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Volume 39, Number 11
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news
As Millions Demand Justice, Texas Prepares to Take Rodney Reed's Life
Looking back at a long road of injustice for the death row inmate
BY BRANT BINGAMON
Austin at Large: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise
Big dumb mud puddles of racism, right there beneath our feet
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Public Notice: ___ Commission Wraps Up
PC confirms its new, "no planning" job description
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Beer Brawl in the “Cleanest Little City in Texas”
In the home of Shiner Bock beer, Karbach Brewing Co. rents out billboards to announce "there's a new Bock in Shiner"
BY JESSI CAPE
Council Counters "Camp Abbott" With Plan to Convert a South Austin Motel Into a Low-Barrier Shelter
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Anti-Choice Grifter’s Mischief Costs Texas Taxpayers $1.6M
State asks for its money back after Round Rock-based anti-abortion group fritters away women's health funds
BY MARY TUMA
Austin Firefighters Association Takes On Travis County D.A.
UPDATE: Margaret Moore responds to videos alleging mishandling of sexual assault cases
BY SARAH MARLOFF
County Clerk Vows Fix for “Fleeing Voters” Before March
Voter confusion with new voting equipment triggered numerous election night recounts
BY MICHAEL KING
Sexual Assault Survivor Files for Temporary Restraining Order Against Moore, Montford
BY SARAH MARLOFF
City to Investigate Alleged Racism, Homophobia in APD's Top Ranks
APA President says he's "horrified" by the allegations
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Pease Parents Aim to Change the School Changes
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
food
Top 20 Austin Breweries
Gird your liver for our annual Central Texas brewery power rankings
BY ERIC PUGA
Austin's Best Food and Drink Events This Week
Dinner parties, farmers' markets, beer, wine, and more for the week of November 14, 2019
music
People, Not the Place, Make This Festival a Utopia
UtopiaFest's triumvirate of land, music, and people takes shape
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Faster Than Sound – Sex Bomb to Sister Ray: Recapping Levitation’s Second Downtown Go-Round
Scenes from Austin’s marquee independent music fest
BY RACHEL RASCOE
screens
Meet Accomplice, the Austin Startup Paving the Way Toward an Immersive Future
Striving for a world with no more boring experiences
BY TOM CHEREDAR
Searching for New Heights at Film Fests Reel Rock 14 and Reel Plastic
Two rock-climbing film fest come to Austin
BY BETH SULLIVAN
Now Streaming in Austin: "Stop"
Austin short film portrays the terror of racial profiling
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
American Dharma
Steve Bannon dissected by the great Errol Morris
Better Days
Bullying leads to murder in this Chinese high school drama
Charlie's Angels
Gen Z get their wings in Elizabeth Banks' Angels continuation
Everything for All Reasons
Who the fuck is Terry Allen, and why don't you know already?
Ford v Ferrari
Enduring male bonding cuts through racetrack noise and paddock politics
Frankie
Family drama is far less fun than a walk in the woods
The Report
Recounting of U.S. torture program investigation is dry as Senate testimony
Scandalous: The True Story of the National Enquirer
The shocking history of America's sleaziest tabloid
The Turkey Bowl
Small-town hijinks over a football game rescheduled by 20 years
The Warrior Queen of Jhansi
Indian history lesson is loose with facts and light on drama
arts & culture
A Painter’s Guide to East Austin Studio Tour 2019
Five artists you don’t want to miss on this year’s EAST
BY CAROLINE WRIGHT
Arts Reviews
Capital T Theatre's It Is Magic
This captivating staging of Mickle Maher's comedy debates theatre's enchantments where Macbeth meets "The Three Little Pigs"
UT Department of Theatre & Dance's Spring Awakening
This staging of the hit musical blends the old and new, petticoats and punk, with a power and seductiveness that enraptures
Seven Drinks: (on the Absurdity of Being Human) and Instructions for Their Service by Ty Harvey
Longtime Austin bartender serves up some serious rituals of imbibing
columns
Qmmunity: Trans Day of Remembrance
Plus events for Trans Week of Resilience, Drag Fest returns for year five, and more
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Ellis Motel, Round Top
Take a load off at Round Top lounge
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: Your Poop Is the Shit!
It's not the end of the world
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Short-Term Rentals (STRs) – recent questions
BY LUKE ELLIS
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
