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All the Elections That Fit
And all's well that (sort of) ends ...
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Why Vote?
Because not everyone can
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Lame Ducking
Getting things done before 10-1 arrives
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
The Human Right of Marriage
Austin couple at center of Texas marriage equality case
BY MARY TUMA
Council: Back to the Future!
Seven-member Council on an 11-seat dais
BY MICHAEL KING
Not So Funny: APD Officers Caught Making Rape Jokes
Last week wasn't so great for APD
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Through a Glass, Darkly
Prisoners now must communicate with visitors by video
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
How (Not) to Hire an AISD Superintendent
Deadline to choose a finalist is close to run-offs
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Reji Thomas Has Left the Building
Pining for Pine Street
BY KATE X MESSER
The Hightower Report: Cosmetic Giants Wage Nonstop Makeup War
There's formaldehyde in your makeup, America. Do you even care?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
FUN FUN FUN FEST 2014
Back to Life
Sandor Katz and fermentation's new culture
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Ranch Dressing
Jacoby's does country for city folks
BY RACHEL FEIT
Declaration of Independence
Unexpected fare in way South Austin at Independence Fine Foods
BY GRACIE SALEM
Food-o-File
Openings, openings, openings
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
FUN FUN FUN FEST 2014
Playback: Fun Fun Fun Fest's New Look
New location and grass, same Fun Fun Fun
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Point of Entry
Fun Fun Fun is Judas Priest roaring back to Austin
BY ADAM GANDERSON
Welcome Home
King Diamond crowns Fun Fun Fun Fest
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Local Fun
Breakout, Dana Falconberry, Mineral, Communion, The Sour Notes, Zorch, The Digital Wild, Good Field, Crooked Bangs, Scott H. Biram
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Punk Punk Punk
Radkey, Knapsack, Twin Peaks, Black Lips, The Bots, Pissed Jeans, Hot Water Music, Gorilla Biscuits, Rocket From The Crypt, Murder City Devils
BY TIM STEGALL
ATX Nites
The Midgetmen, The Golden Boys, Survive, Residual Kid, Riverboat Gamblers, The Octopus Project, Eagle Claw, OBN IIIs, Ssleeperhold
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Night Riots
The Dictators NYC, Single Mothers, Negative Approach, Burger Records Caravan of Stars Tour, The Briefs, 7 Seconds, The Flatliners
BY TIM STEGALL
Heavy Metal Nites
The Cutthroats 9, Biblical, Venomous Maximus, Whores, Vattnet Viskar, Power Trip
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Listings
FFF Friday by the blurb
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Interviews
Interviews for FFF day one
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Friday Reviews
Friday FFF platters
FFF Nites: Friday
Free with FFF Wristband
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Saturday Listings
FFF Saturday by the blurb
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Saturday Interviews
Interviews for FFF day two
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Saturday Reviews
Saturday FFF platters
FFF Nites: Saturday
Free with FFF Wristband
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Listings
FFF Sunday by the blurb
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Interviews
Interviews for FFF day three
Fun Fun Fun Fest 2014 Sunday Reviews
Sunday FFF platters
screens
Living and Dying on Asian Screens
Austin Asian American Film Festival is back
BY MARC SAVLOV
Islands in the Film Stream
Recent films from the Philippines unspool for the Austin Film Society's next Essential Cinema series
BY MARC SAVLOV
Skidoos and Skidonts
Filmmaker Ruben Östlund exposes male and female social roles in Force Majeure
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Film Reviews
Before I Go to Sleep
Nicole Kidman stars as a woman who has amnesia and fights to uncover a big mystery from her past.
Big Hero 6
Witty charm, lively animation, and a swift pace help this animated superhero story rise a cut above.
Brother of Bommali
Telugu action-comedy.
Citizenfour
When Edward Snowden was in that hotel room in Hong Kong sharing his initial intel about NSA surveillance, Laura Poitras' was there with a camera to film his disclosures.
Force Majeure
Blackly funny, yet lightly brutalizing, this Swedish film observes a married couple for whom a passing threat turns into an existential crisis.
Interstellar
Majesty and mawkishness combine in Christopher Nolan's film about humans' last-ditch attempt to find a habitable planet in another galaxy.
Joru
Telugu comedy.
Laggies
Keira Knightley stars with Chloë Grace Moretz in Lynn Shelton's likable but aimless film about arrested adolescence.
On Any Sunday: The Next Chapter
Everything you wanted to know about riding and racing motorcycles is revealed in this encyclopedic doc.
Open Windows
Elijah Wood is the star of Nacho Vigalondo's nervy thriller about digital voyeurism.
The Shaukeens
n this Bolllywood remake of a 1982 film, three men in their 60s tend to their bucket lists.
Why Don't You Play in Hell?
This Japanese mind-twister from Shion Sono screams with madness and mayhem.
arts & culture
FUN FUN FUN FEST 2014
Filthy and Respectable!
Legendary transgressive film director and author John Waters comes to Fun Fun Fun Fest
BY TIM STEGALL
Comedy Speed Dating
Fred Armisen, W. Kamau Bell, Chris Cubas, Rob Gagnon's One Hour Comedy Festival, Neil Hamburger, Thomas Middleditch, Kumail Nanjiani, Jonah Ray
BY SCOTT SCHINDER
Change of Aria Code
Leaving "Lyric" behind, Austin Opera launches a new era
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
The Merry Devil of Edmonton
Hidden Room Theatre resurrects an odd comedy of Shakespeare's day
Soul / Sole Connections
This Tapestry concert saw each dancer create a deeply personal solo from the past, then riff on it in the present
columns
The Common Law
Who's responsible if a neighbor's overhanging tree is a hazard?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Gayplace: Breathe
Relax, we've got kittehs
BY KATE X MESSER
The Good Eye: Killer Outfits: The Laura Mars Years
Blow-Up vs. The Eyes of Laura Mars: The female gaze of male gaze is way more compelling
BY AMY GENTRY
Day Trips: HiWay 77 Cafe
Cafe honors men and women in uniform
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Little Gay
Where do they get off? It certainly isn’t the closet!
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
Hornography
BY ERIC SOLLENBERGER
comics
