Volume 35, Number 6
Issue Supplement
ACL Fest 2015
news
Will City Council decide to give job applicants with criminal records a "fair chance"?
BY AMY KAMP
People keep dying; we keep doing nothing to prevent it
BY MICHAEL KING
The faux democracy of online push-polling
BY NICK BARBARO
Council buys megawatts, ponders PUDs, and contacts neighbors
BY MICHAEL KING
Tweak in PUD rules preempts the Grove at Shoal Creek
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Middle East biliginual education group breaks new ground
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Jeffrey Solomon's play brings the violence of Central America to life
BY DINA SAMIR SHEHATA
Michael Arena: Previous Coverage
Falsely accused of sexual assault as a teen, Michael Arena is free but not exonerated
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Escamilla to be 12th Texan executed this year
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
A flagrant liar for president?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Restaurants of the JW Marriott
Mixed offerings at Burger Bar, Corner, and Osteria Pronto
Moojo's artisan ice cream sandwiches
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Eaten alive
BY BRANDON WATSON
music
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
Blurbing the second Saturday of ACL 2015
ACL Fest 2015 Saturday Record Reviews – Second Weekend
Weekend two only discs
2015 Jidenna meets 1973 Fela Kuti
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
ACL Fest 2015 Sunday Record Reviews – Second Weekend
Two last platters for ACL Fest 2015
Hometown favorites gracing ACL stages
BY KEVIN CURTIN
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Covers stylist Tameca Jones steps out into all-originals territory with a huge voice.
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
ACL Fest 2015 weekend one wrap
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Peace Officer explores the rise of police militarization
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AFS retrospective revisits a maverick of Japanese cinema
BY JOSH KUPECKI
BY CAITLIN MOORE
A miscellany of film news and events
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Film Reviews
Crazed Kiwi film leaves you laughing, gagging, and head-banging
Smart homage to the cheesy campsite horror films of the Eighties
Doc about the famous champion of girls' eduction, Malala Yousafzai
Bollywood's top stars tussle in this dramatic thriller
Keanu Reeves stars in Eli Roth's latest horror film
Comic Mexican caper draws weight from its historical slant
Orlando real-estate drama is a microcosm of the U.S. financial crisis
Peter Pan origin story goes off the plank
Award-winning doc about police tactics could not be more timely
Chicago-based, Jewish philanthropist Julius Rosenwald is profiled
Telugu historical film.
Japan’s nuttiest filmmaker Takashi Miike strikes again
arts & culture
As the grande dame of Austin theatres turns 100, it matters more than ever
BY ROBERT FAIRES
For his Landmarks art commission, Michael Ray Charles transforms crutches into stars
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Greg Pierce's play is rough and has sharp edges, but in the end there is heart that is worth discovering
The rhythm tap troupe explores homelessness with a common sense of the form's capacity for complexity, subtlety, and risk
columns
The Chronicle's first office was above Half Price Books and a Jack Brown Cleaners on 16th and Lavaca ...
BY LOUIS BLACK
Just another "average" week in sparkly, spangly Gay Town in the A-town.
Underwater obstacles make spring-fed lake a diver's paradise
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
It's really hard to convince someone they shouldn't be happy when they already are
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
BY RYAN HENNESSEE
BY LANCE MYERS
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY SAM HURT