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Death Waits for No Plan
Austin works on making its cemeteries more accessible to the public
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: One Last Chance
Council moves to resume firefighter negotiations
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: First, Do No Harm
Council dives in
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Full Agenda at Zimmerman's D6 Swear-In
Council Member Zimmerman hosts his constituents
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council: Something's Burning
Council wrestles again with AFD hiring
BY MICHAEL KING
Lege Lines: Guns, Islamophobia, & Budget Cuts
The Lege takes on guns, Islamophobia, and sets the draft budget
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bill of the Week
Flynn files bill that would allow teachers to kill at schools in the name of defending property
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Professor Dumpster Moves Out ... And On
He's leaving the Dumpster to a new, rotating cast of residents
BY NORA ANKRUM
Lege Targets the Undocumented
Lawmakers would restrict access to work, education, etc.
BY TONY CANTÚ
GABC Pictures Black Austin
#iamblackaustin showcases a diversity of black Austinites
BY NORA ANKRUM
A Kinder, Gentler SXSW?
City to tighten "temporary" permits
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Unpermitted MLK Billboard Removed by Owner
Permitting violation, not vandals, led to the takedown of Eastside's MLK Jr. billboard
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report: Shoveling America's Wealth to the Top
Rich get richer; poor get poorer
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
FIRST PLATES 2015
100 Restaurants: Defining Austin Dining Now
BY BRANDON WATSON
First Plates Top 10s
BY BRANDON WATSON AND VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Thai-Brids
Blurring the lines of Thai cuisine
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Savory Characters
Cooking up the next generation of cocktails
BY CLAUDIA ALARCÓN
The Meat of the Matter
Toward being a better carnivore
BY AMY KAMP
Over a Barrel
Cask shortage plagues craft beer
BY ANNA TOON
Hive Mind
The buzz about backyard beekeeping
BY JESSI CAPE
So Hot Right Now
2015's trend ingredients are ridiculously good looking
BY RACHEL FEIT
Ingredient Fatigue
A restaurant critic's lament
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Guitar Pedals
Gas prices are down, so the boutique guitar pedal boom is up
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback: Meet the New Texas Music Czar
New Texas Music Office director, new Rock N Roll Rentals branch, and a new Foot Patrol fetish!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Bigger and Better
The Bullock Museum IMAX Theatre completes digital conversion
BY JOSH KUPECKI
An Actress Plays Herself in the Role of a Lifetime
AFS Doc Nights: Actress
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Help Desk
Is arguing about anything other than the cuteness of cats and babies on Facebook worthwhile?
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
The Duke of Burgundy
This character study of mistress-and-servant lesbian role-playing is gratifying without being sexually explicit.
Goodbye to Language
Jean-Luc Godard makes his best film in years – and in 3-D, no less.
Jupiter Ascending
The Wachowskis' space opera starring Mila Kunis and Channing Tatum is a visual dazzler but a narrative splice-and-dice.
The Loft
Five married men share a penthouse loft in which an unidentified woman turns up dead.
Malli Malli Idhi Rani Roju
Telugu romantic drama.
Mommy
Canadian wunderkind Xavier Dolan creates a volatile drama about a violently hyperactive teen, his strong-willed mother, and the nice woman who lives across the street.
Project Almanac
Teens discover plans for a time machine within found footage, but things go awry when they begin to construct it.
Shamitabh
Hindi drama.
Two Days, One Night
Marion Cotillard becomes the face of the working class in the latest Dardenne brothers' gem of social realism.
arts & culture
Delighted Lee
Actor Lee Eddy is back onstage in Austin after five years away, and boy, is she happy
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Finding Refuge
UT theatre students cross borders with the acclaimed artists of the Moving Company in Refugia
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Thr3e Zisters
InThr3e Zisters, Salvage Vanguard disinters Chekhov's famous siblings in a beautiful, fascinating, cutting way
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago
The Chicago troupe's dances, grounded in contemporary ballet, ranged from ceremonial to intimate to absurd
"Sara Frantz: Between Borderlands"
The artist's gouache-and-graphite, abstracted renderings of landscapes and buildings are how a machine might see the world
columns
Gay Place: $$ for Cats
Laugh out loud and support some baby Bobcats
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips: Grand Central Cafe, Kingsland
Cafe from classic horror film still killin' it
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Common Law: Can a Friend Officiate the Wedding?
Marriage through the eyes of Texas
BY LUKE ELLIS
The Good Eye: Boyhood, Girlhood, Personhood
Lorelei's girlhood in dad's Boyhood
BY AMY GENTRY
The Luv Doc: Why DNA?
Wherein the Luv Doc fails to unlock the mysteries of the universe
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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