Draylen Mason Studio
Volume 36, Number 11
Issue Supplement
"Best of Austin" 2016
ON THE COVER:
features
"Best of Austin" 2016
The personal is political
BY BRANDON WATSON
A Note From the Editor
How to talk about "Best of Austin" when the worst just happened
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
news
Tomorrow Never Knows
Taking stock the morning after doomsday
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Point Austin: Dark Thoughts on a Dark Day
What will Trump do? Watch what he's done.
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Life Goes On
Gotta keep believing that love trumps hate
BY NICK BARBARO
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Civics 101
Council: No Rest for the Weary
Zoning debates dominate the meeting that nearly never was
BY MICHAEL KING
Health Dept. Holds Second Hearing on Fetal Burial Rule
At this point, it’s hard to imagine State Health Services turning back
BY MARY TUMA
APD's Domestic Disturbance
APD Officer Antwain Tyrone Tarver stands accused of repeatedly abusing his wife
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Kelcy Warren Takes a Meeting
Talk of Standing Rock overshadows Texas Parks & Wildlife's pipeline easement dispute
BY GREG HARMAN
The Hightower Report: What’s Being Taught at Koch Kollege?
An amazing new school for political activists is training thousands of people to be community organizers, using Saul Alinsky's classic manual, Rules for Radicals
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food Events
screens
Jeff Nichols' Intimate Portrait of a Marriage in Loving
Austin-based director on the pivotal civil rights case that inspired his film
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
American Pastoral
Philip Roth's beloved book hits the screen
Arrival
Introspective sci-fi drama packs a punch.
Christine
Rebecca Hall dazzles in this story of Christine Chubbock
Gimme Danger
Welcome to the fun house
The Love Witch
Blood sugar sex magick
Loving
A married couple's love changes the nation
arts & culture
Arts Reviews
Song About Himself
Walt Whitman's spirit logs on to social media with imagination in this Mickle Maher drama
Revolve Austin: A Movement Display
This party / showcase allowed attendees to move through a historic house and observe the work of nine dance companies
"Tammie Rubin: Before I Knew You, I Missed You"
Rubin's porcelain figures are both sympathetic and menacing, referencing the African-American experience through cones resembling KKK hoods
columns
Page Two: Where Do We Go From Here?
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
The East Austin Studio Tour signifies fall
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Mike Cotten's BBQ, Calallen
Barbecue dynasty continues with third generation of pitmasters
BY GERALD MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Post-Jambox Era
You start dropping big bombs and everybody gets hurt
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
