Volume 34, Number 52
ON THE COVER:
news
As the city grows, is it being cavalier about the well-being of the laborers who are assembling Austin's new face?
BY AMY KAMP
As Council wrangles the budget, groups push for more funding to breach inequalities
BY MICHAEL KING
It's not too soon to aim for green space
BY NICK BARBARO
Budget priorities continue to be debated
BY MICHAEL KING
UT president announces a working group
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Ordinance is updated, but issues remain
BY NATALIA CIOLKO
Environmental advocates call for change in single-use bag ordinance
BY JESSI CAPE
Special-called Council meeting hashes out an agreement between MACC and developer
BY TONY CANTÚ
Claims current property appraisal system is unconstitutional
BY MICHAEL KING
Brenda Bermudez has filed a sexual harassment complaint with APD, but she’s also accused of sexual harassment. Another suit claims her negligence led to a teen’s suicide.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Hearing only expected to last a short two and a half hours
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Conservative group behind poll asking Republicans if Paxton should resign
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
A new affordable housing development plan sees positive reception from neighborhood group
BY TONY CANTÚ
KATRINA: 10 YEARS LATER
Jamar Jefferson and Donna Bonner are just two of many who relocated to Austin
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Alive in Truth: The New Orleans Disaster Oral History & Memory Project
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Anarchist and community organizer co-founded Common Ground Collective
BY WAYLON CUNNINGHAM
Proud "partners" corporatize our parks
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Austin's food boom may not be for everyone
BY HEIDI MEURER
25th Hot Sauce Festival brings the crowds
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Inconsistency mars Airport Blvd. newcomer
BY BRANDON WATSON
The art of the deal
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Fire and ice for summer commiseration
BY RAOUL HERNANDEZ
Austin music says thanks for saving our butt, HAAM
screens
Bob Byington on his latest Austin comedy, 7 Chinese Brothers
BY MARC SAVLOV
When We Were Live time-travels back to weird TV
BY MARC SAVLOV
Texas noir Two Step cuts a bloody rug
BY CAITLIN MOORE
Film Reviews
Bold coming-of-age story is told from the girl's POV
Joe Swanberg's latest adds some flourish to his usual marital themes
Animated film is based on Gibran's iconic book of prose poems
Greta Gerwig borrows from Holly Golightly in Noah Baumbach's new comedy
Hindi political thriller
Round 2 for this supernatural horror franchise
This irreverent throwback is a loving homage to kids' adventure pictures
Kannada psychological thriller
Christian melodrama likens prayer to war against the devil
A wan Saturday Night Fever wannabe about four millennials
arts & culture
AUSTIN PRIDE 2015
It's time for an LGBTQ check-in
BY KATE X MESSER, ANDY CAMPBELL AND SARAH MARLOFF
Spoken-word artist Ebony Stewart enters a new stage with her solo show Hunger
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Groundswell turns up the heat in its developmental staging of Sarah Saltwick's new play
Austin Theatre Project's staging of the popular musical hits all the right notes
Personal narratives stand at the heart of this exhibit by artists in the Contemporary Austin's Crit Group program
columns
We've got all the Pride info and sneak peeks into a very gay fall season.
BY KATE X MESSER, NEHA AZIZ, SARAH MARLOFF AND BLAKE MCCOY
Birthplace of rock & roll still all right, mama
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Wherein the Luv Doc tries to explain a dine-and-dash scenario
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY SAM HURT
BY RYAN HENNESSEE
BY TOM TOMORROW