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Not So Cool
Austin's 2009 Climate Protection Program update confirms progress on energy – but reflects a feeble citywide effort
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Special Session Is the Only Thing That's Certain
The when and the what are still unknown
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Another Round
AG's Office asks state Supremes to review unconstitutional stripper surcharge
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Three More Casualties of Austin's Growth
A deadly accident in West Campus highlights the dangers of construction work in Texas
BY MICHAEL KING
Not Everyone Profits From ROT Rally
Last weekend was all about noise and headaches for some Congress Avenue merchants
BY AMY SMITH
Bike Plan Passes: 2020, Here We Come
Austin can peddle unfettered toward its bright, bikeable future
BY DANIEL MOTTOLA
Fun and Games With the City Budget
The city takes its budget process on the road
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Remixing the Music (Department)
The city is still trying to hit the right note with Austin's music scene
BY WELLS DUNBAR
AISD Efficiency Study Thwarted by Math
About that 'efficiency' ...
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
AISD Takes a Peek at Its Budget
It looks like the reserves will be taking a hit
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point Austin: They Died in Your City
Austin is built by workers subject to institutionalized injustice
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Trouble Abhors a Vacuum
There's always room for argument at City Hall
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Res Publica
Citizens' calendar, June 18-25
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Headlines
The Hightower Report
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Anderson Lane: Tex-Mex Rules This Road
Anderson Lane: enough Tex-Mex to keep it interesting
Supper Underground
Supper Underground redefines the dinner-party experience
BY RACHEL FEIT
Wine of the Week
Texas summers are the right time for dry Rosé wines
BY WES MARSHALL
Event Menu
Local foodie events for June 18-25
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food-o-File
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
music
A Girl Named Soo
'Never the Pretty Girl'? Surely not BettySoo!
BY MARGARET MOSER
Save Me From What I Want
Annie Clark births slow jams, a tin man, and a baby pony
BY AUDRA SCHROEDER
Off the Record
Another sad and confounding week in the live music capital: City Council takes steps to create a music department as APD pulls the plug on Shady Grove, and Tina Marsh succumbs to breast cancer
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Phases & Stages
Mos Def, Aceyalone, Tanya Morgan, Method Man & Redman, Eminem, Toki Wright
The Ecstatic, The Lonely Ones, Brooklynati, Blackout 2, Relapse, A Different Mirror
Jeff Buckley
Grace Around the World
Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood
Live at Madison Square Garden
Iron Maiden
Flight 666 The Film
screens
A Recipe for Revolution
Food, Inc. serves up some scary facts on food production in America
BY NORA ANKRUM
Hey, Look Me Over!
AFF and the Blanton team up to bring underseen films to Austin
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Screens Reviews
The Charles Dickens Masterworks Collection
Muck and maggots and food slopping down chins, or: The World According to the Original Chuck D
Film News
Austin Studios lands a long-term tenant; Robert Rodriguez talks about a live-action The Jetsons; and more
BY JOE O'CONNELL
TV Eye
PBS' POV kicks off a new season with New Muslim Cool
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Away We Go
See it for the many lovely performances, although the film’s vision of Gen-Y nesting is liable to leave you up a tree.
Easy Virtue
In this adaptation of an early Noël Coward play, Jessica Biel is the American newcomer whose brash attitudes disrupt the British decorum of her new mother-in-law (Kristin Scott Thomas).
Enlighten Up!
The filmmaker, a yoga practitioner, documents a skeptic’s journey into the big om.
The Proposal
The Proposal doesn't reinvent the romantic-comedy wheel, but Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds ensure that it's a likable cut above the usual fare.
arts & culture
Role-Play Playing
When improv asks, 'Can we get a suggestion for something you'd slay a dragon with?'
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
Pollyanna Theatre Company
Kids loved Emily Cicchini's play about patterns so much that it's spawned two sequels
BY HANNAH KENAH
Chris Bonno
A former Funniest Person in Austin on the comedy life in Los Angeles
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Tina Marsh
Remembering the beloved singer and founder of the Creative Opportunity Orchestra
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
Teacher, Teacher
Max Langert's educational farce is a grade shy of being the zany romp it means to be
Iolanthe
The people in this show love Gilbert and Sullivan, and you can feel it in every moment
'Off the Edge: The Experimental Prints of Cynthia Brants'
Brants' restless exploration of printmaking has created a lush and compelling body of work
columns
Letters at 3AM
Bad exists in dialectic with good
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
Playing Through
Practically every coach Thomas Hackett had as a kid was a psychotic or pervert. Or both.
BY THOMAS HACKETT
After a Fashion
Stephen: like a little fawn in the Houston meadow
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
Dietz Bakery in Fredericksburg continues a family tradition that is three generations old
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Pride lasts all month long
BY ASH BELL AND KATE X MESSER
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Martin Luther King Jr.'s influence on Star Trek, Harry Houdini's influence on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Will I Ever Get My Security Deposit Back?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Party at the Moontower
, Saturday, June 20, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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