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Volume 43, Number 21
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news
State Grid Weathered Cold Snap Despite Record Demand
All-time highs and lows
BY LINA FISHER
Headlines / Quote of the Week
As Deadline Nears, Austin ISD Works Through Backlog for Special Ed Services
Evaluations are picking up speed
BY BRANT BINGAMON
While Abbott Talks of “Murder,” Migrants Die
Three migrants drown after Texas blocks Border Patrol rescue
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Council to Renew Police Pay Package to Incentivize Contract Negotiations
But that didn’t work the first time
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
United Flight Attendants Prepare to Picket Amid Stalled Contract Negotiations
They are fighting to be paid for every hour they work
BY LINA FISHER
food
How Acclaimed Sushi Chef Tyson Cole Achieved His Dreams in Austin and Beyond
The chef behind Uchi (and several more notable restaurants) gets Hai all the time
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of January 11, 2024
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
music
Unpacking Emperor Jones’ Esoteric, Career-Launching Label Catalog
The late Craig Stewart released early works by the Mountain Goats and more
BY JOE GROSS
Briscoe’s Youthful Americana-Pop Gains Traction
Could this guitar-banjo-sax duo be on a Black Pumas trajectory?
BY AMBER WILLIAMS
El Tule’s Final Show and More Crucial Concerts This Week
Catch Lucinda Williams, Escuela Grind, or Fleet Foxes’ Robin Pecknold
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ, GENEVIEVE WOOD, ELIZABETH BRAATEN, DOUG FREEMAN, MICHAEL TOLAND, CARYS ANDERSON AND DEREK UDENSI
Review: Call Me Animal: A Tribute to the MC5
Austin contingent delivers highlights on Joecephus’ 2 LP set
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Review: sleep well., It’s Getting Brighter
Barrel-aged indie folk makes early-adulthood existentialism sound sublime
BY ELIZABETH BRAATEN
Review: Lynn, Release and Retribution
Heavy-hitting beat rider becomes swoon-worthy R&B crooner
BY GENEVIEVE WOOD
Live Music in Austin
BY DEREK UDENSI
screens
AFS Cinema Hosts Tribute to the "Quiet Engine" of Austin Film
A celebration of Mark Reeb
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Milli Vanilli Documentary to Get Award Screening at AFS
Austin Film Critics Association honors local film
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Founders Day
Slasher political satire should fall on its own blade
Freud's Last Session
Fictional meeting between Freud and CS Lewis makes no breakthrough
Godzilla Minus One Minus Color
The hit kaiju film is remastered in black and white.
Hanu Man
Hanumanthu gains the powers of Hanuman and fights to protect Anjanadri
I.S.S.
Spacebound political thriller lacks any sense of gravity
Occupied City
A portrait of Amsterdam now and under Nazi occupation
Origin
Ava DuVernay's plainly spoken look at the underpinnings of bigotry
arts & culture
The Three Kings of “No Kings But Us”
Austin DIY icon Tim Kerr and Houston legends Robert Hodge and Russel Gonzalez create “No Kings But Us”
BY HARIS QURESHI
Arts Events
Art galleries, theatre, comedy, dance, and more
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Community Events
Local events, volunteer opportunities, kids' activities, and more
BY KATHERINE MCNEVINS
columns
Qmmunity: Brrr, It’s Cold in Here
Shake off the icicles and step out on the gay Austin streets with these queer events
BY JAMES SCOTT
Day Trips: Cloud Column, Houston
Houston gets into a bean war with Chicago
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Opinion: St. Edward’s University Needs an On-Campus Early Voting Location
Don’t deprive students of our voting power
BY MYA BARRERA AND CINDY CUELLAR
The Luv Doc: The Price of Admission
Emotionally unstable, overly dramatic people have a real flair for creating stark memories
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Free Will Astrology
Your weekly horoscope, January 19-25
BY ROB BREZSNY
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Letters to the editor, published daily
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