Umlauf Sculpture Garden & Museum
Photo by David Brendan Hall
Volume 39, Number 6
Issue Supplement
ACL Music Fest 2019 Week Two Preview
ON THE COVER:
news
Austin's Land Use Debate Returns to the Spotlight
A new draft code has risen out of CodeNEXT's ashes
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Point Austin: It's Accountability Time
Lloyd Doggett on the need for swift action on impeachment
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Destroying Some to Save Others
City, Austin ISD look for similar changes in similar places
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Travis County Prosecutor to Fill County Court of Law Judicial Seat
County Commissioners selected Dimple Malhotra by a 4-0 vote
BY SARAH MARLOFF
More Dems File in State Judicial Races
Keith Hampton, Amy Clark Meachum announce for high Texas courts
BY MICHAEL KING
GOP’s Pete Sessions Announces for TX-17
Defeated congressman to run for vacated Flores seat
BY MICHAEL KING
Adler, Council Prepare for Abbott's Siege on Homelessness
Texas gov. continues to hammer city leadership on its response to homelessness through misinformation and fearmongering
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Council Member Alter, Advocates Optimistic on APD Review
The city gears up for the third-party evaluation of the department's handling of sexual assault cases
BY SARAH MARLOFF
AISD Trustees Share First Thoughts on "School Changes"
So far, board's holding firm (more or less)
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Texas, D.C. Dems Raise Funds and the Roof at Johnson-Jordan Dinner
DNC chair: “Opportunity everywhere” in “largest battleground state”
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Death Watch: Is Randall Mays "Competent" to Die?
Trial court stays execution to consider if he's mentally unfit, again
BY BRANT BINGAMON
food
ACL Fest 2019
Award-Winning Restaurants Within Walking Distance of the ACL Music Festival
Step away from the music for a taste of Austin
BY JESSI CAPE
35 of the City's Best Food Vendors Are Ready to Take Your Order at ACL Music Festival
Multicultural Refugee Coalition Celebrates 10 Years of Growing Roots in Austin
Texas transplants find space to grow
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Petite Portions and Not-So-Petite Prices at She’s Not Here
South Pacific-themed tiki bar-cum-restaurant evokes a sense of sleek playfulness
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of October 10, 2019
music
ACL Fest 2019
Friday ACL Fest 2019 Week One Reviews
Live shots from the first weekend
Friday ACL Fest 2019 Week Two Picks
Saturday ACL Fest 2019 Week One Reviews
Live shots from the first weekend
ACL Fest Interview: Dayglow
UT dropout Sloan Struble goes viral as Dayglow
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Must-See Saturday Acts at ACL Music Festival
Including a handful of weekend-two exclusives
Sunday ACL Fest 2019 Week One Reviews
Live shots from the first weekend
Can't-Miss Acts for Sunday at ACL Music Festival
Including three weekend-two-only performers
ACL Fest 2019 Week Two Record Reviews
Wax playlists for the second-weekend ACL Fest
11 Local Acts to See at ACL's Second Weekend
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Blackillac's Phranchyze and Zeale Go From Frenemies to Brothers
ACL Fest all-stars cruise the beats
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Faster Than Sound: Lizzo City Limits
“Truth Hurts” star’s historic audience, and other ACL Fest weekend one standouts
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
Behind the Scenes on Netflix’s New Austin-Made, Mexico-Set Anime
The many hands of Powerhouse Animation make light work of Seis Manos
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
“Cowboys in Space” Exhibit Finds the Frontier in the Stars
Exploring the infinite plains at the Bullock Museum
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Dolemite Is My Name
Eddie Murphy pays homage to the comedy genius of Rudy Ray Moore
El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie
Vince Gilligan-helmed feature reunites Breaking Bad fans with Jesse Pinkman
Gemini Man
It's Will Smith vs. a younger Will Smith
Jexi
A tech-addicted man finds an unexpected life coach in his phone's virtual assistant
Lucy in the Sky
Natalie Portman's astronaut crashes to Earth
Midnight Traveler
What it's really like to be a refugee fleeing the Taliban
Where's My Roy Cohn?
The man who taught Trump to be a monster
arts & culture
Austin Séance Shares the History of American Spiritualism
In their sittings, Jake Cordero and Albert Lucio give you the experience of contacting the departed
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Arts Reviews
UT Theatre & Dance's 12 Ophelias (a play with broken songs)
In a work more poetry than story, playwright Caridad Svich has drowned Ophelia resurface, freed from Hamlet's shadow
The Hidden Room Theatre's The Duchess of Malfi
In staging John Webster's revenge tragedy, the company strikes a delightful balance between historical authenticity and genuine emotion
"Colin McIntyre: Systema Praeternaturae" at Dimension Gallery
The artist's sinuous, flowing forms of nickel-plated steel are part of a reminder that in the midst of life, we are in death, etc.
columns
Qmmunity: The Fight for Queers’ Title VII Rights in SCOTUS’ hands
Plus GayCL returns and local stylists host benefit for Cheer Ups’ Maggie Lea
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Three Roll Estate Distillery
Local rum returns to the land of sugar plantations
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Luv Doc: Being Circumspect
A stupid, irritating, or contemptible person
BY LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
