The Pershing
Volume 34, Number 44
news
MARRIAGE EQUALITY
Marriage for Everyone
Travis County "overjoyed" to comply with Supreme Court decision
BY MARY TUMA
Gay Marriage American Catholic Style
American Catholic church celebrates marriage equality
BY KATE X MESSER
Point Austin: Happy Fourth!
Feel good about America, but not too good
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: In Defense of Pedophilia
CM Don Zimmerman embarks on a new crusade
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Midterm Report Cards
The Chronicle grades new Council members
BY MICHAEL KING
Something You Ate?
Cyclospora outbreak leads to intestinal misery in Travis County
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Pressley Sanctioned
Judge imposes sanctions for a "frivolous" lawsuit
BY MICHAEL KING
Zimmerman Not Celebrating Marriage Equality
D6 CM compares same-sex marriage to pedophilia
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Cemetery Master Plan Inches Closer to Life
Boards & commissions pass graveyard draft
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
SCOTUS Blocks HB 2 – For Now
U.S. Supreme Court halts Texas abortion law in 5-4 stay
BY MARY TUMA
Her Body, Her Choice
Cheryl Morris plans to donate her body for display after death
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The End of Family Detention?
Positive changes coming, but some say it's not enough
BY TONY CANTÚ
Supreme Court OKs Use of Execution Drug
SCOTUS greenlights use of lethal injection drug midazolam
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
Trump tries to put his brand on GOP
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Mom and Apple Pie
Celebrating the new America
BY BRANDON WATSON
Italic
New comfort for a changing Austin
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Shopping List
Three new ways to keep it local
BY SERENA YEH
Food-o-File
Kendall Melton takes Paris
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Speaking of the Dead
To mark the Grateful Dead's final performances this weekend, a look back on the band's local history
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Playback: Willie's Picnic Comes Home
Willie Nelson Fourth of July Picnic lands back in Austin
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
State of the Union
A Fourth of July film roundup that goes beyond Independence Day
BY JOSH KUPECKI
An Ungentrified Man
David Gordon Green wraps up his Texas trilogy with Manglehorn
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A Novel Approach
Playing with the narrative of In Stereo
BY CAITLIN MOORE
Film Reviews
Faith of Our Fathers
Faith-based drama.
In Stereo
Indie romantic comedy doesn't resonate
Magic Mike XXL
The boys are back in town
Manglehorn
Al Pacino stars in David Gordon Green's shot-in-Austin drama
Max
After sufferiong trauma in Afghanistan, a heroic dog is sent stateside
Second Hand Husband
Bollywood romantic comedy.
Terminator: Genisys
The Governator is back
Testament of Youth
The luminous Alicia Vikander stars as a woman coming of age amid World War I
arts & culture
Break Into the Future
It's a new day for chamber music, as the Austin Chamber Music Festival shows
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Heathers, the Musical
Doctuh Mistuh's staging of the Eighties cult film is ridiculous in the best possible way
The Rocky Horror Show
Doctuh Mistuh's visit to the Frankenstein place is delightfully inclusive for die-hard fans and virgins alike
"Katie Rose Pipkin: picking figs in the garden while my world eats Itself"
In an art exhibition and accompanying chapbook, Pipkin automates the un-automatable
columns
Gay Place: We do!
It's the Fourth! Celebrate the rainbow and the Pink, White, and Sky Blue!
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Day Trips: Glenrio, Texas
West Texas ghost town was once a popular stop on Route 66
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Oops
The Luv Doc: Kind of Goofy, Kind of Dicky
Her unique worth as a human being exists outside of your palette of needs
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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