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CodeNEXT Wrecks Austin
Or did Austin wreck CodeNEXT?
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Point Austin: Gun Crazy
More massacres, more conversations, more sanctimony ... more nothing
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: New Math
Can CodeNEXT get to eight votes?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Dan Patrick
Our Lt. Gov. has some bad ideas about dealing with school shootings
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Big Bust at the Tax Office
Seven arrested for license plate forgery scheme
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Texas: An Abortion Desert
Women in 10 Texas cities must travel more than 100 miles for an abortion
BY MARY TUMA
Abortion Gag Rule
Trump's war on women's health continues
BY MARY TUMA
Motor Voter: Texas Won’t Play Nice
Why does the state want to restrict voting access?
BY MARY TUMA
Council Watch: Mariana Salazar
District 1 race continues to fill up
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council: What Do We Want? Money!
Who needs it? Fire stations, cops, and scooter companies.
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
A Solitary Manley
On the vetting process for Austin's chief of police
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Limbaugh Rant Puts UT MasculinUT Program in Limbo
University program halted until after summer
BY MARY TUMA
Run-off Election Results
Winners and losers in the Democratic primary
BY MARY TUMA, MICHAEL KING AND CHASE HOFFBERGER
County Reports on Drug Use and Poverty
New studies and what they mean for Austin
BY MICHAEL KING
The School Board Shuffle
Geronimo Rodriguez named AISD Board prez after Kendall Pace resigns
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Food and Music Strike a Chord With These Austin Chefs
We explore the link between the culinary and musical in anticipation of Hot Luck
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Food Events
music
I Heart K-Pop
Korean DJ nights choreograph a local niche
BY DAN GENTILE
Playback: Being Christeene in 2018
“I’m a collection of all the shit that you’re throwing around in this stratosphere of online media conversation.”
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Christy Hays
River Swimmer
Future Museums, Neil Lord
Rosewater Ceremony
Midcentury
Modern Nostalgia
Okkervil River, Will Sheff
In the Rainbow Rain
Greyhounds
Cheyenne Valley Drive
Big Wy's Brass Band
Portal to Funkville
Jess Williamson
Cosmic Wink
RF Shannon
Trickster Blues
screens
Documentary Uses Virtual Reality to Explore East Austin Gentrification
Technology and social justice come together in Latinitas' film
BY MAE HAMILTON
ATX Film News
Austinites on HBO and Netflix, plus big casting news
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Blood and Baby Carts
AFS presents samurai series Lone Wolf and Cub
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Chronicle Recommends: War Movies
Movie picks for Memorial Day
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN, JOSH KUPECKI, STEVE DAVIS, MATTHEW MONAGLE, DANIELLE WHITE, KIMBERLEY JONES, MARC SAVLOV AND RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Beast
Murder-mystery rewritten as a chilling fairy tale romance.
Birdboy: The Forgotten Children
Goya-winning animation finds the demons within us all
First Reformed
Paul Schrader and Ethan Hawke burn in the divine for this meditation on faith.
Itzhak
Violin maestro Itzhak Perlman gets the biodoc treatment
Mrs. Hyde
Isabelle Huppert glows (literally) in this SF-comedy makeover of the psycho-horror classic.
1945
Hungary's Holocaust culpability unearthed in one small village.
Outside In
Jay Duplass and Edie Falco in a story of post-prison re-integration.
Show Dogs
Unfunny canine buddy-cop comedy is no man's best friend.
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Should you have a bad feeling about this stand-alone Star Wars?
arts & culture
The Austin Arts Hall of Fame Class of 2018
Actor/director Norman Blumensaadt, dance artists Kathy Dunn Hamrick and Anuradha Naimpally, and philanthropists Jeanne and Michael Klein join the ranks of cultural heroes
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: The Austin Chicken Wing Festival
1,500 Austin poultry fans spread their wings at foodie fest
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Capital T Theatre's Small Mouth Sounds
This hilarious and moving production reveals near deafening truths with barely a sound
Generic Ensemble Company's Carmen
This devised work shares the name of Bizet's opera, but it has its own story to tell, one that's modern, irreverent and funny
Object Collection’s It's All True
This opera culled from Fugazi concert detritus was an endurance test for both audience and performers
columns
Gay Place
Long live the long weekend
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: The Cistern, Houston
Houston’s former underground reservoir perfect canvas for light artist
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Debbie Downers
It is truly fascinating to witness the beautiful butterfly squeeze back into an ugly caterpillar
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
World Cup kickoff right around the corner, U.S. prepare for a series of pre-WC matches, and more
BY NICK BARBARO
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