AFS Cinema
Photo by David Brendan Hall
Volume 38, Number 6
Issue Supplement
ACL Music Fest 2018 Week One Preview
ON THE COVER:
news
Congressional Crossroads
Profiles of Austin’s six congressional campaigns
BY MICHAEL KING
Point Austin: Affordable Housing & the Promised Land
Proposition A and Austin's affordability predicament
BY MICHAEL KING
Public Notice: Show and Tell
Civic leaders have big plans for your future
BY NICK BARBARO
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
NAKED CITY
Will Voters Give Soccer the Boot?
IndyAustin kicks off anti-stadium petition drive
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
Abbott Tips the Scales in 3rd Court Judicial Race
Need help getting elected? Just get appointed.
BY MICHAEL KING
Onyeri Gets Life in Prison
Maximum sentence after attempted murder of judge
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
Would You Like to Swap a Vowel?
City Council gets into its A-E-I-O-Us
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
CodeNEXT Gets an Autopsy Report
Planner offers a post-mortem on failed code revision
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Election Ticker: Almost Deadline Time
The latest news from the November 2018 campaign trail
BY MICHAEL KING AND CHASE HOFFBERGER
More Off-the-Air Static at KUT
Overtime pay cut angers station's already demoralized staff
BY MIKE CLARK-MADISON
ROT Rally On! Heat Wave Saved!
Travis County agrees to let biker, car events use the Expo Center
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
AISD: Back to Basics
A vision for the district, and renaming Confederate schools
BY AUSTIN SANDERS
The Lens on Juan Sanchez
Southwest Key CEO defends himself at Texas Tribune Festival
BY MARY TUMA
Police Proverbs
APD's new community brand, same old contract issues
BY NINA HERNANDEZ
Death Watch: Segundo Awaits 5th Circuit
Death row inmate scheduled for execution Oct. 10
BY SARAH MARLOFF
food
ACL Fest 2018
AC Food Fight: Tacos at ACL
Handheld food won’t interrupt the dance party
BY JESSI CAPE
ACL Eats Vendor List 2018
Le Bleu Perfects the Vietnamese-Austin Mash-Up
This North Austin bánh mì shop keeps the focus on flavor
BY JESSI CAPE
Awakened Bean Delivers Coffee, Vegan Donuts, and Positive Vibes
Local roaster infuses its treats with consciousness
BY ALISHA MCDARRIS
Food Events
music
ACL Fest 2018
Friday ACL Fest 2018 Picks
Handicapping ACL's first Friday plus a handful of locals
ACL Fest Interview: Big Thief
Brooklyn folk rockers in the Friday interview spotlight
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Friday ACL Fest 2018 Record Reviews
First Friday ACL Fest platters
Saturday ACL Fest 2018 Picks
Handicapping ACL’s first Saturday plus a handful of locals
ACL Fest Interview: Durand Jones & the Indications
Soul quintet blesses the fest
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
ACL Fest Interview: Curtis Harding
Atlanta soul raconteur stays true to the song
BY KAHRON SPEARMAN
ACL Fest Interview: Japanese Breakfast
Shoegaze-infused indie rockers find inspiration in food and memory
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Saturday ACL Fest 2018 Record Reviews
First Saturday ACL Fest platters
Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Picks
Handicapping ACL's initial Sabbath plus a handful of locals
ACL Fest Interview: Amber Mark
Glossy jazz with shades of Sade
BY CLARA WANG
ACL Fest Interview: Khruangbin
Houston trio transforms rare grooves into a trance-inducing tapestry
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
ACL Fest Interview: The Revolution
Backing band honors the legacy of the Purple One
BY TIM STEGALL
ACL Fest Interview: Shakey Graves
Native Austinite looks to schmooze his inspirations at ACL
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Sunday ACL Fest 2018 Record Reviews
First Sunday ACL Fest platters
Pick a Headliner: Paul McCartney vs. Metallica
We break down each act's stats so you can make an informed decision
BY TIM STEGALL
ACL Late Night Shows
Local and national acts hit the clubs
BY JEREMY STEINBERGER
Molly Burch Finds the Love in Pop
Singer/songwriter puts the guitar down for the follow-up to her acclaimed debut
BY RACHEL RASCOE
Playback: Everyone Keeps Asking Me for ACL Fest Passes
Here's why ...
BY KEVIN CURTIN
screens
Austin Filmmakers’ Waking Nightmares
They're just making a movie. What could possibly go wrong?
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
What’cha Watchin’?
Editor Kim Jones programs hifalutin Shakespeare and the highly gross mortifications of the pubescent body
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Film Reviews
Bisbee ’17
A dark piece of American history exposed through theatre
Colette
Famous French author underserved by prosaic biopic
Heavy Trip
Scandinavian black metal comedy plays a familiar tune well
Hell Fest
Murder at the amusement park, but this time it's horror themed
Knuckleball
Southern Gothic in in the Canadian heartland
Monsters and Men
Racism drama never matches its powerhouse opening sequence
The Old Man & the Gun
Robert Redford has rarely shone more than in this true-crime tale
Shine
Salsa-dancing siblings fight over gentrification
A Star Is Born
Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga headline this remake of a remake of a remake
22 July
Horrific Norwegian terrorist attack dissected a little too cleanly to be moving
arts & culture
From Slavery to Buffalo Soldier in Daughter of a Daughter of a Queen
Sarah Bird's historical novel tells one woman's unique tale of freedom
BY MARISA CHARPENTIER
Snapshot: ACL Fest Poster Artist Michael W. Hall
How hopping freight trains inspired the Smithville painter
BY DAVID BRENDAN HALL
Arts Reviews
Zach Theatre's Once
This musical disarms the cynicism of our age with the sweet story of a guy and a girl who bond over music
En Route Productions' *some humans were harmed in the making of this show
CB Goodman's play is memorable for its exuberant satire, but an abrupt hairpin turn toward the serious makes the show even more memorable
"Shawn Camp: Equivocation" at Northern-Southern
In this three-part installation, the artist plays with light to creates work that is atmospheric and at times beautifully comtemplative
columns
Qmmunity
On making space and the return of two favorites
BY SARAH MARLOFF
Day Trips: African American Museum, Dallas
Jefferson's Monticello exhibit takes straight look at slavery
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
The Luv Doc: The Depravity of a Gruntle
Dragging someone out of black hole is never easy
BY THE LUV DOC
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Oops!
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
