Two More Restaurants Open in Rock Rose
Daily Austin food news
Austin Opera to Mount Manchurian Candidate
Kevin Puts’ take on political thriller opens 2016-17 season
Grace Potter Lives to Perform
Vermont wailer strikes out on her own with firmly-rooted pop
TNCs and … a Buncha Other Stuff
City Council prepares for another marathon
Bearded Lady: WUTZAWEWAZ and … Pizza?
One artist leads to another and a beautiful house of savory pies
SXSW Music Keynote 1: Tony Visconti
Bowie producer leads multiple speakers as yet-to-be announced
SXSW Gaming Awards Finalists Announced
Mix of blockbusters and indie faves top the list of noms
Grand Jury Clears Planned Parenthood, Indicts Anti-Abortion Activists
Center for Medical Progress members face second-degree felony charge
Battle of the Badges
Second annual amateur boxing tourney raises funds for kids
Day Trips & Beyond: Luminous Lagoon, Jamaica
The glow of the water is a natural phenomenon rare in such abundance
APA Files Grievance Against APD
Association accuses Acevedo of being retaliatory in his discipline
VOX Table’s New Direction
JR Mocanu unveils cocktail program
Music Venue Summit Today at 3pm
Club owners and city officials convene on permits and public safety
News Roundup: Police Firings, Uber Conspirings
Police union accuses Acevedo of retaliation
DVDanger: I Am Thor
Director Ryan Wise and the adventures of a metal strongman
2016 Long Fringe Canceled
Permit issue leads FronteraFest to shut down part of festival
I Am a DJ
I am what I play … On My KUTX
Live From The New Yorker
Editor David Remnick on The New Yorker Radio Hour
SXSW List No. 4
179 acts added to the spring music convergence
Ip Man 3
Donnie Yen returns as the grandmaster who taught Bruce Lee his moves
Norm of the North
Animated bear protects his Arctic home
Boy and the World
A singular masterpiece of mixed-media animation that is as beautiful, chaotic, depressing, and joyous as the world it depicts
Caged No More
Rescuers and prayers work to retrieve girls sold into sexual slavery
Anthem of the Sun
Non-commercial frequency Sun Radio broadens its solar-powered Americana throughout Central Texas
The Hightower Report
Let us now praise “Lord Zuckerberg, the Magnificent!”
Austin Opera’s Of Mice and Men
Artistic Director Richard Buckley on returning to the Carlisle Floyd opera that launched his conducting career
Hernandez Rolls Out Pot Paper
Hernandez advocates for de-prioritization of arrests for first-time minor possession of marijuana offenders
Playback – Austin Loses Its Voice: Paul Ray 1942–2016
Paul Ray 1942–2016, and now, a time without twine
Supermajority Rules
Planning Commission sends PUD tweak to Council sans blessing
Finding a New D.A.
The Dem primary race turns from a default succession into a three-way wrestling match
Page Two: It’s Always Twine Time
Follow the music
Headlines
City Council next meets Jan. 28, when there will be plenty to do: dozens of contracts, PUD zoning rules, short-term rental regs … and oh yes, transportation network companies (aka “ridesharing”), with a showdown between a TNC-underwritten petition campaign and proposed city regulations. See “Point Austin: Thumbs Up or Down?,” Jan. 22, as well as…
Raising the Roof
Techo brings mezcal to Manor Road
Editor’s Note
We tend not to spend much time telling readers how the sausage gets made, but there have been so many changes afloat lately, and quite a few new enticements rolling out all at once, we thought we’d make a special point of, well, pointing them out. The first is mostly invisible, at least on your…
Notes On Kamp: Vote Locally
It’s local elections that most affect people’s daily lives
Austin Playhouse’s Disgraced
Ayad Akhtar’s drama delivers a raw, powerful conversation about race without the usual distractions
Public Notice: The New Industrial Revolution?
Is Mayor Adler our Teddy Roosevelt?
Review: Wu Chow
Downtown christens a classic
Shay Ishii Dance Company’s Dancestry … Vivid
Audiences gained much from this program’s re-creations of historic dances by Isadora Duncan, Loïe Fuller, and Lucia Dlugoszewski
Point Austin: Thumbs Up or Down?
Will bowing to Uber and Lyft set a bad precedent for city government?
Gay Place
2016 promises to be exciting. No one said anything about it being smooth.
The Radiant Road
Author Katherine Catmull elegantly summons a fairy-tale timelessness for this YA story of teen anxieties, fairies, and creativity
Quote of the Week
“I am deeply disappointed in the perversion of the petition process essentially led by a billion-dollar company fighting fair safety regulations by disseminating false information to get signatures.” – District 2 Council Member Delia Garza on Uber and Lyft’s petition
Coloring in the Margins
Pop-up series Alt Girl Cinema highlights diversity
Day Trips: Texas Blue Crabs
Fried crustaceans are a savory delight in Texas’ Golden Triangle
Appalachian Blues
New series Outsiders explores outlaw mountain men
Hornography
Lady Horns Upset Although star center Imani Boyette posted her ninth double-double, with 15 points and 17 boards, the (former) fourth-ranked Longhorns fell for the first time this season to the surging No. 7 Baylor Lady Bears, 80-67. The loss broke their longest season-opening winning streak since the 1986 NCAA championship team. 53 of Baylor’s…
The Take-Out
Community makes Austin food
Soccer Watch
Sadness, that at this time last year, this column was brimming with news of the Austin Aztex’s first pro season: tryouts, signings, supporters’ meetings, games scheduled … and now, this: The team still known by the placeholder name USL San Antonio – which will compete in the same USL pro league the Aztex are currently…
Selling Feminism One Box at a Time
Girl Scout cookies are arguably the most misunderstood foodstuff in American culture
Safety for Some
The mayor tries to find a way to placate Uber and Lyft
How the Thin Mint Crumbles
Crunching the numbers of Girl Scout cookie sales in Central Austin
Council: “Sharing” Showdown Arrives
Plenty of contentious business for the first Council meeting of the year
I Like to Watch
Our new TV columnist wants to believe
Death Watch: Not Their First Rodeo
Freeman will be the second Texan executed this year
The Luv Doc: Wishy Washy
When a guy asks you if you want to “Netflix and chill,” he doesn’t really give a damn about the Netflix
AISD Board Gets A Fresh Start
AISD officers play musical chairs
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to a joint study by the Universidad de Costa Rica and the University of California, Berkeley, the poorest Americans die younger than the poorest Costa Ricans. The “dead air” gap – known today by the architectural term “bee space,” is the crawl space needed by a bee to pass easily between two structures. If…
Meet the Candidate: Blake Rocap
Lobbyist turned legislator hopeful is a longtime civil and reproductive rights advocate
