Pease Park
Volume 35, Number 42
news
SUMMER READING 2016
Plain Speaking About Complex Things
Robert Jensen on his book Plain Radical and the friendship that inspired it
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Only Two Episodes Left
Plot twists and cliffhangers as Council approaches season finale
BY NICK BARBARO
Point Austin: Will This One Make a Difference?
Orlando could be a turning point ... or else it won't be
BY MICHAEL KING
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Council: Getting Moving?
City Council's continued transportation debate may backlog zoning cases on agenda
BY MICHAEL KING
Cactus Rose Supporters Ask for Delay on Rezoning
Mobile home residents to be dislocated for market-rate apartments and retail complex
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Police, EMS Staffers Not Happy
Employee surveys show low morale
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
New Medical Director for Austin/Travis County
EMS union expresses enthusiasm for Mark E. Escott hire
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Data Integrity Issues Plague STAAR Testing
Education commissioner cancels June retest dates
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Subversion Not OK at RRISD
School district faces accusations of censorship
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Death Watch: Shaken Science
Appeal rests on new research into Shaken Baby Syndrome
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
APD's DNA Lab Shutters
Department must change its operating procedures
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
Why Bill Clinton should just go away
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
SUMMER READING 2016
Review: Dilly Deli
Neighborhood Americana goes the extra mile
BY BRANDON WATSON
Dear Glutton
Seeing red
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
SUMMER READING 2016
My Little Red Book
Spring tours done and dusted, and spring releases mostly all spun, time to crack some sex, drugs, and R&R
Playback: Austin Record Convention's United Nations
Forget Record Store Day, the Austin Record Convention remains the biggest vinyl swap in the USA
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
SUMMER READING 2016
Film Reviews
Central Intelligence
Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart make for passable action buddies
Chevalier
The latest playful foray from the Greek filmmaking avant-garde
Finding Dory
If only Dory had ruby slippers, she could click her heels and be home
Raiders!: The Story of the Greatest Fan Film Ever Made
The epic story of three kids inspired by Spielberg's adventure tale
Viva
A hairdresser finds his true self in a shabby Havana drag bar
arts & culture
SUMMER READING 2016
Getaways Far, Far Away
Summer reading recommendations that will take you out of this world
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's One Man, Two Guvnors
In every respect, this production of Richard Bean's updated farce artfully crafts an environment of laughter
FamiLIES at ColdTowne Theater
In taking characters beyond improv to a scripted format, this ColdTowne project delivers an exaggerated imitation of life
"Chris Guarino: From the Unknown"
The haunting array of sculptural mutants displayed at Art on 5th are at once foreign and familiar, frightening and comical
columns
Page Two: All or Nothing Is No Way Forward
Will the most hopeful mass leftist movement in recent years end up handing the presidency to Donald Trump?
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
Thanks for the prayers, but they're not good enough
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: National Videogaming Museum, Frisco
There is more behind the colored pixels of videogame history than meets the eye
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Kitten Milk
Yes, even a little bit of milk
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
comics
