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Waller Creek Comes to Life
Conservancy seeks radical makeover east of Downtown
BY ROBYN ROSS
Point Austin: The Courthouse Aftermath
Low voter turnout means that 6% of county residents decided the courthouse's fate
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Break Out the Sharpies (or the Sharp Knives)
If CodeNEXT staff want community input, they need to be more transparent
BY NICK BARBARO
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Council: It Never Rains but It Pours
How moving quickly on buyouts for the nearly 300 Onion Creek homeowners went unresolved
BY MICHAEL KING
APD Jaywalking Arrests Spark Outcry
YouTube video of arrests ignite controversy over APD force
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Green Gate Farms in Peril?
Roberts Resorts plans to replace the Eastside farmland with RV lots and manufactured homes
BY MAKEDA EASTER
CodeNEXT Prepares to Rewrite Austin
Sound Check, a week of city development code-related events, kicks off Nov. 16
BY KATIE MATLACK
Tempers Flare as AISD Board Tackles Confederate Legacy
Name change issue punted to the board's policy committee
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Judge Kocurek Shooter Update
Acevedo says HPD has arrested a "person of interest" on unrelated murder charges
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Abbott Cracks Down on Sanctuary Cities
Immigration rights advocates say Abbott is merely pandering to his political base
BY TONY CANTÚ
TCAD Lawsuit Dismissed: Onward and Upward?
BY MICHAEL KING
Rashad Owens Found Guilty
Killeen native implicated in SXSW crash sentenced to life in prison
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The End of F1 in Austin?
U.S. Grand Prix might not be back next year
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
Can craft beer drinkers defeat the beer monopolists?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Mug Life
Austin isn't a world-class beer destination, but it's close
BY ERIC PUGA
Turning the Tables
Food meets art at Make. Eat. Drink.
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
The Take-Out
Does Austin need more restaurant reviews?
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
Playback: Black Metal, Gray Skies, Red-Hot Love
Sex, love, and nostalgia – recapping Fun Fun Fun Fest 2015
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Fun Fun Fun Fest Live Shots
Our take on 30 acts at FFFF 2015
screens
Sandra Adair's New Calling
A master editor steps behind the camera
BY SEAN L. MALIN
When They Were Kings
My All American revisits UT Football legend Freddie Steinmark
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Suicide Girls Leave Austin Blue
The show may be canceled but the community is thriving
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Film Reviews
Akhil
Telugu fantasy.
Dangerous Men
Instant midnight classic marries inspiration with sub-par technique
Love
Gaspar Noé does the impossible: He gives us a boring, 3-D sex odyssey
Love the Coopers
A comedy gathering as dreary as your own family get-togethers
My All American
Longhorn legend Freddie Steinmark gets his due in this sports drama
Prem Ratan Dhan Payo
Bollywood take on The Prince and the Pauper switch
The 33
Antonio Banderas stars in this story about the trapped Chilean miners
Thoongaavanam
Tamil adaptation of the French thriller Sleepless Night
Vedalam
Tamil action comedy
arts & culture
Neil Gaiman's Greatest Delights
Author Neil Gaiman brings his Dreamy self to Austin on Friday the 13th
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
An EAST Buyer's Guide
What to do when you find a piece of art on the East Austin Studio Tour that you want to bring home
BY CAITLIN GREENWOOD AND SETH ORION SCHWAIGER
Arts Reviews
The Dumb Waiter
In Capital T's simple, elegant staging of the Pinter classic, it's what isn't said that matters
Aida
In Verdi's Egyptian tragedy, Austin Opera excavates from the pomp and pageantry the personal
The Witching Hour
Chorus Austin unearthed a vast repertoire of music – gorgeous, frightening, and comedic – that speaks to mortality and the dead
columns
Page Two: Mysteries Unraveled
Part two of Louis Black's interview with novelist John Irving
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place: LEAVE HEART ALONE!!!!!
The Seattle sisters get called up
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Klein Smokehaus
Small-town meat market embraces German traditions and art of barbecue
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Facial Hair
In the end the mortality rate of bearded vs. non-bearded people is exactly the same
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
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