Red River
Hornography: Stampede!
Shaka Smart’s Longhorns are turning into one of the most exciting teams in America, rolling downhill in a cloud of dust. Texas (15-7, 6-3 Big 12) moved to 4-2 versus ranked opponents with a big win Monday over No. 15 Baylor – its third straight. Stretch forward Connor Lammert scored 15 points, with three clutch…
The New Breed!
A DIY Dozen
The Hightower Report
Why has nefarious corporate behavior become so commonplace?
Page Two: Dream Is Destiny
Louis Black finds himself at Sundance – a Jersey kid from Texas, a writer slipped into filmmaker
Money for (Almost) Nothing
Texans may not be getting their money’s worth from economic incentive programs
