The 04 Center
Volume 34, Number 25
news
Waste Not
Local groups work to "rescue" food from loss and landfills
BY ROBYN ROSS
Point Austin: Buying a Better Austin
Mayoral foundation could privatize public functions
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Test Your Water Knowledge
Everywhere you turn, the issue is water
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Sign of the Times?
Plot thickens in Eastside demolition saga
BY TONY CANTÚ
Council: Hello, I Must Be Going
The new City Council wades into deeper water
BY MICHAEL KING
Zimmerman Fights Affordable Housing
The D6 CM is the lone "no" vote on Cardinal Point
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Reed Seeks Retrial
In Rodney Reed case, forensic experts believe Stacey Stites died before midnight
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Frat Party Fallout
UT students are disappointed by admin's failure to nip racist parties in the bud
BY MAC MCCANN
New Campaign Renews Pro-Choice Fight
New reproductive health policy campaign seeks to reverse damage of anti-choice laws
BY MARY TUMA
Lege Lines: Gov. Abbott Takes the Stage
Abbott delivers the State of the State and lawmakers get a per diem boost
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Judge Blocks Immigration Reforms
Obama's planned expansion of DACA and DAPA on hold
BY TONY CANTÚ
Gun Carry Bills Advance
Campus carry and open carry bills advance to full Senate
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Bill of the Week
Senate Bill 487: Ellis files bill to help convicted receive new DNA tests
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report: Why Are Taxpayers Subsidizing Corporate Crime?
Tough on crime, unless it's corporate
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Waste Not
Local groups work to reduce, redistribute, and "rescue" food from loss and landfills
Bright Lights, Little City
An icon makes a big comeback
BY DAN GENTILE
Taco Flats
Taco Flats is maybe too laid-back
BY BRANDON WATSON
On the Cheap: Taquito Aviles
Getting our goat on Braker
BY MICK VANN
Food-o-File
The icing on the cake
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Entertaining Angels
Skylark Lounge pianist Margaret Wright plays divine
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback: Behold! The Austin Music Awards
Announcing the 2014/15 Austin Music Awards bill, the 13th Floor Elevators reunite for Levitation, and King Coffey recovers after being struck by a car
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
screens
Film Flam
Roundup of upcoming Austin film events
Help Desk
A business meeting goes well, but there's no follow-through. "Help Desk" to the rescue.
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
Badlapur
Hindi crime thriller.
The DUFF
Bye-bye bullies and basket cases; enter the DUFF – shorthand for designated ugly fat friend.
Fifty Shades of Grey
For all the commotion, it's just another wish-fulfillment fairy tale about a naive girl and her Prince Charming – but with tame BDSM.
Good Day, Ramón
This Mexican hit tells a heartwarming story about a teen who's forced to rely on the kindness of strangers when he travels to Germany to find work.
The Last Five Years
Anna Kendrick shines in Richard LaGravenese's loving adaptation of Jason Robert Brown's stage musical.
McFarland, USA
Despite heavy sports-underdog cliches, this film with Kevin Costner as the coach of an all-Latino high school track team taps into a lot of modern realities.
Song of the Sea
From the director of The Secret of Kells comes this lovely work of animation about the Celtic selkies.
arts & culture
Working in Stereo
Sean Ripple on "Tom Sachs: Boombox Retrospective" and the rising role of the artist-curator
BY SETH ORION SCHWAIGER
Past Passion
Austin Shakespeare revisits Tom Stoppard in Hades for The Invention of Love
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Everything Is Established
Physical Plant's new work is a fast, funny, disturbing example of great Austin playmaking
Misalliance
This G.B. Shaw comedy is typically dense with dialogue, but the student actors at St. Edward's manage to keep tensions high
"Tony de los Reyes: Border Theory"
The unfortunately apolitical but undeniably charming work of Tony de los Reyes
columns
Oops!
Gay Place: OUTside of Society, Indeed
OUTsider: And so it begins
The Good Eye: Tales From the Beauty Box
Side-eyeing the confines of female film roles
BY AMY GENTRY
Day Trips: Elissa, Galveston
A proud ship and a unique classroom
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Bonging Molly
The latest drug craze not threatening America's youth
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
