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72 Hours (or So) of Ridesharing
With Uber and Lyft still boycotting Austin, we take the competition for a drive
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Point Austin: How Smart Are We?
Council ponders a bond that voters will swallow
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: The Year of Immobility
If it's not one thing, it's another ...
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Herding Council Cats
City Council takes on 103 items ranging from bonds to staff review
BY MICHAEL KING
Charter School Loophole Vote Pushed Another Week
Seemingly settled issue of planning and land use for charter schools drags out
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Zimmerman, TPPF Sue City Over "Sharing Economy" Regulations
D6 CM files suit over language in the Prop 1 ride-hailing ordinance
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
How Do You Get to 100%?
Council seeks consensus on a transportation bond
BY MICHAEL KING
Logistical Issue Delays Grove Public Hearing
The Zoning and Platting Commission postpones public hearing on Grove at Shoal Creek to July 5
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
ACLU to State Health Department: Stop Hiding Abortion Data
ACLU of Texas sharply accused the state health department of shielding valuable statistics on the state's abortion rates from the public
BY MARY TUMA
Challengers Emerge for CM Delia Garza's Seat
Wesley Faulkner to focus on housing and transportation
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
At What Cost?
Code amendment approval could put East Austin seniors on the street
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
Death Watch: New Rodney Reed Filing
Death row inmate's lawyers seek retrial
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report
A news media betrayal of journalism
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Eminent Domain
Rock Rose takes over North Austin
BY BRANDON WATSON
AC Date Night: Gelateria Gemelli & Milonga Room
Amaro never dies
BY ADRIENNE WHITE
The Take-Out
What's in a restaurant name?
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
Tonal Proximity
NMASS matured into Austin's foremost showcase of performance sound art, audiovisual improvisation, nonconformative music, and sensory installations
BY CONOR WALKER
Playback: If the Gloves Fit
Gloves INTL ices funk, Allegro Media Group ices local label, and the ATX6 plan to ice international festivals
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Sarah Jarosz
Undercurrent
Aaron Einhouse
It Ain't Pretty
Doug Strahan
Strahan & the Good Neighbors
David Messier
Waiting for Eldridge
Echocentrics
Echo Hotel
Bonnie Bishop
Ain't Who I Was
Black Pistol Fire
Don't Wake the Riot
Full Service
Lockers
screens
To Sleep, Perchance to Die
Stay awake for Rooster Teeth's new series Day 5
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
I Like to Watch
Wrapping up this season of Game of Thrones
BY JACOB CLIFTON
Film Reviews
De Palma
Director Brian De Palma reveals tales and insights from his career
Dheepan
Cannes Palme d'Or winner about Tamil refugees in France
Free State of Jones
Matthew McConaughey stars in pic about little-known Civil War event
Genius
Editor Maxwell Perkins and author Thomas Wolfe collaborate in biopic
The Neon Demon
Cinema's bad boy, Nicolas Winding Refn, strikes again
Udta Punjab
Bollywood crime drama about the growing scourge of substance abuse
The Witness
Documentary reveals new facts about the Kitty Genovese murder
arts & culture
Only the Fourth Wall Is Forever
After 10 years, Salvage Vanguard Theater is moving on
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Arts Reviews
"Low Down: New Works on Paper by Ricardo Vicente Jose Ruiz"
How the strange visions in this solo show relate to one another is difficult to say, but they're all both ancient and immediate
"Sara Madandar: AnOther Birth" at Courtyard Gallery
The dozen works in this solo show are impressive in their variety, though many seem more like sketches than completed works
Austin Playhouse's A Little Night Music
Wonderful musical numbers, strong voices highlight Austin Playhouse's A Little Night Music
columns
Page Two: Same as It Ever Was
Massacres, mass shootings, lynchings, and other forms of social interaction
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
A year of Marriage Equality symbolizes how far we've come, while Orlando shows us how much further we have to go
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Bisti Badlands, New Mexico
Unusual rock formations in an ancient river delta
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Frozen
A little homespun wisdom from Dub Nelly
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
