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features
SXSW 2019
Unofficial Shows & Qmmunity Guide to SXSW
BY GREG STITT AND SARAH MARLOFF
The Austin Chronicle Presents: Hair of the 3-Legged Dog, Volume VI
news
SXSW 2019
The Cannabis Industry Is a Growth Market at SXSW
New Cannabusiness track reaches new highs
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Painful Splits Along the Way to Stopping Sexual Assault in and Around Austin
Different approaches to accountability lead to rifts throughout the county
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Point Austin: It Ain’t Easy Being Weird
Welcome to Austin – accept our gift of the spirit of change
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Southwest Key CEO Juan Sanchez Steps Down
Embattled CEO/founder departs amid protests, investigations
BY MARY TUMA
Dawnna Dukes Finds Herself on the Wrong Side of the Texas Ethics Commission Again
BY MARY TUMA
Sarah Eckhardt's State of the County Address Features Brags and Worries
The state of Travis County is strong, but challenges remain
BY MICHAEL KING
GOP Speech Bill Sides With Alt-Right Activists
Senate Bill 18 to protect “free expression” from campus provocateurs
BY MARY TUMA
New Study Changes City Council's View of Flood Risk
Puzzling over a variance on Avenue D, and spending the first of the 2018 bond funds
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Laura Pressley Trolls County Clerk in Real Time
DeBeauvoir wisely declines to take the "election integrity" bait
BY MICHAEL KING
Lege Lines: “Born Alive” Bills Filed
National right-wing moral panic over “infanticide” hits Texas
BY MARY TUMA
Lanier High School Staff, Students Skeptical About Renaming
Campus last of six Confederate-name schools to be changed in AISD plan
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
SXSW 2019
40 Restaurants to Try in Downtown Austin
Check off all your food goals without leaving the city center
BY JESSIKA ROTH
A Guide to Getting a Beer During SXSW
Ditch the convention center and check these brewpubs
BY ERIC PUGA
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of March 13, 2019
music
SXSW 2019
16 Punk Rock Bands to Slam Into at SXSW
BY TIM STEGALL
11 EDM Artists to Help You Find the Beat at SXSW
BY CHRISTINA GARCIA
18 International Frontwomen at SXSW Music
BY DAN GENTILE
19 Post-Punks to Bounce Around To
BY RACHEL RASCOE
The Best of Asia at SXSW Music
BY DAN GENTILE
13 Jazz Acts to Help You Keep Cool at SXSW
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Top 20 Hip-Hop Artists at SXSW Music
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Nine Must-See Indie Rockers at SXSW
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
14 R&B Acts to Soothe Your SXSW Soul
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
14 Australian Acts to See at SXSW
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
Expand Your Mind With These 13 Psychedelic Bands at SXSW
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Nine Metal Bands to Bang Your Head to at SXSW
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
16 Experimentalists to Help You Get Weird at SXSW
BY RICK WEAVER
Eight International All-Stars at SXSW Music
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Go South of the Border With These 15 Latinx Acts
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
19 Exceptional Songwriters Showcase Their Craft at SXSW
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Laura Jane Grace Finishes Media Therapy to Concentrate on Music Again
Catching up with the singer, activist, and Against Me! and Devouring Mothers bandleader
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Beastie Boys' Ad-Rock and Mike D Talk Trap, Basketball, Bogus Conspiracies, SXSW, and Their New Book
"We realized that all we do have, before this started and after it ends, is the three of us.”
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound: Cracking the SXSW Music Algorithm
If my phone broke and clickbait subsided, where would bring me joy at SXSW?
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
SXSW 2019
Lance Bass Relives an Astounding Fraud in The Boy Band Con
Manufactured pop meets true crime in this documentary about Lou Pearlman
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Maeve Higgins Makes SXSW Ghost Comedy More Than Extra Ordinary
Comedian and podcaster takes on the afterlife
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Can Kitties, Weed, and Votes Save Blockchain?
As the cryptocurrency bubble looks ready to burst, developers and innovators at SXSW see new uses for the underlying tech
BY TOM CHEREDAR
Tracking the Next Big Things at SXSW Gaming
Beyond playtime: where the developers and designers will be at SXSW
BY TUCKER WHATLEY
SXSW Film Reviews
SXSW 2019 Film Awards
All the winners from this year’s jury competitions
Film Reviews
Apollo 11
Astounding documentary takes us back to the first crewed mission to the moon
Birds of Passage
Colombian drama redefines the drug trafficking movie
Made in Abyss: Journey's Dawn
Part one of epic anime quest is a fine first step
Mapplethorpe
Matt Smith creates a startling portrait of the master photographer
Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase
The original girl detective makes a modern return
arts & culture
Kambui Olujimi Speaks Art to Power in "Zulu Time"
This Brooklyn artist’s solo exhibition at the Blanton shows how those in power make sure the world runs on their watch
BY BARBARA PURCELL
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's Notes From the Field
This production of Anna Deavere Smith's provocative docudrama calls out America's criminal justice system
Co-Lab Projects and Partial Shade's "Soft Opening"
In this one-night event, four works by four artists revealed themselves over time in an empty East Austin lot
"Exquisite Corpse" at Recspec Gallery
Dying is an art; at this gallery, they do it well
columns
Qmmunity: The Future Looks Freeing
Events to queer SX and advocate for LGBTQ equality
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Twilight Epiphany Skyspace, Houston
Light show accents the space between day and night
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Drop Crotch
The difficult conversations we don't have are often the ones that alter the course of our lives
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
Eyebeam
BY SAM HURT
This Modern World
BY TOM TOMORROW
