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SXSW 2017
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Free Stuff to Do at SXSW: Week Two
Your guide to free events on SXSW's second weekend
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
news
The Texas Hammer
Life under attack by our state government
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: A Victory for Travis
Court decision on districts raises possibility for fairer politics
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: EV / AV Club, Continued
More mobility musings, SXSW Week Two & beyond
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Yes, they really said that
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Court Rules Texas Congressional Map Discriminates
A federal panel said three districts were mapped to limit minorities
BY MICHAEL KING
Anti-Choice Groups Get More Extreme
Some think the burial of fetal remains doesn't go far enough
BY MARY TUMA
APD Readies Trans-Inclusive Victim ID Policy
Department will adopt a victim neutral affidavit by year's end
BY SARAH MARLOFF
While Council's Away the Mayor Will Play
Council seeks to feast on the good of the land
BY MICHAEL KING
The 85th’s State Something
Taking stock at the Lege's midway point
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
ICE Continues Its Raids in Travis County
“Callous disregard for the climate of fear” in immigrant communities
BY MARY TUMA
The Hightower Report: The Emperor Has No Clothes
This man is so far gone
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
SXSW 2017
Revolution Spirits' First Texas Amaro
Bitter friends ’til the end
BY ADRIENNE WHITE
Cheap Eats: Aviator Pizza
Pies worth traveling for
BY MARY BRYCE
Dear Glutton: Getting in to Franklin Barbecue
And where to go if it doesn't work out
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
SXSW 2017
100 Local SXSW Music Acts
A-Z list of 100 Austin acts showcasing at the Fest
BY THE MUSIC STAFF
SXSW Music Interview: Mick Fleetwood
Fleetwood Mac co-founder reflects on 50 years since the band first got together
BY JIM CALIGIURI
SXSW Music Interview: Bash & Pop
Veteran rocker Tommy Stinson on the Replacements, and his new replacement band
BY TIM STEGALL
SXSW Music Interview: Valerie June
This Memphis singer is no overnight sensation
BY JIM CALIGIURI
SXSW Music Interview: Peter & Arwen Lewis
Moby Grape dad and daughter make new music together
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
SXSW Music Interview: Grandaddy
Jason Lytle is ready to pick up the Grandaddy mantle again
BY ABBY JOHNSTON
SXSW Music Interview: La Vida Boheme
“If we didn’t move out of Caracas, we wouldn’t be a band anymore”
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
SXSW Music Interview: The Lemon Twigs
Sophisticated, Seventies rock-pop, courtesy of two brothers still in their teens
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
SXSW Music Interview: Mastodon
Prog-metal giants go heavier yet
BY KEVIN CURTIN
SXSW Music 2017 Genre Essentials
SXSW by the genre
SXSW Music Lists
Groupings by city, state, and animal
SXSW Wednesday Record Reviews
SXSW Thursday Record Reviews
SXSW Friday Record Reviews
SXSW Saturday Record Reviews
Austin Music Awards’ Message of Love
35th annual local prom sets a new standard
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: Starf**king SXSW
SXSW’s bubble burst? Sure, okay – if you say so. Leave the starfucking to us, then.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
SXSW 2017
SXSW 2017 Film Awards
Austin's Most Famous Atheist
The life and death of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, The Most Hated Woman in America
BY MARC SAVLOV
Bob Byington's Infinity Baby
Austin director has made a reputation for his low-key social comedies
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
SXSW Panel: Gareth Edwards Keynote
Star Wars, Monsters, and the drive to tell a story
BY MARC SAVLOV
SXSW Panel: Game of Thrones Showrunners
Sansa or Arya? The truth comes out at the panel for the popular HBO show.
BY SARAH MARLOFF
SXSW Panel: Women’s Representation: Five Steps to Win Gender Parity
Wendy Davis on Clinton's loss and the prospect of future gains
BY MARY TUMA
SXSW Panel: Covering POTUS: A Conversation With the Failing NYT
Editor Dean Baquet defends NYT's “honorable pursuit of the truth”
BY MICHAEL KING
SXSW 2017 Film Reviews
SXSW Gaming Events
The little brother of the Fest grows up
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
2017 Texas Film Awards
Film Reviews
arts & culture
Marketplace Art Gallery's Open Studio
In the Marketpace Art Gallery, four women have created a studio where they can develop as artists together
BY SAM ANDERSON-RAMOS
Arts Reviews
Hyde Park Theatre's John
In playwright Annie Baker's fun twist on haunted house tales, you learn what it is to be watched
Sacred Shadows – Victoria's Tenebrae Responsories
Ensemble VIII sang this Renaissance music for Holy Week so feelingly, it conjured shadows in a room full of light
"Hector Carmona Miranda: Concrete, Plastic & Metal"
Sometimes you want more from the artist's 3-D printed busts and photographs of same, and sometimes you get it
columns
Gay Place
Lesbian Wedding is high on the list of SXSW closing parties
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: New London School Explosion
This year marks the 80th anniversary of the deadliest school disaster in U.S. history
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Barebacking SXSW
PEWOL (pronounced "pee wall"), which stands for "people without lanyards"
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
