Cover Story
Fresh at 75
Quality Seafood Market celebrates a milestone
Time to Get Ill
Five songs to fire up Lone Star legislators
Stanley Roy’s on Uke, Beyonce’s on Watch!
The GayPlace talks trash with soulful uke songster.
Golden Hornet Project: Wolfgang-nam Style
‘Amadeus’ screening fundraiser for ‘Mozart’s Requiem Undead’
SXSW Film 2013: The Janet Pierson Guide
Film fest chief talks themes, screens, and surprising changes
SXSW Film Unveils March Lineup
So much ado!
Jimmie Vaughan Suffers Heart Attack
Grammy winner is recovering at home and anxious to play
‘The Lion King’ Is a Feast For the Eyes
But lackluster performances dampen this touring production
An Asian Mom and a Jewish Mom Walk Into a Bar …
Actually, they walk into Austin’s Lucky Chaos Theatre this Friday
Drafthouse Films Declares ‘War’
Alamo distribution arm pick up Fantastic Fest fave ‘I Declare War’
Swearingen Execution Stayed – Again
Judge rules to allow DNA testing
1040? 10-4
Tax season starts today
Wonder of Weird: The Residents
$100k box sets, collectibles, and four decades of anonymity
The AggreGAYtor: January 30
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
Frankie Gavin Got Stoned
De Danann’s prince of fiddlers receives a sovereign nod
The Fuse Is Lit
The lineup for Fusebox Festival 2013 has been announced
Local App Alert: ‘Tumblewords’
Minicore Studios puts its stamp on the word-game genre
Dessert First! Tour of Austin
Madame Cocoa reveals Austin’s sweetest secrets
Legeland Gets Comfy on the Fox 7 Couch
An early morning conversation with the Texas Public Policy Foundation
Zack Carlson Leaving Drafthouse
Booker behind Terror Tuesday headed for creative career
Pogue Mahone Pickles Wins National Good Food Award
Austin picklers also acclaimed by colorful Irishman
The AggreGAYtor: January 29
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
Pars Deli Serves Perfect Persian on Burnet Road
Underrated food, great value, laid back atmosphere draw me back
Death Watch: Last Minute Reprieve Sought for Condemned Woman
UPDATE: Judge postpones execution until April
Austin ISD: The Resegregationists
Pearce, Garcia to be single sex schools, IDEA back tonight
Gaming Studio Junction Point Closes
Maker of ‘Epic Mickey’ shuts its doors
SXSW Announces Accelerator Finalists
Web innovators in Interactive and Music will show off their wares
I Sh!t You Not: Clapping Gypsies
Frankie tells how she was wilded by clapping Gypsies in Florence, Italy
Sayonara, Sundance ’13
Arts+Labor webisodes distill the festival experience
‘The Voice in My Head’: Hit and Run
Are race car drivers athletes?
Crytek to Open Local Gaming Studio
Ex-Vigil general manager to take the reins
Solar Energy and a Fast Car
Big happenings this month at local animal shelters
To Be Real
Kelly Kline’s ‘Drag Survivor’ rethinks the art of illusion
2013 Jam Fest Winners: Circus
Identity Crisis takes first place and a new name
The Q&A Hole: What’s Your Favorite Sandwich to Make For Yourself?
With Hank Cathey, Amanda Cohen, Grady Hendrix, David Lasky, and more
The Queen Is Alive!
Review: Comic Lisa Lampanelli puts the Paramount on blast
Connally High Culinarians Bring Home the Gold Again
Area culinary students win gold for second year in a row
Face Off Recap: Not So Super Heroes
One of the CenTex delegation goes home in week two
Another Texas Honor for Manziel
Johnny Football and the Syrian Kid
Bill of the Week: Down With Tests, Up With Standards?
Bipartisan starting point for school graduation reform
From the Vaults: Angry Old Man
Before he was in ‘Quartet,’ Tom Courtenay was part of a much bigger club
Sundance ’13: Day Five
‘Before Midnight’ clocks in as the best of Sundance
Habesha Celebrates the Best of Ethiopian Cuisine
Friendly newcomers share Ethiopian food and hospitality
DA Says Swearingen DNA Motion is Stall Tactic
Offer for expedited testing is rejected
Yassines Sentenced
Former kings of Sixth Street convicted for money laundering
Inaguration Day
Five lip-syncing gaffes worse than Beyonce’s alleged fakery
Boomerang’s Hosts Aussie Day: Handheld Pie Party
The Boomerang’s day party benefits Meals on Wheels and more
The AggreGAYtor: January 25
Your daily dose of LGBTQIA news
‘Know Your Farmer’: TOFGA Conference Badge Giveaway
2013 Texas Sustainable Farming Conference tickets are on sale now
Sleepy LaBeef in a Bread Truck
Tom Lewis recalls his rockabilly adventures with a legend
Coalition to Advocate for Increased Family Planning Funding
Full funding will increase state savings
Farmers Market Report: January 26-27
Feels like Spring
The Elephant in the Room
Sobering details from a three-day cocktail party
AISD Braces for Lege, Court Action
School finance likely to hang fire for several months
Quote of the Week
“For history tells us that while these truths may be self-evident, they’ve never been self-executing.” – from President Barack Obama’s second inaugural address, delivered Monday, Jan. 21
AISD Bond Hearing
School district struggles to narrow its needs before getting on the May ballot
Then There’s This: Light and Air
Condo Dwellers fear dark days ahead with parking structure next door
Restaurant Review
Hard to pronounce, sublime to eat
The Hightower Report: Look Out, Here Come the Drones
When police and privacy butt heads
Letters at 3AM: What Are Human Beings For?
No I, only robot
Jesus, Take the Wheel: Texas Education Is a Mess of Biblical Proportions
Texas education is a mess of biblical proportions
After a Fashion: Buzzing
Your Style Avatar previews the 2013 Texas Film Hall of Fame lineup
First Woman to Be Executed Since 2005
On Jan. 29 the state is scheduled to carry out its 493rd execution since reinstatement of the death penalty, the first of eight already scheduled for 2013. Kimberly Lagayle McCarthy would be the first woman executed in Texas since 2005. McCarthy, previously married to New Black Panther Party founder Aaron Michaels, was convicted and sentenced…
From Occupation to Co-operation
Co-op Think Tank organizes to expand member-owned movement
Carter Shooting: Attorney Challenges Official Story
Family attorney challenges official version of Carter shooting
Nacho Daddy
What do Michael Jackson and Manu Chao have in common? Joe King Carrasco.
LegeLines
Counting down the days, committee chairs, redistricting, and more
The Luv Doc: Loser Musician
LuvDoc, I have been living with my boyfriend for nearly four years, and in that time he has never had a full-time job. He does work part-time as a bartender, and that brings in some money … just enough to contribute his half of the rent but not much more. He says he doesn’t want…
Behind the Crown
In 1976, author and then-Texas Monthly writer Joe Nick Patoski heckled an act onstage at Soap Creek Saloon and ended up managing Carrasco and El Molino, whose ranks would soon (and still) include his wife, photographer/keyboardist Kris Cummings. Here’s what Patoski emailed us about his tenure with Carrasco. – Margaret Moser The [El Molino] band…
Council Preview
Council starts to heat up for 2013
Amour
Death is part of love’s bargain, a fact filmmaker Michael Haneke lays bare.
Phases & Stages
Beck Song Reader (McSweeney’s) By embracing the 19th and early 20th centuries, Beck reconceives what the album could be in the 21st. Song Reader: Twenty New Songs by Beck isn’t a CD, and there are no downloads. There’s no audio at all. Instead, its tall folder holds two pockets filled with beautifully designed sheet music…
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
According to writer Megan Cohen, people in the Middle Ages kept their valuables in a vessel made of pygg – an orange clay jar. Walt Disney refused to let Alfred Hitchcock visit Disneyland in the early 1960s because he objected to the movie Psycho. According to writer Bryan Garner, the phrase “spitting image,” meaning “the…
Quartet
A charming, funny, and sentimental comedy/drama about former opera singers living in a home for retired musicians.
Origin Story
New Mondo Gallery show frames first efforts
Phases & Stages
Cody Chesnutt Landing on a Hundred (Vibration Vineyard) Ten years ago, when Cody Chesnutt laid down The Headphone Masterpiece, the Atlanta native remained something of a reclusive mad genius. He popped out songs the way Kardashians snap Instagrams – without any editing. From that collection sprang “The Seed” and, in turn, the Roots’ eternally awesome…
Think ‘New’ Music
eighth blackbird helps Texas Performing Arts change how we regard classical
Exhibitionism
The fascinating character of Truman Capote drives this thoughtful evening of theatre
Phases & Stages
Kendrick Lamar good kid, m.A.A.d city (Interscope) Curating the next bass-laden party playlist lodges at the top of any short list for successful MCs. Judging from the truckloads of frat daddies and dimly lit crib gatherings pulsing the eerie beat from “Swimming Pools (Drank),” Kendrick Lamar has accomplished exactly that. Unfortunately, that means many have…
Gayplace: Join Our Krewe
Joy Division, Madame X, John Cameron Mitchell, Erasure, Christeene, Dan Savage, and Diana Ross make this a star-studded week in gay.
Exhibitionism
This Hideout series both sincerely celebrates and lovingly pokes fun at the fantasy worlds we love
Playback: Uprooting Antone’s
Antone’s moves for the fourth time in 37 years
Headlines
� President Barack Obama was ceremonially inaugurated for his second term this week, embracing an activist heritage: “We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still, just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma,…
Exhibitionism
This expertly curated celebration of Austin’s premier composer of camp ought not to be missed
Break on Through
Paranormal show ‘El Otro Lado’ investigates an untapped market for Spanish-language scares
Day Trips
Have a soak in Mineral Wells
Wine of the Week
Bodini wines are built on dreams of individuals, not institutions
New in Print
Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright explores the origins and alleged abuses of the Church of Scientology
Soccer Watch
The deadline is approaching to register for the second annual Copa Esperanza 7×7 Coed Soccer Tournament, presented by the Austin Coed Soccer Association, Saturday, Feb. 16, at Northeast Metro Park in Pflugerville. Teams must register by Feb. 4; teams or players interested in playing should consult www.acsasoccer.org/copa.php. All proceeds benefit two excellent local nonprofits: Casa…
Food Events
� Cooking Demo Chef Father Leo Patalinghug demonstrates his Fusion Steak Fajita recipe, plus Grace Before Meals tools and tips for bringing families together at meal time. Fri., Jan. 25, 6pm. Mercury Hall, 615 Cardinal. $150. www.csdatx.org/celebrating-catholic-schools. � Baking and Bubbly Cooking Classes with Trace Executive Pastry Chef Janina O’Leary. First in the series offers…
Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute
Speaking Methodic Lee, David Strasberg brings his father’s Method to Zach Theatre
Point Austin: Shoot First … Think Later
Guns don’t kill people, but they sure make it a whole lot easier
Food-o-File
What’s cooking in the Food Lab? Creation, innovation, and the entrepreneurial spirit.
Michael Mogavero
Austin painter joins the ‘Sex Talk’ in the 35th Brown Symposium at Southwestern
Civics 101
Thursday 24 TCTA CAPITOL VISIT Educators, librarians, counselors, and more from the Texas Classroom Teachers Association will converge on the Capitol to discuss education-related legislation and advocate for public education – part of a three-day convention at the Renaissance Austin Hotel. 11:30am-3:30pm. Texas State Capitol. www.tcta.org. IS AMERICA GOVERNABLE? Scholars and writers discuss the apparent…
