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Seven Austin acts we trust to break out at SXSW Music 2015
Out of Business and Up in Smoke
Heated start to SXSW as one venue shutters and an old flame burns out
SXSWedu Tackles High-Stakes Testing
How can student assessment be weaned away from an antiquated system?
Future Islands’ Surprise Stubb’s Set
Pre-SXSW “secret” gig by the synth-pop phenoms Wednesday
Paul Qui to Open New Restaurant
Otoko to open in late summer
Film Premieres: The Waiting Is the Hardest Part
Sometimes the lines you’re doing have nothing to do with cocaine
Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One
Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash
Tiny Mess: Big Bill
Austinites perform at Kevin Curtin’s desk
Pressley Ups the Ante
Defeated Council candidate now claims “thousands” of uncertain votes
The AggreGAYtor: March 11
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
The Resurrection of Doug Sahm
Sneak peak at SXSW Film biopic plus deets on SXSW Music blowout
SXSW Launches Streaming Platform
Festival programming and original content comes to SXSW On
SXSW Music Keynote: Snoop Dogg
Doggfather becomes first rapper to address conference
Council Defers on Decker, Approves Onion Creek Buyout
Golf project goes to committee, and Garza Ranch put to bed
Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part 6
Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part 6 1986, R, 86 min. Directed by Tom McLoughlin, Starring Thom Mathews, Jennifer Cooke, Kerry Noonan. Jason inadvertently gets brought back to life after being impaled on a metal rod in a lightning storm.
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture 1979, PG, 132 min. Directed by Robert Wise, Starring William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, DeForest Kelley. Captain James T. Kirk returns to the helm of a newly transformed U.S.S. Enterprise, launching the TV show’s long cinematic run.
Austin Music Industry Awards Winners
KUTX named Best Radio Station, Strange Brew Best Venue
Drafthouse Announces New Location at Mueller
The chain’s sixth Austin location slated for 2016
Final SXSW Free Concert: Ryan Bingham
Oscar-winning westerner headlines Friday at Auditorium Shores
Mavis Staples: “Still Here”
Selma’s “living witness” marks anniversary at the Paramount
News Roundup: Use of Force, Apartments, & TNCs
Jury awards $1M in civil rights suit; SOI ordinance halted
From the Vaults: Albert Maysles
Anne S. Lewis interviews Albert Maysles for the Chronicle
Abortions in the Name of God
Dr. Willie Parker joins faith leaders to launch statewide campaign
High School Musical Nominations Out!
In the theatre awards’ second year, 26 area schools earn noms
Food-o-File: Weekend Lagniappe
A little extra Austin food news
Kazuo Ishiguro Slays a Dragon
Acclaimed author returns with a fine novel of fantasy and foreboding
DVDanger: I Hear Voices
Horror elevated aurally by Henry Rollins and Jeffrey Combs
Cine Las Americas Revving Up
Cine Las Americas announces opening film
Culinary Ladies of the Eighties: Dorsey Barger
When she’s passionate about something, hospitality pro goes all in
Next Up at SXSW: Madisen Ward & the Mama Bear
Mother and son play it by ear
Bad Science Marches at the Legislature
Anti-vaxxers turn out for Public Health meeting, promise more action
SXSW Music List 10
The Damned, 2 Chainz, War on Drugs, and 242 more added
OCH Wants You… Naked
Take it off, take it all off for Gogo ATX
The AggreGAYtor: March 6
What happened today in gay? Here’s your QILTBAG recap of queer news.
One in a Crowd: ARTtv
New Web project wants to expand kids’ creative horizons
The Luv Doc: The Woman Who Stole My Husband
Luv Doc, The woman who stole my husband and caused my divorce got transferred to my division. Now I have to see her in weekly meetings and I have to pass by her desk at least once a day, and every time I do I want to punch her in the face. She has also…
The Lazarus Effect
Medical students try to bring the dead back to life.
Focus
Will Smith is a con man compromised by the reappearance of his shady ex.
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Richard Gere joins in the fun at this revived hotel for seniors.
Faults
A cult deprogrammer needs some mental floss of his own.
Timbuktu
Jihad in Mali goes from comic to horrific in the blink of an eye.
Surya vs. Surya
Telugu romance.
Enakkul Oruvan
Tamil thriller.
Gay Place: Ignorance of Your Culture
Ignorance of your culture is not now or ever considered to be cool
Death Watch: Insufficient Arguments
Manuel Vasquez hasn’t had a lot of luck convincing judges that he shouldn’t be on death row
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The Ghost Wolves Sat., March 21, Saxon Pub, 10:30pm Singing slide fuzz guitar wraith Carley Wolf of Austin garage-blues duo Ghost Wolves was raised by wolves in Fredericksburg. Or at least among them. “Wolves, wolf hybrids, a lot of rescues,” she enumerates. “My dad always took in wounded animals. He got into rescuing northern breed…
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Boyfrndz Thu, March 19, 1am, 720 Club Patio Few bands outside metal seem willing to reach for the widest screen and pull the edges back into view. Boyfrndz achieves that epic feel effortlessly on 2014 LP Breeder. Unashamed to be tagged progressive, singer/guitarist Scott Martin, bassist Joseph Raines, drummer Aaron Perez, and guitarist Jason Erwin…
Lege Lines
Refusing Medicaid, tax cuts abound, marijuana bill, and more
Veggie Tales
Vegan Survival Guide toasts Austin
The Common Law: Is My New Car a Lemon?
Shedding light on Texas’ Lemon Law
Bill of the Week
Bill by Rep. Eddie Rodriguez would support community schools
Sue’s Turn
After years of thwarting the singing kids on Glee, Jane Lynch takes the stage to belt some tunes herself
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Hundred Visions Fri., March 20, 1am, Valhalla Ben Maddox’s lanky left hand quivers the strings of an old Fender Duo Sonic, mercilessly bending the last notes of a solo to coax noxious gargles of Fuzz War distortion from his double amp stack. In sync, he howls a high, tuneful “ooh-oooohh” that miraculously harmonizes with the…
The Good Eye: Tales From the Minority Box
Women of color talk about the casting bias
Health Clinics Caught in the Crossfire
Cancer screening cuts won’t only impact Planned Parenthood
Sfanthor Lowers the Drawbridge
Castle in the air finally lands
Food-o-File
Opening ceremonies
Playback: Inside Antone’s
Christening Antone’s new location, SXSW reveals, and a new documentary on old Dicks
WE Con Unites Through Stories
Women’s Empowerment Conference offers a space for women to tell their stories
L.M. Kit Carson: Film Frontiersman
The 2015 Texas Film Awards induct L.M. Kit Carson posthumously into the Texas Film Hall of Fame
The Hightower Report
Defending the Alamo – from a U.N. takeover
Gazing at the Texas Film Awards Through a Crystal Ball
The Texas Film Awards celebrate the state’s best filmmaking
The Peached Tortilla
New Americana at the Peached Tortilla
Pythia Dust
The Vortex’s star-spanning musical is out of this world, but it doesn’t really go anywhere
Quote of the Week
“You can’t vaccinate against stupid.” – Rep. J.D. Sheffield, R-Gatesville, castigates anti-vaxxers opposing his and Austin Rep. Donna Howard’s House Bill 465, modernizing the state’s antiquated immunization registry.
Arts Reviews
Two artists study and celebrate Bastrop
Point Austin: A Work in Progress?
The new City Council seems just a trifle tentative
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Country Cousins Sat., March 21, 10:50pm, Roosevelt Room For all the talent here, Austin hip-hop doesn’t have a definitive sound. In fact, many of the top local acts don’t sound particularly Texan, or even Southern. That’s not the case with Country Cousins, a duo that reps classic Lone Star rap to the fullest. K-Paul and…
Day Trips: Killen’s Texas Barbecue in Pearland
Taking smoked meats to a new plateau
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
The brontosaurus never existed. Everything labeled as brontosaurus should be apatosaurus (which ironically means “deceptive reptile”). One of the changes that happened in the evolution from Latin to the Romance languages was the shift from the Classical Latin W to V. In Classical Latin, the /w/ sound was represented by the letter V which was…
Graphic Diversity
This year’s Staple! expo spotlights women in comics, and local creator E.K. Weaver explains why
Soccer Watch
The Austin Aztex play their final preseason games this week: a doubleheader this Saturday at Kelly Reeves Athletic Complex, 10211 W. Parmer (Southwestern at 3pm, St. Edward’s at 5pm). Then they’ve added one more game – Houston Baptist University on Wed., March 11 at Lake Travis High School, 3324 RR 620 S. – before ending…
Headlines
City Council meets today, March 5, with a short agenda that includes a couple of thorny Items: the Garza Ranch zoning case that confounded them last week, and possibly a vote on the Decker Lake/Long Metropolitan Park golf course proposal. See “Council: Not Enough Hours in the Day.” The Jumpolin piñata store demolition story proceeds,…
Stories Telling Stories
Dykes to Watch Out For creator Alison Bechdel tests her own meme and comes out for SXSW
Zimmerman Talks Housing
D6 CM explains his position to the Chronicle
Public Notice: A Park Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
The bad idea for Long Park, and public events around town
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Sorne Wed., March 18, 405 Club, 1am Morgan Sorne operates on grand scales, ambitions of epic, archetypal proportions. Since moving to Austin from Florida in 2007, the 31-year-old has had his artwork featured in the Texas Biennial, released three albums in his House of Stone saga, created short film “Children of the Black Mountain,” and…
Help Desk
Should parents have to check their phones at all hours?
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Jess Williamson Tue., March 17, 11pm, Cheer Up Charlies Jess Williamson is a Lone Star product. A Dallas native who came to the University of Texas for school, she was momentarily stolen away to New York as part of a photojournalism graduate program. “I was there for over a year, which is when I realized…
Council: Not Enough Hours in the Day
How about a meeting about the meeting?
The Perils of Big Data
The up- and downsides of student information collection
Speaking Volumes
The secret history of Austin’s First Cookbook
Sparks Upholds Fair Housing Ordinance
Judge rules against landlords on discrimination
Education Data Panel Highlights at SXSWedu 2015
Monday, March 9 1:30pm, Hilton Salon K: How to Create a Data Privacy Policy, Amelia Vance, National Association of State Boards of Education. Tuesday, March 10 1:30pm, Hilton Salon F: The Test: Beyond Standardized Testing, Michelle Riconscente, GlassLab. 2:20pm, ACC Rm. 15: Education Battlefield: Casualties Accepted?, Patrick Briggs, AVID. Wednesday, March 11 9am, Hilton Salon…
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A. Sinclair Thu., March 19, 1am, Red 7 “Our baby’s due on March 21st – the Saturday of South By,” reveals Frank Smith frontman Aaron Sinclair, whose recently rebranded band, A. Sinclair, is scheduled to play three times during the festival. Since the group’s last gig falls on that same date, the Houston native finds…
Immigrants’ Future Uncertain
With Obama’s executive actions halted for now, undocumented Texans are unsure of their fate
