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Rebooted City Council Gets a New Chance to Fix Austin
10-1, take two
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Austin At Large: Fractured Fairy Tales
Will no Prince Charming come to save our school district in distress?
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: The Speed of Trust
Moving off dead center in the land use debate
BY NICK BARBARO
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Austin's Last GOP Council Member Returns to Her Natural Habitat
Ellen Troxclair joins right-leaning Texas Public Policy Foundation
BY MARY TUMA
Texas Comptroller Gives Legislature More Money to Spend
But don’t go crazy y’all
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
New Leaders at KUT and Texas Monthly
Legacy media powers move past scandal with outside hires
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Spider House Co-Owner Fires Back at Business Partner in Court
Conrad Bejarano responds to John Dorgan’s libel and slander charges
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Lege Lines: Only 139 Days to Go for the 86th Texas Legislature
House, Senate gavel in with new leadership
BY MARY TUMA
“People’s Lawsuit” Challenges Texas Abortion Restrictions
Ambitious effort to reverse anti-choice laws gets a day in court
BY MARY TUMA
Last-Minute Appeals Aim to Stop First Texas Execution of 2019
Drugs, mental illness, disability factors in 2008 infant murder
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Closing Schools, Shrinking Enrollment Make for Tense Times at AISD
Sour apples at AISD
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin FC's New Neighbors Take Over Push to Put Soccer on the Ballot
Group looks to take anti-stadium petition to the polls
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
South Indian and East Texas Cuisine Come Together at Puli-Ra
Chef Deepa Shridhar revamps her model but stays true to her vision
BY ALEX DETMAR
Buzz Mill's Lumber Society Teaches Primitive Survival Skills in a Modern Setting
Everything you need to know to survive the great outdoors
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
Dinner parties, farmer's markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of January 10, 2019
music
Free Week 2019 Is in the Rearview Mirror, but These Homegrown Standouts Aren't
10 local showcases that got us excited for what’s to come this year
BY RACHEL RASCOE, DOUG FREEMAN, CHRISTINA GARCIA, TIM STEGALL, MICHAEL TOLAND, LIBBY WEBSTER, KEVIN CURTIN AND DAN GENTILE
Faster Than Sound: Pop Goes the Arts District
Fight over an empty lot near Riverside Drive intensifies, Xetas’ Kana Harris will open Bluebonnet Records in Lockhart, and Why Bonnie get a peachy opening gig
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
Austin Film Critics Association Announces 2018’s Best Films and More
If Beale Street Could Talk, The Favourite big winners
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
How Costume Designer Edith Head Changed the Look of Hollywood
AFS Cinema spotlights films featuring the Oscar-winner's designs
BY JILL MORENA
Sun Ra’s Cosmic Jazz Epic Space Is the Place Touches Down
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Film Reviews
Destroyer
Nicole Kidman's grimy noir mistakes grit for intrigue
Dragon Ball Super: Broly
The unstoppable anime franchise lumbers on for the fans
Escape Room
Six actors in search of an exit
Modest Heroes: Ponoc Short Films Theatre, Volume 1
Three short films from Japan's newest major animation studio
Tejano
Stone-cold thriller across the Mexican border
arts & culture
Celebrating the Women of Flatbed Press at PrintAustin 2019
Elisabet Ney Museum gives Austin’s world-class press its historic due
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Snapshot: Free Week 2019
David Brendan Hall talks with 10 Austin bands about what it takes to feel musically "free"
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
"Post-Apocalyptic Harvest" at Atelier 1205
Artists Erika Huddleston, Tammy West, and Amy Scofield salvage beauty from a sundered world
columns
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Qmmunity
Happy birthday, Hentaii!
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Alpine
West Texas brewery hangs up its spurs, at least for now
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Embarrassing Stupidity
Yes, there have been some mulligans
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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