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The Austin Music Scene’s Spectrum of Sexism
From sexual assault to all-female bills, women musicians face myriad issues in the live music capital
SXSW Taps FBI Director James Comey
FBI chief will discuss privacy and cybersecurity at March fest
Aaron Franklin’s Food Festival Announces Dates
Hot Luck will debut in May
First Look: Pizzeria Sorellina
Apis team opens casual sister restaurant
UT’s Queer Greek Life
An all-inclusive queer sorority founded at UT-Austin
SXSW Announces Gaming Award Nominees and Hosts
WWE star Xavier Woods to co-host ceremony in March
Greg Hrbek Gets Incendiary at Malvern Books
Award-winning author presents a bomb-ravaged USA this weekend
Hai Hospitality Announces New Concept
Loro to open in fall 2017
Pinot in the City Brings Oregon to Austin
Willamette Valley wineries converge on JW Marriott
Peter Mattei’s Outsiders Returns Tonight
Appalachian drama seems more and more prescient
Seven Austin Places to Get Your Turmeric Fix
The year’s hottest food trend takes root locally
Austin Artisans Score Good Food Awards
Hops & Grain, Texas Jelly Queens, and Celtic Seafare among honorees
Krypol Haze Watches His Back
Austin rapper’s video premiere keeps its guard up
DVDanger: Arrow to the Brain
Three titles from the American Genre Film Archive’s new partner
Women’s March in Austin Does Its Part in Historic Day of Protest
As many as 50,000 participated locally in anti-Trump demonstration
Travis County Sheriff Won’t Play Nice With ICE
TCSO on new “policy on cooperation” with federal immigration agency
University of Texas Students Stage Walkout
Student protest: “No KKK; no fascist USA; no Trump!”
Chronicle Recommends: Fictional Presidents of Film and TV
Take a break from #45 with these fictional Commanders in Chief
Leonard Cohen Tribute
Austinites say hallelujah for Refugee Services of Texas
He’s the President, but I Don’t Care
Blaze Foley penned an anti-Trump anthem 33 years ago
Film Flam: Neon, Blue Starlite, and Kiss
Movie news, Tim League, and Gene Simmons (not dueting, sadly)
Sleepless
A shady cop searches for his kidnapped son
Monster Trucks
Boy meets monster, adventure ensues
The Resurrection of Gavin Stone
A former actor finds faith in his hometown
Split
Another twisted (and twisty) offering from M. Night Shyamalan
20th Century Women
Bening shines in this tender, heartfelt film
Sadie Dupuis of Sad13
In December, Sadie Dupuis performed inside at Mohawk as Sad13, a political pop solo project that just last week was confirmed for South by Southwest in March. The merch table held its usual fare: stickers, records, and then a stack of papers Dupuis had printed off – bystander intervention and de-escalation techniques. Dupuis has always…
Death Watch: A Future Danger?
Texas’ death chamber is only heating up
The Hightower Report: The New Founder
What is Gov. Greg Abbott trying to do to our Constitution?
Headlines
No regular City Council meeting until Jan. 26, but plenty of buzz on organizational matters and the looming public process for CodeNEXT. See “Stacks and Stacks of Meetings” and “Can’t Hardly Wait,” Jan. 20. President-elect Donald Trump becomes President Donald Trump on Friday (Jan. 20), amid widespread national protests and international uncertainty over Trump’s qualifications,…
Point Austin: It Ain’t Just About Trump
This week’s marches begin a long and difficult resistance
Public Notice: The FABPAC Reaches Out
Plus: Calling all filmmakers, landscape architects, dog & car lovers
Questions of Church-State Separation at Dell Seton Medical Center
Do the hospital’s ties to the Catholic church and limits on women’s reproductive health care compromise Dell Med students’ training?
Open for Business: The 25th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
Now accepting your stories by snail mail or – wait for it – online
Quote of the Week
They really said that?
Matt & Ben at the Institution Theater
Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers use Damon and Affleck to create a hilarious case study in how Hollywood murders friendship
Tracing Austin’s Italian Food Boom
How a red sauce town boiled over
Austin Playhouse’s Bloomsday
Steven Dietz’s rumination on a great love lost lacks some of the vivid passion it needs in this staging
Council Reconsiders Committee Structure
“We can make the process more efficient and effective”
“Monika Sosnowska: Habitat”
The Polish artist’s industrial-material sculptures at the Contemporary Austin capture the physicality of our society, the rigidity of our order
Lege Lines: Bathroom Bill Steals Spotlight
“Texas Privacy Act” isn’t about privacy – it’s about transphobia
Day Trips: Black Rock Park
Small cabins on Lake Buchanan provide the basic comforts of home
Playback: Strange Brew Empties
Financial duress buckles South Austin listening institution
Dear Glutton: Breakfast Finds
Get adventurous with your first meal of the day
Gay Place
Saying ‘Eff You’ to the new administration by raising money for women’s organizations
A Grant to End Youth Homelessness
HUD will provide $5.2 million to the city
Owen Egerton Gets Spooked Writing The Axe Murders of Villisca
Austin author on his new haunted house movie
New Data on Suicide Counts in Travis County
More millennials commit suicide than any other age group
The Luv Doc: Hold It
Until you can get to that forest where the tree falls and no one hears it
CodeNEXT Leak Stirs Up Drama
Long-awaited land development code proposal expected Jan. 30
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
When water droplets hit a larger body of water, they bounce because a layer of air gets caught between the two surfaces. According to Better Homes and Gardens, cookies crumble because the recipe may contain too much flour, not enough fat, or the wrong kind of fat; overbaking; or the type of cookie sheet used.…
Bill of the Week: Immunization Choice for Children
Rep. Sarah Davis’ HB 97 would grant children the right to consent to their own immunization for cancer treatment
Dawnna Dukes Indicted
State rep faces 15 counts relating to abuse of office
Planned Parenthood Fights Texas in Court to Save Medicaid
Providers say Medicaid exclusion would be “devastating”
