Capitol Grounds
Gary Miller
Volume 34, Number 40
news
What's the Damage?
The news staff takes a look at the fallout from the 84th legislative session
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: Counting the Casualties
The Lege limps across the finish line
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: The Dog That Didn't Bark
Will property taxes in Texas ever make sense?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Jumpolin Seeks New Home
Rising rents send owners to new neighborhood
BY TONY CANTÚ
Council: Do I Hear Six Percent?
Council approaches a decision on homestead exemption
BY MICHAEL KING
Eastside Developer Promises $15/Hour Wage Floor, and More
Developer joins with Workers Defense to offer labor guarantees, but the neighborhood still has qualms about a new hotel
BY TONY CANTÚ
Austin State Supported Living Center to Stay Open
Bill to close it dies before end of session
BY MARY TUMA
Victory Recycled
Ecology Action leaves Ninth Street
BY ROBYN ROSS
Fests Vs. Farms
Changes to mass gathering permits in the works
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
The fountain-pen economy
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Sambhar in the City
Anjore redefines Indian cuisine
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Mongers Market + Kitchen
Inconsistency mars neighborhood haunt
BY BRANDON WATSON
Festival of Brites at Zilker Brewing
Craft beer culture thrives in East Austin
BY ERIC PUGA
Food-o-File
A fond farewell to Suzanne Santos
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Hold My End Up
Delta Spirit frontman Matt Vasquez returns to his roots: Austin
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Playback: Austin Music Census
The Austin Music Census hits the fan. As does Tyler, the Creator!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Uncle Lucius
The Light
Octopus Rex
Total Destruction
Löwin
Royal Jelly
Town Hall Devils
Ouroboros Blues
Berkshire Hounds
Rock Bottom
Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard
Django and Jimmie
Pete Rodriguez
El Conde Negro
Pocket Fishrmen
Rocko's Not Feeling Well
Rite Flyers
Electromode
screens
You Are Entering Harlan County
Justified creator Graham Yost exits Kentucky for the ATX Television Festival
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Good Vibrations
Bill Pohlad offers Love & Mercy
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Go Make Your Own Movie
Local filmmaker tackles the Big Boys
BY MARC SAVLOV
Film Reviews
Aloha
Cameron Crowe parks this rom-com in Hawaii
Dil Dhadakne Do
This Bollywood film tells the story of a dysfunctional Punjabi family
Entourage
In this feature spin on the HBO show, it's still boys beings bros, only the screen is bigger
I'll See You in My Dreams
Blythe Danner is exquisite as a 70-year-old widow entering the dating fray
Love & Mercy
Paul Dano anchors an ambitious vision of the Beach Boys' Brian Wilson
Masss
The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed out the Window and Disappeared
A bestselling Swedish novel jumps to screen with inevitable Forrest Gump comparisons
Pandaga Chesko
A millionaire returns home to visit his family in this Telugu film
Spy
The Paul Feig/Melissa McCarthy comedy onslaught continues with a Bond parody
When Marnie Was There
Will this ghost story be the final film from animation powerhouse Studio Ghibli?
arts & culture
The 2014-15 Austin Critics Table Awards
Top honors to Salvage Vanguard's Thr3e Zisters, LOLA Austin's Femme Bohème, and Texas State's Kiss Me, Kate
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Riding While Female
Women athletes make their mark at X Games Austin
BY JESSI CAPE
Showers of Art and Lit
Let's not call the New South Festival of Literary Arts and Cartooning a perfect storm of indie media, please
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
The New Electric Ballroom
At the Vortex, the siblings of Enda Walsh's play can't move past a night from 50 years ago
King of Hearts
Tongue and Groove's stage adaptation of the anti-war cult film looks lovely but breezes by too quickly
"Gently Fried"
Local curatorial powerhouse Los Outsiders creates a poignant three-part exhibition (or is it five?)
columns
Gay Place: Big Proud Bomb
It's not an anti-Pride: It's Queerbomb!
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Water Gardens, Fort Worth
Stay dry while surrounded by cascading falls
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Gender Issues
When is it OK to ask a man/guy on a date?
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Riding While Female
Women athletes make their mark at X Games Austin
BY JESSI CAPE
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
