Women & Their Work
Jana Birchum
Volume 32, Number 44
news
A Victory by the People
Filibuster, parliamentary gamesmanship kill abortion bill … for now
BY DAN SOLOMON
Exiled From Main Street
Can Austin's stock of affordable housing keep pace with high-speed growth?
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Point Austin: A Moment of Celebration
It's a long road, but we can walk it together
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Council's Version of Sine Die
Packed agenda address affordability, wages, waivers, and more
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Civics 101
SCOTUS Punts on Fisher vs. UT, Lifts Part of Voting Rights Act
Two major rulings from the Supreme Court
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Lege Lines
Rick Perry calls a second special session
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Methodist Youth Director Denied Ordination
Denomination says sexuality bars her from ministry
BY BRANDON WATSON
State Blackmail on Health Care Funds?
Texas may force providers to choose between Title X and state health care funds
BY JORDAN SMITH
Death Watch
Kimberly McCarthy becomes the 500th person executed since death penalty reinstated
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report
Take a spin with Ted
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
Quote of the Week
food
Goat Revolution
Austin gets hip to the world's most consumed meat
BY JESSI CAPE
Home's A Brewin': Here's a Hophead a Newbie Can Drink With
Phil Vuong's continuing education
BY IVY LE
Food-O-File
Six jars of lard don't just grow on trees, you know
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
June 28-30
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Soto Sparkles
A multifaceted diamond tucked away in the suburbs
Austin Terrier
Looks like a sports bar, tastes like haute cuisine
music
Radio On
'Austin Music Minute' maven Laurie Gallardo takes her time on KUTX
BY MARGARET MOSER
Playback: Major Frost
Who's Max Frost and how did the Austin native sign to Atlantic Records?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Danny Malone
Balloons
Scorpion Child
Scorpion Child
Carper Family
Old-Fashioned Gal
Chris Wall
El Western Motel
Delbert McClinton, Glen Clark
Blind, Crippled & Crazy
Walker Lukens
Devoted
Overseas
Overseas
Krypol Haze
Krypol Haze
screens
Weekdays at Bernie's
Film's best-known dead guy is alive and kicking in Austin
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Martial Arthouse
Dan Halsted brings five secret kung fu films to AFS
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Run Away With the Circus
AFS hosts big-top screenings at the Marchesa
BY MONICA RIESE
Film Reviews
A Band Called Death
A black proto-punk band from Detroit that wouldn't compromise on its name is unearthed in this music doc 35 years after recording their original demo tracks.
Dirty Wars
Journalist Jeremy Scahill investigates the stealth operations of JSOC - the Joint Special Operations Command, an elite military outfit that performs targeted kills at the administration's directive.
The Heat
In his follow-up to Bridesmaids, Paul Feig re-employs Melissa McCarthy and teams her with Sandra Bullock for a comedy about a mismatched law-enforcement duo.
A Hijacking
This psychologically tense Danish drama about modern-day piracy doesn't cater to cliches or sentimentality.
Raanjhanaa
This new Indian film is a Romeo-and-Juliet-styled romance.
Somm
Are sommeliers the "new rock stars of the food industry"?
White House Down
Roland Emmerich blows up the White House real good, so who cares if it doesn't all compute when you have Channing Tatum and Jamie Foxx (as an Obama-ish prez) battling to become last men standing?
arts & culture
Your Austin Artist
In a changing city, Michael Anthony García embraces the changing roles of the visual art maker
BY CAITLIN GREENWOOD
All Over Creation: Ode to Joy
In a week's worth of creative endeavors, delight proves illuminating
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Matney vs. Cancer – FIGHT!
Artists and supporters from across Austin's theatre community unite behind actor Robert Matney to KO the Big C
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Reefer Madness
With this wild musical spoof, Doctuh Mistuh delivers a bigger buzz than its Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson
The Circus
Aerial theatre company Sky Candy was created to mount a show like this, but it juggles too much to be effective
Revel Solstice Festival
Revel inaugurated its contemporary chamber music festival with three programs offering music for everyone
columns
Gay Place: What A Riot
Bobcats get proud, plus another Stonewall commemoration
BY KATE X MESSER
After a Fashion: The Main Event
Your Style Avatar would look great sporting these parasols
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Letters at 3AM: The Patriot Edward Snowden
Edward Snowden is the American equivalent of the man who stood in front of that tank in Tiananmen Square
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Day Trips
Museum honors World War II glider pilots
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Is Your Neighbor a Prostitute?
Unless you hear the sound of chain saws or the whinnies of horses, you probably don’t have anything to worry about
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
