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Riding to the End of the Line
Can Cap Metro weather the recession, balance its books ... and run the buses and trains on time?
BY LEE NICHOLS
Point Austin: A Few Choice Words for Capital Metro
Wyatt firing just the latest in string of management fiascoes
BY MICHAEL KING
City Hall Hustle: And So the Money Goes
Final City Budget Adoption Not Quite So Final
BY WELLS DUNBAR
Headlines
Res Publica
Citizens calendar, Sept. 17-24
Naked City
News briefs from Austin, the region, and beyond
Developing Stories: Goodie Basket Development
The Grayco South Shore PUD proposal adds public benefits for height
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
DNC Does the Texas Waltz
National Dems have high hopes for Texas ... one of these days
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
Point, Counterpoint
The debate over WTP4 goes to a public forum
BY NORA ANKRUM AND AMY SMITH
Sanders Shooting Fallout
Defense raises profiling questions about officer's actions
BY JORDAN SMITH
Nay to Ney Landscape Plans
Hyde Park residents fear PARD landscaping plan could harm Elisabet Ney Museum
BY AMY SMITH
Separation of Church and Taser
Did APD get rid of a cop because of his religious beliefs?
BY JORDAN SMITH
Forensics Under Fire
Apparently forensic science isn't so scientific after all – senators gathered recently to figure out what to do about it
BY JORDAN SMITH
Eco Hotel vs. Historic Preservation
A new hotel poses challenge to Warehouse District
BY KATHERINE GREGOR
Landfill Will Top Mount Bonnell in Height
TCEQ OKs landfill's march toward Austin's highest point
BY RICHARD WHITTAKER
One Fiscal Year Down, Another on the Way
Council gives thumbs up to 2010 budget
BY WELLS DUNBAR
The Hightower Report
Hide the Sponsor; and Online Voter Registration
BY JIM HIGHTOWER
food
Food-o-File
A capacity crowd stands up for small, sustainable family farms at Pamela Walker's book signing
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Event Menu
Chocolate and kielbasa in the Hill Country
BY VIRGINIA B. WOOD
Wine of the Week
In the right hands, the pinot blanc can become a sexy wine with lightly perfumed aromas and just enough acid to keep it clean and interesting
BY WES MARSHALL
Food Reviews
Cypress Grill
Authentic, tasty, and fairly priced, the Cypress Grill is highly recommended for folks who love Louisiana cooking
Garrido's
The latest from former Jeffrey's Executive Chef David Garrido is this Mexican restaurant across from Austin Music Hall, and its budget-conscious menu touts tiny but pleasant selections
music
Into the Wild
Balmorhea might not be one of Stephen F. Austin's Old Three Hundred, but it scored the movement
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Off the Record
Austin's Monster of Folk strolls down Mermaid Avenue, inside Woxy's DJ booth, and beating the drum for HAAM Benefit Day
BY AUSTIN POWELL
Texas Platters
George Strait, James Hand
Twang, Shadow on the Ground
The Band of Heathens
One Foot in the Ether
Jack Ingram
Big Dreams & High Hopes
Lee Barber
Thief and Rescue
Delbert McClinton
Acquired Taste
Creative Opportunity Orchestra
The Creative Opportunity Orchestra
screens
Temperatures Rising
Dumped and disowned, Cabin Fever 2 gets a one-off screening to benefit the Austin School of Film
BY MARC SAVLOV
Players' Guide
What's what in Austin gaming
BY JAMES RENOVITCH
Screens Reviews
TV Eye
TV Eye picks its favorite Emmy nominees
BY BELINDA ACOSTA
Film Reviews
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
Rust never sleeps, and metal never dies in this doc about the band Anvil.
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
A zippy, lippy animated adaptation of the popular children’s book.
Cold Souls
Paul Giamatti plays Paul Giamatti, sans soul.
The Creek
Super-low-budget horror film about a not-so-friendly ghost.
Dil Bole Hadippa
Bollywood bombast meets Just One of the Guys.
The Horse Boy
This locally produced film is an intimate and endlessly inspiring look at one family's struggle to cope with autism.
The Informant!
Soderbergh's corporate whistleblower comedy is tuned in the key of Richard Lester.
Jennifer's Body
There are few laughs and even fewer scares in Diablo Cody's followup to her smash hit Juno.
The Secrets of Jonathan Sperry
The Love Boat's MacLeod captains a very different kind of ship in this Christian-themed period film.
Sorority Row
Things go badly when these sorority sisters try to cover up a prank gone wrong and a serial killer enters the fray.
Tyler Perry's I Can Do Bad All by Myself
Tyler Perry's Madea delivers a couple of young delinquents to their only living relative, a shady nightclub singer who must rise to the occasion.
Whiteout
Kate Beckinsale plays a U.S. marshal who must investigate a murder in Antarctica and wrap it up quickly because winter is starting in three days.
arts & culture
AMODA's Operandi
Just what, exactly, is the Austin Museum of Digital Art up to these days?
BY WAYNE ALAN BRENNER
'bobrauschenbergamerica'
Like the artist it salutes, this theatre piece is a wild mash-up of iconic Americana
BY HANNAH KENAH
Austin Cabaret Theatre
For its ninth season, the cabaret company moves into a new home at the Long Center
BY ROBERT FAIRES
'The Jungle'
Connor Hopkins distills Upton Sinclair's sprawling novel down to paper and strings
BY ELIZABETH COBBE
Arts Reviews
The Collection
In the true spirit of Pinter, Hyde Park Theatre's production is delightfully maddening
Measure for Measure
Setting Shakespeare's play in 1920s Savannah makes for a more resonant and timely drama
The Trash Project
In turning sanitation workers into dancers and machines into giant birds, this work thrilled
columns
Page Two: Drowning in Triviality
Instead of addressing our real problems, partisans fight over manufactured nonsense
BY LOUIS BLACK
After a Fashion
Your Style Avatar calla-lilies about
BY STEPHEN MACMILLAN MOSER
Day Trips
The Cele Store in northeastern Travis County continues a barbecue tradition that goes back to dirt roads and farmers' tans
BY GERALD E. MCLEOD
Gay Place
Waiter! There's a drag king in my show tune!
BY KATE X MESSER
The Common Law
Can the Landlord Change the Tenant's Door Lock?
BY LUKE ELLIS
Mr. Smarty Pants Knows
Doodling, idiots, and more
BY MR. SMARTY PANTS
Luv Doc Recommends: Mother Truckers
Antone's, Thursday, September 17, 2009
BY THE LUV DOC
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sports
Soccer Watch
College season races by as the Aztex's season comes to a close
