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Getting Outside the Box
Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?
BY AMY KAMP
Point Austin: The Gun Cult ... Again
People keep dying; we keep doing nothing to prevent it
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Ask a Silly Question
The faux democracy of online push-polling
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Welcome to Solar City
Council buys megawatts, ponders PUDs, and contacts neighbors
BY MICHAEL KING
Game of Zones
Tweak in PUD rules preempts the Grove at Shoal Creek
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
A Lesson in Bilingual Education
Middle East biliginual education group breaks new ground
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
De Novo Comes to Texas
Jeffrey Solomon's play brings the violence of Central America to life
BY DINA SAMIR SHEHATA
Michael Arena: Previous Coverage
Guilty Until Proven Innocent
Falsely accused of sexual assault as a teen, Michael Arena is free but not exonerated
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Death Watch: Relief Denied, Inmate to Be Executed
Escamilla to be 12th Texan executed this year
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
A flagrant liar for president?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Restaurants of the JW Marriott
Mixed offerings at Burger Bar, Corner, and Osteria Pronto
Pride and Joy
Moojo's artisan ice cream sandwiches
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The Take-Out
Eaten alive
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
ACL Fest 2015
ACL Fest 2015 Friday Listings – Second Weekend
Blurbing the second Friday of ACL 2015
ACL Music Fest 2015 Friday Interviews – Second Weekend
Same headliners, new interviews
ACL Music Fest 2015 Friday Record Reviews – Second Weekend
A last platter for ACL Friday
ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Listings – Second Weekend
Blurbing the second Saturday of ACL 2015
ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Record Reviews – Second Weekend
Weekend two only discs
ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Listings – Second Weekend
ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Interview: Jidenna
2015 Jidenna meets 1973 Fela Kuti
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Record Reviews – Second Weekend
Two last platters for ACL Fest 2015
ACL Fest 2015 Local List – Second Weekend
Hometown favorites gracing ACL stages
BY KEVIN CURTIN
ACL Fest 2015 Late-Night – Second Weekend
ACL Fest 2015 Weekend Two Only
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
If I Could Only Fly
Covers stylist Tameca Jones steps out into all-originals territory with a huge voice.
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback: ACL Fest's First Weeknd Moves Mountains
ACL Fest 2015 weekend one wrap
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Excessive Force
Peace Officer explores the rise of police militarization
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Suzuki Method
AFS retrospective revisits a maverick of Japanese cinema
BY JOSH KUPECKI
The Kaleidoscope VR Film Festival
BY CAITLIN MOORE
Screen Shots
A miscellany of film news and events
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Film Reviews
Deathgasm
Crazed Kiwi film leaves you laughing, gagging, and head-banging
The Final Girls
Smart homage to the cheesy campsite horror films of the Eighties
He Named Me Malala
Doc about the famous champion of girls' eduction, Malala Yousafzai
Jazbaa
Bollywood's top stars tussle in this dramatic thriller
Knock Knock
Keanu Reeves stars in Eli Roth's latest horror film
Ladrones
Comic Mexican caper draws weight from its historical slant
99 Homes
Orlando real-estate drama is a microcosm of the U.S. financial crisis
Pan
Peter Pan origin story goes off the plank
Peace Officer
Award-winning doc about police tactics could not be more timely
Rosenwald
Chicago-based, Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is profiled
Rudrama Devi
Telugu historical film.
Yakuza Apocalypse
Japan’s nuttiest filmmaker Takashi Miike strikes again
arts & culture
Austin's Paramount Theatre Turns 100
As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Landmarks Debuts Michael Ray Charles Sculpture at UT
For his Landmarks art commission, Michael Ray Charles transforms crutches into stars
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Hyde Park Theatre's The Quarry
Greg Pierce's play is rough and has sharp edges, but in the end there is heart that is worth discovering
Tapestry Dance Company's In Your Shoes
The rhythm tap troupe explores homelessness with a common sense of the form's capacity for complexity, subtlety, and risk
columns
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Page Two: The Past Is a Foreign Country
The Chronicle's first office was above Half Price Books and a Jack Brown Cleaners on 16th and Lavaca ...
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place: Diva Dish
Just another "average" week in sparkly, spangly Gay Town in the A-town.
Day Trips: Athens Scuba Park
Underwater obstacles make spring-fed lake a diver's paradise
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Gold Digger
It's really hard to convince someone they shouldn't be happy when they already are
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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