Mueller Lake Park Outdoor Amphitheater
Volume 35, Number 41
news
Working the Budget
Council and staff review the preliminary numbers, with crossed fingers all around
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: A Halcyon Day
Clinton's ascension is a moment to celebrate possibilities
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Clowns to the Left of Us, Jokers to the Right
The overwhelming hubris and audacity of Uber continues
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Burning Daylight
Passing the hot bond potato
BY MICHAEL KING
Yellow Cab's San Antonio Shuffle
Cab conglomerate calls out-of-town cabs to Austin, but did it get the city's OK first?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Heights on Congress Residents Start Organizing
City, developer discussing relocation plan
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
County GOP Restricts Morrow's Power
Controversial chair to retain some administrative duties
BY MARY TUMA
House to Address Education Funding
Speaker Joe Straus sets school finance as interim item
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
State Emergency-Leave Rules Tightened
Comptroller will now verify all applications
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Death Watch: U.S. Supreme Court Steps In
Highest court to consider two Texas death penalty cases
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
How much does it cost to buy a public university's integrity?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
First Look: Garage's Food Program
Philip Speer innovates bar food with six easy dishes
BY BRANDON WATSON
Spiritual Journey
Revolution Spirits reinvents the distillery
BY ERIC PUGA
The Take-Out
When food writing is not delicious
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
Come What May
Shawn Colvin and Steve Earle duet
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Playback: Austin's Music Tech Movement
Can techies solve the problems facing Austin music?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
screens
ATX Television Festival: Season 5
As the bounty of TV continues to bear fruit, so does this fest
BY JOSH KUPECKI
I Like to Watch
Sinner priests are here to save us all
BY JACOB CLIFTON
Film Reviews
The Conjuring 2
Semi-retired ghost hunters make a comeback in the second installment of James Wan's spooky series
L'Attesa
Secrets abound in this Italian drama starring Juliette Binoche
Maggie's Plan
Greta Gerwig delights in this NYC-set screwball romantic comedy
Me Before You
A paraplegic and his quirky caregiver form a bond in this British romance
Now You See Me 2
Now you can't un-see the second installment of Jon M. Chu's magical trilogy
Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping
Comedy collective The Lonely Island writes, directs, and stars in music biz comedy
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows
Green sewer-dwellers battle purple ooze. Big, dumb fun
Warcraft
No fun storming the castle in this lousy adaptation of the hit video game
arts & culture
Mike Osborne: Man of the Moment
Photographer Mike Osborne is looking for the bigger picture in the world we share
BY SEAN L. MALIN
Dance/USA Convenes in Austin
The national arts organization brings honors for the Butlers and big questions about the form's future
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Arts Reviews
The Vortex's Privacy Settings: A Promethean Tale
Ancient myth meets modern surveillance memorably in this devised work at the Vortex
Kozyworld
This collaboration between dancer Julie Nathanielsz and poet Margit Galanter employed fabric to explore human shape and contact
"One / Sixth" at de stijl
This group show of work by six black graduates of UT's M.F.A. art program shouldn't have to exist, but thankfully it does
columns
Page Two: The Fix
Thuggery and fanaticism on the campaign trail
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Women's Alliance for Leadership empowers LGBTQ women to succeed in education and their careers
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Ray's Drive Inn, San Antonio
The west side institution is the original home of the puffy taco
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Quid Pro Quo
You miss 100% of the shots you don't take
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
Hornography
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
comics
