Captain Quackenbush's
Volume 34, Number 20
news
Pioneers or Settlers?
Balancing renewables and affordability at AE
BY NORA ANKRUM
Point Austin: Welcome Back!
When the Lege is in town, we've learned to expect the worst
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Going With the Flow
Council chases the dream of shorter meetings
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Kleinert's Next Defense
Kleinert attorneys ask to move case to federal court
BY AMY KAMP
Council: Hilton Honeymoon
The new City Council begins its reorganization
BY MICHAEL KING
10-1 Ticker... Council Settles In
The election's over, but the Ticker's not
BY THE 'CHRONICLE' NEWS STAFF
Unsettled Business
Lege opens with many unanswered questions
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Fate of School Finance Delayed
A new timeline to sort out school finance may push resolution to 2016
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bikes in the Mud
Parks & Rec cancels, then delays, Cyclo-cross event
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
HB 2 Returns to Court
5th Circuit questions ASC requirement
BY MARY TUMA
5th Circuit Considers Marriage Equality
Judges question state's argument that marriage is for procreation
BY MARY TUMA
Arnold Prieto Scheduled to Be First to Die in 2015
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report: Bezos Buys a Big Piece of Power
Bezos' ownership of the Post gives him a powerful platform
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Waiting on Fair Food
The quandary of ethical eating
BY AMY KAMP
The Republic of Sandwich
We pledge allegiance
BY RACHEL FEIT
Gardner
Modernist cuisine meets sense memory
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food-o-File
Pies, pastry bags, and Ms. P's
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Hip-Hop on the Verge
Austin finally cemented a scene, but who will break out nationally?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Playback: Ramones Signer Seymour Stein Visits Local Mentees Residual Kid
Plus Casey Monahan's exit interview, James Petralli's new side project, and SXSW's 547 additional acts
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Greetings From Eagle Rock
The filmmaking brothers, Jay and Mark Duplass, venture into TV with HBO's Togetherness
BY MARC SAVLOV
Meet Me There Meets Horror Halfway
Dustin Runnels leaps from the wrestling ring to the movie set in Meet Me There
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Local Video Game Releases
A handful of local games showcase the weird side of interactive art
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
American Sniper
Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper tell Chris Kyle's war story.
Blackhat
Chris Hemsworth stars in Michael Mann's cyber thriller.
I
In Tamil and Telegu.
Paddington
We extend a big bear hug to Paddington.
Spare Parts
This movie about undocumented teens building an attention-grabbing robot stands and delivers.
Taken 3
Liam Neeson's back in action.
arts & culture
Open Edition
PrintAustin enters its second year with startling growth in scale and scope
BY SETH ORION SCHWAIGER
Do I Stay or Do I Go?
In her debut novel Migratory Animals, Austin author Mary Helen Specht explores the push and pull of place
BY JESSI CAPE
Arts Reviews
"Multiple Originals XIX"
The Women Printmakers of Austin's latest group show displays both a diversity of technique and a fine array of beauty
The Insomniac's Ball
Bottle Alley's new site-specific show feels very much like a house party in which the guests talk all night long
The Mountaintop
Katori Hall's drama probes Martin Luther King Jr.'s mortality and legacy on the last night of his life
columns
The Good Eye: Haul of Fame
The cost-benefit analysis of clothing on the cheap
BY AMY GENTRY
Day Trips: Quinta Mazatlan
McAllen home to diverse ecosystem
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Gay Place: HelloDolly!
Two doors down (or so), they're thowing a party for Dolly
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: The Insincere Rectangle of Technology
Austin still has plenty of people who can actually read a map, write a letter, or hold a conversation
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
WWE SmackDown
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
