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Ten Seconds to Death
What we know – so far – about the police shooting of Nathaniel Sanders II
BY JORDAN SMITH
Point Austin: Healthy Town Hall
While we wait for federal reform, the health-care work goes on
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: Don't Know Much About History, Or ...
Historic districts come to council, and the acreage gets tied in a knot
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Naked City
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, Aug. 14-19
Lighting a Fuse
Critics see Big Brother in proposed data-sharing center
BY WELLS DUNBAR
AISD Braces for Challenging School Year
After rocky start, district tries to smooth out bumps
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
An Ethical Pecan to Crack
Former City Council Member Brewster McCracken hits a Pecan Street Project roadblock
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Cap Metro Accelerates Plans for Fare Hike
Transit agency seeks fare increases
BY LEE NICHOLS
Veterans' Clinic
Doggett and health-care reform opponents have a conversation
BY LEE NICHOLS
Here We Go Again
Does Austin need a cancer survivors plaza?
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Armed for Court-Martial Combat
One court-martial down, another one on the way
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Reefer Madness: A Victory for Proportional Sentencing
The House Judiciary Committee has voted to end the disparity between sentences for crack and powder cocaine
BY JORDAN SMITH
Media Watch: 'Statesman' Off the Market
After entering final negotiations to sell the paper, Cox Newspapers walks away from the table
BY KEVIN BRASS
Cause of Brees' Death Still Unknown
Former Austin Bar Association president and mother of pro quarterback Drew Brees dies in Colorado
BY AMY SMITH
The Hightower Report
Genetically Engineered Invasion; and Big Oil Powers Up in D.C.
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food-o-File
Coffee, tea, or ... cheese?
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
A guide to some August foodie events in and around Austin
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Food Reviews
Perla's
A SoCo seafood joint serves up delicious oysters in land-locked Austin
Costa del Sol
Costa del Sol should make your short list of El Salvadoran places to dine
Red Onion Market
Setting the North Austin standard for delicatessens
PopSoCools
With at least two more months of summer left, it's not too late to enjoy paletas
music
Livin' On
Up on the 13th Floor, the 10-CD Sign of the 3 Eyed Men lives on and on and on
BY MARGARET MOSER
Off the Record
Green Day brings its 21st Century Breakdown to San Antonio
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
The Strange Attractors
Sleep and You Will See
Willie Nelson
American Classic
Owen Temple
Dollars and Dimes
Buttercup
The Weather Here
Iron Age
The Sleeping Eye
John Arthur Martinez
Purgatory Road
Mark Stuart & the Bastard Sons
Bend in the Road
Booka & the Flaming Geckos
Baghdad Texas
David Newbould & Friends
The Long Way Home
Hickoids
Waltz-a-Cross-Dress-Texas
screens
The Hidden Costs of Free
Is free Wi-Fi killing coffeehouse culture?
BY MARC SAVLOV
Shout It Out
On location: Project: Rant
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
Barfly on the Wall
On location: Fourplay
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
The Festivals Are Coming! The Festivals Are Coming!
aGLIFF and Fantastic Fest kick into high gear
BY KIMBERLEY JONES
TV Eye
George Lopez goes live
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Adam
Hugh Dancy and Rose Byrne co-star in this love story about a guy with Asperger's Syndrome and the girl who lives next door.
Bandslam
A citywide battle of the bands provides the grist for this endearing youth film that was shot in Central Texas.
District 9
Aliens-on-earth tale is wrenching, riveting, violent and best of all, a love story
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
Hasbro brings their boy toys to life with this story about an elite fighting squad.
The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard
Jeremy Piven stars in this swift-moving, cynical, equal-opportunity offender about a team of used-car liquidators.
In the Loop
In the Loop is a scabrous and funny study of how an offhand remark by a career politician can metastasize into an international conflict and, ultimately, war.
Kaminey
Estranged twin brothers must reunite and help one another out of trouble in this new Bollywood film.
Life Partner
This new Bollywood film is a comedy about different views of marriage.
Shrink
A well-chosen cast props up this otherwise shallow story that stars Kevin Spacey as a therapist who turns to pot in the wake of a personal crisis.
Spread
Sex, money, and status are the names of the game in this Hollywood tale about a young Lothario and a woman who uses similar wiles.
Thirst
The new film from the South Korean director of Oldboy is a stunning feast for the senses but veers off-track with its overlong meditation on vampirism.
Youssou N'Dour: I Bring What I Love
Seeming more like an electronic press kit than a bona fide documentary, this profile of the Senegalese singer is both welcome and lacking at the same time.
arts & culture
A Claimed Space
Mexic-Arte blazed a trail in Texas by making a place for Mexican culture in a museum
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Naomi Schlinke and Sydney Yeager
The two artists talk painting and the turbulence that's common to their work
BY MADELINE IRVINE
First Night Austin 2010: Up in the Air?
Wait, it's Christmas, not New Year's, that the Grinch steals, right?
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
A Shadow of Light
Musicians get away with revamping one another's work all the time – and it's great
BY ROBERT FAIRES
Arts Reviews
House of Several Stories
Imagine That's inaugural Equity production is a House united by brilliance
Orestes
Cambiare's Orestes is refreshingly fast but, tragically, a bit loose
columns
Oops!
Letters at 3AM
America's ideal of liberty shaped the country's finest authors
BY MICHAEL VENTURA
After a Fashion
And Stephen said, 'Let there be SoCo,' and there was SoCo. Stephen saw that the light was good.
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Gay Place
The higher the hair, the keener the queen!
BY KATE X MESSER
Day Trips
The glass-bottomed boats at Aquarena Center in San Marcos allow a glimpse into the underwater world
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Tarzan, Farrah Fawcett, Pink Floyd, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
The Common Law
Signed a Lease But Never Moved In. Can I Get My Security Deposit Returned?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Luv Doc Recommends: Texas Testosterone Festival
Palmer Events Center, Saturday, August 15, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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