KLRU
Volume 33, Number 4
news
Reclaiming 'The Corner'
Neighbors, police, and prosecutors applaud the 'Drug Market Intervention' at 12th and Chicon
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: The Affordability Conundrum
If we want an affordable Austin, we'll have to afford it together
BY MICHAEL KING
Then There's This: Double Standard
UT's football losses bring to mind successes of ousted track coach Kearney
BY AMY SMITH
Headlines
Quote of the Week
Civics 101
East Side Tubes Deflated In Court
Dan Walker facing business closure
BY ELIZABETH PAGANO
Commissioners Punt Southeast Roads One More Time
Margaret Gómez agrees to compromise
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
No Botox at the Death Cafe
Meeting looks past the 'wrinkles' of a taboo subject
BY NORA ANKRUM
Abbott: More Twitter Troubles
Gubernatorial candidate makes another social media gaffe
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Council: Return to Forever
No regular meeting this week as Council takes on the Barton Springs Pool
BY MICHAEL KING
Convicted Killer Cites Inept Counsel
Arturo Diaz makes bid for new trial to avoid Sept. 26 execution date
BY JORDAN SMITH
The Hightower Report: A Tomato Tale That's Hard to Stomach
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Matchmaker, Matchmaker
As the hotel system's only official forager, Valerie Broussard brings chefs and farmers together at the W
BY MM PACK
The Bonneville's a Beaut
Exceptional New American cuisine craftsmanship
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Wine of the Week
Homefront Red: grapes for a good cause
BY WES MARSHALL
Food-O-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Events
Sept. 21-26
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Teji's
North Austin fave expands to UT
music
Keepin' Up With the Jones Family
The Jones Family Singers hear the spirit speak in Austin
BY MICHAEL CORCORAN
Wade in the Water
Geto Boy rap icon keeps Austin in 'Checks & Balances'
BY CHASE HOFFBERGER
Playback
HAAM Day to the rescue!
BY KEVIN CURTIN
Box Sets
Clash
Sound System
Bob Dylan
Another Self Portrait: The Bootleg Series Vol. 10 (1969-1971)
Beach Boys
Made in California
Sly & the Family Stone
Higher!
Nirvana
In Utero 20th Anniversary Edition
Harry Nilsson
The RCA Albums Collection
screens
Fantastic Mr. League
Alamo Drafthouse honcho Tim League on debates, distro, and the change in venue
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The 'Revolution' Will Be Televised
NBC ready to debut Texas-shot second season
BY JOE O'CONNELL
Clips and Sips at Republic Square Park
New Belgium Brewing hosts short film festival Downtown
BY JOEY KEETON
Film Reviews
The Family
The family that slays together, stays together – even in witness protection.
Grand Masti
Three men have too good a time at their college reunion in this Bollywood film.
Insidious: Chapter 2
All the same gang's back for this follow-up to the hit spooker.
Mission Park
Two turn to crime, two go undercover with the FBI – the old gang ain't what it used to be.
Phata Poster Nikla Hero
In this Bollywood comedy, an aspiring actor is mistaken for a cop.
Salinger
The reclusive author is dragged posthumously into the light.
Short Term 12
This indie drama starring Brie Larson has an emotional honesty that reaps fans and awards.
Thanks for Sharing
This story about sex addicts is top-heavy with healing bromides and romantic-comedy beats.
arts & culture
Power to the People
Cue the linemen! 'Trash Project' choreographer Allison Orr is making Austin Energy dance
BY ROBERT FAIRES
One-Two Punch
Gene Luen Yang's 'Boxers' and 'Saints' duo takes on the Boxer Rebellion
BY DAN SOLOMON
Vincent Mantsoe and Dance Theatre X
Defining African-derived contemporary dance with professor Charles O. Anderson
BY JONELLE SEITZ
Arts Reviews
Red
This struggle between an aging Mark Rothko and his idealistic assistant is a good fit for Penfold Theatre
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Astonishing comedic dancing by the enchanted lovers stole the show in this revival of Stephen Mills' Shakespearean ballet
'New and Greatest Hits: Texas Biennial 2005-2011'
It's having so many artists working at such a high level that makes this show of past Biennial participants a success
columns
Letters at 3AM: He Took the Cat to Texas
This is the final story in the many-storied life of Mayer Vishner
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Day Trips
San Antonio institution serves up comfort food with a capital C
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place: Packin'
Gay Place lays out a week as packed as a drag queen's lingerie
BY KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Luv Doc: An Acceptable Amount of PDA
There was no mistaking ... they were banging
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Hornography
BY RUSS ESPINOZA
Soccer Watch
BY NICK BARBARO
comics
