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Dumping the Water Pump
Should Austin's conservation success forestall WTP 4?
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
ON THE LEGE
Local Reps and Their Committees
Strama tapped to oversee Technology Committee
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Sticker Shock Over Governor's Mansion Repairs
The historical building may be endangered but so is the state's pocketbook
BY LEE NICHOLS
Renewed Push for Judicial Reforms
Shining a light on the Texas judiciary
BY JORDAN SMITH
On the Road (and Rail) Again
Watson's take on transportation reform
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
The Topless Tax Sequel, Part III
The Lege's Titty Tax refuses to die
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Media Watch: Local News
The Statesman and its suitors, and the TV shuffle
BY KEVIN BRASS
Wheels Finally Turn on Bicycle Road Map
City releases updated Bicycle Master Plan
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Later for Wildflower Commons
Council delays Wildflower Commons development hearing until August
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Fundraiser for Pat Crow
The woman who orchestrated scores of progressive political campaigns now needs your help
BY AMY SMITH
Another SBOE Voice for Creationism
The SBOE's Ken Mercer chimes in on creationism and evolution
BY LEE NICHOLS
Pitching the Comprehensive Plan
Three teams vie to plan Austin's future
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Headlines
Res Publica
Point Austin: Levy Steps Back ... and Shoots Long
Running the city is easier campaigned than done
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Alternating Current
At campaign time, the policy choices just get tougher
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
What's the Word for Wall Street Greed?; and Why America Needs a Truth Commission
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Agricultural Convergence
Food, art, politics, and culture come together in the garden for local restaurants and for Austinites, as well
Food-o-File
Join in for another Artz Rib House fundraiser, and get involved in making Fat Tuesday official
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Your local food events, Feb. 22-28
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Arpeggio Grill
The new Arpeggio Grill does Mediterranean right
Sushi Innovations
New trends in local sushi keep Austinites fresh
BY KATE THORNBERRY
music
Queen Bee
Buzzing with the queen of the bumblebees, Lucinda Williams
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Paying tribute to the Texas Tornado, working out at the Music Gym, and Trail of Dead's Justice for all
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Andrew Bird
Live shot
Zombi, Diagonal, Satyricon
Spirit Animal, Diagonal, The Age of Nero
Songs From a Dutch Tour: The Book
TaylorChip
screens
All Access
Austin's B-Side Entertainment rethinks how to get a movie to the masses
BY MIKE KANIN
The American Con of Bootstrap Optimism
Kelly Reichardt talks about Wendy and Lucy, her prescient tale about a girl and a dog, a rock and a hard place
BY JOSH ROSENBLATT
Screens Reviews
The Exterminating Angel
Rules of the Game (1939) played ball and jacks compared to Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel
TV Eye
KEYE's Mr. Fix-It can help you with your DTV conversion troubles
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Confessions of a Shopaholic
Profligate spending may be out of step with the times, but don't short-sell the comic charms of Isla Fisher.
Delhi-6
New Bollywood film.
Fired Up
This new teen sex comedy is both sexist and prudish.
Wendy and Lucy
From the director of Old Joy comes this minimalist story about a girl (the elfin Michelle Williams) and her dog getting by in society's margins.
arts & culture
Rocketing Through Hard Times
Yellow Tape and other small theatre groups blast past the black hole of the recession
BY ELIZABETH COBBE
Austin Symphony Orchestra
The Arkansas Symphony's Galen Wixson has been hired as ASO's new executive director
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Seventh Annual Black History Month Concert
Austin gets a rare chance to hear one of Duke Ellington's concerts of sacred music
BY ROBERT FAIRES
McCallum Fine Arts Academy Orchestra
How do you get to Carnegie Hall? In this case, back up a Beatles cover band.
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Cyrano de Bergerac
This worthy production of Rostand's play reveals the rock star in its romantic hero
Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart
This update of a Greek tragedy has a modern look but the same old sense of the inevitable
Hamlet
The revival of Stephen Mills' Shakespearean ballet is rich in visuals and moving passion
columns
Page Two: Tiny Tornadoes
SXSW time allows us to go soaring off fearlessly into our imaginations
BY LOUIS BLACK
Oops!
After a Fashion
Cruising the highways and bar-ways in search of a stiff drink and a late-night enchilada
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Playing Through
Have marathoners found the Answer?
BY THOMAS HACKETT
Gay Place
Turn day into nighttime and night into daytime
BY ASH BELL AND KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The salt lake La Sal del Rey in central Hidalgo County is as inhospitable as it is beautiful
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Squids mate in February, genetic mutation causes blue eyes, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
People's Law School
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: 'Misprint' Magazine's Third Annual Beard & Moustache Competition
Mohawk, Friday, February 20, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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