Empire Control Room & Garage
Illustration by Jason Stout
Volume 39, Number 26
ON THE COVER:
WE HAVE AN ISSUE:
BY Kimberley Jones
news
Chronicle Endorsements for the March 3 Primary Election
From local judges and representatives to the presidential candidate, here are our recommendations
How the Democratic Primaries Could Affect Down-Ballot Races in Austin
See what happens when the circus is in town
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Point Austin: Primary Afterthoughts
As the days dwindle to March 3, your campaign correspondent assesses the damage
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Damn the Analysis – Full Speed Ahead
City report cut to protect "false narrative" on LDC?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council Tries to Keep City's Trash Out of Hated Landfill
Waste not, what now?
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
GOP-led Effort Aims to "Save" Austin From the Unhoused
Initiative seeks to reinstate city’s prior, more stringent camping ordinances
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Paul Cruz Steps Down at AISD
Superintendent takes UT post; transition plan still TBD
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
As Kirk Watson Exits, a Special Election for Senator's Successor Looms
Three Democratic elected officials are considering the race
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON AND AUSTIN SANDERS
Democratic Frontrunner Bernie Sanders Energizes Crowd at Austin Rally
Sanders voices “absolute confidence” his campaign will win Texas
BY MARY TUMA
Election Ticker: Final Laps Before E-Day
Countdown to Super Tuesday begins
BY MICHAEL KING
New Name, Same Vision for AIDS Services of Austin
HIV/AIDS nonprofit merges with national provider
BY BETH SULLIVAN
food
Brewing Pedigree Represents at Far West Austin's Beerburg
Trevor Nearburg puts a burg on it
BY ERIC PUGA
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of February 28, 2020
music
As Charlie Jones Exits C3, He Traces His Journey From College Station to Founding ACL Fest
Leaving the music promotions empire he helped build, Jones begins his new events company, Four Leaf
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Faster Than Sound: Austin Bands for Bernie
Bands turn out for Bernie Sanders, plus a dive into the SXSW rumor mill and an expanded lineup for the Austin Music Awards
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
20 Years of Austin Studios
More than just soundstages: Looking back on the unique success of Austin Studios
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Lucifer Star Kevin Alejandro Heads to the Lake Travis Film Festival
Devilish star and rising filmmaker honored by fledgling fest
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One in a Crowd: Toon In, ATX!
New animation convention needs your crowdfunding help
BY ASA CANTY
Film Reviews
Brahms: The Boy II
The well-dressed, porcelain, miniature killer is back. Um … how?
Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words
The conservative justice finally apologizes for it all. Nah, just kidding.
Emerald Run
God, guns, and cross-border gem smuggling in this evangelical Christian crime flick
Emma.
Anya Taylor-Joy gives Austen’s priggish heroine the spark she deserves
The Invisible Man
Universal Monsters update thrills as a high-octane Gaslight
Ordinary Love
By-the-numbers cancer drama lives because of its performances
Seberg
Prosaic bio-drama of the radical starlet never shines like she did
Tread
Madness, paranoia, and a goddam homemade tank in this terrifying documentary
arts & culture
Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas Lives Up to Its Title
Stephen Harrigan chronicles the Lone Star State’s last 500 years
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Paradox Players' The Mountaintop
In this powerful production of Katori Hall's drama, MLK wrestles with his life's meaning – and maybe an angel
Different Stages' Gliders
Rita Anderson's domestic drama sets one family's frictions against the backdrop of the Apollo 11 mission
"Through the Dusk, a Light" at Recspec Gallery
Annalise Gratovich prints up a bright array of time and place
Hypothesis: These Science Fair Kids Are All Winners
On the ground at the 64th Annual Austin Energy Regional Science Festival
BY LAUREN GIRGIS
The Contemporary Austin Finds Its New Head in the Headlands
The museum's new director, sharon maidenberg, has run a renowned multidisciplinary arts center in the Bay Area for 10 years
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Feted by Fusebash, the Fancy Fundraiser for Fusebox Festival
Ziggurats of Jell-O and inspired night of performances pays for future art
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
OUTsider Fest Review: Hot Bits
Queer XXX film fest presents the funny, the sexy, and the human
BY JAMES SCOTT
columns
We Have an Issue: The Measure of Time
In this week’s issue, we’re looking back to the beginnings of Austin Studios, assessing C3 founder Charlie Jones’ mid-career move, and crossing – finally! – Super Tuesday’s finish line
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Qmmunity: Video by Queer Latinx Artist Xandra Ibarra Pulled From San Antonio Art Exhibit
Plus Ballroom Basics, Greetings From Queer Mountain, and more
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Day Trips: Santa Maria Plaza de Toros, La Gloria
The last bloodless bullfight in Texas (maybe)
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Your Superpower
Go out into the world and seek those things that bring you joy
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
