University of Texas Tower
Volume 35, Number 8
news
Chronicle Endorsements
Follow the Money
City attempts to keep up with growing need for services
BY AMY KAMP, KAHRON SPEARMAN AND MARY TUMA
Beside the Point: Abortion Debate Hits Home
The attacks against Planned Parenthood are not just political, they're about class and privilege
BY MARY TUMA
Public Notice: And on the Seventh Day ...
City planning never stops
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Courthouse Opponents: Kill the Bond ... and Wait
CM Zimmerman says need for new courthouse not urgent
BY MICHAEL KING
Pushing for Expansion
Casar, Houston not warming up to expansion proposal
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Beer, Cigarettes, and ... Vegetables?
City program attempts to bring fresh produce to convenience stores
BY MAKEDA EASTER
No Birth Certificates, for Now
An injunction would have helped immigrant parents use their preferred forms of photo identification
BY TONY CANTÚ
Let the Sun Shine In!
Council buys solar, supports Planned Parenthood, fingerprints TNCs
BY MICHAEL KING
State Cuts Medicaid for Planned Parenthood
State claims "misconduct" in undercover, dubious sting videos
BY MARY TUMA
The Hightower Report
Who will oversee Volkswagen's overseers?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Game Changer
A new football culture for Austin bars
BY LEE NICHOLS
The Shopping List
Three ways to keep it local
BY BRANDON WATSON
The Take-Out
What the cat brought in
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
Turnt Up
The Weird City Hip-Hop Festival returns as a single-day rap off
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback: John Wesley Coleman's Greatest Hits
A Golden Boy gathers his Greatest Hits, there's hope for Hole in the Wall, and F1 Fan Fest contracts, yet expands locally.
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Grupo Fantasma
Problemas
Patty Griffin
Servant of Love
Mother Falcon
Good Luck Have Fun
Bird Peterson
Plume
Wild Child
Fools
Brent Best, Will Johnson
Your Dog, Champ, Swan City Vampires
The Kitchen Cinq
When the Rainbow Disappears: An Anthology 1965-68
screens
Labors of Love (and Money)
Film production services melting pot Arts+Labor eyes a commercial expansion
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
The Past Casts a Long Shadow
History is now at this year's Austin Polish Film Festival
BY ANNE S. LEWIS
Dust and Bones
Cannibal Western Bone Tomahawk finds true gristle
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Film Reviews
Bone Tomahawk
Hybrid Western/horror film starring Kurt Russell is a brutal delight
Goosebumps
The ever-popular YA novels spring to life with Jack Black
Kanche
Telugu war drama
Labyrinth of Lies
German postwar drama looks at national psyche scarred by the Nazi era
The Last Witch Hunter
The Last Witch Hunter? Promises, promises.
Must Date the Playboy
Filipino romantic comedy
Naanum Rowdydhaan
Tamil action comedy
Rock the Kasbah
Bill Murray is a music promoter who finds his next client in Afghanistan
Shaandaar
Bollywood romantic comedy
10 Endrathukulla
Tamil action film
arts & culture
Five Faces of Frankenstein
This Halloween, Austin serves up five freaky takes on Mary Shelley's mad doctor and his monster
BY ROBERT FAIRES
C. Denby Swanson's The Norwegians
The Austin playwright's comedy about polite Minnesota hit men finally opens at home after hit runs in NYC and Ohio
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's Evita
Zach Theatre's polished revival offers food for thought in this season of campaigns and debates
University of Texas University Orchestra's Fall 2015 Concert
The audience-friendly first concert of the school year offered earfuls of drama from Bizet, Beethoven, and more
columns
Page Two: The Undoing of Due Process
Why Republicans, Constitutionalists, Libertarians, and committed pro-lifers should oppose Gov. Abbott's attack on Planned Parenthood
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place: Back in Black
Gays, guerrillas lead the way to Halloween
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips: Rockport Adventures, Fulton Harbor
Local outfitter takes coastal visitors on cruises to see the wildlife
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc: Worried Sick
Sometimes you have to risk your friendship for the sake of your friend
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Formula One
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
