Volume 34, Number 9
ON THE COVER:
news
For the November 4 General Election -
The Texas record on "enterprise funds" is even worse than meets the eye
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
"Outside money" hits Austin, and the reverberations begin
BY MICHAEL KING
Might Bobby Epstein and COTA be starting an F1 reform movement?
BY NICK BARBARO
Duty now for the future
Who raised the most money?
Local and outside money moving into AISD races
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
D4 race heats up, gives D3 competition for "most contentious"
BY THE NEWS STAFF
Dukes files CFR late, again; Ludlow seeks to make it a campaign issue
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Things Laura Pressley doesn't want to talk about
BY JO CLIFTON
"Peaceful Streets" founder wins another legal battle
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Council returns to City Hall in the wake of 10-1 election
BY MICHAEL KING
Be very afraid
Frackers face a comeuppance on unexpected battlefield
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
How Austin Eastciders put a Texas twist on apple hooch
BY DAN GENTILE
The Hit the Spot cafe does just that
BY MICK VANN
SLAB's new take on old-school barbecue
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
More stops on Austin's culinary map
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
Toss punk. Flesh Lights coin fast-rock.
BY TIM STEGALL
Fan Fest finally books locally; Housecore Horror co-founder Corey Mitchell dies
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Texas Platters
Whiskey Shivers
The Big Picture
3: Trickgnosis
Black Cop Down
Samsara
Europe Live, Eclectic
The Tattooed Lady and the Alligator Man
New Dawn
Unbreakable
Provoked
Walk With Me
The State I'm In
Into the Wide
screens
Alexandre Aja discusses his film adaptation of Joe Hill's novel
BY MARC SAVLOV
Hide and Seek: The utopian rebellion will be improvised
BY MARC SAVLOV
A teacher wonders if her sexy Groot Halloween costume will get her into trouble online
BY MICHAEL AGRESTA
Film Reviews
Let us count the ways this compilation of 26 short films gets its spook on.
Daniel Radcliffe sprouts horns in this spiky fable about the devil in all of us.
Jake Gyllenhaal gives a terrifically fierce performance as a tenacious and delusional self-actualizer.
Hasbro's soothsaying board is the MacGuffin in this teen horror film.
Stunningly beautiful, Studio Ghibli's latest animated film is a real work of art.
A student's desire to become a better drummer comes at the cost of becoming a supplicant to a monstrous teacher.
arts & culture
The musical version of Carrie, no longer a legendary flop, makes a timely debut in Austin
BY RUSSELL M. DEMBIN
When Trouble Puppet Theatre tackles Dr. Jekyll's dark tale, the villain may not be who you think
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Saengerrunde Hall's new series turns classical music's "Three Bs" into brezels, bier, and bowling
BY NATALIE ZELDIN
Arts Reviews
Mythologies and fables cover the walls of grayDUCK Gallery in this show by Megan Kimber and Adrian Landon Brooks
These photographs frame the isolation and beauty of the American West but keep it at a distance
Last Act Theatre Company provides a captivating introduction to Ibsen's epic
columns
We're capable of so much – and look what we've settled for
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
This week's horror couture reveals how phenomenal Jennifer Connelly looks in Armani
BY AMY GENTRY
Christeene goes to hell and back for you
BY KATE X MESSER
A rest home for some Hollywood character actors
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc tries to empathize
BY THE LUV DOC
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
BY NICK BARBARO
BY ERIC SOLLENBERGER
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
comics
BY TOM TOMORROW
BY SAM HURT
BY TONY MILLIONAIRE
BY JEN SORENSEN