Downtown Georgetown
Volume 34, Number 26
news
Willful Ignorance
How common is police abuse of force? We don't want to know.
BY AMY KAMP
Point Austin: Desegregating Austin
New report on economic inequality should galvanize action
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Making Plans for Planning
Planning and Development Review Department is under the microscope
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Marriage Equality Comes to Texas
But is it here to stay?
BY MARY TUMA
Council-Manager or Managing Council?
Mayor backs down on private funding of staff, but Council doubts remain
BY MICHAEL KING
Housing Heartburn or Marijuana?
Short-term rentals remain contentious
BY NATALIA CIOLKO
Lege Lines
Janek gets grilled, transportation moves, and more
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Breaking the Cycle
Schools move to end teen dating violence
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Gentrification Refugees
Jumpolin demo a long time coming, according to city records
BY TONY CANTÚ
Death Watch: The Wrong Man?
Rodney Reed execution stayed
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Buehler's Civil Case Dismissed, For Now
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report: Debt Buyers Bury Hard-Hit Consumers in Lies
Surprise! Debt collectors are unscrupulous.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Killer Whales
Is the hunt for rare beers killing the communal spirit?
BY ERIC PUGA
Clearing Their Name
Oasis, Texas not backing down in brand dispute
BY ANNA TOON
Counter Cafe East
A solid performance
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Wining and dining
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Beethoven to Beyoncé
SXSW Music panels – topics over talent. Except they're also star-studded.
BY THE MUSIC STAFF
Music News: C3 Grows
Exclusive interview with Charles Attal about C3 Presents / Live Nation Entertainment deal
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
screens
Crime and Consequences
American Crime creator John Ridley talks about shooting in Austin, faith, race, and Felicity Huffman
BY JOE O'CONNELL
In for the Long Haul
Scott Frank speaks about how to sustain a career in screenwriting
BY MARC SAVLOV
Theresa Duncan's Girl-Centric CD-ROMs Are Reissued for a New Generation
The games get their "21st century premiere" in Austin
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Hot Tub Time Machine 2
It's the franchise that goes back to the future – but in a hot tub instead of a DeLorean.
Kaaki Sattai
Tamil action film.
A la Mala
Mexican comedy about a woman who makes her livelihood flirting with other women's men.
Leviathan
This Oscar nominee for best Foreign Language film exudes existential Russian angst in cinematic form.
Maps to the Stars
David Cronenberg's film, with a script by Bruce Wagner, is a darkly humorous moral fable aimed at Hollywood.
What We Do in the Shadows
Cleverly executed, this vampire spoof by Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi, is a lot of fun.
arts & culture
Unfinished Business
The 23rd annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
BY ROBERT FAIRES
The Ascent of Mandolin
The next step in Avi Avital's mission to convert the world to mandolin: Vivaldi
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Arts Reviews
The Invention of Love
Ambitious script, gifted cast take us inside a brilliant mind in Austin Shakespeare's production
The Wiz
The whole ROYGBIV takes center stage in Austin Community College's brightly colored and dazzlingly designed Oz musical
"Neil O'Brien: (I saw You) Chugging from a 2 Liter"
Easy drinking in O'Brien's Common House solo show of prints and paintings
columns
Oops!
Gay Place: Bless Me Sister
Watch our very own Weird City Sisters come up
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Bentsen-Rio Grande Valley State Park
A great place for bird-watching
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Good Eye: Tales From the Quirky Box
More side-eye examination of "quirky" female film roles
BY AMY GENTRY
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Staying Grounded
You can be fairly sure that you come from a long line of masturbators
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
