Chez Zee
Volume 32, Number 49
news
Budget Stretch Run
City money season at full speed – and the dollars are chasing the needs
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Broken Record
Latest APD shooting follows a too-familiar pattern
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Green Is as Green Does
Robbins' latest 'Directory' follows the flows of water – and power
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
More Questions Than Answers in APD Shooting
Department says they'll have a clearer picture as investigation proceeds
BY JORDAN SMITH
Lege Lines
Get ready for special number three
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Redistricting Commission Moves On ... With All Deliberate Speed
First order of business for the ICRC is the organization, not maps
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Eastman Wins; Jury Still Out on Plastic
Lawsuit highlights potential health effects of plastics
BY ANN CHEN
'Weird Rodeo' at the Scottish Rite
Theatre fires artistic director as harassment charges come to light
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Hightower Report
Access to a college degree is now as important as a high school diploma
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Craft Beer Is Their Creed
Forget 'ladies who lunch' – it's ladies who like lager at BitchBeer.org
BY IVY LE
Sausage Fest
Banger's does brats right, but it's the more adventurous menu items that really sing
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
Food-O-File
Your tasting menu of Austin restaurant news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Aug. 1-8
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Waltz Across Texas
Is the Broken Spoke being edged off South Lamar?
BY MARGARET MOSER
Metallurgy: Black Sabbath
Even 40 years on, the heavy metal pioneers still draw blood
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Metallurgy
Amon Amarth
Deceiver of the Gods
Black Star Riders
All Hell Breaks Loose
Dust
Hard Attack / Dust
High on Fire
Spitting Fire Live Vol. 1 & 2
Horseback
A Plague of Knowing
Kadavar
Abra Kadavar
Kylesa
Ultraviolet
Nails
Abandon All Life
Southern Front
Seasons of Hate
Tribulation
The Formulas of Death
Watain
The Wild Hunt
Church of Misery, Coffins
Thy Kingdom Scum (Metal Blade), The Fleshland (Relapse)
screens
By the People, for the People
It started on a mountain, and now it's over the hill: channelAustin is turning 40
Blood in the Water
'Blackfish' is a whale of a nightmare for SeaWorld's PR department
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Lady Be Good
Austin Film Society presents pre-Code Barbara Stanwyck
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
The Attack
When the wife of an assimilated Arab in Israel is identified a suicide bomber, the unwitting husband questions both his marriage and hiss Palestinian identity.
Blackfish
Orcas exploited in the name of entertainment and free enterprise is bad business in the view of this doc.
Cockneys vs. Zombies
This bloody good zom-com stands out from the crowd of zombies recently invading our screens.
The Smurfs 2
The Smurfs invade Paris. (Must've heard Jerry Lewis is a god there.)
2 Guns
Denzel Washington and Mark Wahlberg let the bullets fly in this intricate action puzzle.
We're the Millers
This Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis comedy shows some sweetly crude family values.
arts & culture
We Don't Think They're Not in Kansas Anymore
Austin's Rubber Repertory rents a former church in Kansas and fills it with a diversity of artists
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Hotbox
MASS Gallery establishes an artist-in-residency program at its new home
BY CAITLIN GREENWOOD
Studio Visits: Cecelia Phillips
Between studios at present, this painter of geodes talks about the need to have her workspace close
BY ANDY CAMPBELL
Arts Reviews
One Night With Janis Joplin
Zach makes this soulful portrait of the blues-rock queen an exhilarating concert that'll have you on your feet
A Chorus Line
The Long Center presented a strong version of a great musical that's still worth seeing
The 2013 Tiny Park Drawing Annual
This edition of the annual group show shakes up our idea of what drawing can and should be
columns
Gay Place
Men of Color are the essence of Essex
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
Archaeology site in Lubbock uncovers mysteries of the past
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law: Uncertain Lease Agreements – Things to Consider
Uncertain Lease Agreements – Things to Consider
BY LUKE ELLIS
The Luv Doc: Dropping the Godfather Ball
Kids are inevitably disappointing - almost as disappointing as their parents
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
