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features
GREEN CRUSH!
Green Crush!
A random sampling of our enviro-faves
BY NORA ANKRUM
Head of the Class
Brandi Clark's groundbreaking works of staggering green-ness
BY KATHRYN O'SHIELDS
Rocking the Bottom Line
Chris Searles lays down the beat for a sustainable local economy
BY NORA ANKRUM
He's a Rebel!
The Rhizome Collective's Scott Kellogg
BY SOFIA RESNICK
Deliciously Ambitious
Progress Coffee's Joshua Bingaman
BY SOFIA RESNICK
Slumber Party!
Natalie Marquis brings the green to Habitat Suites
BY DARCIE STEVENS
Dream a Little Dream
Randy Jewart reaches for the sustainable culture stars
BY NORA ANKRUM
The Outdoorsy Type
Scott Johnson wants to see you with an electric lawn mower – and he's got the hookup
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Soul Train
Texas Impact's Bee Moorhead keeps the faith
BY NORA ANKRUM
So Many Crushes, So Little Time
More greenies to love
BY KATHRYN O'SHIELDS
news
CLIMATE PROTECTION
Cool Austin, Cool Planet
This Earth Day, the ambitious Austin Climate Protection Plan celebrates a first year of slow, quiet, but impressive progress
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Austin Climate Protection Plan Year One Highlights
A progress report on Austin's war on global warming
The Local Politics of Climate Protection
Q&A with Will Wynn on his efforts to fight global warming
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Retired Teachers Preach the Gospel of Green
Won't you be my green neighbor?
BY JAMES SCOTT BANKSTON
Where You Can Stick Your Styrofoam
Cycled Plastics takes those recyclables that nobody else wants
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Yogurt Shop Murder
New evidence could hobble state's murder case
BY JORDAN SMITH
Villa Muse
Villa Muse still weighing its options
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Election News
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and elsewhere
Beside the Point
An election year brings out the best in River City politics
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
A CEO Perk for Perks; Why Not 'Drink Local'?
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Opal's Goes Green
Owner Michael Parker does the right thing
BY WES MARSHALL
Gardens Build Community
The Sustainable Food Center digs community gardens
BY KATE THORNBERRY
Food-o-File
Four days of wining and dining with the best
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
April 18-20
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Gypsy Italian Bistro
New Italian bistro on Barton Springs Road restaurant row
Dim Sum at Chinatown
Some of Austin's best dim sum
music
OLD SETTLER'S MUSIC FESTIVAL
Sad Songs Say So Much
Old Settler's Fest headliner and soul survivor Bettye LaVette loves country but the bad old days not so much
BY THOMAS FAWCETT
Old Settler's Music Festival Preview
Bluebonnets and bluegrass: the Old Settler's Music Festival, still picking, still grinning
The Waybacks Reviewed
Loaded
BY JIM CALIGIURI
Bearfoot Reviewed
Follow Me
BY DOUG FREEMAN
Off the Record
Hayes Carll searches for Ooga Kabooga Juice, Alejandro Escovedo finds a friend in Houston, and introducing the lineup for the 2008 Austin City Limits Music Festival
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
Vallejo
Thicker Than Water
Murdocks, Loxsly, Housewife, Cry Blood Apache
Roar!, Flashlights, Triangulation, Northern Travelers
George Strait
Troubadour
The Band of Heathens
The Band of Heathens
Thank You Friends: An Almost There Records Salute to Big Star
Thank You Friends: An Almost There Records Salute to Big Star
the Krayons
Hindsight is 20/20
What Made Milwaukee Famous
What Doesn't Kill Us
Diasporic
Mass Appeal
screens
The Serious Play in Saving the World
Gaming gets on the sustainability bandwagon
BY JON LEBKOWSKY
You Do It to Yourself, and That's What Really Hurts
Humans wreak havoc on Mother Earth, one disaster movie at a time
TV Eye
What to Watch on Earth Day
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Dark Matter
A Chinese student studying theoretical cosmology in the U.S. also has a lot of dark matter occupying his head, and not even the assistance of faculty wife Meryl Streep can prevent it from taking over.
The First Saturday in May
This documentary follows six horse trainers and their experiences on the 2006 trail to the Kentucky Derby.
The Forbidden Kingdom
There are plenty of comic moments and some seriously kickass fight scenes in this film that co-stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li.
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Freaks and Geeks alum Jason Segel stars in this new sex comedy from the Judd Apatow production factory.
Prom Night
A remake of the Eighties horror film in name only, Prom Night is a nearly bloodless slasher film with few surprises.
Street Kings
This new crime drama starring Keanu Reeves is directed by the screenwriter of Training Day and based on a story by crackerjack crime novelist James Ellroy.
Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden?
Morgan Spurlock of Super Size Me fame chases after the world's most wanted man and comes up empty but fulfilled.
Young@Heart
Even though this documentary about a choral group of lovable octogenarians whose perform songs by Sonic Youth and the Talking Heads sounds gimmicky, it is really about something to which we can all relate: our own mortality.
Zombie Strippers
The filmmakers score an A+ for the title of this tongue-in-cheek horror film that stars porn star Jenna Jameson and horror fixture Robert Englund, even though its best special effects come courtesy of breast implants.
arts & culture
Growing Pains
Rapidly expanding Austin Green Art works to sustain its mission and identity
BY NIKKI MOORE
Austin Lyric Opera: 'Carmen' glee-a
ALO makes its long-awaited move into the Long Center with opera's favorite libertine
BY MICHAEL KELLERMAN
In Memoriam: Francis Hodge
The man who wrote the book on directing plays and was an influential teacher at UT has passed on
BY ROBERT FAIRES
ProArts/ACC: A legendary deal where roads cross
The community college and community organization team again to tell the tale of bluesman Robert Johnson
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
On the Town
High spirits, drive, and lively interplay make this musical comedy a peppy peach of a show, a real swell treat
Assassins
The debut of UT's Musical Theatre Pilot Project is a visual treat, well performed, and with plenty of fun moments
Erin Cone: New Paintings
Cone's portraits of women, rendered as planes of color and shadow, are revelations of composition and rendering
columns
Page Two: Humanity in Its Habitat
As part of the natural world, we can be neither celebrated nor condemned
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion
There's always room at the inn for Stephen
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The Odessa Meteor Crater is the site of a serious intergalactic impact
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Playing Through
If one were to design an Olympic miler, 15-year-old Chelsey Sveinsson would be the result
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Panama hats originated in Ecuador, Winnie the Pooh's real name, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Every dog gets one bite?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: ColdTowne Improv and All-Night Sixties Dance Party
ColdTowne Theater, Saturday, April 19, 2008
BY THE LUV DOC
Feedback
Letters to the editor, published daily
sports
Soccer Watch
U.S. women beat Canada, high school state championships, and more
