Continental Club
Photo by John Anderson
Volume 37, Number 3
Issue Supplement
Austin Museum Day
ON THE COVER:
news
Which Way to CodeNEXT?
A conversation with Mayor Pro Tem Kathie Tovo and Council Member Greg Casar
BY NICK BARBARO AND MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Looking for a Magic Bullet
CodeNEXT arguments reflect the complexity of affordability problems
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: The Negro School
Preserving whose historical legacy?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Trinity White
The Planning commissioner spoke on institutional racism prior to a high-profile Tuesday vote
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Texas Will Use Racial Maps in 2018 Elections
SCOTUS ruling puts stay on gerrymandered cases
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Doggett Seeks Info on Prison Evacuation (or Lack Thereof)
The Federal Bureau of Prisons kept some prisoners in place during Harvey flooding
BY SARAH MARLOFF
A Fasten-ating Tip
Where do riders feel most generous?
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Amazon in Austin?
Online retail giant has rumored interest in Austin for second HQ
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Signs of Optimism at Troubled Crime Lab
Continued efforts aim to right past wrongdoings at the DNA lab
BY SARAH MARLOFF
What Now for DREAMers?
The clock is ticking for the 120,000 DACA recipients in Texas
BY MARY TUMA
Council: Nickels, Dimes … and Millions
Budget readings slog through a difficult fiscal year
BY MICHAEL KING
A Week in the Life of Budget Deliberations
Divvying up the pot
BY MICHAEL KING
Activists' Hopes for Police Negotiations Hinge on Statute of Limitations
Focus part of effort to overhaul culture of APD
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
City, Fire Union Reach Contract Agreement
Membership to vote on terms this month
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
food
Austin’s New Batch of Supper Clubs
Three of the city’s latest additions to the underground dining scene
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
Review: Pitchfork Pretty
Bringing the new back to New American
BY MELODY FURY
Food Events
music
Punk Rock Patron of Austin Music Richard Lynn
Super Secret founder and Sonic Transmissions Festival underwriter expands operations
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Playback: Sizing Up Music's Bite of the Hotel Tax
Two new municipal funding schemes look to finally impact Austin music
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Local Duo Crafts Texas-Inspired Tarot Deck
The founders of Mesquite Tarot talk cards and compassion
BY WILL MCCARTHY
My Obsession: Therapy With Nineties Supermodels
Escape via the long gay tradition of diva worship
BY BRANDON WATSON
Vive la France! (and Its Cinema)
Ciné-Club brings Gallic gems to Austin
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
Digital Strategist Michael Bartnett queues up his next great binge fests
Film Reviews
Home Again
a lifestyle comedy with a soupçon of pain
Infinity Baby
Babies (young and old) who can't grow up
Justice
A Western surprisingly concerning revenge
Lemon
Marjorie Prime
The Midwife
Two screen legends deliver in a mildly sappy drama
Rebel in the Rye
The early life of J.D. Salinger is explored
Ryde
Do you even Ryde, bro?
arts & culture
Stand-Up Comic Tai Nguyen's Improbable Rise to Hilarity
Vietnam-born comedian on insecurity and his shot-in-the-dark TV special
BY CARINA MAGYAR
Seen / Soon Sept. 15
Winding up 11:11's 11 dances in 11 months and preparing to go string quartet off-roading with invoke and Beerthoven
Texas Book Festival
Texas Book Festival announces its full lineup of authors for 2017
Arts Reviews
Vortex Repertory Company's Storm Still
Gabrielle Reisman's script refashions King Lear into the daughters' story, and the Vortex stages it with admirable heart
Teatro Vivo’s Enfrascada
Tanya Saracho’s dark comedy about moving on from heartbreak is staged with humor, honesty, and magic
“Dana Younger: Contemporary Figurative Works” at the Elisabet Ney Museum
This show of new clay-based sculptures contrasts smartly with Elisabet Ney’s marble statuary, and its breadth of style is stunning
columns
Gay Place
Snark, sass, and absurdity will be on display at the Princess Pageant
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Charreada, San Antonio
A ranch work competition rooted in Mexican tradition
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Tell It Like It Is
Not everything you hear is true
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
