Cameron, TX
Volume 35, Number 25
news
Chronicle Endorsements
Who Killed Jim and Tina?
Why has the murder of two people in Kyle, Texas, eight months ago not led to a single arrest?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: Let the Battle Begin
We didn't ask for this fight, but Uber and Lyft have bought it
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Density vs. Affordability
It is categorically impossible for market forces to build housing in the central city that is affordable by any definition of that word
BY NICK BARBARO
Notes on Kamp: Tragedy in Austin
The death of teen David Joseph should be a wake-up call
BY AMY KAMP
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Gasping for Air
Mayor Adler's search for a solution to the Uber/Lyft referendum fails
BY MICHAEL KING
"It Won't Stop Until We Stop It"
Monica Loera vigil a call to action for transgender rights
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Ubering to the Polls
There's no stopping a costly referendum election
BY MAC MCCANN
Police Union President Points Fingers After Shooting Death
Casaday blames staffing shortages and "perishable" training
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
String of Sexual Assaults Terrorizes North Austin
Six women have been attacked by a masked man since the end of last year
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Scalia's Dead, But It's Politics as Usual
Scalia's body was barely cold before arguing about his successor got started
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Hightower Report
The real stink in Flint, Michigan's water scandal
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
The Shopping List
Three ways to keep it local
BY BRANDON WATSON
Review: Proof & Cooper
Simple done right in Dripping Springs
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Take-Out
Should Austin dining be graded on a curve?
BY BRANDON WATSON
Dear Glutton
Where to go on an unpromising Tinder date
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
Gypsy Son
Former Zeros front punk and True Believers co-captain Javier Escovedo circles back to Austin
BY TIM STEGALL
Playback: And the Award Goes To ...
The Grammys went bust, but their local equivalent – the 34th annual Austin Music Awards – just dropped its star-studded lineup
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Carrie Rodriguez
Lola
David Pulkingham
Little Pearl
P.T. Banks
Moonlight Is Sunlight
the Wealthy West
Long Play
Half Japanese
Perfect
Wildcat Apollo
Melt Into the Ocean
Dicks
The Dicks From Texas, The Dicks From Texas & Friends
screens
Powerhouse Animation Is Making a Mark
Local studio continues to expand portfolio
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
I Like to Watch
Girls and Togetherness: straight white people crying
BY JACOB CLIFTON
Film Reviews
How to Be Single
This millennial romantic comedy wears that same old shaggy dress
Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha
Telugu romantic comedy
Race
Perceptive film about Jesse Owens going to the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Touched With Fire
Two manic-depressive poets meet in group therapy and fall in love
Walang Forever
Filipino romantic comedy
The Witch
Madness, mayhem, and witchcraft beset a family in 1630s New England
Zoolander 2
Are Derek and Hansel still in fashion?
arts & culture
The 24th Annual Austin Chronicle Short Story Contest
The lowdown on the 2015 submissions, judges, 10 finalists, and the prize-winning stories
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Government Inspector at Mary Moody Northen Theatre
The St. Edward's University Theatre Department delivers Gogol's Russian satire with gigagags at top speed
Ballet Austin's Director's Choice
In four ballets, three ways of collective being and one irrelevant romance
"Seth Orion Schwaiger: Complex I" at Pump Project
This vast, ambitious solo show transforms the gallery space into a maze and a temple to art past and future
columns
Page Two: As Tears Go By
The sound will live forever; the memories never die
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Let's talk about (gay) sex
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Cupp's Drive-Inn, Waco
Old-fashioned hamburgers, plain and simple
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Titty Bar Lunch
The chef knows what medium rare is, so don't send your steak back because it's undercooked
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
Strong fills in the gaps
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
comics
