The AggreGAYtor: January 22
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
The Voice: Rebecca Loebe
TV breakout debuts solo Feb. 5 at Strange Brew
Foodie Kits Available Right Meow
It’s time: Emancipet’s 5th Annual Sit Stay Day
Making Play Pay
Is anyone making a living at acting? Bueller?
To Join Or Not to Join
Austin actors tell how they negotiate the Actors Equity choice
Patrick Ends Two-Thirds Rule
Measure designed to increase the peace in Texas Senate dies
First Look: The Peached Tortilla
Cult food truck goes brick-and-mortar
SXSW Music Wristbands on Sale Thursday
Limited batch of discounted passes available online
Incentives and R-Rated Entertainment
Amid bigger scandals, lawmaker plays the movie morality card again
Shout OUT: Anna Weingart
These are the people in our gayborhood: A net cast far and wide
Austin Food and Wine Festival Talent Announced
Tickets for foodie fête go on sale today
Mardi Gras 2015: Mardi Gai
A traipse around the South on the trail of LGBTQrewes
Bringing It All Back Home
Texas Film Awards adds Boyhood to roster of honorees
The AggreGAYtor: January 21
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
Civil Rights v. Hip-Hop
Martin Luther King v. Jay Z
Goodbye Fran’s, Hello Torchy’s
Junk family to be guests of honor at demolition party
Top Comics Announced for Moontower 4
Patton Oswalt, Ron White, Tim Minchin join the party in 2015
They’ve Gone and Monofonus’d the ATX Again!
Locally published treats both grisly and gratifying and in between.
Armadillos to the Highest Bidder
Eddie Wilson banks at Saturday’s AWHQ auction
The Q&A Hole: Why Is Marijuana Still Illegal in Most of the U.S.?
With Ngaio Bealum, Alan Metoskie, Chris Nicholas, and Maggie Gallant
News Roundup: MLK, Eric Holder, and Abortion
A.G. announces end to “asset forfeiture”; NARAL gives Texas an “F”
Cesaro: The Next Big Thing in Wrestling?
The Stone Cold-approved WWE superstar talks green cards and strength
DVDanger: Youth Gone Wild
Pre-millenial teen angst, both period and retro, melds with noir
Pressley Files Her Complaint
Accuses Travis County Clerk of state law violations
Midge Ure Completely Solo
Synth-pop Scot on DIY, Band Aid 30, and Ian McLagan
Selma for Students
1,000 free admissions for area students through MLK Day
Thinking About Sharing the Black Emerald with Your Friends?
Genre-churning Instar Books wants to make it weird and easy for you.
One in a Crowd: Paper Cuts and What We Do in the Shadows
Mental health drama and SXSW vampire comedy need crowdfunding
Food-o-File: Friday Lagniappe
A little extra Austin food news
MerlinWorks Works the Improv Wizardry at ZACH
Teaching that whole yes-and thing at the city’s shiny core of theatre
Estate Sale Roundup: January 16-18
The weather’s fine this week, so come out rummaging with us
Austin French Nationals Take a Stand
As protests continue, local French community gathers in solidarity
American Sniper
Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper tell Chris Kyle’s war story.
Blackhat
Chris Hemsworth stars in Michael Mann’s cyber thriller.
Spare Parts
This movie about undocumented teens building an attention-grabbing robot stands and delivers.
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In Tamil and Telegu.
The Luv Doc: The Insincere Rectangle of Technology
Howdy Doc! I’m single and almost ready to mingle, but there is one problem … everyone seems to have their face buried in some alternate and insincere rectangle of technology. BORING!! I still read paperbacks, send postcards, and believe in the power of rock & roll. Here’s my question, Where have all the f-in’ cowboys…
Taken 3
Liam Neeson’s back in action.
Paddington
We extend a big bear hug to Paddington.
Local Video Game Releases
A handful of local games showcase the weird side of interactive art
Kleinert’s Next Defense
Kleinert attorneys ask to move case to federal court
Greetings From Eagle Rock
The filmmaking brothers, Jay and Mark Duplass, venture into TV with HBO’s Togetherness
5th Circuit Considers Marriage Equality
Judges question state’s argument that marriage is for procreation
Council: Hilton Honeymoon
The new City Council begins its reorganization
The Mountaintop
Katori Hall’s drama probes Martin Luther King Jr.’s mortality and legacy on the last night of his life
Arnold Prieto Scheduled to Be First to Die in 2015
On Sunday afternoon, Sept. 12, 1993, Maria Luisa Rodriguez visited the San Antonio home of her parents-in-law Virginia and Rodolfo Rodriguez, only to discover they’d both been stabbed to death, along with the longtime nanny to the Rodriguez children, 90-year-old Paula Moran, who lived with the couple. For months, the police had no leads. But…
The Insomniac’s Ball
Bottle Alley’s new site-specific show feels very much like a house party in which the guests talk all night long
10-1 Ticker… Council Settles In
The election’s over, but the Ticker’s not
“Multiple Originals XIX”
The Women Printmakers of Austin’s latest group show displays both a diversity of technique and a fine array of beauty
Unsettled Business
Lege opens with many unanswered questions
WWE SmackDown
The road to WrestleMania, the WWE’s biggest event, begins at the Royal Rumble pay-per-view, and Tuesday night sees the last show before that 30-man melee. The stakes are high, so don’t rule out a rare sighting of professional wrestling’s ultimate unholy terror: the only man to ever hold the WWE world title, the UFC Heavyweight…
The Hightower Report: Bezos Buys a Big Piece of Power
Bezos’ ownership of the Post gives him a powerful platform
Soccer Watch
Former Austin Aztex forward Khiry Shelton, Pac-12 player of the year at Oregon State, is projected as a top 10 pick in Thursday’s MLS SuperDraft. Word has it two other former Aztex could be picked as well, which would give the team an astounding count of 11 players selected in the past three drafts… The…
Fate of School Finance Delayed
A new timeline to sort out school finance may push resolution to 2016
Waiting on Fair Food
The quandary of ethical eating
Day Trips: Quinta Mazatlan
McAllen home to diverse ecosystem
Bikes in the Mud
Parks & Rec cancels, then delays, Cyclo-cross event
Hip-Hop on the Verge
Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?
Pioneers or Settlers?
Balancing renewables and affordability at AE
Public Notice: Going With the Flow
Council chases the dream of shorter meetings
The Republic of Sandwich
We pledge allegiance
2025 Generation Plan Highlights
Subject to affordability constraints, the plan establishes the following primary goals, to be completed by 2025 unless otherwise noted. (See the full plan, including areas for continued study related to the transformation of Austin Energy’s business model.) 1) Renewable portfolio goal: Increase share of renewables to 55% of customer demand. 2) Wind: Continue pursuit of…
Quote of the Week
“No more pink shoe drama for SD 10!” – State Sen. Konni Burton, R-Colleyville, who won Wendy Davis’ former seat and was sworn in Tuesday wearing a pair of boots reading “Stand for Life.”
Food-o-File
Pies, pastry bags, and Ms. P’s
The Renewables Symphony
Renewable sources of power are often called “intermittent” because wind blows most strongly in the afternoon and at night, while the sun shines only during the day. However, demand for energy – e.g., the switching on and off of lights or the plugging and unplugging of electronic devices throughout the day – can also be…
Headlines
No formal City Council meeting this week, though the new 10-1 crew has been having orientation sessions with city staff at the Downtown Hilton, and planning structural changes to Council business, to be discussed in a public hearing Jan. 22, then considered on Jan. 29. See Public Notice, and “Council: Hilton Honeymoon.” The annual community…
Gardner
Modernist cuisine meets sense memory
Playback: Ramones Signer Seymour Stein Visits Local Mentees Residual Kid
Plus Casey Monahan’s exit interview, James Petralli’s new side project, and SXSW’s 547 additional acts
Point Austin: Welcome Back!
When the Lege is in town, we’ve learned to expect the worst
Open Edition
PrintAustin enters its second year with startling growth in scale and scope
Do I Stay or Do I Go?
In her debut novel Migratory Animals, Austin author Mary Helen Specht explores the push and pull of place
The Gay Place: HelloDolly!
Two doors down (or so), they’re thowing a party for Dolly
The Good Eye: Haul of Fame
The cost-benefit analysis of clothing on the cheap
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The B-2 costs 2½ times its weight in gold. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control says that Americans are now statistically more likely to be killed by a gun than in a car accident. Bloomberg News reports that gun deaths have overtaken road accidents as a cause of death for the whole population, regardless of…
Meet Me There Meets Horror Halfway
Dustin Runnels leaps from the wrestling ring to the movie set in Meet Me There
HB 2 Returns to Court
5th Circuit questions ASC requirement
