Cloud Tree
Volume 34, Number 41
news
This Is the Box We're In
Council doesn't have a budget, but they're cutting it nonetheless
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: The Appraisal Scam ... Updated
Travis Central Appraisal District responds
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Planning Is Doing
Eastside wins, Council struggles
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Committee Versus Commission
Public Safety Chairmen Rossmo and Zimmerman trade invitations
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Council: Zoned Out
Arguing about zoning
BY MICHAEL KING
Meet the New Neighbors
Old Austin and New can't agree on ADUs
BY MICHAEL KING
Is K2 Unstoppable?
Rise in trips to the ER highlights prevalence of synthetic marijuana
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Pepper-Spray Video Goes Viral
Sixth Street skirmish raises eyebrows
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Eastside Hotel Denied
Planning Commission fails to approve permit
BY TONY CANTÚ
In Wake of Flooding, Hays Water Victory Bittersweet
Last-minute reversal revives groundwater protection bill
BY VICKI WOLF
Over Troubled Waters
Eastside bridge destroyed after Memorial Day floods
BY MICHAEL KING
Council Extends Cab Contracts
Council approves cab franchise extension
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Fifth Circuit Upholds Anti-Abortion Law
5th Circuit ruling would leave Texas with only eight clinics
BY MARY TUMA
People's Veto
Young activist protests against cancer cuts at guv mansion
BY MARY TUMA
Death Watch: Ninth Execution Slated for June 18
Russeau will be the ninth Texan executed this year
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
Hello Congress: Meet your poverty-wage food servers
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Sea Change
Searching for sustainable shrimp
BY JESSI CAPE
Alcomar
Fresh seafood and an instant vacation
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Texas Honey Ham
Still going strong after arson-robbery
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Food-o-File
Helping hands
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Restless One
Heartless Bastards oracle Erika Wennerstrom confronts the moment
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: James Petralli's Constant Bop
Has White Denim become Bop English? Which festival might relocate to the new superstage at Circuit of the Americas? Is LBJ turning over in eternity over the Beatles exhibit at his library? That and other Q&As in this week's music news.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Live Shots
screens
Moving Mountains
Turk and Christy Pipkin are keeping busy changing the world
BY MARC SAVLOV
Local Tech Roundup
Gadgets and apps to keep you and your electronics healthy
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Help Desk
Tech-savvy ways to cut expenses
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
Beyond the Mask
Christian swashbuckler changes the storytelling mode but not the message
Good Kill
Ethan Hawke pilots drones over Afghanistan from a trailer in the Nevada desert
Insidious: Chapter 3
The original screenwriter of the horror franchise assumes the direction of this supernatural prequel
Jurassic World
Bigger isn’t necessarily better
Live From New York!
Forty years of a landmark show should yield more than an 82-minute doc
Sunshine Superman
BASE-jumping trailblazer Carl Boenish is the subject of this doc tribute
arts & culture
What, Me Wordy?
Recommendations for summer reading that offer getaways from the usual gang of literates
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Summer's Easy Readin'
Writers on their go-to books for when their gray cells need a vacay, too
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Strangerer
Bush 43 ponders murder and existentialism while debating Kerry in this ambitious comedy from Capital T
Mothers and Sons
Zach Theatre's exquisite staging of Terrence McNally's drama speaks to families of all kinds
"Elizabeth McDonald: I Only Know Plenty"
McDonald's ambitious solo show targets scapegoating, though some of its power is lost in repetition
columns
Oops!
Gay Place: Music of Your Life
Stretch across the genres this Friday
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Old School Leathersmith, Lockhart
Making leather goods that last to customers' specifications
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Bitter Truths
The Hero gets it. Every time.
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
