Moody Center
Volume 35, Number 12
news
The Most Dangerous Man in Austin?
Cody Wilson's day-to-day life is pretty routine. But the product he's selling threatens to make gun control laws obsolete.
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: Shock and Awe ... Once Again
Our wars return to roost, and we blame the victims
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Hear Ye, Hear Ye
Listening in on the CodeNEXT Sound Check
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: ADUs Coming to Your Neighborhood?
Land-use advocates at AURA are calling on Council to approve the ADU ordinance
BY MICHAEL KING
Uber On the Offensive
APD is investigating claims that seven Uber and Lyft drivers sexually assaulted their riders between April and August
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
CodeNEXT's Sound Check Gets Under Way
There's still (a little) time to tell city planners how you feel about the way Austin's designed
BY KATIE MATLACK
Million Student March Held at UT
Student activists want Abbott to call a special legislative session to address access to higher education
BY MAC MCCANN
A Pilgrimage for Immigrants
Advocates for immigration reform plan a 35-mile pilgrimage from T. Don Hutto Residential Center to the Governor's Mansion
BY TONY CANTÚ
AISD to Consider Ridding School Names of Confederate Legacy
AISD Board in the process of crafting a mechanism that allows for renaming schools upon public request
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
UT Now Offering Sexual Assault Exams
Exams will be administered with zero cost to students
BY SARAH MARLOFF
No Shelter Here
Abbott's anti-refugee remarks make an already difficult resettlement process more so
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Thanksgiving Help
How to help and be helped this Turkey Day
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Soifer Helps Lead Abortion Fight
With more than 30 years of legal experience, Soifer is no stranger to social justice cases
BY MARY TUMA
After Intimidation, Pro-Palestine Students File Civil Rights Complaint
PSC students have filed a formal complaint with the university
BY DINA SAMIR SHEHATA
Securus Leak Reveals Privacy Breach
Documents show Securus committed more than 14,000 violations of attorney-client privilege nationwide
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
How right-wing extremists forced a 14-year-old boy into exile
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Coming Into Bloom
In Austin, edible flowers are more than a trend
BY ADRIENNE WHITE
Castles in Spain
Paella dreams at La Bodega Gourmet
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Fukumoto
Can Fukumoto cure Austin's dining malaise?
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Take-Out
Finding the comfort in comfort food
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
Whole Lot of Rockin' Goin' On
Linda Gail Lewis received her first piano lesson from her brother at 40
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback – Antone's New Booker: Zach Ernst
Did Clifford Antone know he was grooming his nightclub's future booker when he mentored Zach Ernst?
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
All ATX
All Along the Moontower: Austin Gets Psychedelic
Kinky Friedman
The Loneliest Man I Ever Met
Mayeux & Broussard
High Times & Good Rhymes
Bellfuries
Workingman's Bellfuries
Shmu
Shhh!!!!
Ghetto Ghouls
Collisions
Borzoi
"Pinnacle" b / w "I Feel Alien"
the Damn Times
Don't Like People
Chipper Jones
"Tropics" b / w "COSM"
screens
Behind the Scenes
A peek inside Austin filmmakers' creative spaces
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Hopped-Up Hopper
AFS screens rare 1970 Dennis Hopper doc The American Dreamer
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Barbecue & Banditos
The Salt Lick teams up with the Alamo Drafthouse
BY JESSI CAPE
Screen Shots
A miscellany of film news and events
BY JOSH KUPECKI
Film Reviews
Brooklyn
When looking homeward do we glance toward the past or the future?
By the Sea
Angelina and Brad topline this modern-day arthouse relic by Jolie Pitt
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2
As the series ends, we wonder what we'll do without our Katniss catnip
Kumari 21F
Telugu romance
The Night Before
Three guys look for fun on a Christmas Eve that turns into one crazy night
Secret in Their Eyes
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Julia Roberts, and Nicole Kidman in a twisty drama
Spotlight
This terrific newspaper movie gets all the elements right
Trumbo
Blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo is essayed by Bryan Cranston
arts & culture
Making the Most of EAST
Ten tips to help you keep your head in the crush of the East Austin Studio Tour
BY CAITLIN GREENWOOD AND SETH ORION SCHWAIGER
WaffleFest 2015
For the 14th year, the Hideout Theatre brings 25 troupes together for a toasty mix of improv and free waffles
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
To Kill a Mockingbird at St. Edward's University
The Mary Moody Northen Theatre staging of Harper Lee's novel is a shining example of a classic tale told well
"Donald Moffett" at the Blanton
The Blanton exhibition marks a shift not only toward artists from Texas but also toward more political art
Potted Potter at the Stateside
Touring version of this two-man parody delivers an irreverent and interactive recap of J.K. Rowling's beloved series
columns
Page Two: Made in Texas
Lighting fires for creativity and community
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place: TDOR
Come together to support the T in LGBT
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Fort Davis NHS
One of the best preserved frontier forts in the Southwest rides again
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Medicate as Needed
Nothing takes the edge off dealing with edgy people like a blissful buzz
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
Alternative Softball League Champions
comics
