Hotel Vegas
Photo by David Brendan Hall
Volume 37, Number 7
Issue Supplement
ACL Music Fest 2017 Week Two Preview
ON THE COVER:
news
Learning the Hard Way That Police and Democratic Socialists Rarely Mix
CLEAT alum Danny Fetonte's resignation from the Austin DSA raises questions for the local chapter
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: Postponing the Code
CodeNEXT rewrite generating inexplicable panic
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Deadline? Whose Deadline?
CodeNEXT: "We've got to figure this out"
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Abby Lerma
Student / lyricist riffs on the importance of high school math
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Imagine Austin Five Years Later
Progress report details wins, losses, path forward for 30-year plan
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Say Hello (Again) to Republic Square
Downtown park hosts first farmers’ market on Saturday
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Death Watch: Next Up, the Tourniquet Killer
Convicted strangler set for execution on Oct. 18
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Council: Visitors Welcome?
CodeNEXT, Visit Austin return to City Council
BY MICHAEL KING
Hunkered Down in Troxclair’s Lair
City Council’s lone conservative preaches to her choir
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Christopher Columbus Apologists Gang Up on Council
Indigenous Peoples’ Day, not everybody’s idea of a great holiday
BY MICHAEL KING
Pearl Moen: Out of Jail Already?
Your parole hearing hardly means you’re out on parole
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Colina West Still Wants the Baker Center
If you can't get your own way, sue
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
County Ditches STAR-Vote's Innovative Voting System
County clerk Dana DeBeauvoir abandons initiative after failing to find a suitable vendor
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Adam Reposa Can’t Beat the Rap
Infamous defense attorney currently in custody for contempt of court
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
ICE Found Snooping on Council Member Greg Casar
The Intercept uncovers monitoring of elected officials' social media
BY MARY TUMA
food
ACL FEST 2017
AC Food Fight: Frozen Desserts
Which one of these frozen desserts is the best bet?
BY JESSI CAPE
ACL Eats Vendor List 2017
As the City Strives for Zero Waste, Where Does Food Fit In?
Bringing farm-to-table back to the farm
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Austin's Four Vegan Frozen Dessert Shops
We all scream for (dairy-free) ice cream
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Food Events
music
Playback: Best WTFs of ACL Fest Weekend One
The good, the bad, and the myriad Tom Petty covers
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL FEST 2017
Friday ACL Fest Picks
Five must-see Austin acts!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Friday ACL Fest Platter: Ron Gallo
One record from ACL Fest Friday we really dig
BY RACHEL RASCOE
ACL Friday Live Shots
Saturday ACL Fest Picks
One Aussie and five Austinites we like on Saturday
BY LAUREN MODERY AND KEVIN CURTIN
Saturday ACL Fest Interview: Benjamin Booker
Blues-punk live dynamo reveals his Southernness
BY TIM STEGALL
Saturday ACL Fest Interview: Glass Animals
Oxford quartet's frontman bares all
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Saturday ACL Fest Platters
Two albums we’re spinning from Saturday at ACL Fest
ACL Saturday Live Shots
Sunday ACL Fest Picks
Oakland, New Orleans, and New Zealand – that's where our head's at today
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ AND ISABELLA CASTRO-COTA
Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Deap Vally
L.A. duo doesn't want to talk about feminism
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Songhoy Blues
Malian guitar combine reaches Western soars via rock and blues
BY ALEJANDRA RAMIREZ
Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Vance Joy
Aussie breakout sticks to that which he can accomplish – songwriting
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Sunday ACL Fest Platters
Three LPs we’re spinning on the Sabbath
ACL Sunday Live Shots
screens
The Eyeslicer Roadshow Aims to Melt Your Brain
Low-budget, lo-fi shorts celebrate radical filmmaking
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
My Obsession: The Dick Van Dyke Show
Was the Sixties sitcom a harbinger of horror?
BY JOE GIBSON
'Tis the Season
Something wicked this way screens
BY JOSH KUPECKI
What’cha Watchin’?
Account Executive Marisa Mirabal gets in the Halloween spirit
BY MARISA MIRABAL
Film Reviews
Barracuda
Austin vibes meet darker skies
Faces Places
Celebrating faces in the crowd
The Florida Project
Life in the happiest place on Earth
The Foreigner
Jackie Chan takes a page from Liam Neeson
Happy Death Day
Living your death over and over again
Loving Vincent
A lushly painted but boring story of the life of the famous artist
Lucky
Cranky loner (and beloved character actor) faces mortality
Marshall
Supreme Court judge biopic has bite
Professor Marston and the Wonder Women
The origins of the iconic Amazon princess
Wasted! The Story of Food Waste
Where does the food go?
arts & culture
Into The Adventure Zone With Griffin McElroy
Local podcaster tells how his brother, his brother, and he turned a game of Dungeons & Dragons into storytelling magic
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Vortex's Vampyress
Chad Salvata’s gothic opera is the perfect treat for the season of ghouls, sensual and spooky
Austin Symphony Orchestra: Feast of Voices
The ASO and Chorus Austin combined forces for an evening of music that was gorgeous, sensual, and sometimes hall-shaking
“Marta Lee & Anika Steppe: Kind of About Michigan” at UT VAC
A road trip to adolescent haunts in Michigan results in a touching collaboration that stops short of sentimentality
columns
Oops!
Gay Place
(Still) celebrating National Coming Out Day
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Magic’s Theater, Dripping Springs
Old-fashioned magician thrills with timeless illusions and tricks
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Attaboy!
Adequate is an adjective that has never inspired anyone in any way ever
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
