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Chron Events is off and running
BY MARK FAGAN
news
Chronicle Endorsements
Recommendations for the county, state, and country
BY THE CHRONICLE EDITORIAL BOARD
You Be the Judge
Sex, lies, and politics in the 331st District Court
BY NINA HERNANDEZ AND CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: The Daily Carnage
Another month, another mass shooting ... will this one make a change?
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: In the Name of Fairness
Times change, and so do schools
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Ted Gordon
AISD trustee on the Confederate school names
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Letters for Laura Monterrosa
Local, federal politicians probe T. Don Hutto on abused detainee
BY MARY TUMA
Say Hello to the New (Less Confederate) Schools
Five AISD schools will get a name change
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Did Y’all Even Vote?
Early voting totals are in, and they're quite low
BY MARY TUMA
Statesman Sold (We're Told)
Daily paper could go to GateHouse Media
BY MARY TUMA
CodeNEXT’s End Is Near, in Theory
What fate for our five-year, $8.5 million rewrite?
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Council: Buckets Before Vendors
Light fare on the agenda this week
BY MICHAEL KING
Austin Free-Net to Be Replaced?
California company slated to replace local digital literacy org
BY MARY TUMA
Austin Police Association Files Injunction Against Police Monitor
Union seeks to bar PM from IA investigations during impasse
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Put the Soccer Stadium in the River
Precourt Sports Ventures' troubles finding a home continue
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Political Discourse in the Modern Age
@WeThePeople #oftheUnitedStates
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
ICE Strikes Deal With Surveillance Firm
What does Vigilant Solutions’ license plate reader deal with APD mean for the city’s stonewall of ICE?
BY MARY TUMA
Election Notes
More news from the campaign trail
BY MARY TUMA, MICHAEL KING AND CHASE HOFFBERGER
food
Hunan Restaurant
There’s a spot at a North Lamar mini-mall serving excellent jajangmyeon
BY EMILY BEYDA
New Plant-Based Food Truck Serves Burgers and Builds Community
Plow Burger aims to feed the people, hold the meat
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Food Events
music
2017-2018 Austin Music Awards Winners
2017-2018 Austin Music Industry Awards Winners
Playback: The Austin Music Industry Awards Come of Age
Kevin Curtin reverses his “awards are bullshit” stance
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
A Broken Trust at the Alamo Drafthouse
After executive mismanagement of sexual harassment accusations, the movie chain reconsiders what it means to do the right thing
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Paul Thomas Anderson on His Friendship With Jonathan Demme
Phantom Thread director to receive Texas Film Award
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Annihilation
Alex Garland's SF mystery is weird for weirdness' sake.
A Fantastic Woman
Emancipation in grief in this Chilean Oscar-nominated film.
Nostalgia
A life well lived examined in a film uninspiringly made.
The Party
Sally Potter's dinner party theatre is a delicious dish.
Red Sparrow
Erotic spy thriller is Fifty Shades of Gorky Park.
arts & culture
Local Opera Local Artists' La Clemenza di Tito: A Retelling
The company’s take on Mozart’s last opera asks hard questions about forgiveness in a messy world
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: Raw Paw Arson Benefit
The creative community rallies around the art collective after a fire destroys their home base and catalog
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Seen / Soon: March 2
Arts Reviews
UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Enron
This production of Lucy Prebbles' play smartly recounts and reframes the corporate beast's rise and fall
The City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
This debut fantasy novel is appealing, in part because it draws on legends of the Arab world for its magic
“18+” at Recspec Gallery
The exhibit of explicit work by 23 women and nonbinary artists has the effect of a peep show with recurring thrills
columns
Gay Place
Take a moment to enjoy Austin before SXSW barrels into town
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Manske Rolls, San Marcos
The unique twist on the cinnamon roll is a San Marcos original
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Backseat Driver
The most exquisite intellectual torture imaginable
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Renting your house during SXSW?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
