Downtown Austin
Volume 35, Number 24
news
Chronicle Endorsements
Making Reuse Mainstream
Austin needs a combo of government leadership, corporate responsibility, and individual commitment to meet reuse benchmarks
BY ROBYN ROSS
Point Austin: A Tale of Two Crises
The question before Council has apparently become, not how much affordability can we afford, but "who's paying?"
Public Notice: Amnesty Now!
Council expected to tackle the issue of small-lot amnesty
BY NICK BARBARO
On the Record: Bittersweet Charges
In the end, the facts about the Planned Parenthood case don't really matter to the Texas GOP
BY MARY TUMA
Civics 101
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Put This in Your PUD and Smoke It!
While the mayor backs the Pilot Knob PUD, the rest of the dais express hesitation
BY MICHAEL KING
Meet the Candidates: Dunaway, Johnson, Shrum
Three low-profile contenders in HD 49 race hope to make their mark
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Death Watch: Double Death Penalty
Garcia, convicted of capital murder, contends that his confessions were improperly admitted as evidence
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
APD Releases Name of Officer Involved in Shooting
David Joseph died in hospital after being shot by cop
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Education Reporter Michael Brick Dead
Author of book on Reagan High dies of cancer
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
News Roundup: Council Gets Dirty
Representatives engage in... legal combaaaaaat!
BY THE NEWS STAFF
The Hightower Report
The real story of Ted Cruz's heroic daddy
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Review: Royal Jelly
Marching to the beat of their own drum
BY BRANDON WATSON
AC Date Night: Casa de Luz and Imagine Tea Leaf
Who says brunch has to be unhealthy?
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
The Take-Out
What does define Austin dining?
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
The Cost of Living
Ft. Worth R&B great Delbert McClinton has a Downtown Austin condo and a fresh start for his diamond jubilee
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: Permitting Nightmare Precedes SXSW
SXSW events permitting induces promoter panic, the Austin Music Hall receives a stay of execution, and there are two last Austin Music Poll categories to vote in
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Lucinda Williams
The Ghosts of Highway 20
Shearwater
Jet Plane and Oxbow
Matthew Logan Vasquez
Solicitor Returns
Magnet School
The Art of Telling the Truth
Crew54
Wyld Gentlemen
Love Notes From the Bear
Jon Dee Graham
screens
Inside OUTsider
Queer filmmaking panel highlights Texas talent
BY SEAN L. MALIN
St. Vincent Price
Victoria Price celebrates her father's legacy
BY MARC SAVLOV
Local Game Poems
Big things come in small interactions
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Film Reviews
The Choice
Nicholas Sparks' romantic yearnings once again flood our screens
Deadpool
This sassy superhero movie is not your child’s comic-book origin tale
Jil Jung Juck
Tamil comedy.
The Lady in the Van
Dame Maggie Smith is stunning in the role of the titular homeless lady
Nina Forever
A dead woman haunts a couple in this indie horror romance
Where to Invade Next
Michael Moore finds American idealism alive and well – abroad
arts & culture
GenEnCo's The Mikado: Reclaimed
In this newly devised work, Asian-American artists grapple with the complicated legacy of Gilbert & Sullivan's opera
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Rude Mechs' Fixing Timon of Athens
The theatre collective's latest repair job on a broken Shakespeare play is wildly accessible, welcoming, and enthralling
Zach Theatre's Tribes
Nina Raine's award-winning drama explores the different forms of language and how we understand each other
columns
Page Two: Of Cabbages and Kings
Thoughts on the Constitution, Part I
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Love is in the air
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Texas Fishing Regulations
Fishing licenses required in Texas with exceptions
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Desperate Measures
What to do with a pee-spraying douchewad with no redeeming qualities
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
Hornography
Lady Horns continue dominance
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
comics
