Photo by Shelley Hiam
Volume 38, Number 7
Issue Supplement
ACL Music Fest 2018 Week Two Preview
ON THE COVER:
news
City Slickers
How the state's most influential conservative think tank works to undermine our local control
BY MARY TUMA
Point Austin: Climate Change Awareness Month
From the Islands and the IPCC comes the latest urgent warning
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Damn the Torpedoes ...
Full speed astern at Planning Commission
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week: Bill Bunch
Save Our Springs Alliance executive director gets it a little twisted
NAKED CITY
Does the U.S. Pastor Council Have a Right to Discriminate?
Houston-based group files federal suit
BY MARY TUMA
Allan, Fulmore No More
School district's effort to rename Confederate schools continues
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Finding a New Fire Chief
Search to replace Rhoda Mae Kerr trudges on
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Mulling D.A./C.A. Merger
Discussion to blend district attorney and county attorney into one office continues this week
BY MICHAEL KING
To Expand or Not to Expand
That is the question
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
City Housing Blueprint: Making New Plans
Life beyond CodeNEXT
BY SARAH MARLOFF
City Arts Funding: The Resolution
Council approves 2019 funding, ponders next move
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Election Ticker: Travis Turning Out
Voter registration deadlines come and gone
BY MARY TUMA, AUSTIN SANDERS, MICHAEL KING AND NINA HERNANDEZ
Buck Wood on Dark Money
Campaign finance lawyer rejects Prop K claims
BY MICHAEL KING
On the Trustee Trail
AISD, ACC candidates talk money, equity
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Plan B Against “Justice” Mike Toth
Austin attorney challenges candidate's qualifications
BY MICHAEL KING
Jason Dusterhoft: Bad Apple
APD vet in trouble again
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
A Public Defender's Office in Travis County?
Commissioners to consider concept of split system
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Michael Galvan Wants to Go to Trial ... Quickly
Cold case suspect says put up or shut up to District Attorney's Office
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
food
ACL Fest 2018
AC Food Fight: Desserts at ACL
Sweet treats are naturally occurring mood boosters
BY JESSI CAPE
ACL Eats Vendor List 2018
Driftwood's Vista Brewing Offers a Peek at Tradition
Food, brews, and more on 21 acres of high-end architecture and folksy ambience
BY ERIC PUGA
The Best of Oktoberfest
Seven local picks for celebrating pretzels, brats, and beer
BY EMILY BEYDA
ICYMI: The Tavern
An Austin O.G. gets a menu makeover and retains its paranormal presence
BY JESSI CAPE
Food Events
music
ACL Fest 2018
Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks
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 ACL Fest 2018 Picks
Saturday, in the park, I don't think it was the Fourth of July
ACL Fest Interview: Charley Crockett
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
Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Picks
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
Tom Gimbel Takes Austin City Limits Global
Sky’s the limit for the ACL brand
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: ACL Fest Spoilers
As ACL’s second weekend dawns, here are the most unforgettable moments from week one
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Puns, Pigs, and Puppets in Austin Web Series Buckle Up
Ridesharin' dirty with writer Andy Silverman
BY DAN GENTILE
Passion Project
Jim Cummings is supercharging self-distribution with Thunder Road
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
ATX Film News
Emmys, gen:LOCK cast, plus a good omen for film incentives
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
After Everything
SXSW comedy Shotgun returns with new title
All About Nina
Mary Elizabeth Winstead excels as a comic in freefall
Bad Times at the El Royale
Neo-noir hijinks gets away with being style over substance
First Man
Gosling and Chazelle's moon man biopic soars
Free Solo
Staggering mountaineering achievement mixes vertigo with wonder
Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween
Slappy returns in this perfectly timed sequel
Gosnell: The Trial Of America's Biggest Serial Killer
Anti-choice propaganda dressed as true crime drama
The Hate U Give
Astounding adaptation of YA novel critiques race in modern America
I Am Not a Witch
Documentary-like drama explores West Africa's witch camps
Kinky
The pains of being rich and into bondage
The Samuel Project
A family story untold unlocks art and new bonds
Thunder Road
SXSW award winner is a captivating study of a mess of a man
Venom
Spider-Man's nemesis gets a spin-off without web-head
arts & culture
Austin Improv Celebrates the Day of the Dead With La Vida de los Muertos
Hideout Theatre breathes life into una vida improvisada
BY TREY GUTIERREZ
Arts Reviews
Prima Doñas' LatiNacional: tu casa es mi casa
The improv troupe behind Latinauts gives 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue a makeover like the country has never seen
“Ana Esteve Llorens: Correspondence” at Las Cruxes
The textiles in this solo show map a negotiation between the weaver and her surroundings, a lattice charting stretch and slack over time
Suicide Club: A Novel About Living by Rachel Heng
This debut novel about a future in which people can live forever is a bittersweet yet life-affirming story of eternity versus death
columns
Qmmunity
On self-care, Halloween month, and getting the queer vote out
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Stella Mare RV Resort, Galveston
Pair of beach houses offer an island retreat
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Hot Mom
Austin has more Peter Pans than just about any city this side of San Francisco
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Halloween mischief – is pumpkin smashing or toilet papering legal?
BY LUKE ELLIS AND MARK GOLDBERG
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
