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Volume 34, Number 12
news
The Right Man for the Job
APD welcomes its first openly trans officer
BY AMY KAMP
Point Austin: Color Me Exempt
Homestead exemption comes at a price
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: November Song
Will Council make a golf course its parting act?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Turnout in the Council Races
Lots of "undervoting" in the 10-1 races
Cui Bono: Who Benefits?
Guess which part of the city will get the lion's share of a 20% homestead exemption?
A Few Rounds Over Decker
How many golf courses does Austin need?
BY JO CLIFTON
Council: So Nice They'll Hold It Twice?
Council prepares for a marathon session
BY MICHAEL KING
10-1 Ticker... Run-Off Endorsements!
Elected officials and rejected candidates make their picks
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Proceed With Caution
Sunset Commission looks to combine five health care agencies into one
BY MARY TUMA
Wages up in the Air
Will ABIA vendors get away with another 10 years of paying less than living wages?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
NLRB Settlement ... Cap Metro Politics
Union President Wyatt says it's a vindication of workers' rights
BY MICHAEL KING
Workers Protest Gables
WDP wants developer to ensure its subs pay fair wages
BY AMY KAMP
The Lege Stirs Into Action
And the member shuffle continues
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
Exposing the secret corporate coup of our democratic elections
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Get in Line
Counter service takes its turn
BY RACHEL FEIT
Polished Apples
Culture and craft at Texas Keeper
BY ANNA TOON
Into the Fold
Does Fork & Taco stand out on taco row?
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
Food-o-File
Austin's newest culinary hot spot
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Playback: Grohl Call
Nirvana drummer, Foo Fighter, and documentarian Dave Grohl passes it on
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Anarchy in Paris
French electro anarchist Éric Débris resides in South Austin
BY TIM STEGALL
Texas Platters
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead
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Matthew Robinson
Work That Jelly!
John Schooley & Walter Daniels, John Schooley
Dead Mall Blues, The Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World
I Love You but I've Chosen Darkness
Dust
Israel Nash
Rain Plans
Stephen Doster
Arizona
Smokey Emery
Soundtracks for Invisibility, Vol. III: Qui Mal y Pense
Ancient VVisdom
Sacrificial
HOD
Book of the Worm
Dat Boy Supa
SupaCabra
screens
Where Does It Hurt?
With The Inside Story, Scott Rice gets people talking about mental health
BY MARC SAVLOV
You Oughta See the Pictures
Hollywood forever: New film books reviewed
Film Reviews
Beyond the Lights
A popular singer finds the courage to be herself with the help of a friendly cop.
Dumb and Dumber To
They're ba-ack!!!
Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me
Touching documentary captures Campbell's final tour, which is made more poignant and brave because of the musician's worsening Alzheimer's.
Happy Ending
Bollywood romantic comedy.
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1
Katniss Everdeen goes from Hunger Games victor to emblem of the revolution
The Theory of Everything
Based on Jane Hawking's memoir about her marriage to the scientist Stephen Hawking, this film really shows what goes into a relationship.
arts & culture
Touring the Tour
A very meta experience, guided by Heather Pesanti, senior curator of the Contemporary Austin
BY SETH ORION SCHWAIGER
All Over Creation: Renewed Faith
On coming back to an appreciation of poetry's remarkable resonance and relevance
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Hamlet
The melancholy Dane gets fierce in this most professional staging by Mary Moody Northen Theatre
Aye, No!
This Teatro Vivo show finds its comedy in the contradictions within us and the way we relate to our families
columns
Gay Place: Stand for Our Family
How do we honor those who've fallen?
BY KATE X MESSER
The Good Eye: On Productivity and Reproductivity
You could pick this column up and read it right now or ...
BY AMY GENTRY
Day Trips: Eisenhower State Park, Denison
Activities abound at this state park
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Where is Dan Savage?
The Luv Doc's knowledge of analingus is abominably sparse
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornography
BY ERIC SOLLENBERGER
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
