Captain Quackenbush's
Volume 34, Number 47
news
Protect and Preserve
How can we keep Austin's cultural heritage authentic?
BY CINDY WIDNER
Beside the Point: Absence of Evidence Is Evidence of Ignorance
As we become submerged in factless policy-making, a request to return to reason
BY MARY TUMA
UT Takes on Confederate Statues
After public input, university plans to consider options, including removal
BY MAC MCCANN
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Civics 101
Built by Women, for Women
Women's community center provides resources, meeting space
BY JESSI CAPE
Demand for Rape Kits High
SafePlace is receiving two to three requests per day
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Eastside Hotel, Round Two
Developers appeal permit rejection to City Council
BY TONY CANTÚ
"Drivers Are Pissed"
Possible lawsuit on the horizon as City Council quietly passes taxicab amendment
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
APD Officer Fired, Again
Williams faces indefinite suspension after "mishandling" domestic distrubance call
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Pulling From TEA Report, Ratliff Argues Public Schools Better Than Charters
Ratliff gets rebuke from federal education heads for saying public schools outperform charters
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Building a Better GED
After a sharp drop in test-takers, Texas requests a new test
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
Why does the GOP hate poor people?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Using Their Noodles
Two local eateries make an art out of hand-pulled pasta
BY SERENA YEH
Texas French Bread
Two steps forward, one step back at Texas French Bread
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Playing With Fire
Austinites tame the flames on television
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Fond farewells and new beginnings
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Playback
Are Red 7 and Red Eyed Fly merging? That and whatever happened to the Strange Boys answered in this week's music news.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Mondo Texas Platters
Summer Loving
Second 2,500-word buffet on first- and second-quarter local releases
screens
Losing It at the Movies
AFS Programming Director Chale Nafus on a life in film
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
A Walk on the Wild Side
Sundance fave Tangerine is loud and proud
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Classic Game Fest Returns
In our day, controllers had one button, and we liked it
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
Heaven Knows What
Semi-fictional drama about a 19-year-old heroin addict by the Safdie brothers
Pixels
Ever wish you could pixelate Adam Sandler?
Southpaw
This boxer's story is familiar, but Jake Gyllenhaal is all new
Tangerine
Indie drama shot with an iPhone provides a riveting take on two transgender BFFs
The Vatican Tapes
Pray for us; it's exorcism time again
arts & culture
Feel the Burn
Austin author and wildland firefighter Mary Pauline Lowry takes readers inside the fire line in her novel Wildfire
BY JESSI CAPE
Live From Cowboy Portland
Showtime premieres an Austin-based stand-up show, SXSW Comedy With W. Kamau Bell
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Ring of Fire
A talented cast and band evoke the Man in Black in TexARTS' Johnny Cash musical
Closer
This 7 Towers production shows the disconnect between love and sex, and the pitfalls of confusing the two
"Robert Therrien"
The sculptor invites viewers to reconsider physical space with objects much larger and smaller than normal
columns
Oops!
Gay Place: Reverse Peristalsis
This week's theme: Nineties and barf!
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, Taos, N.M.
Take a walk with a wild view across the seventh-highest bridge in the U.S.
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Great, Satisfying Sex
Sometimes you need to give turn-by-turn directions to O-town
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
