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Evicted and Helpless
Disabled residents to be forced out of state supported living center
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: The Campaigns Continue
Catching up with mayor and county judge wannabes
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Can I Get a Scheduler?
District 9 opponents need to be in three places at once tonight
BY NICK BARBARO
Civics 101
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Campaign Snapshots
City Council Districts 5 and 6
Council: Still in Torment
Uber and Lyft up for discussion
BY MICHAEL KING
S-Comm "Roll Calls" Raise New Questions
Data released leads to more questions than answers
BY TONY CANTÚ
10-1 Ticker...
Election updates!
BY THE NEWS STAFF
The Other Prop. 1
State prop. gets overshadowed by electoral hot topics
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What's a Little Rainbow Crosswalk Between Friends?
Plan to celebrate the gayborhood heads to Council
BY DAVID ESTLUND
Contested Territory
Black Austinites claim police suspicion, mistreatment
BY AMY KAMP
The Headline Return of APD Officer Scott Glasgow
Officer involved in the shooting of Caraway shot and killed Jessie Owens in 2003
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
A New Deal for TNCs?
Questions remain as Riley pushes for agreement
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
A frightening cruise through Ted Cruz's head
food
A Joyful Noise
How Saengerrunde Hall learned to sing a new tune
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Trouble Brewing for Blue Owl?
Neighborhood concerns delay taproom
BY ANNA TOON
Darn Shame
Dang Bánh Mì inspires few exclamations
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Food-O-File
More tacos, less Thai food
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Play Jimmy Reed
Blues great schools us on Antone's
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Play Misty for Me
Did you know Bill Cosby is an accomplished jazz drummer?
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Playback: HAAM's Time of the Season
HAAM Day fills its coffers for uninsured live music capitalists
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Shelley King
Building a Fire
Fauntleroys
Below the Pink Pony EP
Johnny Winter
Step Back
Micky & the Motorcars
Hearts From Above
Robyn Ludwick
Little Rain
Carrie Rodriguez, Havilah Tower, Leticia Rodriguez Garza, Giulia Millanta
Live at the Cactus, Behind the Curtain, Saguita al Bate, The Funambulist
American Analog Set
Know by Heart
screens
FANTASTIC FEST 2014
Fantastic Fest
Bringing people together by slicing things apart
BY MARC SAVLOV
How Do You Spell Trouble?
The Soska sisters on breaking the rules in the alphabet horror anthology ABCs of Death 2
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
MondoCon
Escape to another fest with nerdiness in a different medium
BY DAN GENTILE
Fantastic Arcade
Four days of independent games, free of charge
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
The Hell of It
Mike Mignola on returning to Hellboy
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
TIFF Files: Wrapping Things Up
Toronto in the rearview
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
More News From the Local Film Fests Front
Help Desk
Human advice for the post-human world
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
Aagadu
Telugu action comedy.
Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?
Audiences shrug back.
Daawat-e-Ishq
Cultures clash in this Bollywood remake.
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them
Jessica Chastain plays Her and James McAvoy plays Him, and together they're Them in intriguing head-scratcher.
Khoobsurat
Hindi romantic comedy.
The Maze Runner
Of all the dystopian teen fables, this one based on James Dashner’s popular novel is one of the best.
My Old Lady
Israel Horovitz directs Kevin Kline, Maggie Smith, and Kristin Scott Thomas in this disappointing film adaptation of his play.
No Good Deed
Idris Elba plays a home invader hell-bent on terrorizing Taraji P. Henson’s suburban mom.
This Is Where I Leave You
Awfully likeable ensemble comedy.
Tusk
Kevin Smith and his actors are fully invested in the sheer madness of this story.
A Walk Among the Tombstones
Liam Neeson has taken to shooting at bad guys again in this slow-burning Matthew Scudder mystery.
The Zero Theorem
This science-fiction romp from director Terry Gilliam explores a demented and surreal technological future.
arts & culture
Evidence of Things Not Seen
Lindsey Lane's new novel about a missing boy and the lives he touches: an excerpt
BY LINDSEY LANE
Fall in re: Verse
Raking up some of the season's poetry collections
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Mass Intimacy
Marc Maron takes his exceedingly personal stand-up to the stadium crowds
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Arts Reviews
The Orchid Flotilla
Glass Half Full Theatre reveals moving artistry in silence, smallness, and subtlety
The Method Gun
The Rude Mechs' play both affirms and dismantles everything your own guru taught you
"George Herms and Sarah Bancroft: LOVE George Herms"
Rhythm and tone take center stage at residence-based gallery Testsite
columns
Letters at 3am: Joe Ely's Reverb: An Odyssey
The road goes on forever, and there's never a destination
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
The Good Eye: Big Time
Turn up the volume on this oversized trend
BY AMY GENTRY
Oops!
Gay Place: DON'T Rain on My Parade!
Get your Pride parade seats early. This year is going to be a doozy.
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Gladys City in Beaumont re-creates the boomtown and gusher at Spindletop
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: In Through the Out Hole
Like singing and dancing, everyone is a self-appointed expert when it comes to anal sex
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Hornography
BY ERIC SOLLENBERGER
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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