AFS Cinema
Jason Stout
news
The Yassine Sixth Street Noir
Legends, rumors, unpaid taxes ... and coke on the side
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
May 29 Primary Elections: The 'Chronicle' Endorsements
Point Austin: Outside Looking in
Not much comfort – or leadership – on the GOP ballot
BY MICHAEL KING
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Headlines
Meet the New Council, Same as the Old Council
All four incumbents seeking re-election will see another term, though some cut it closer than others
Seeing Red in House District 47
Downton and Workman campaigns are black and blue in Travis' only red district
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Is Your Hair on Fire? It's Campaign Time.
The D.A. campaign gets hot – very hot
BY MICHAEL KING
McMillan Case Dismissed in Houston
DiverseArts director has a new appreciation for his allies back home
BY CINDY WIDNER
'Excuse Me, Form-Based What?'
BY NICK BARBARO
Blood on Texas' Hands
A new Columbia Law Review article demonstrates how the state may have executed an innocent man
BY JORDAN SMITH
A GOP Sampler: Primary Highlights
The Republican primary in a nuthouse ... er, nutshell
BY MICHAEL KING
The Hightower Report: Weed It and Weep
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
2012 Restaurant Poll Results and Guide
And the winner is ... you, because you get to nom on all these treats
Food-o-File
A weekly roundup of Austin food news
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Win a cupcake battle, lose the cupcake war
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Matt's El Rancho
Matt's El Rancho is keeping it all in the family – and you're invited to join
music
Pennies From Heaven
The new streaming economy is here, with or without royalties
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Playback: Worst of Both Worlds
R. Kelly dies in performance only, while Tony Offender and Traci Lamar Hancock leave Austin's astral plain for real
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
screens
Pop Culture That's a Keeper
Browsing the collectibles at Guzu Gallery
BY MARC SAVLOV
What a Cut-Up
Kelly Sears collages the uncanny
BY SARAH SMITH
To the Max
The Alamo Drafthouse portals to the summer of '82
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Battleship
Crass and hugely dumb aliens vs. multiple earthling navies: Must mean the start of summer movies has arrived.
Darling Companion
Diane Keaton leads a wonderful cast in this so-so story about a lost dog and its unmoored people.
The Dictator
Sacha Baron Cohen opts for scripted comedy this time and lands many good jokes and new offenses, but the target is soft and unmissable.
Mansome
Will Arnett and Jason Bateman are our guides in this Morgan Spurlock documentary that looks at men's relationship with their body hair in contemporary America.
What To Expect When You're Expecting
The gamut of the modern babymaking experience is explored by a small batallion of entertainers.
arts & culture
West Side Tour-y
Big Medium lets artists on the other side of I-35 in on the fun
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Austin Sketch Fest
Rise of the planet of the skits
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Funniest Person in Austin 2012
The comic crowned king this year had the Nazer's edge
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Billboard
'Billboard' comes across as false advertising
'The 2012 Drawing Annual'
Don't let Tiny Park Gallery go without experiencing this exhibit of depth and meaning
Sisters of the Skin
A heartfelt community theatre production that aims to rescue a lost tale of Civil War courage
columns
Letters at 3AM: A View From the St. James Hotel
The St. James: It's an infirmary, it's a morgue, and it's a hotel where we each share a room with the dead
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Oops!
After a Fashion
Witty Style Avatar seeks travel daddy. Or mami. Enquire within.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
See sea turtles at the seashore
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place: Get in Here!
Check our Ho-rizon: Your hot, gay summer is about to kick off, big time
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Two-thousand daydreams per day
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: That extra syllable is a huuuge time-waster
The patient gentility of the anagram ASAP
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Big Names Headed to Round Rock
Bob Schneider and Manny Ramirez to play at the Dell
BY MARK FAGAN
NCAA Austin Softball Regional
UT makes eighth straight NCAA appearance
BY MARK FAGAN
Soccer Watch: Aztex Home Opener
First-ever home game for the 'new' Austin Aztex
