Photo by Shelley Hiam
Volume 38, Number 7
Issue Supplement
ACL Music Fest 2018 Week Two Preview
ON THE COVER:
news
How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control
BY MARY TUMA
From the Islands and the IPCC comes the latest urgent warning
BY MICHAEL KING
Full speed astern at Planning Commission
BY NICK BARBARO
Save Our Springs Alliance executive director gets it a little twisted
NAKED CITY
Houston-based group files federal suit
BY MARY TUMA
School district's effort to rename Confederate schools continues
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Search to replace Rhoda Mae Kerr trudges on
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Discussion to blend district attorney and county attorney into one office continues this week
BY MICHAEL KING
That is the question
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Life beyond CodeNEXT
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Council approves 2019 funding, ponders next move
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Voter registration deadlines come and gone
BY MARY TUMA, AUSTIN SANDERS, MICHAEL KING AND NINA HERNANDEZ
Campaign finance lawyer rejects Prop K claims
BY MICHAEL KING
AISD, ACC candidates talk money, equity
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Austin attorney challenges candidate's qualifications
BY MICHAEL KING
APD vet in trouble again
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Commissioners to consider concept of split system
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Cold case suspect says put up or shut up to District Attorney's Office
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
food
ACL Fest 2018
Sweet treats are naturally occurring mood boosters
BY JESSI CAPE
Food, brews, and more on 21 acres of high-end architecture and folksy ambience
BY ERIC PUGA
Seven local picks for celebrating pretzels, brats, and beer
BY EMILY BEYDA
An Austin O.G. gets a menu makeover and retains its paranormal presence
BY JESSI CAPE
music
ACL Fest 2018
TGIF picks for Zilker Park
Friday ACL Fest 2018 Record Reviews
ACL platters to spin on the TGIF of ACL's second weekend
Friday ACL Fest 2018 First Weekend Recap / Second Weekend Preview
Weekend one headliner recap to stoke your second weekend of ACL Fest
Saturday, in the park, I don't think it was the Fourth of July
Local country-soul man samples his wares on the BMI stage
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Saturday ACL Fest 2018 Record Reviews
Penultimate platters for ACL Fest 2018
Saturday ACL Fest 2018 First Weekend Recap / Second Weekend Preview
Revisit ACL's first weekend to get a jump on the second
Saturday handicapping for ACL Fest weekend two
Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Record Reviews
Five final ACL platters for 2018
Sunday ACL Fest 2018 First Weekend Recap / Second Weekend Preview
Last Sunday's highlights inform ACL Fest's final day
Sky’s the limit for the ACL brand
BY DOUG FREEMAN
As ACL’s second weekend dawns, here are the most unforgettable moments from week one
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Ridesharin' dirty with writer Andy Silverman
BY DAN GENTILE
Jim Cummings is supercharging self-distribution with Thunder Road
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Emmys, gen:LOCK cast, plus a good omen for film incentives
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
SXSW comedy Shotgun returns with new title
Mary Elizabeth Winstead excels as a comic in freefall
Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance
Gosling and Chazelle's moon man biopic soars
Staggering mountaineering achievement mixes vertigo with wonder
Slappy returns in this perfectly timed sequel
Anti-choice propaganda dressed as true crime drama
Astounding adaptation of YA novel critiques race in modern America
Documentary-like drama explores West Africa's witch camps
The pains of being rich and into bondage
A family story untold unlocks art and new bonds
SXSW award winner is a captivating study of a mess of a man
Spider-Man's nemesis gets a spin-off without web-head
arts & culture
Hideout Theatre breathes life into una vida improvisada
BY TREY GUTIERREZ
Arts Reviews
The improv troupe behind Latinauts gives 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a makeover like the country has never seen
The textiles in this solo show map a negotiation between the weaver and her surroundings, a lattice charting stretch and slack over time
This debut novel about a future in which people can live forever is a bittersweet yet life-affirming story of eternity versus death
columns
On self-care, Halloween month, and getting the queer vote out
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Pair of beach houses offer an island retreat
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Austin has more Peter Pans than just about any city this side of San Francisco
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Halloween mischief – is pumpkin smashing or toilet papering legal?
BY LUKE ELLIS AND MARK GOLDBERG
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
BY JEN SORENSEN
BY SAM HURT
BY TOM TOMORROW