AFS Cinema
Volume 34, Number 34
news
Climbing Mount Compost
Austin's next big zero-waste project is feeding nature's recycling program
BY ROBYN ROSS
Point Austin: Budget in a Box
The budget year begins with the annual forecast
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Government by Committee
Council committees get up to speed
BY NICK BARBARO
Quote of the Week
Headlines
Civics 101
La Lotería Returns
After community outcry, painted-over mural to be restored
BY TONY CANTÚ
Council: If You Come to a Fork ... Take It
Council faces choices on land use – and land use
BY MICHAEL KING
Woman Suing APD Beats DWI
Caroline Callaway acquitted of DWI that led to her suing APD for alleged excessive force
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Can MACC and 70 Rainey Coexist?
Will the development of the Rainey Street District squeeze the MACC?
BY TONY CANTÚ
Lege Lines: Weak Oversight Rules, School Vouchers Pass Senate, and More...
Lege pushes weak oversight rules, school voucher bill sails through Senate, and more...
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Bill of the Week: HB 2470
Lawmakers try to regulate ammonium nitrate storage
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Death Watch: Killer or Fall Guy?
Was Daniel Nagle murdered by a man acting alone, or was it part of a larger conspiracy?
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
The Hightower Report: Corporate Weasels Try to Escape Paying for Workers' Injuries
Who needs workers' comp? Not big business.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Texas Toast
Drinking up the Austin Food and Wine Festival
BY VERONICA MEEWES
Sala & Betty
Can Teresa Wilson define Austin dining again?
BY BRANDON WATSON
Wes Hurt Comes Clean
New premium water promotes sobriety
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
Texas, New York
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
music
Hey Beautiful
Hot Club of Cowtown fiddler Elana James calls the tune on her second solo disc
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Playback: Record Store Crawl
The day after Record Store Day breaks the bank
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Phases & Stages
Yellowman
Live Shots: Reggae Fest
JD McPherson, Israel Nash, Jeff Austin Band, Danny Barnes, Hot Rize
Live Shots: Old Settler's Music Festival
Tribulation
The Children of the Night
screens
SPRING FILM FESTS
Films Go Better With Bluebonnets
The Hill Country Film Fest features cinema amid the wildflowers
BY MARJORIE BAUMGARTEN
Films Go Better With Beer
Smooth jams and fancy lads are the spotlight of the Off-Centered Film Fest
BY JOSH KUPECKI
The Race Is On
The Nightly Show With Larry Wilmore takes TV comedy news to a surprising new place
BY CINDY WIDNER
Help Desk
Is asking your parents to unfriend an ex too much to ask?
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
Adult Beginners
After failing in enterprise, a man returns to his childhood home
The Age of Adaline
Romantic hokum, well done
Child 44
Tom Hardy leads an international cast in this Soviet-era serial killer thriller
Monkey Kingdom
Disneynature doc profiles Sri Lanka's famed Temple Troop of toque macaques
Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2
Kevin James' Segway-riding security guard is back
Road to Juarez
Conventional Mexican crime drama
Unfriended
Social media strikes back in this grisly teen horror
The Water Diviner
Russell Crowe stars in and directs this historical drama
arts & culture
A Hole in His Heart
Baritone Morgan Smith reveals how he becomes that lover we love to hate, Don Giovanni
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Arts Reviews
The Robber Bridegroom
With its fairy-tale trappings and bluegrass score, this is the chicken and waffles of musicals
Austin Dance Festival
The debut of this new dance fest offered a range of interesting work, the best being fluent in musicality
"Blood and White"
Caitlin McCollom's paintings seek to marry the limitations of the body with the reality of death and decay
MOONTOWER COMEDY 2015
Dark Yet Light
Her D in Biology notwithstanding, Maria Bamford is a genius at making dark comedy funny
BY ASHLEY MORENO
The Muse of Mediocrity
When someone else's art isn't that good, it just inspires Jena Friedman to take a chance herself
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Fired Up
Bridget Everett is bringing the good times to Moontower, so you best be ready
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Her Own Voice
The distinctive voice that got Erica Rhodes on A Prairie Home Companion finds its perfect outlet in stand-up
BY ASHLEY MORENO
Chris Cubas: Hashtag, You're It
#PointsMe champion returns to take on the Moontower crowds
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
columns
Gay Place: Cheeky
This is the week to dance cheek to cheek
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Regency Bridge Loop, Goldthwaite
Enjoy the wildflowers on this self-guided driving tour through the hills
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: Sandwich Bags and Chocolate Syrup
Get offline, go out amongst the people, and try really hard not to be a douchebag
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
