Volume 35, Number 36
Issue Supplement
First Plates 2016
news
Vote no on Prop. 1
Dog owners face an unwelcoming housing market
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
As Uber and Lyft's millions flood, Austin voters may have had enough of Prop 1
BY MICHAEL KING
Why your country is depending on you to vote no on Prop 1
BY NICK BARBARO
Prop 1 is terrible, but the regulations it seeks to overturn need work
BY AMY KAMP
Zimmerman and Troxclair take on water restrictions
BY MICHAEL KING
Future uncertain for the first African-American public housing complex in the country
BY MARY TUMA
With cost of living going up, teachers need a raise
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
They say the city's interpretation of Texas' valid petition rights statute is wrong
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
City manager reprimands police chief for insubordination, sparking rumors
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
What happened to America's train system?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
FIRST PLATES 2016
How much is too much for Austin diners?
BY RACHEL FEIT
Otoko isn't what you think it is
BY DAN GENTILE
Where to eat in Austin now
BY EMILY BEYDA
Austin pastry stars recount the dishes that made their careers
BY AMIRA JENSEN
The oyster is Austin's world
BY JESSI CAPE
music
Sabrina Ellis and Andrew Cashen instigate A Giant Dog Pile
BY TIM STEGALL
Levitation 2016, a bitter pill for all
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Levitation Live Shots
screens
UT's East Austin Stories documents evolving landscape
BY SEAN L. MALIN
Stories of the Mind brings mental health issues to light
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Film Reviews
It's a Marvel Universe, and we all just live in it
A Jewish baker and his Muslim trainee douse their bread with marijuana
Jason Bateman directs and co-stars in this dark comedy
Mathematics prodigy Srinivasa Ramanujan is the subject of this biopic
In this Indian horror film, an ill man is possessed by black magic
This animated video-game spin-off fails on every level
All set in Rio de Janeiro, this is a collection of short films
arts & culture
These inductees – Ballet Austin's Cookie Ruiz and Stephen Mills, and the Austin Symphony Orchestra's Peter Bay – are cultural heroes who lead by example
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
This Trouble Puppet Theater production takes the philosophic battle between good and evil into the pro-wrestling ring
As usual, ScriptWorks' annual showcase of 10-minute plays is a bit rough but shows the promise of creative minds
The visually rich and meditative surfaces of these mixed-media works take the viewer to a space veiled in silence
columns
On money, politics, voting, and Daniel Johnston
BY LOUIS BLACK
It's been a couple of big weeks for the pair behind Austin's beloved GayBiGayGay
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Small-town pharmacy's lunch counter grills a legendary burger
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Even the prettiest of trophies get dusty eventually
BY THE LUV DOC
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Drone rules – the basics
BY CHRIS PERKINS AND LUKE ELLIS
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
comics
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
BY SAM HURT
BY LANCE MYERS
BY RYAN HENNESSEE