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Volume 38, Number 26
ON THE COVER:
news
Coexisting With the Coyotes of Travis County
Austin’s wildlife management program goes countywide
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
Austin at Large: Time for the Bonus Round!
Trusting ourselves to allow the housing that will change the city
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: Closeout!
Zucker Report finally put to bed? Eh, sorta.
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
City Validates Anti-Major League Soccer Petition
"Fair Play Austin" PAC hopes to halt plans to build a soccer stadium at McKalla Place
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Cronk Announces Short Lists for Assistant City Manager Positions
Future hires will oversee mobility and safety at City Hall
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Factor Health Funding Up for Grabs to Support Healthy Living
Good health beyond the clinic
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
David Whitley Apologizes for "Confusion" Wrought by Voter Purge List
Three lawsuits later, Texas secretary of state basically says "whoops"
BY MARY TUMA
Whole Woman's Health Caught Up in Anti-Abortion Turf War
Longtime Austin clinic forced to relocate
BY MARY TUMA
Death Watch: Flawed Testimony Cited to Challenge Death Sentence
Billie Coble challenges second death sentence
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Housing Plan, Stadium Vote in Council Spotlight
Still to come this spring: child-friendly policy, land use code reboot
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Austin ISD Trustees Support Sex-Education Update
Trustees likely to support new K-8 curriculum
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Lege Lines: A Win for Brewers, a Scam for Paxtons, and More
This bill's for you
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON, MICHAEL KING, SARAH MARLOFF, ERIC PUGA AND MARY TUMA
Govalle Neighbors Rally to Save Pecan Grove
City-owned property slated for affordable housing
BY MICHAEL KING
food
How Women Are Changing the World of Wine by Reclaiming the Vine
Wonder Women of Wine advocates for gender equality and diversity in the wine industry
BY VERONICA MEEWES
A Pickling Guru's Journey Through the World of Fermentation
Casper Fermentables owner Ben Hollander goes from dorm chef to LeRoy and Lewis collaborator
BY DAN GENTILE
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of February 21, 2019
music
A Year in Local Music Crams Onto One Stage at the 2018/19 Austin Music Awards
Unique musical moments make for a night of fan-voted accolades
BY KEVIN CURTIN
2018/19 Austin Music Industry Poll Top 10s
Nearly half of this year's Austin Music Poll/Austin Music Awards winners are now known
Faster Than Sound: Austin Music Industry Awards Grow Into Emo’s
Berkshire Hounds back a piano-smashing good time, non-Spring Break SXSW needs more volunteers, and Bayonne brings his piano home
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
Body Hacking and Human Augmentation Conference Celebrates All Things DIY Cyborg
Get chipped (or don’t) at BDYHAX
BY BETH SULLIVAN
In Production: Riding the Rails With Jason Neulander’s Upcoming Feature, Fugitive Dreams
“It’s a road movie about two homeless people trying to survive in middle America”
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
How The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 Helped Shape Austin Filmmaking
The saw remains the same for Mike Blizzard
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd
Barton Springs history needs your crowdfunding help
BY SAVANNAH J SALAZAR
Film Reviews
Everybody Knows
Penélope Cruz and Javier Bardem charm in this slight tale of lost loves and kidnapping
FP2: Beats of Rage
Mad Max meets Dance Dance Revolution in a microbudget beatdown
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
The dragon riders finally come in to land as the trilogy definitively ends
Never Look Away
Art history drama set across and after the Third Reich has few lessons to teach
Run the Race
Faith, family, and football, y'all
arts & culture
The People's Gallery at City Hall Shows Women With Disabilities in a New Light
The Bold Beauty Project of Texas exhibits portraits of courageous women from across the state
BY LAURA JONES
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's Hedwig and the Angry Inch
This revival gives the trans singer's identity crisis a punk lullaby with rockin' style
Mary Moody Northen Theatre's The Three Musketeers
A contemporary script, powerful acting, and fantastic swordplay combine to create a heroic journey that's fun and easy to get lost in
Nadia Waheed: "Notes From a Windowless Room" at Raw Paw
Explorations of identity by an artist of color, of colors, of many colors
columns
Qmmunity: LGBTQ and the Search for a Wide Enough Umbrella
Plus, OUTsider Fest is here to queer up your weekend
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Mission, Texas
Border wall to cut off sacred ground
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: A Few Thousand Words
Even a few thousand words from a fake doctor are not enough to fix years and years of dysfunction
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
