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Volume 37, Number 6
Issue Supplement
ACL Music Fest 2017 Week One Preview
ON THE COVER:
news
How DPS's Occupation of a Border Town May Have Crippled Its Economy
Rio Grande City sees a marked decline in sales and tourism
BY DEBBIE NATHAN
Point Austin: Another Night of Blood
One more episode in the culture of the gun
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Deciphering the Code
CodeNEXT questions pile up faster than answers
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Jim Duncan
Jim Duncan just wants to say he's sorry
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
TIFs, TPIDs, and Puppy Love
City Council wrestles with Mayor Adler’s Downtown Puzzle
BY MICHAEL KING
A Hotline for Native American Survivors of Domestic Violence
StrongHearts helpline expands service to Texas
BY SARAH MARLOFF
NORML Opens Fundraising Arm
Introducing the Foundation for an Informed Texas
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
R.I.P. Sgt. Gary Christenberry
Longtime Austin cop succumbed to burn wounds last week
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Wanted: Austin City Manager
The search continues, whether the public knows about it or not
BY MICHAEL KING
CodeNEXT: Still Stuck
Draft two brings growing pains for the land use rewrite
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Proposed Sports Complex Threatens Dark Skies in River Hills
Westside project faces new wave of resistance
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
County Dems: Vincent Harding Out, Rick Cofer In?
Election set for March 6 to fill Harding’s seat
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
County Punts Coyote Plan for 90 Days
City will take that time to present county with alternatives to Texas Wildlife Services
BY LINDSAY STAFFORD MADER
Death Watch: Where’s Your Evidence?
Exculpatory testimony, DNA at issue in two landmark cases
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Drafthouse Eyes New Corporate Campus
Film company has eight figures, no renderings yet for AISD's Baker Center
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
food
ACL FEST 2017
AC Food Fight: Burgers
We dream of cheeseburgers at ACL Eats
BY JESSI CAPE
ACL Eats Vendor List 2017
A Texas Guide to Sour, Salty Beer
Where to get your gose around town
BY ADRIENNE WHITEHORSE
The Amazon-ification of Whole Foods
Local producers struggle to keep the attention of the Goliath of global efficiency
BY JESSI DEVENYNS
Dear Glutton: Fancy Dining on a Sizzler Budget
In the pursuit of affordable eats, try the tasting menu
BY EMILY BEYDA
Food Events
music
ACL FEST 2017
Friday ACL Fest Picks
Friday ACL Fest Interview: Jonny P
Modern soul man tackles the Top 40 while staying true to himself
BY ISABELLA CASTRO-COTA
Friday ACL Fest Interview: Hamilton Leithauser
Former Walkmen frontman continues into new sonic territories
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Friday ACL Fest Record Reviews
Friday ACL Fest Face-Off: The xx vs. Jay-Z
Compare the headliners!
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Friday Locals
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Saturday ACL Fest Picks
Saturday ACL Fest Interview: Ought
Refreshed sounds and selves accompany post-punk quartet after break
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Saturday ACL Fest Interview: Parker Millsap
Oklahoma crooner assumes lives of others and sings their stories
BY TIM STEGALL
Saturday ACL Fest Record Reviews
Saturday ACL Fest Face-Off: Red Hot Chili Peppers vs. Silent Disco
Compare the headliners!
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
Saturday ACL Fest Bass-Off: Vulfpeck's Joe Dart vs. Thundercat
Compare the headliners!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Saturday Locals
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Sunday ACL Fest Picks
Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Tank & the Bangas
Poetry fuels the lyrics of New Orleans band
BY GREG BEETS
Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Middle Kids
Elton John-endorsed trio captures feelings as they rock out
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Whitney
Caring words and soothing melodies define country soul duo from Windy City
BY ISABELLA CASTRO-COTA
Sunday ACL Fest Interview: First Aid Kit
Swedish sisters take rock songs toward topical matters
BY LIBBY WEBSTER
Sunday ACL Fest Record Reviews
Sunday ACL Fest Face-Off: Gorillaz vs. The Killers
Compare the headliners!
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Is ACL Fest Local Mobley Austin's Bill Withers?
First-weekend act transforms hardship into post-genre pop
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback: A Music Snob’s Guide to ACL Fest
There's more to any ACL Fest list than meets the eye
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Local Webseries Highlights the Strengths and Struggles of Women of Color
We Are tells seven tales with Austin as their backdrop
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Assessing This Year's Tumultuous Fantastic Fest
Notes from the subdued chaos at the Drafthouse
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
“Jewels in the Wasteland” Returns
Richard Linklater's series is back with more Eighties gems
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
What’cha Watchin’?
Fourteen seasons in, Food Editor Jessi Cape is still ride-or-die for Grey's Anatomy
Film Reviews
Blade Runner 2049
This visually lush sequel was worth the wait.
Dolores
A stirring portrait of a social-justice pioneer
Flatliners
This reboot is dead on arrival
Literally, Right Before Aaron
A man pines for his ex, who is getting married
The Mountain Between Us
This is what a boring plane crash movie looks like
My Little Pony: The Movie
A rainbow-hued acid trip for 8-year-olds
The Stray
A boy and his stray dog (and a revelatory lightning strike)
Thirst Street
Passions run deadly in this thriller
Trafficked
The global network of human trafficking is examined in this drama
Victoria & Abdul
An unlikely friendship develops in this period piece
Year by the Sea
A woman reclaims her life
arts & culture
Howard Waldrop, Upright & Writing
Five decades into his career, the brilliant science fiction writer still isn’t taking any shortcuts
BY ELIZABETH BANICKI
Arts Reviews
Hyde Park Theatre's The Wolves
This fun, honest, real production of Sarah DeLappe’s play zeroes in on the best part of playing a sport: being on a team
Filigree Theatre’s Betrayal
The studied, steady cast make bold choices with Pinter’s familiar script and show us a side of adultery not often considered
“Fool’s Romance / Books From Aeromoto” at the UT VAC
The interactivity of Aeromoto’s installation seizes the spirit of collective action seen in the response to the Mexico City earthquake
columns
Oops
Gay Place
Caleb De Casper brings his horror cabaret residency to Cheer Up Charlies
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: John Wayne’s Head in Lubbock
Hefty chunk of California sandstone becomes John Wayne’s head in Lubbock library
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Very Uninteresting Robot
What doesn't take two thumbs, both eyes, and the lives of innocents?
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Statewide ban on driving and texting
BY LUKE ELLIS AND CAROLINE YOUNG
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
