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Standing Rock Pipeline Protests Bring New Life to Old Struggles
“It’s about all of us”
BY GREG HARMAN
Point Austin: Vote Your Brain
In a crazy political year, the choices for sane voters should be obvious
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: A Groving Consensus?
Plus various options for getting carried away
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
Grove at Shoal Creek Punted Again
Council wants to consider the project when it's "not competing" for airtime
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Council: Next Stop, ACL Fest
Even the Dais Denizens have to take a break every once in a while
BY MICHAEL KING
Local Democrats Take Another Shot at Education Board
Third time's a charm?
BY MARY TUMA
Election Notes
Gallo goes solo on the Grove; don't be like Zim; and other election stories
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Rep. Dawnna Dukes Will Step Down in January
With health issues, scandals looming, veteran to retire
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Gondolas to the Rescue?
Austin considers long-shot urban cable system
BY CALEB PRITCHARD
Lynch Prevails in APD Lawsuit
Jury's ruling will net detective $240,000 in back pay, pain and suffering
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Norwood Found Guilty
Case closes on 1988 murder of Debra Baker
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Harvard Place Residents Protest Eviction
Tenants in limbo as apartment building changes hands
BY JOSEPH CATERINE
The Hightower Report: Donnie's Little Lies are Huuuuge!
Lies, damn lies, and statistics
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
ACL FEST 2016
Where to Eat Near ACL Fest
Foraging around Zilker
The ABCs of ACL Eats
Snacking at the fest is elementary
BY BRANDON WATSON
Three Businesses Sprout in New Development, the Yard
Trio makes their way through Austin’s burgeoning artisan food world
BY ADRIENNE WHITE
The Take-Out: Responsibility in Food Writing
How to talk more respectfully about global cuisine
BY BRANDON WATSON
Food Events
music
ACL FEST 2016
Friday ACL Fest Picks
ACL Friday by the blurb, listicle, and gospel tent testifying
Friday ACL Fest Interview: Bombino
West African guitarist comes prepared for a musician's nomadic existence
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Friday ACL Fest Record Reviews
First day, first weekend album soundtrack
Friday ACL Fest Face-Off: Radiohead vs. Major Lazer
Who wins? C'mon now.
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Saturday ACL Fest Picks
First week, second day handicapping
Saturday ACL Fest Preview: Kendrick Lamar
We couldn't get Kendrick on the phone, so we replayed his greatest verse
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Saturday ACL Fest Record Reviews
Day two of ACL Fest's first weekend swells the Waterloo tent's racks
Sunday ACL Fest Picks
The first weekend of ACL Fest closes with highlights galore
Sunday ACL Fest Interview: Gregory Porter
Jazz? Love songs, gospel, soul, and even Disclosure.
BY MICHAEL TOLAND
Sunday ACL Fest Record Reviews
Final day playlist for the first weekend
Sunday ACL Fest Face-Off: LCD Soundsystem vs. Mumford & Sons
Digital or analog?
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Homegrown
Austin acts at ACL Fest
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Gospel Tent
Friday-Sunday, Tito's Handmade Vodka stage
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
ACL Fest Late-Night
Save some room for after Zilker Park!
BY BRYAN ROLLI
ACL Fest Transportation Guide
Minimize the hassle of getting to and from the fest
BY JAMES RENOVITCH AND TUCKER WHATLEY
Locals Los Coast Break Out at ACL Fest
Singer Trey Privott on the band's origins and influences
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
Playback: Big Henry's Grooves Antone's
Antone's new vinyl annex, Scoot Inn's new look, Jackie Venson's new late-night TV fan, and new (bad) ideas for ACL Fest signage
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
The Star Wars Prequels Strike Back
Austin-made documentary gets to the heart of the hate
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Austin Filmmaker Takes on Patent Trolls
Lex Lybrand's new comedy The Trolls is patently ridiculous
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
I Like to Watch: Joe Swanberg Takes It Easy
His new Netflix show finds honesty and openness winning the day
BY JACOB CLIFTON
Film Reviews
Deepwater Horizon
Mark Wahlberg stars in this throwback to Seventies disaster films
Demon
This astute Polish ghost movie is an instant genre classic
The Dressmaker
Kate Winslet stars in this adaptation of the Australian best-seller
Follow
Austin's own Owen Egerton directs his first movie
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket?
Texas-set comedy riffs on Lysistrata
Majnu
Telugu love triangle.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children
Tim Burton directs this film adaptation of the creepy kids' favorite
M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story
The captain of India's World Cup-winning cricket team is profiled
Operation Avalanche
Two CIA agents come to believe the moon landing was faked
Pink
Hindi courtroom drama
Queen of Katwe
This Disney film rises above the usual underdog sports cliches
arts & culture
Katherine Catmull at the Texas Teen Book Festival
Like a fairy in her YA novel The Radiant Road, Katherine Catmull keeps transforming the mundane into lovely art
BY ROSALIND FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Silent Sky at Austin Playhouse
This luminous staging of Lauren Gunderson's play brings wonder to the universe and makes it at once vast and intimate
"Elliott Erwitt: Home Around the World" at the Ransom Center
This survey shows how the photographer captured the culture of his time in ways both compelling and frightening
columns
Page Two: Two Candidates in Search of a Presidency
And an electorate looking for comic book superheroes
BY LOUIS BLACK
Gay Place
We all need a gaycation every now and then
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: Comanche City Park
Chainsaw sculptor turns dead tree stumps into works of art
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: A Success Story
You can't hold her hand all the way to the altar, and it would be a terrible idea if you did
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
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BY NICK BARBARO
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