Volume 35, Number 2
Issue Supplement
'Best of Austin' 2015
features
Choo Choo Ch-Boogie
BY KATE X MESSER
news
If it's Friday, we have a budget
Council gets no rest after marathon budget sessions
BY NICK BARBARO
Austin Neighborhoods Council prez says FAN and ANC values are in conflict
BY MICHAEL KING
While state HIV rate declines, Travis County rate climbs – especially among African-Americans
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Providers want ASC and admit privileges rules gone
BY MARY TUMA
While assistance is needed, Rep. McCaul opposes harboring Syrian refugees
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Despite abnormal water usage readings, Austin Energy says billing system accuracy is "extremely good"
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Trump is a buffoon, but what do we call his copycat rivals?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Screens
Film Reviews
Nine-year-old twins suspect that someone is impersonating their mother
Lily Tomlin leads a dynamic cast down roads less traveled
Hindi romantic thriller.
Faith-based film taken from bestseller is directed by Michael Polish
Elisabeth Moss stars in Alex Ross Perry's elliptical psychodrama
The franchise soldiers on – sans Jason Statham
M. Night Shyamalan blends comedy and horror in his latest offering
Tamil action comedy.
arts & culture
Arts Reviews
Hang on for the second act of this Oh Dragon Theatre thriller – then hang on!
The wide open spaces that define the Texas stereotype are explored in rich detail in this artist's work
columns
On celebrating the Best of Austin, and learning to live with the worst
BY LOUIS BLACK
Take that as you will ...
Rain, potty breaks, and sand dunes make traveling Texas better
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
For those willing to believe in the impossible, anything is possible
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY SAM HURT
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
BY RYAN HENNESSEE