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Shawn Sides and Graham Reynolds: Rude and Golden
How two of Austin’s top creative stars meld a busy life of art and love
Austin Environmental Board Chair Dies
Mary Gay Maxwell was 78
Huey Rey Fischer Enters TNC Fray
Former UDems pres joins Ridesharing Works for Austin
UT’s Response to Racism Tepid
Daily Texan story prompts response from Fenves
New FDA Guidelines Seen as a Victory for Abortion Rights
Updated FDA guidelines allow lower dosage, longer time to take pills
Battaglia Granted Execution Stay
Appeals court grants inmate more time to argue incompetency claim
Scotch Tastings and Rye Awards
Daily Austin food news
Wall of Words
Artist Drew Riley on the power of Transgender Day of Visibility
Day Trips & Beyond: April Monthly Planner
Woody Guthrie Center, Georgia O’Keeffe Museum, and more
Queerbomb Will Go On
The state of Queerbomb 2016 and beyond after Saturday’s meeting
Blue Genie Art Industries Is Moving
And you’re invited to the farewell party, citizen!
Renaming for Lee Elementary Begins
Starting March 29, community members can submit nominations
Dana Falconberry Premieres “Cormorant”
First look at Austin chamber folksinger’s new video
New Austin Show Celebrates the Lighter Side of Ethnic Assimilation
Lucky Chaos Theatre’s Leng Wong tells us about Living on the Hyphen
Austin Extends Living Wage
$13.03 floor now applies to more workers on city-funded projects
Council Approves Workplace Nondiscrimination Measure
City manager to review current policies
Chronicle Recommends: Insane Films
Question your reality with these freaky flicks
Austin Film Society Hiring Theatre Manager
No details on location of new two-screen cinema
Who Did the Animation for Keith Maitland’s Documentary Tower?
Minnow Mountain’s Craig Staggs talks art & drama & Austin & Earp
Austin First Fair Chance City in the South
Ban the box ordinance passes Council
DVDanger: Kill or Be Killed
Western revenge, Texas style
Krisha
This exceptionally well-done drama ushers in a striking new talent
Too Late
Experimental neo-noir is held together by the magnificent John Hawkes
Eye in the Sky
Helen Mirren is a British colonel engaged in modern drone warfare
Hush
Well-executed horror nightmare features sick torment of a deaf woman
Kapoor & Sons (Since 1921)
Bollywood romantic comedy
The Divergent Series: Allegiant
The penultimate installment in this YA series arrives with a thud
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
Overwrought take on DC Comics’ two most popular characters
My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2
This unasked-for sequel goes down like an overdose of baklava
Officer Who Killed Teen Fired
Joseph family’s attorney calls the decision a “good first step”
Future Uncertain for Cactus Rose
Zoning change may be postponed for mobile home park, but remains on the horizon
The Luv Doc: Should I?
If we have learned anything from the last 4,000 years of recorded civilization it’s that deception and conspiracies are always a good idea
Don’t Drink and Rideshare
Lyft passenger gets a wilder ride than he bargained for
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
You can’t start a fire with moonlight no matter how big your magnifying glass is. Mary, Queen of Scots, was allowed to have her English toy spaniel share her last days and accompany her to the scaffold. When Egypt sought proposals in 1869 to build a lighthouse for the Suez Canal, sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi…
Does John Battaglia Remember He Murdered His Children?
A father who killed his two young daughters is scheduled to be executed March 30
All in the Family
Director of micro-indie Krisha turns his aunt into a star
Will Austin Applicants Get a “Fair Chance”?
Proposed ordinance would require businesses consider job applicants with criminal histories
Living History
The debate on how best to honor the history of Rosewood Courts continues
A Tour for the Chicken-Curious
Backyard chicken coops as a path to zero waste
If Not Rosewood, Then Chalmers?
D3 CM would like to see Chalmers upgraded
Drawing Around Obstacles
Molly Crabapple uses her skill as an illustrator to enhance her journalism
Page Two: Oh, Death
Remembering the late Steve Levitan, and a long-ago afternoon with him boxing Wendell Crowley’s comics collection
Headlines
City Council returns from a two-week break to vote on a Fair Chance Hiring ordinance, meant to give offenders a better shot at employment by delaying criminal background checks in the hiring process, and a resolution to review and strengthen the city’s gender discrimination policies. The CMs also plan to tackle around 25 zoning cases,…
Gay Place
The last traces of SXSW have been packed up and swept away, but we’re not calling it quits.
Quote of the Week
“We need to empower law enforcement to patrol and secure Muslim neighborhoods before they become radicalized.” – Sen. Ted Cruz’s widely criticized comment on the Belgium bombings
Playback: Post Pop Depression: After SXSW
Still wearing your SXSW badge or wristband? We don’t blame you.
Notes on Kamp: Easing the Stigma
Fair Chance ordinance is a good start in helping people with criminal records rejoin society
Different Stages’ 4000 Miles
The grandmother in the tiny Manhattan flat is the heart of the quiet, thoughtful 4000 Miles by Amy Herzog
Council: Talk and Action
Council discusses public testimony; prepares to act on employment discrimination
The Tipping Point
By raising menu prices and eliminating gratuity, restaurateurs hope they’ve found the recipe for a better quality of life for staff
City Theatre’s Bus Stop
Director Tracy Arnold stages William Inge’s drama with humor and charm, but seems to fight against the script’s darkness
Public Notice: In Defense of Socialism
Government does a lot of good things that aren’t possible to achieve privately
“Look Inside: New Photography Acquisitions”
An image of New Orleans taken by Doug Rickard is emblematic of the quality in this exhibition at UT’s Ransom Center
The Hightower Report
Will the GOP budge on any Obama proposal?
Day Trips: Santa Rita No. 1
Santa Rita No. 1 turned a page in the history of Texas and the world. An old derrick marks the site of the first major oil well on public land outside of Big Lake. The 1876 Texas Constitution set aside a million acres of the largely uninhabited West Texas land to endow the Permanent University…
Hornography
Lady Horns Roll! Moving on into the Sweet Sixteen for the second year in a row, the Horns pushed around and outmuscled the larger 10-seed Missouri Tigers in 73-55 demolition. Ariel Atkins scored 22 in the winning effort. Texas outscored – in the paint, 32-8 – and outrebounded the Tigers, who featured five six-footers in…
Soccer Watch
This weekend in soccer is set aside for international games – national teams playing each other in various settings and competitions. And for U.S. Soccer, there’s a lot on the line on two different fronts. Jürgen Klinsmann’s national team faces back-to-back World Cup qualifiers against Guatemala this Friday, March 25, and Tuesday, March 29, while…
SXSW Music: 2015/16 Austin Music Awards
Robert Plant crowns magnum opus roots pull
