Volume 35, Number 20
ON THE COVER:
news
Immigration raids targeting families strike fear in Austin's Latino community
BY AMY KAMP
We need to keep rejecting publicly the preposterous notion that ubiquitous guns make us safer
BY MICHAEL KING
Planning Commission took votes related to Planned Unit Developments and Neighborhood Plan Contact Teams
BY NICK BARBARO
Council members ask for money for transit improvements for their districts
BY MICHAEL KING
CodeNEXT holds community meeting, announces delay in rewrite process
BY KATIE MATLACK
Groups rally in the wake of open carry
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Count will be used to help understand the nature and extent of homelessness
BY MAKEDA EASTER
Masterson found guilty of capital murder of Shane Honeycutt, set to die Jan. 20
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Why have major TV networks pulled the plug on Bernie?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Missed potential at Austin's latest Italian restaurant
BY BRANDON WATSON
Dear Glutton plans your post-threesome brunch
BY EMILY BEYDA
The lack of fine dining in Austin isn't just about cost
BY BRANDON WATSON
music
A descendant of the father of our country in the Antone's House Band? For three decades now, believe it!
BY SARAH BROWN
Ringo Deathstarr achieves a Pure Mood, Lench anthem decries Eastside gentrification, and a Pink Floyd scion takes root in Austin
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Mediterranea puts a real face on a topical subject
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
New web series explores trans identities
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Film Reviews
Filipino romantic comedy
Charlie Kaufman goes inside the minds of puppets
Telugu; no subtitles
Telugu romance
Supernatural thriller is set in Japan's Aokigahara Forest
A stoner comedy frames this moon-landing conspiracy-theory romp
Five Turkish sisters fight the patriarchy in this widely hailed drama
Telugu action film and family drama
Tamil romantic comedy
Ice Cube and Kevin Hart partner again as mismatched cops
Telugu fantasy film
Tamil musical drama
Michael Bay lends his firepower to this war that's not really a war
arts & culture
The third annual PrintAustin floods our artful river city with multiple originals
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
For their new Austin Chamber Music Center collaboration, the pianist and composer crank up the reverb but good
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The ASO's latest musical tour of Russia took a literary turn
The artists' live layering of video and music immersed audiences in images of suffering and transformation
columns
On the road from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, overwhelmed with wonder and the terrible history
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place bids you adieu
BY KATE X MESSER
All that is left of West Texas ghost town is the stone ruins of the courthouse
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Traveling is stressful – especially for people who like everything screwed down tight
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
comics
BY LANCE MYERS
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY SAM HURT
BY RYAN HENNESSEE
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE