Volume 34, Number 45
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news
S-Comm's end hasn't lessened the fear of deportation for Travis County's immigrants
BY TONY CANTÚ
Supreme Court quibbles about drugs and avoids the larger ethical issue
BY MICHAEL KING
Zoning Commission works through Council hiatus
BY NICK BARBARO
Will voters want to pay for a new courthouse?
BY MICHAEL KING
Texas Museum of Science and Technology considers Cedar Park home temporary
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Facing a trio of challenges, AG Paxton goes on the offensive
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Beloved mural to be restored
BY TONY CANTÚ
APD detective spearheads effort to train officers about same-sex domestic violence
BY SARAH MARLOFF
After a 2005 murder, Clifton Williams is set to be executed
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Two unrelated shootings leave three dead
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
City Council will likely take up the Rainey Street project debate in early August
BY MICHAEL KING
Debate over salary increase details carries on at AISD
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AISD grapples with impact of this session's bills on its financial future
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Donald Show
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Reconsidering the reptile
BY JESSI CAPE
Dazzling technique and missed potential
BY BRANDON WATSON
Wine 'em and swine 'em in East Austin
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
To the victor belongs the cheese
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Cult soulman/guitarist Shuggie Otis returns from decades of mystery
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
The Austin Music Hall gets slated for teardown, the Roost closes while looking for a cash infusion, Backyard owner Tim O'Connor gets back in the concert game, and a Kickstarter campaign to get Doug Sahm into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Coming Home
Ain't Nothing Fancy
Star Spangled Rodeo
The Missing Pages
screens
The Tribe offers up a spellbinding look inside a Ukrainian school for the deaf
BY MARC SAVLOV
Amy charts Amy Winehouse's tragic path
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Surviving Austin's rising cost of living with some help from the "sharing economy"
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
Doc about the life of Amy Winehouse is revelatory, amusing, and deeply devastating
This first part of a planned two-part epic is showing in Tamil, Telugu, and Hindi
Vigilante groups on both sides of the border fight the Mexican cartels in this harrowing doc
Another found-footage horror film that's best left unfound
Mark Ruffalo and Zoe Saldana star in this intimate family drama
The Minions have moved from background work to starring in their own animated movie
Tamil thriller
The film starts off as promising sci-fi, but turns into a disappointing shoot-’em-up
Using only sign language and no subtitles, this Ukrainian drama tells a story about young, deaf criminals
arts & culture
In Austin, bookmobiles aren't just a thing of the past; they're the literary wave of the future
BY JESSI CAPE
Happily Ever After shows how to put on a Disney-inspired musical: improv edition
BY ALEXA HARRINGTON
Arts Reviews
The Davis Gallery show has a surprising depth and variety, but some of it distracts from the show's laid-back vibe
Strong writing and a robust cast make Different Stages' production stay with you
With more than the usual musical suspects, the ASO managed to make its 39th July Fourth concert a rousing success
columns
They all come back, y'all, and this is one we're happy to see. SRDub, aka Stanley Roy.
BY KATE X MESSER
Sample the fresh produce of farmers' roadside stands
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Ain't no shame in that lame
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
BY JEN SORENSEN
BY TOM TOMORROW