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Bonus Points for Affordability
One council member hopes to ensure bonus program developers are building affordable housing on-site
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: The New Inquisition
The assault on Planned Parenthood is an assault on health care
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Loving the Pope
Is Frances the plural of Francis?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Early Returns
Four declare candidacy for the Pct. 1 Commissioners Court Primary Race
BY MICHAEL KING
Linder vs. Davis: The Past and Future of Pct. 1
Austin NAACP head Nelson Linder paints a bleak portrait of Pct. 1
BY MICHAEL KING
Council: Marriott Pays, Austin Annexes
White Lodging agrees to repay $2.4 million in waived fees
BY MICHAEL KING
Lakeview Residents Not Ready to Leave
Luxury apartments displace low-income renters
BY TONY CANTÚ
County to Restore In-Person Jail Visits
Commissioners passed a $707,000 measure to bring in-person visitation back to the county jails
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Euphoria Files Suit Against County
Euphoria claims county restrictions on fest hinders business
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Football and Bikinis
Would-be football players brave distance, skimpy uniforms, for the love of the game
BY JESSICA LUTHER
Death Watch: After Appeal Denied, Death Row Inmate to Die
Claims of mental retardation did nothing to stop the state's next execution
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
SXSW Eco Returns
Panelists take a variety of approaches to environmentalism
BY JESSI CAPE
The Hightower Report
It's time to free students from higher-ed debt
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
ACL FEST 2015
AC Food Fight: Bloody Marys
Clash of the cocktails
BY BRANDON WATSON
Daito
The best Japanese restaurant you've never heard of
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Take-Out
A fine romance
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
ACL Fest 2015
ACL Fest 2015 Friday Listings
Blurbs on the hour
ACL Fest 2015 Friday Interviews
The two headliners who actually agreed to be interviewed don't disappoint.
ACL Fest 2015 Friday Record Reviews
Five discs from Friday to take home from the Waterloo Records store at ACL Fest.
ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Listings
Blurbs on the hour
ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Record Reviews
Saturday disc derby from ACL Fest.
Deadmau5 vs. Drake: Saturday ACL Face-Off
Which Saturday headliner?
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Listings
Final first-weekend handicapping
ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Interview: Jidenna
Meet Janelle Monáe protégé Jidenna
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Record Reviews
First weekend closer discs.
ACL Fest 2015 Local List
Hometown favorites gracing ACL stages
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL Fest 2015 Late-Night
Any gas left after all day at Zilker Park? ACL's got you covered.
ACL Fest 2015 Weekend One Only
When they're gone, they're gone.
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Leon Bridges Comes Home
Ft. Worth soul sensation Leon Bridges returns for Austin's second-biggest music festival
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Playback: ACL Fest Then & Now
What's changed and remained the same for ACL Fest over its 13 years
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
HBO's The Leftovers Finds New Life in Austin
The second coming
BY JOE O'CONNELL
MondoCon Keeps the Fans Happy
Movies, comics, posters, and music highlight MondoCon Year Two
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
True Grit
Three women under siege in feminist western The Keeping Room
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Addicted to Fresno
Natasha Lyonne and Judy Greer co-star as sisters in off-color comedy
Coming Home
Zhang Yimou's latest is a family drama set against the winds of history
Etiquette for Mistresses
Five women have affairs in this movie from the Philippines
Hell and Back
In this animated film, dudes battle demons to retrieve a friend from hell
The Keeping Room
Slow-burn thriller is a Western with a feminist slant
Manhattan Romance
New York-set indie rom-com just goes through the motions
The Martian
Circumstances force Matt Damon to become a wily Robinson Crusoe on Mars
Mississippi Grind
Ben Mendelsohn and Ryan Reynolds co-star as gambling buddies
Puli
South Indian fantasy-adventure
Shivam
Telugu-language romance
Sicario
Taut, morally ambiguous thriller is set on the U.S./Mexico border
Singh Is Bling
Bollywood action-comedy
Sleeping With Other People
Raunchy but sweet rom-com stars Alison Brie and Jason Sudeikis
Talvar
Hindi thriller based on a real-life murder investigation
The Walk
Philippe Petit dreamed it and Robert Zemeckis brings it to life
arts & culture
Art in Public Places' TEMPO Program
The city of Austin gets into temporary sculpture in a big way, debuting 10 new works around town this fall
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin's Noir at the Bar Presents Stuart Neville
Irish author of Those We Left Behind trades shots with fellow crime writers Mike McCrary, Jesse Sublett, and Gabino Iglesias
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Anne Washburn's inventive play shows how, after the apocalypse, we still cling to Springfield
Freud's Last Session
This philosophical debate between Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis is richest when it shows their humanity
"De La Tierra"
The group exhibition, curated by Michael Anthony García, refreshes the migrant Latino narrative
columns
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Luv Doc: - * - = +
When is it appropriate to punch the Dalai Lama in the face?
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Page Two: "I Wish That I Knew What I Know Now When I Was Younger"
Dancing and drinking in Jamaica Plain
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place: A New Outfit
Meet Rob Townsend ... Again
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Janis Joplin's Porsche in Port Arthur
Museum of Gulf Coast wants the Lord to buy them a Porsche
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
Why So Much?
BY LANCE MYERS
Maakies
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
Jen Sorensen Comics
BY JEN SORENSEN
Eyebeam
BY SAM HURT
This Modern World
BY TOM TOMORROW
