Native Hostel
news
Shortchanged
A lot of belt tightening and creative thinking make getting by with low dollars possible for AISD
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: The Death Cult of the Gun
Slate study shows an estimated 90 U.S. deaths per day result from gun violence
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Words to the Wise
You have to know the rules ...
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council Wrap-up
Staff not amused by some CMs' ideas on how to cut the budget
BY MICHAEL KING
(Not) For Rent
With hopes of protection for Section 8 renters dashed, city takes steps to help
BY MARY TUMA
Adios, Jeff!
Davis statue graces South Mall no more
BY MAC MCCANN
A Healthier Workforce
ATCEMS Employees Association head skeptical of EMS chief's budget plan
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Unanswered Questions in Jailhouse Suicide
Since 2012, 100 have suffered self-inflicted deaths in Texas jails
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
School Finance Before the Texas Supreme Court
The State Supreme Court is expected to make a ruling before the end of the year
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
APD Tracks Social Media
Local social media monitoring software company met with shady digital spying group
BY JOHN ANDERSON
The Hightower Report: Preaching to the Choir
You, too, can be part of Scott Walker's inner circle
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Good Word
This Knish combines literature and pastries
BY SERENA YEH
Juliet Ristorante
Does Austin need another Italian restaurant?
BY BRANDON WATSON
Craft Beer, Creekside
Waller Creek Pub House helps revitalize Downtown stretch
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
Food-o-File
Town and country
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Perfecting Utopia
One-hundred and 16 miles southwest of Austin lies music festival Utopia
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Playback: Festicular Fortitude
Ten music festivals in 10 weeks? Bring it on.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Gary Clark Jr.
The Story of Sonny Boy Slim
Peterson Brothers
The Peterson Brothers
David Ramirez
Fables
Madisons
No One's Ever Gonna Know Your Name
Pat Green
Home
Shane Cooley
Kings Highway
Northern Quarters
Transient Times
Manco
The Great Wall
Marcus Brown
All the Ghosts Are Gone
Kyle Offidani
Trail of Lights
screens
Lights, Camera, aGLIFF!
Long-running film fest returns with something for everyone
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Beyond Bollywood
Indie Meme's new film series highlights family ties
BY JESSI CAPE
Meet the New Boss
Austin Film Society rolls out their public access plan
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Bhale Bhale Magadivoi
Telugu film
Bloodsucking Bastards
Cubicle horrors: Vampires bloody the workplace
Dynamite
Telugu remake of Arima Nambi
Un Gallo con Muchos Huevos
First animated Mexican movie to receive wide release in the States
Heroes of Dirt
A BMX dirt rider also mentors a troubled teen
Learning to Drive
Patricia Clarkson and Ben Kingsley drive a tale of unlikely friendship
Meru
Doc recounts efforts of American mountain climbers to ascend Meru Peak
Paayum Puli
Tamil action film
Phoenix
In postwar Germany, a woman with a reconfigured face reclaims her identity
7 Chinese Brothers
Jason Schwartzman stars in this comedy from droll Austin auteur Bob Byington
Thani Oruvan
Tamil action thriller.
A Walk in the Woods
Robert Redford and Nick Nolte walk the Appalachian Trail in Bill Bryson's memoir
Welcome Back
Bollywood comedy is a sequel to Welcome
arts & culture
Party Out of Bounds
Talking reunions with members of Fatbuckle, Squirrel Buddies, and the Amazon and the Milksop
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Texas Early Music Project's Convivencia Re-Envisioned
Spanish Christian music, Sephardic Jewish song, and al-Andalus melodies meld in this special concert
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Arts Reviews
Capital T Theatre's Year of the Rooster
Behind the black comedy of Eric Dufault's cockfighting play is a stunning indictment of hypermasculinity
The Sex Lives of Siamese Twins
Irvine Welsh
"Alice Leora Briggs: The Room"
The printmaker disregards clean narrative in her masterly woodcuts based on poetry by Mark Strand
columns
Page Two: Picking Up the Conversation
The Chronicle at 34
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place: Last Gasp
The annual Splash Days ritual is back
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Concordia Cemetery, El Paso
Old El Paso was dying to get into historic cemetery
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Forest Fires!
Blue hair is flammable. Don't let any geezer tell you different.
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
