Empire Control Room & Garage
John Anderson
Volume 33, Number 22
news
'Chronicle' Endorsement
Here Comes MetroRapid
Cap Metro rolls out its big bendy buses, the next mode in multimodal
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Dead Reckoning
The TDI rules don't quite blind the navigators
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: War on Wendy
When it comes to Wendy Davis, there's a whole bunch of mansplaining going on
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Shared Services or Shared Suffering: UT's Plan to Cut 500 Jobs
Critics charge lack of transparency
BY LIZZIE JESPERSEN
Council: From the Brow of Zeus
City considering economic development agreement with AthenaHealth
BY MICHAEL KING
Taking Stock of Dollars in County Races
Money pours into judge race
BY CHRISTOPHER HOOKS
The DINO Word Enters U.S. Senate Race
Scherr accuses Alameel of bankrolling Republicans
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Biden Joins Fight to Revive Voting Rights Act
Bill would require Texas to get federal clearance
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Election Day Already?
HD 50 runoff election
Alums Fight UT Museum Funding Cut
Grassroots campaign hopes to restore budget
BY MAC MCCANN
The Hightower Report: Moral Monday on the Move
Moral Monday on the move
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Kernel to Cup
Blacklands Malt harnesses water, time, and fire to create the perfect beginnings for your beer
BY ANNA TOON
Circling Back to La Condesa
After so much tumult, is the perennial favorite still on point?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Bringing Home the Bacon, in a Kind of Time Machine
Flying Pig Provision Company's old-school smoke
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Jan. 25-29
music
Breaking Up Is Hard to Do
Bands break up, sure, but were they even trying?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Playback: Blue Friday, Blue Sunday
Grim Reaper has its way with Austin: Larry Monroe, Charlie Hatchett, Steven Fromholz, and more
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Brian Beattie
Ivy and the Wicker Suitcase
Lucinda Williams
Lucinda Williams
Kinky Friedman & the Texas Jewboys
Lost and Found: The Famous Living Room Tape
screens
Trivia Pursuit
Competing in Geek Bowl is no trivial matter
BY R.U. STEINBERG
Richard Linklater's Diamonds in the Rough
The legendary Austin filmmaker provides a guided tour through three years of a formative decade
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Avant-Garde Austin
Experimental Response Cinema announces its spring lineup
BY JOEY KEETON
Film Reviews
Devil's Due
She's having an unholy baby - but isn't that every pregnant woman's fear? The only new ingredient in this horror setup is the found-footage element.
Gimme Shelter
Vanessa Hudgeons stars in this bland exercise in very serious and meaningful young-adult drama.
The Invisible Woman
The woman who must remain invisible in this drama is Nelly Ternan, an actress who's not only the mistress of married Charles Dickens, but also 27 years his junior.
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit
In something of a prequel, this is Jack Ryan's origin story – before Tom Clancy got his hooks in him.
Jai Ho
In this Hindi film, an army officer creates a national movement.
arts & culture
Nowhere to Play
The Cost of Art, Part I: Austin's growth and rising rent take out theatre venues, one by one
BY ELIZABETH COBBE
Swoon for 'Dunes at Noons'
Brad Tucker gives young art critics something to chew on
BY AMY GENTRY
Butler School of Music
Two concerts – one by Harvey Pittel, one for the late Rose Taylor – pay tribute to 'living in a song'
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Der Bestrafte Brudermord
As realized by the Hidden Room, this German puppet version of 'Hamlet' is as much Monty Python as Shakespeare
PrintAustin: Big Medium, Art.Science.Gallery, and Immediatag
Three galleries at Canopy offer such resonant and vital prints that they're hard to tear your vision from
David Prince: The Tragedy of the Enclosure
David Prince's solo show paints a beautiful but disjointed picture
columns
Letters at 3AM: February 1914
Charlie Chaplin's iconic Tramp was really born in 'Kid Auto Races at Venice,' not 'Mabel's Strange Predicament,' as commonly thought
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Gay Place
Every few years, Austin dykes wake up and smell the lack of lesbian bar, then do something about it
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Dallas' Sonny Bryan's Smokehouse lights up the sunny side of the street
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Good Eye: Fit Fetish
Making people look fantastic is what Mr. & Mrs. Sew It All do
BY AMY GENTRY
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Adults Only Please
A fairly egregious social faux pas
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
