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Putting Together the Downtown Puzzle
A closer look at Mayor Adler’s proposals to solve (and pay for) Downtown conundrums
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: As the Budget Goes, So Goes Council
Turf battles over uncommitted funds may prefigure 2018
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Now’s the Hard Part
CodeNEXT 2.0: still more harm than good?
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Fred Lewis
Community Not Commodity is having a hard time with the new code
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
What Future for Dawnna Dukes?
D.A. to hold fire on felony charges, but Dukes not out of the woods
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
(Bill) Manno Are Pigs
Austin Center for Events program manager dinged for improper conduct around female co-workers
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Slow Going at Vision Zero?
Traffic fatalities have not gone down like one would have hoped
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Greg Abbott’s New Wrecking Crew
The governor's got a whole new office staff
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Sixth Street Murder Remains Unsolved
Police on lookout for video showing Sunday morning attacker leaving the scene
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council: Yes, We Have a Budget
Members approve $3.9 billion budget for next fiscal year
BY MICHAEL KING
The Trouble at Fantastic Fest
Devin Faraci's rehiring and subsequent resignation casts shadow over film fest
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Imagine Austin With CodeNEXT
Draft two brings big changes, more questions
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Austin: City of Petitions
New Linda Curtis-fronted PAC has agendas for days
BY MICHAEL KING
County Judge Sarah Eckhardt on Greg Abbott's Texas Hammer
“Local control had been a darling of the state for years, and now it has become the enemy”
BY MARY TUMA
food
Tapping the Texas Craft Brewers Festival
Eric Puga answers your burning questions about the local beer fest
BY ERIC PUGA
Staying Healthy to Stay in School
National nonprofit Communities in Schools looks at the role of food in education
BY MELANIE HAUPT
Food Events
music
Meet the Women of Austin R&B
Spotlighting five formidable soul vocalists
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
screens
Fantastic Fest 2017 Preview
The show must go on
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Report From the Toronto International Film Festival
Pass the popcorn (and the awards)
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Different Strokes for Different Folks
DIY Hump! Film Festival is back to flick your switch
BY JESSI CAPE
What’cha Watchin’?
Staff writer Richard Whittaker revisits favorite Fantastic Fest films now streaming
Film Reviews
American Assassin
The bestselling series hits the screen
Brad's Status
Ben Stiller shines in this character study
California Typewriter
An ode to the analog
Elizabeth Blue
A disturbed woman grapples with love
Kingsman: The Golden Circle
The bloody spy series returns
Last Rampage
True story about a bloody prison break
The LEGO Ninjago Movie
The LEGO law of diminishing returns
Mother!
Jennifer Lawrence on the brink of madness
Trophy
Doc on big game hunters and conservation
arts & culture
Ground Floor Theatre's Long Comeback
With Gibberish Mostly, Lisa Scheps' company makes its long-awaited return to the stage scene
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Seen / Soon Sept. 22
Being dazzled by Ai Weiwei’s Forever Bicycles on Austin Museum Day and adventuring with the Theorists at Zilker
Arts Reviews
The Hidden Room Theatre's Henry IV
Beth Burns' latest foray into Shakespeare will school you on how to present plays penned by the Bard
Paper Chairs’ Catalina de Erauso
Elizabeth Doss’ latest plays with history in a way that serves its feminist hero, and it’s also a comedy that knows its stuff
Recspec Gallery’s “The Eyes Have It”
The gallery’s inaugural show fills the room with eyes, both good and evil, as well as visual riddles and calisthenics
columns
Gay Place
What makes Austin so queer-friendly?
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Meow Wolf, Santa Fe, N.M.
New Mexican artist collective turns an old bowling alley into a modern fun house
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Swinging for the Fences
There is no glory in Wichita
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
